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Accepted Posters

ICER 2026 – Poster Abstracts

57 poster abstracts, grouped by topic area (the 15 oral presentations are excluded).

Pathophysiology and mechanisms of endometriosis

  1. Entity‑Specific Proteomic Programs in Endometriosis and Adenomyosis revealed by a FFPE Tissue Based Proteomics Workflow (Tim Beyer, Tilman Rau, Gereon Poschmann)
  2. SOX9 functional rewiring defines stress-adapted epithelial states through cytoplasmic signaling and ferroptosis resistance in endometriosis (Kai-Kai Chang, Si-Ting Li, Jing-Yao Ruan, Xiao-Fang Yi)
  3. Syndecan-1 and Syndecan-4 Differentially Regulate Signaling and Cell Survival in a 3D Endometrial Model (Lara Maria Chilinski, Janine Beckmann, Martin Götte, Heba M. El-Shorafa)
  4. Steroid Hormone Receptor Expression and Migration Capacity of Endometrial Stromal Cells in Different Endometriosis Subtypes/Stages (Leoni Eulberg, Dunja M. Baston-Buest, Iwona Scheliga, Alexandra Knebel, Jana Bender-Liebenthron, Jan-Steffen Kruessel, Tanja N. Fehm, Ruth Gruemmer, Alexandra P. Bielfeld)
  5. Investigating the contribution of endometriotic stromal cells to vascular remodeling in endometriosis (Cara Juli, Rubén Trespando, Bianca Schröder-Heurich, Frauke von Versen)
  6. Endometriosis GWAS and the South Asian Representation Gap: A Narrative Review (Tabassum Khan)
  7. Evaluating the Angiogenic Effects of Urolithins A and B on Endometriosis Using a Novel 3D Tri-Culture Endometrial Model (Edward Mairura, Martin Götte)
  8. Modeling Endometriosis-Associated Clear Cell Carcinoma Using Patient-Derived Organoids (Lisa M. Meisl, Tiffany Xie, Teresa Ziegler, Annette Staebler, Andreas D. Hartkopf, Bernhard Krämer, André Koch)
  9. Extracellular matrix, vascular and cellular inflammation and pain-related gene expression changes in deep infiltrating rectosigmoid endometriosis (Krisztina Pohóczky, Norbert Tóth, Réka Brubel, József Kun, Péter Urbán, Attila Bokor, Anita Steib, Kornélia Farkas, Eszter Noémi Szabó, Zsuzsanna Helyes)
  10. Analysis of the Impact of Estrogen on Iron Metabolism in Human Endometriosis Tissue using the CAM Assay (Mia Schumm, Eva Freibüchler, Alisa Tschöpl, Mehmet Vural, Katrin Merk, Maximilian Rauh, Angela Köninger, Daniela Hirsch, Silke Härteis, Cynthia Kohl, Maria-Emilia Solano)
  11. Evaluating the Subtype-Specific Phenotype of Endometriosis Lesion-Derived Endometrial Epithelial Organoids (Jen Southcombe, Maeve Janecka, Abigail Freeman-Blatchford, Rebecca Dragovic, Christian Becker)
  12. Epithelial HLA-DR as a candidate marker of immune activation in endometriosis: a spatial multiplex immunofluorescence proof-of-concept study (Julia Téoule, Leonie Zikarsky, Svenja Hartung, Nadine Gaisa, Katharina Hancke, Karin Bundschu)
  13. Abnormal Anti-Glycan Antibody Profiling for Endometriosis Detection and Patient Stratification (Aina Valenti, Renata V. Velho, Axel Pruß, Lutz Konrad, Sylvia Mechsner, Peter H. Seeberger, Oren Moscovitz)
  14. Primary Human Peritoneum-on-Chip Model based on a Synthetic Hydrogel for Endometriosis Research (Adrian Weghofer, Nina Köder, Sema B. Demir, Hui-Yu Liu, Sandra Rebmann, Martin Weiss, Andre Koch, Sarah Y. Brucker, Bernhard Krämer, Katja Schenke-Layland, Julia Marzi, Peter Loskill)
  15. cIAP2 expression in eutopic endometrium across menstrual cycle phases in endometriosis and control groups (Alicja Więcek, Aleksander Rycerz, Julia Sołek, Monika Golińska)

Diagnostics and biomarkers

  1. Plasma Proteomics in Endometriosis: Towards Biomarker Discovery and Disease Stratification (Giulia Cecchetto, Jasmina Hoffe, Frauke von Versen-Höynck, Alexandra Bielfeld, Hans Neubauer, Tanja Fehm, Gereon Poschmann)
  2. MRPS and Nano Flow Cytometry for validation of blood-borne biomarker candidates for peritoneal endometriosis (Claire Davison, Johanna K. Farley, Natasha Borash, Chloe James, Niharika Thota, Shima Bayat, Joy Chen, Joel Steele, Anup Shah, Ralf Schittenhelm, Niklaas Manten, Samuel Yasmin, Martina Zoi, Cristina Zivko, Paola Luciani, Beverley Vollenhoven, Thomas Tapmeier)
  3. NMR-based systemic profiling for endometriosis across clinically relevant and physiological comparator settings: assessment of diagnostic utility and exploratory biological signals (Sisi Deng, André Koch, Bernhard Krämer, Claire Cannet, Yogesh Singh, Gyuntae Bae, James Sklut, Tony Reinsperger, Oscar Millet, Jürgen Andress, Lukas Schimunek, Christoph Trautwein)
  4. NMR-based serum metabolite and lipoprotein profiling for endometriosis across clinically relevant and physiological comparator settings: assessment of diagnostic utility and exploratory biological signals (Sisi Deng, André Koch, Bernhard Krämer, Claire Cannet, Yogesh Singh, Gyuntae Bae, James Sklut, Tony Reinsperger, Oscar Millet, Jürgen Andress, Lukas Schimunek, Christoph Trautwein)
  5. A Novel Strategy for Targeted Enrichment of Endometrium-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Endometriosis (Jasmina Hoffe, Juhee Kim, Giulia Cecchetto, Gereon Poschmann, Tanja Fehm, Hans Neubauer)
  6. EndoVoice: A Multimodal Voice, Hormone, and Symptom Biomarker Platform for Non-Invasive Endometriosis Screening (Julia Hoxha, Sylvia Mechsner, Björn Schuller, Gianluca Adornetto)
  7. Glycosaminoglycan Binding Protein (GBP) as a Novel Strategy for Capturing Circulating Endometrial Cells (Juhee Kim, Jasmina Hoffe, Deniz Dilay Karayel, Tabea Wilken, Max Jacob, Katarina Kolostova, Tanja Fehm, Hans Neubauer)
  8. Non-Destructive Hyperspectral Imaging for Biochemical and Spatial Characterization of Endometriosis Across In-Vitro and Ex-Vivo Models (Erfan Tamandeh, Sara Y. Brucker, Bernhard Krämer, Jürgen Andress, Ovidiu Jurjit, Martin Weiss)

Pain and neurobiology

  1. Pain Beyond the Clinical Snapshot: Feasibility and 6-Month Evaluation of a 30-Day Electronic Pain Diary Reporting in Endometriosis and Adenomyosis patients (Pauline De Corte, Lisa Eggebrecht, Clare Barnett, Klaas Heinemann)
  2. Functional expression of Transient Receptor Potential Ankyrin 1 and Vanilloid 1 ion channels in endometriosis-derived epithelial and stromal cells (Luca Kalocsa, Anita Steib, Malva Jusufi, Lídia Molnár, Anna Kutas, Viktória Kormos, Zoltán Sándor, Norbert Tóth, Zsuzsanna Helyes, Krisztina Pohóczky)
  3. Pain Neuroscience Education for Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Scoping Review with a focus on endometriosis-related pain (Isabel Kretschi, Liselot A. Koelman, Sylvia Mechsner)
  4. Differential involvement of sympathetic and sensory nerve fibers in peritoneal endometriosis (Hannah Mavie Kreutzberger, Carolin Gritzki, Maximiliane Dannenberg, Sonja Schur, Sumaira Pervaiz, Renata Voltolini Velho, Sylvia Mechsner)
  5. Rodent-Specific Behavioral Signatures and Peritoneal Immune Shifts in a Mouse Endometriosis Model (Bruno Pradier, Daniel Segelcke, Noelia A-Gonzalez, Irene Aranda-Pardos, Mirjam Augustin, Esther Pogatzki-Zahn)
  6. Phospholipase A₂ Isoforms as Novel Targets of Prostaglandin-Mediated Pain in Endometriosis (Muhammad Assad Riaz, Sabuktgeen Baig, Felix Zeppernick, Magdalena Zeppernick, Ivo Meinhold-Heerlein, Lutz Konrad)
  7. Ketamine in Endometriosis Surgery: Integrating Mechanistic Insights and Translating Evidence from Perioperative and Chronic Pain Research — A Narrative Review (Leonie Kim Scheunemann, Renata Voltolini Velho, Luzy Schleinecke, Sylvia Mechsner)
  8. Mechanism-Based Pain Trajectories in Endometriosis: The StEPP-UPP NIT-1 Prospective Multicenter Longitudinal Study (Daniel Segelcke, Sören Marsmann, Christoph M. Schäfer, Stefan Floren, Sarah Bruun, Benedikt Schäfgen, Lars Hanker, Jan Vollert, Sebastian Schäfer, Christina Kröschel, Sylvia Mechsner, Renata Voltolini Velho, Bruno Pradier, Esther M. Pogatzki-Zahn)

Inflammation and immunology

  1. Mast Cell–Endometrial Cell Interactions and the Role of JAK/STAT Signaling in Endometrial Organoid Proliferation (Monika Golinska, Tereza Cindrova-Davis, Bella Shepherd, Paulina Rusek-Wala, Wojciech Fendler)
  2. Physical Plasma Treatment Modulates Inflammation and Disease-Associated Phenotypes in 3D Endometriosis Spheroids (Yagmur D. Kizilaslan, Janet Raja Xavier, Martin Weiss)
  3. Zinc-Selenium Interactions in Endometriosis: Effects on Redox Homeostasis, Inflammation and Mucin Biology (Katharina Limberg, Stefanie Weigel, Renata Voltolini Velho, Sylvia Mechsner, Maria Maares)
  4. Activating NK cell receptors driving NK cell responses against Endometriosis (Gabriella Nilsson, Jacob Malchau Lauesgaard, Isabella Simonsson, Therese Carlsson, Silvia Pesce, Karin Sundfeldt, Anna Linder, Elin Bernson)
  5. Targeting mast cells to modulate inflammation in endometriosis: insights from an in vitro co-culture model (Paulina Rusek-Wala, Monika Golinska, Wojciech Fendler)
  6. Immune Cell-Fibroblast Crosstalk in Endometriosis: Inflammatory and Fibrotic Mechanisms Investigated by In Vitro Co-Culture and Imaging Mass Cytometry (Franziska Werner, Renata Voltolini Velho, Susanne Schiffmann, Sylvia Mechsner)
  7. Immunomodulatory and Neuroangiogenic Activity of Menstrual Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Endometriosis: From Small Non-Coding RNAs to Pain (Anna Martí-Papiol, Francisco Algaba-Chueca, Sebastián Díaz Tapiador, Cristina Capdet-Santiago, Joana Galera-Ortega, Victoria Linares-Vidal)

Medical treatment approaches

  1. Personalized Nutrition Improves Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Menstrual Complaints in Women with Severe Dysmenorrhea Receiving Multimodal Care (Barbora Knappe-Drzikova, Lea Kern, Luisa Skupin, Sonja Soeder, Lea Weber, Tilla Bork, Viktoria Psomiadou, Charlotte Engelbrecht, Sylvia Mechsner)
  2. Patient-derived endometriosis organoid models as translational platform for preclinical drug discovery (Emma Laporte, Amber De Moor, Panagiota Kakni, Ana Isabel Lorente Martín, Diede Cresens, Frauke Christ, Maj Hedtjärn, Hugo Vankelecom)
  3. Immersive Virtual Reality and 2D Nature-Based Video as Non-Pharmacological Adjuncts for Endometriosis-Associated Pain: Preliminary Findings from a Prospective, Non-Randomized Mixed-Methods Study (Somayeh Mahdikhani, Frances Cleary, James O’Rourke)
  4. Beyond Pelvic Pain: Mapping Pain-Related and Functional Structures in Women with Dysmenorrhea and Endometriosis (Sonja Soeder, Sylvia Mechsner)
  5. An ROS-Responsive Hydrogel Delivering Apatinib-Loaded Ginseng-Derived Nanovesicles for Preventing Postoperative Endometriosis Recurrence (Yuning Wang, Xiaofang Yi)

Fibrosis and tissue remodeling

  1. Raman spectroscopy imaging reveals fibrotic and epigenetic tissue characteristics in endometriotic lesions (Sema B. Demir, Tara Beyer, Lucas Becker, Simone Liebscher, Daniel Carvajal-Berrio, Hans Bösmüller, Katharina Rall, Sarah Y. Brucker, Sarah M. Greiner, Katja Schenke-Layland, Bernhard Krämer, André Koch, Martin Weiss, Julia Marzi)
  2. Heterogeneity and roles of fibroblasts in endometriosis and tumor progression (Valentine Fournier, Yann Kieffer, Ségolène Ladaigue, Anne-Vincent Salomon, Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou)
  3. Endothelial Cell Subpopulations in Endometriosis- and Adenomyosis-Associated vascularization (Sebastián Zúñiga Norman, Laura Elo, Matti Poutanen, Kalle Rytkönen)
  4. Spatial Metabolomics and Lipidomics of Tissue Remodeling in Endometriotic Lesions (Mia von Langsdorff, Sharath Menon, Stefanie Strasser, André Koch, Gyuntae Bae, Jürgen Andress, Bernhard Krämer, Christoph Trautwein)

Patient-centered research

  1. Abdominal Wall Endometriosis – Evaluation of the Applicability of a new Classification System (Teresa Mira Gruber, Panajiota Elisabeth Papachronis, Sylvia Mechsner)
  2. Implementing the Endometriosis Nurse Role: Scoping Review Enhancing Patient-Centered Care (Lena Hofmann, Katharina Rauscher-Stamer, Julia Lühnen, Sylvia Mechsner)
  3. Hospitalizations and surgeries among women with and without endometriosis: a propensity score-matched secondary analysis of cohort data (Anna Meier, Pauline De Corte, Clare Barnett, Klaas Heinemann)
  4. Discrepancies in Guidance: Overview of current guidelines for adolescent dysmenorrhea management (Victoria Psomiadou, Luisa Skupin, Charlotte Engelbrecht, Barbora Knappe-Drzikova, Lea Kern, Sonja Ina Marion Soeder, Sylvia Mechsner)

Infertility and reproductive outcomes

  1. Defective endometrial receptivity and embryo-endometrium interaction in endometriosis-associated infertility uncovered through organoid and implantation models (Celine Bueds, Diana Bandalac, Tijs Vanhessche, Gwenny Cosemans, Beau Gommers, Silke De Vriendt, Amber De Moor, Arne Vanhie, Sharon Lie Fong, Celine Bafort, Joris Vriens, Carla Tomassetti, Diether Lambrechts, Emma Laporte, Frederic Lluis, Hugo Vankelecom)
  2. Highly-accurate sequencing of single oocytes reveals endometriosis-associated germline mutagenesis (Teresa Kloimboeck, Sanaz Samadpoor, Shehab Moukbel Ali Aldawla, Peter Oppelt, Thomas Ebner, Barbara Arbeithuber)
  3. Endometriosis-associated peritoneal fluid increases the secretory profile of the fallopian tube through alteration of MUC1 expression and secretory cell density (Maria Zarco-Vera, Fatemeh Amjad, Claire Davison, Avinash Gaikwad, Thomas Tapmeier, Reza Nosrati)

Psychosocial impact and quality of life

  1. Psychological and physical health in women with endometriosis under different hormonal regimens: a prospective observational study (Charlotte Engelbrecht, Eva-Maria Soukup, Johanna Netzl, Renata Voltolini Velho, Sylvia Mechsner)
  2. Childhood Trauma as a Predictor of Dyspareunia in Endometriosis (Madeleine Held, Lynn Matits, Renata Voltolini Velho, Sylvia Mechsner, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa, Melissa Hitzler)

Epidemiology and public health

  1. Risk factors for the development of endometriosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies (Natalie Kalinitschenko, Liselot Koelman, Wilm Quentin, Sylvia Mechsner)


Contact: 

Renata Voltolini Velho, PhD

ICER2026@charite.de 

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