3 December 2026 · University Hospital Bonn, Germany

MISTAI Computational Pathology Workshop

MISTAI Computational Pathology Workshop — AI for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Shadi AlbarqouniNina BondarenkoJiajun ZengMedical ImagingResponsible AIMISTAI
A full-day, open workshop on AI in computational pathology, held in Bonn during the exchange visit of our partners from Dnipro State Medical University within the MISTAI project — from digitised bladder-cancer slides to foundation models, spatial lymphocyte analysis and a QuPath plugin for pathologists.

On 3 December 2026 we host a full-day Computational Pathology Workshop in Bonn as part of MISTAI — Medical Intelligence & Skills Training in AI, our cooperation with Dnipro State Medical University (DSMU) in Ukraine, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW NRW). The workshop takes place during the one-week exchange visit of the DSMU team to Bonn.

It brings together pathologists, clinicians and AI researchers around one question: how can AI and digital pathology keep diagnostics, research and teaching going when physical infrastructure is disrupted? We present the shared Bonn–Dnipro data platform for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, results from fine-tuning pathology foundation models and spatial analysis of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes, and a QuPath plugin that lets pathologists run the model in their own workflow — with a hands-on session in the afternoon.

The programme below is tentative and will be updated as speakers are confirmed. Participation is free; please register by 25 November 2026.

When3 December 2026 · times in CET (Bonn)
WhereUniversity Hospital Bonn, Germany
OrganisersShadi AlbarqouniVerena TischlerNina Bondarenko
Registration by 25 November 2026
University Hospital BonnDnipro State Medical UniversityMinistry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

Programme Tentative — subject to change

Thursday, 3 December 2026 — Computational Pathology Workshop

📍 University Hospital Bonn — room to be confirmed

Open to clinicians, pathologists, researchers and students. Talks in English; hands-on session with laptops.
  1. Registration and coffee
  2. Welcome and introduction to MISTAIShadi AlbarqouniNina Bondarenko
  3. KeynoteFoundation models in computational pathology: where are we?Keynote speaker (TBC)
  4. Digital pathology in clinical routine at the University Hospital BonnVerena Tischler University Hospital Bonn
  5. Coffee break
  6. Muscle-invasive bladder cancer: the Dnipro cohort, digitisation and joint annotationNina Bondarenko
  7. Fine-tuning pathology foundation models (GigaPath, Virchow, CHIEF) across Bonn and DniproJiajun Zeng
  8. Spatial analysis of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes from routine H&E slidesSpeaker (TBC)
  9. Lunch
  10. Hands-on: running the MISTAI model in QuPathJiajun ZengMISTAI team
  11. Coffee break and posters
  12. PanelKeeping pathology research and teaching going in times of war: digital and federated collaborationShadi AlbarqouniNina BondarenkoVerena Tischler University Hospital BonnPanelist (TBC)
  13. The new Computational Pathology teaching module for Dnipro State Medical UniversityDSMU team
  14. Closing remarks and next stepsShadi Albarqouni
  15. Get-together

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