11th International Symposium on cell/tissue injury and cytoprotection/organoprotection (ISCTICO) joint meeting of the Hungarian Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (HUPHAR) and the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) in Pécs was co-organised by HCEMM. A dedicated HCEMM panel was held on the 29th of October 2021: Novel mechanisms in tissue injury and protection. The speakers in the panel were DG Christoph Sensen, Nazha Hamdani, Balázs Enyedi, József Maléth and Zoltán Varga.