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