2011  Munich, Germany
R. M. Caprioli, USA
Molecular imaging of tissue sections by mass spectometry: Providing information beyond the microscope

2010  Prague, Czech Republic
S. W. Hell, Göttingen, Germany

2009 Fulpmes, Austria
P. J. Peters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Cellular organelles as nanomachines

2008 Interlaken, Switzerland
K. Takata, Maebashi, Japan
Localization and trafficking of aquaporin 2 in the kidney

2007 Freiburg, Germany
M. Frotscher, Freiburg, Germany
New ways of looking at synapses

2006 Stresa, Lake Maggiore Italy
D. Hernandet-Verdun, Paris, France
The nucleolus: a model for the organization of nuclear functions

2005 Noordwijkerhout, Netherland
M. Dahan, Paris, France
From analog to digital: exploring cell dynamics with single quantum dots

2004 Prague, Czech Republic
St. Fakan, Lausanne, Switzerland
The functional architecture of the nucleus as analyzed by ultrastructural cytochemistry

2003 Les Diablerets, Switzerland
A. Engel, Basel, Switzerland
Structure and function of membrane channels

2002 Vlissingen, The Netherlands
T. Misteli, Bethesda, MD, USA
New views of the cell: Genomics, proteomics and dynamic networks

2001 Vienna, Austria
R. G. W. Anderson, Dallas, TX, USA
Caveolae spatially organize signal transduction at the cell surface

2000 Les Diablerets, Switzerland
J. Lippincott-Schwartz, Bethesda, MD, USA
Dynamic fluorescence imaging of living cells

1999 Gargellen, Austria
A. Willie, Cambridge, UK
Apoptosis in the genesis and treatment of cancer

1998 Giessen, Germany
D. Vestweber, Münster, Germany
Molecular mechanisms that control leukocyte extravasation

1997 Jena, Germany
K. Simons, Heidelberg, Germany
Biogenesis of a polarized cell surface in epithelial cells

1996 Gargellen, Austria
M. Trendelenburg, Heidelberg, Germany
Novel insights into the nucleolar structural complexity and function

1995 Rigi-Kaltbad, Switzerland
D. Shotton, Oxford, UK
Electronic light microscopy: Past, present, future

1994 Heidelberg, Germany
M. J. Karnovsky, Boston, MA, USA
Cytochemistry and oxy radicals

1993 Gargellen, Austria
S. Rosen, San Francisco, CA, USA
L-selection and its endogenous ligands

1992 Munich, Germany
G. Klein, Stockholm, Sweden
The contribution of encogenes and tumor supressor genes to the multistep development of cancer

1991 Ghent, Belgium
J. E. Dumont, Brusels, Belgium
The surface receptors in the model of the thyroid cell

1990 Gargellen, Austria
M. N. Moore, Plymouth, UK
Environmental distress signals: cellular reactions to marine pollution

1989 Gargellen, Austria
W. W. franke, Heidelberg, Germany
The intermediate filament cytoskeleton and its association with other structures

1988 Gargellen, Austria
L. I. Larsson, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cytochemical detection of regulatory peptides and of mRNA molecules coding for peptide precursors

1987 Basel, Switzerland
W. J. Gehring, Basel, Switzerland
The generation of the body plan as studied by in situ hybridization in the developing embryo

1986 Gargellen, Austria
G. C. Bennet, Montreal, Canada
Radioautographic and cytochemical studies of the synthesis and intracellular transport of glycoproteins

1985 Göttingen, Germany
K. Weber, Göttingen, Germany
Cytoskeletal proteins: structure, function, pathology

1984 Maastricht, The Netherlands
I. B. Black, New York, USA
Phenotypic plasticity in the nervous system

1983 Gargellen, Austria
A. G. E. Pearse, London, UK
The phylogeny of the diffuse neuroendocrine system

1982 Gargellen, Austria
W. E. Stumpf, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Histochemical characteristics and significance of cell receptors in biology and pathology

1981 Münster, Germany
G. Pfefferkon, Münster, Germany
Histochemische Analyse mit Licht - und Elektronenstrahlen

1980 Würzburg, Germany
L. A. Sternberger, Rochester, NY, USA
Immunocytochemistry - Past, present, future

1979 Gargellen, Austria
O. Eränkö, Helsinki, Finland
Histochemical observations on the distribution of catecholamines and catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes in the nerve cells and SIF cells of the sympathetic ganglion