Program
Two-half-day program featuring scientific sessions, working groups, and networking opportunities.
This program will be updated with its full content by 15 October 2026.
13 October 2026: The program and book of abstracts, including some practical information about the symposium, is available for download: 2nd_ARBRE_symposium_booklet.pdf
12:00 - 13:00
Registration
13:00 - 13:10
Opening/Welcome
Organizing committee
13:10 - 15:15
Session 1: Multi-technological biophysical approaches of molecular systems
Chairs: Deborah Byrne and Adriana Miele
13:10 - 13:40
Synergies and discords in biophysical core facility - real situations from CF BIC at CEITEC, Brno
Josef Houser, CEITEC, Brno, Czech Republic
Invited talk
25 min + 5 min Q&A
13:40 - 14:00
Interlaboratory benchmarking of differential scanning fluorimetry reveals sources of variability in protein thermal stability parameters
Sébastien Brûlé, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
Selected talk
15 min + 5 min Q&A
14:00 - 14:20
Biological Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering at EMBL Hamburg: an advanced platform to capture structural dynamics in solution
Ilenia Serra, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany
Selected talk
15 min + 5 min Q&A
14:20 - 14:40
Conformational plasticity of Dps nanocages: from metal binding to DNA interactions
Pedro Tavares, NOVA FCT, Lisboa, Portugal
Selected talk
15 min + 5 min Q&A
14:40 - 15:00
Measuring molecular forces across scales: from single molecules to cell collectives
Marco Capitanio, University of Florence - LENS, Florence, Italy
Selected talk
15 min + 5 min Q&A
15:00 - 15:15
Title TBD
Bruker Biosensors
Sponsor Talk
15 min
15:15 - 15:45
Coffee break
15:45 - 17:50
Session 2: Computational approaches and AI in biophysics
Chairs: Arthur Sedivy and Audrey Crousilles
15:45 - 16:15
Stepwise design of biomolecular assemblies
Florian Praetorius, ISTA, Klosterneuberg, Austria
Invited talk
25 min + 5 min Q&A
16:15 - 16:35
DNA LLMs for protein generation
Gabriela Lobinska, AITHYRA, Vienna, Austria
Selected talk
15 min + 5 min Q&A
16:35 - 16:55
Quantifying spectral evidence in FTIR protein secondary structure analysis
Ritwik Maity, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Hamburg, Germany
Selected talk
15 min + 5 min Q&A
16:55 - 17:15
RING 5.0: mapping non-covalent interactions in protein structures as residue interaction networks
Sol C. Begue, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Selected talk
15 min + 5 min Q&A
17:15 - 17:35
Stabilising proteins with Protposer
Javier Sancho, University of Zaragoza - BIFI Institute, Zaragoza, Spain
Selected talk
15 min + 5 min Q&A
17:35 - 17:50
Title TBD
Oryl Photonics
Sponsor Talk
15 min
17:50 - 22:00
Poster session & social evening
09:00 - 11:00
ARBRE working groups updates & discussion
09:00 - 09:40
WG Technology & Best practices
Chairs: Arthur Sedivy and Stephan Uebel
09:40 - 10:20
WG Membership & Communication
Chairs: Patrick England and Pedro Tavares
10:20 - 11:00
WG Training & Scientific meetings
Chairs: Alice Pereira and Bertrand Raynal (Training); Tomasz Kobiela and Sebastiano Pasqualato (Scientific Meetings)
11:00 - 11:10
Prizes for best poster and best oral presentations
Adriana Miele
11:10 - 11:40
Coffee break