The annual, international Symposia Series in Molecular Medicine is one key highlight at the biomedical and life science campus of the University of Cologne. Originally named ‘Ernst Klenk Symposia’, the series was renamed upon the 25^th anniversary of the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, and is now organized as the ‘CMMC Symposium in Molecular Medicine’. 2026 will be the 38^th anniversary of this premier biomedical science meeting, which brings together over 400 national and international participants, including both Junior and Senior Faculty and other stakeholders from all over Europe and abroad.