IMBM SUMMER SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICINE 2026 FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS

Are you interested in biology, chemistry, medicine, or other natural sciences? Would you like to gain new knowledge and experience in the laboratory? Would you like to contribute to a better understanding of the origin of diseases, to non-invasive diagnostics, or new causal treatment of various pathologies?

If so, don’t hesitate and apply for the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine 2026 at the Institute of Molecular Biomedicine (IMBM) at the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University in Bratislava!

The IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine 2026 aims to acquaint students with the basic methods of biomedical research and to show the beauty of scientific research. During the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine 2026, students will have the opportunity to learn the basic methods of biomedical research and try research work in the laboratories of IMBM by participating in ongoing IMBM projects.

Who can apply?

  • high school students, who have reached the age 18,
  • university students,
  • PhD students.

If you are interested, register for the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine 2026 by filling out the google form and sending of two documents:

  1. CV,
  2. motivation letter together with your expectations from the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine 2025.

Please send individual documents in PDF format with a maximum length of one page (A4) to summerschool@imbm.sk by May 22, 2026!

Preference will be given to students who can complete the summer school in full from July 1 to July 31, 2026!

Please note that the number of IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine participants is limited, so please do not postpone your registration until later. Information on successful applicants to the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine 2025 will be published on our website by 2.6.2026 (below on the page)!

Preliminary program of seminars for students of the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine for July 2026:

Seminar program on Wednesday (1st July 2026) at Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Dúbravská cesta 9, Pavilion of Medical Sciences, block B, 6th floor:

  1. Rules of safe work in the laboratory (8:00-9:00)
  2. Rules of working at IMBM and writing reports (9:00-11:00)
  3. Lunch (11:00-12:00)
  4. Science at IMBM – Introductory seminar (12:00-14:00)
  5. SAS Laboratories (14:00-15:00)

Seminar program for Thursday (2nd July 2026) at Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Sasinkova 4, 5th floor:

  1. Presentation of IMBM projects (9:00-10:00)
  2. Calculations and statistics (10:00-11:30)
  3. Lunch (11:30-12:30)
  4. Seminar on working with laboratory animals (12:30-14:00)
  5. Laboratories at Faculty of Medicine (14:00-16:00)

Lectures during the seminars will be held in English.

After completing the mandatory seminars, the students of the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine 2026 will be divided throughout the duration of the Summer School in July (July 1-July 31, 2026) so that we can work with them simultaneously in our laboratories at the SAS and also at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University.

Education within the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine will be associated with a registration fee of 50€ per person. Successful applicants will be informed about payment details upon acceptance to the summer school. Accommodation during their stay in Bratislava is arranged individually by participants. There are student accommodation services available for you or you can use other accommodation options (airbnb, booking). The student accommodation options you can find here:

www.mlynska-dolina.sk/
www.druzba.uniba.sk/
www.garda.sk/

List of selected applicants for the IMBM Summer School of Biomedicine 2026:

  • Matej Turčáni
  • Anna Emily Véghová
  • Erika Kissová
  • Lenka Kňažovičová
  • Anastasiia Tunik
  • Zsofia Samu
  • Furkan Ozbilici

Congratulations and we look forward to seeing you!