Young Researchers Event, June 16th, 9 am-6 pm, Institut de Botanique
ESAB 2026, June 17th from 1:30 pm – 19th to 6 pm, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier
Gala dinner, June 18th from 7:30 pm, Montpellier’s jardin des plantes (Orangery).
Plenary speakers who have confirmed their participation
Scheduled scientific sessions
Advanced bio-imaging
Chairs: Valérie Biou & Maria Garcia-Parajo
Confirmed speakers: Muriel Masi & Adel Al Jord
Biological physics: complex systems, dynamical systems, stochastic processes, non-linearity, self-organization, collective phenomena, evolutionary biophysics and quantum biology
Chairs: Marion Mathelie & Iván López-Montero
Confirmed speakers: Idan Tuval Gefen & Sophie Marbach
Biophysics of nucleic acids
Chairs: Carine Tisné & Fernando Moreno-Herrero
Confirmed speakers: Borja Ibarra & Eva Kowalinski
Breakthrough methods in biophysics (co-organized by ARBRE)
Chairs: Patrick England & Michael Krieg
Confirmed speakers: Nunilo Cremades & Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet
Cell and tissue biophysics: mechanobiology, single cell biophysics.
Chairs: Lorena Redondo Morata & Francisco Monroy
Confirmed speakers: Maria Garcia-Parajo & Pierre-Henri Puech
Computational biophysics: simulations, artificial intelligence, machine learning and design
Chairs: Armindo Salvador & Saúl Ares
Confirmed speakers: Pedro Fernandes & Aurora Hernandez-Machado
Disordered proteins, liquid-liquid phase separation and aggregation
Chairs : Lucie Khemtemourian & Nuno Santos
Confirmed speakers: Nadia El Mammeri & Tiago N. Cordeiro
Membranes and membrane proteins (receptors, ion channels and transporters)
Chairs: Sara García Linares & Manuela Pereira
Confirmed speakers: João Morais Cabral & María Queralt Martín
Protein structure, integrative structural biology, dynamics and function
Chairs : Cláudio Soares & Marlène Martinho
Confirmed speakers: Maria João Romão & Lauriane Lecoq
Synthetic biophysics: self-organized and biomimetic systems
Chairs: Burkhard Bechinger & Germán Rivas
Confirmed speakers: Isabel Alves & Javier Montenegro
Preliminary program
Tuesday 16 June 2026
9:00 – 17:00 Workshop for young researchers
Exact program to be defined by the young researcher committee
Institut de Botanique, Montpellier
Wednesday 17 June 2026
13:00 – 14:00 Arrival and Registration
14:00 – 14:30 Opening ceremony
14:30 – 15:30 Plenary lecture 1 Patrick Aloy (IRB, Barcelona, ES)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 18:30 Parallel sessions I & II
18:30 – 21:00 Welcome cocktail
Thursday 18 June 2026
8:30 – 9:30 Plenary lecture 2 Petra Schwille (Max Plank Institute, Munich, DE)
9:30 – 10:00 Coffee break
10:00 – 12:00 Parallel sessions III & IV
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break (on site)
12:00 – 14:30 Poster Session 1
14:30 – 16:30 Parallel sessions V & VI
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 17:45 Spanish awards
17:45 – 18:30 General assemblies (Spanish & French)
19:30 – 23:30 Gala dinner (Montpellier’s historical centre, Registration with full fees only)
Friday 19 June 2026
8:30 – 9:30 Plenary lecture 3 Robbie Loewith (Univ Genève, CH)
9:30 – 10:00 Coffee break
10:00 – 12:00 Parallel sessions VII & VIII
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break (on site)
12:00 – 14:30 Poster Session 2
14:30 – 16:30 Parallel sessions IX & X
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 17:30 Award ceremony
17:30 – 18:00 Closing remarks and departure