European South Atlantic Biophysics Congress ESAB 2024,
2024-06-05 - 2024-06-07
ESAB2024 https://www.biophysicssansebastian2024.com/

The meeting is being organized as a joint effort by the Spanish Biophysical Society (SBE), the French Biophysical Society (SBF) and the Portuguese Biophysical Societies (SPBf), to gather scientists for presenting their most exciting biophysical research work.
It will be held in Donostia-San Sebastian (Basque Country), on June 5th–7th 2024. The event will include a Satellite Workshop on June 4th–5th, focused on early-stage researchers, with a total attendance of 50 students.
Bursaries to cover the registration fee are available by the SBF (deadline March 15th) and the SBE (deadline March 31st).
ARBRE will sponsor 3 prizes by 200 €/each: Best oral presentation, Best poster presentation, Best translational Research. Each prize also includes a complimentary registration to ARBRE.

3rd MOSBRI Annual Conference – Ljubljana
2024-06-10 - 2024-06-13
Ljubljana – June 10th-13th 2024
https://www.mosbri.eu/events/conferences/ljubljana-2024/
The 3rd MOSBRI conference aims to bring together a larger community of researchers from the fields of structural biology, biochemistry, synthetic biology and biophysics. The conference will show how an interdisciplinary and integrated network can tackle an unusually wide variety of life science research questions.
The conference includes sessions on Emerging Approaches in Biophysics (co-organised by ARBRE on June 11th), Integrative Structural Biology (organised by Instruct-ERIC) and Molecular Bioimaging (organised by the Slovenian Biophysical Society).
ARBRE will assign 3 prizes of 200 € each, which include one year complimentary registration fee.
ARBRE’s annual General Assembly will be in the late afternoon of June 11th in hybrid format, the link will be sent to members by email.

XIIth EF-EPR Conference, 8-12 September 2024 – Marseille – France
2024-09-08 - 2024-09-12
The local organizing committee and the French EPR association, ARPE, are pleased to invite you to the
XIIth Conference of the European Federation of EPR groups (EFEPR) that will be held in Marseille
(France) in September 2024. This coincides with the 20th anniversary of ARPE.
Plenary Speakers
Dr. Patrice Bertet Univ. Paris-Saclay, FR
Prof. Enrica Bordignon Univ. Geneva, CH
Prof. Daniella Goldfarb Weizmann Institute, IL
Prof. Eric McInnes Univ. Manchester, UK
Dr. Sabine Richert Univ. Freiburg, DE
Prof. Sharon Ruthstein Univ. Bar-Ilan, IL
Prof. José Vidal Gancedo ICMAB, ES
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Jan Behrends Freie Univ. Berlin, DE
Prof. Valérie Belle Aix-Marseille Univ, FR
Dr. Bela Bode Univ. St Andrews, UK
Prof. Maria Fittipaldi Univ. Firenze, IT
Dr. Daniel Klose ETH Zurich, CH
Dr. Andreas Pöppl Univ. Leipzig, DE
Dr. Emma Richards Univ. Cardiff, UK
Dr. Mantas Šimėnas Univ. Vilnius, LT
Dr. Claudia Tait Univ. Oxford, UK
Abstract Submission
Abstract submission opened on March 1st 2024. Participants can submit an abstract for oral presentation or
poster until June 14th 2024. Abstract submission must be done through the official website of the conference:
https://efepr2024.sciencesconf.org/
Registration and payment
Registration is done through the official website of the conference. Payment must be done on the Azur-Colloque
website; the link is provided on the registration page of the conference website. Registration fees include conference
bag, welcome reception (Sunday 8th September evening), coffee-breaks, lunches and social program. The Conference
Gala Dinner will have an additional cost of 60 €.
1st June 2024 After 1st June 2024
Academics 550 € 650 €
Students 350 € 450 €
Industrials 1000 € 1200 €
Accompanying 200 € 250 €
Social Program
Social activities to visit the Calanques by boat or discover one of the new museum attractions in Marseille will
be organized on the afternoon of Wednesday 11th September. The Gala Dinner will be held the same evening.
Important Dates
1st March 2024 Opening of online registration and abstract submission
31st May 2024 Dead-line for early-bird registration (payment must be completed at this date)
14th June 2024 Dead-line for abstract submission
Information
Instructions for registration, abstract submission and all the information regarding the conference are available
on the official conference website : https://efepr2024.sciencesconf.org

Biophysical Methods for Protein Interactions Workshop, 2024 Warsaw, Poland
2024-09-23 08:00 - 2024-09-27 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
September 23-27, 2024

organized at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, and Division of Biophysics, University of Warsaw, Poland.
The workshop will cover experimental introductions, methodological lectures, computer data analysis exercises and one-on-one data analysis sessions on a range of biophysical methods, including Sedimentation Velocity (SV) and Sedimentation Equilibrium(SE) Analytical Ultracentrifugation (AUC), Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), Mass Photometry (MP) etc.
We’ll discuss analysis of multi-protein complexes, protein/nucleic acid interactions, trace aggregates, among other systems, and will have an opportunity to the discuss recent developments in advanced biophysical techniques.
Workshop participants will also have a unique opportunity to share their problems in data analysis with the authors of popular biophysical data analysis programs (SEDFIT, SEDPHAT, ITCsy, GUSSI, NITPIC, REDATE).
Faculty:

Chad Brautigam, Ph.D., Department of Biophysics, UTSW Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Rodolfo Ghirlando, Ph.D., Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDDK, NIH
Grzegorz Piszczek, Ph.D., Biophysics Core, NHLBI, NIH
Peter Schuck, Ph.D., Laboratory of Dynamics of Macromolecular Assembly, NIBIB, NIH
Huaying Zhao, Ph.D., Laboratory of Dynamics of Macromolecular Assembly, NIBIB, NIH

Workshop Organizing Committee:
Roman Szczepanowski, IIMCB, Warsaw
Beata Wielgus-Kutrowska, Warsaw University
Krzysztof Skowronek, IIMCB, Warsaw

Please visit the website
https://www.iimcb.gov.pl/en/news-press-office/2334-biophysical-methods-for-protein-interactions-workshop
Please use this link to register: https://forms.office.com/e/fjhuvbE1Uw
This is a full regular workshop, as a European counterpart to the May workshop at NIH.
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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

MESSAGE FROM THE CELL
2024-11-21 08:00 - 2024-11-22 17:00
Dear all,
the registration for the second edition of the workshop “Message from the CeLL: understanding how the cellular environment affects biomolecule structures, dynamics and their interactions” is officially open (click here to re gister).
The workshop will be held in Marseille (FRANCE) the 21st and 22nd of November 2024.
The registration is free but mandatory – deadline October 31st 2024.
All the information can be found on the official website of the workshop.
We look forward to welcoming you to Marseille!

The Scientific Commettee:
Elisabetta MILEO, François-Xavier THEILLET, Latifa ELANTAK, Hélène LAUNAY, Alessio BONUCCI, Valérie BELLE.

XXIX SCHOOL OF PURE AND APPLIED BIOPHYSICS
2025-01-27 - 2025-01-30 | Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, S. Marco, 2847, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
We are pleased to announce the XXIX SCHOOL OF PURE AND APPLIED BIOPHYSICS, organized by the Italian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics (SIBPA) in collaboration with the Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere e Arti (IVSLA). The theme for this year, “BIOmimetic Models for Exploring MEMbrane biOphysical properties in health and disease (BIO-MEMOs)” will focus on biophysical properties of plasma membrane models of varying complexity to explore membrane remodeling and trafficking, in the context of health and disease.
Scientific Coordinators: Loredana Casalis, Pietro Parisse & Valeria Rondelli
Director of the School: Giorgio M. Giacometti (IVSLA), University of Padova
The focus of the school is on membrane remodeling and trafficking, covering a variety of eukaryotic (plasma) membrane models, from supported lipid bilayers to small and large unilamellar vesicles, giant plasma membrane vesicles, and to the membranes of living cells, including both 2D and 3D cell lines. Participants will be introduced to a range of techniques for studying the structural and chemo-mechanical properties of lipid and protein nanodomains, as well as their dynamic remodeling, with high spatial and temporal resolution and to correlate these processes with cell functions.
Dates: January 27th to 30th, 2025
Venue: Palazzo Franchetti, Venice
We warmly invite applications from young scientists, including PhD students and postdocs, who have an interest in the topics covered by the school. Participants will have the opportunity to present their work during a poster session and flash talks, and to engage in discussions on case studies in round table sessions.
Detailed registration guidelines are available on the school’s website. Please note that, due to limited seating, a maximum of 35 participants will be selected based on the information provided in your application, including a brief CV and a recommendation letter.
The application deadline is November 15th, 2024.
Seats are filling up fast, so be sure to apply soon!
For further details and application instructions, please visit our school website
https://www.sibpa.it/index.php/scuola-internazionale-di-biofisica-sibpa-ivsla/school/143-xxix-edition-2025
Warm regards!
The scientific committee

ALS2: Biophysical methods for the real-time characterization of biomolecular interactions (Kinetics 2025)
2025-03-31 08:00 - 2025-04-04 17:00
The advanced-level course on biophysical methods for the real-time characterization of biomolecular interactions (Kinetics2025) will take place in Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) on March 31-April 4 2025. See : https://www.mosbri.eu/training/advanced-level-schools/als2/
Several top-level scientists and instrument manufacturers will take part in this exciting theoretical/practical course organized in the frame of the European project MOSBRI (Molecular-Scale Biophysics Research Infrastructure: www.mosbri.eu).
Applications are now open (deadline January 17th 2025) : only 20 trainees will be selected, so don’t wait!
For any question, contact als2@mosbri.eu
Patrick ENGLAND
Scientific Coordinator of the MOSBRI infrastructure
www.mosbri.eu
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101004806

The NanPrecMed consortium OpenLab workshop series
2025-05-05 08:00 - 2025-05-26 17:00

4th MOSBRI Scientific Conference
2025-06-10 08:00 - 2025-06-13 17:00 | Institut Pasteur, 205, rue de Vaugirard 75015, Paris, France
ARBRE is co-organizing the MOSBRI 2025 annual conference in Paris at Institut Pasteur from June 10th to 13th 2025.
https://www.mosbri.eu/events/conferences/paris-2025/
A special reduction in registration fee is offered to ARBRE members and the annual hybrid GA will be held in that premises.
ARBRE will award prizes to the best poster and oral presentation: we hope to see most of you in Paris next June.
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18/3-2025: The deadline for early bird registration and submission of abstracts has been extended to the 25th of March 2025.
9/12-2024: The list of speakers has been updated and details of bursaries available to PhD students and early stage postdocs has been added.
15/11-2024: Registration and abstract submission for the meeting is open.
Molecular-scale biophysics is the study of the architecture, dynamics and interactions of the giant molecules of life (proteins, DNA, RNA, polysaccharides, lipids) and their assemblies, using a large variety of distinct physical methods.
It holds a strategic position at the crucial intermediate level between atomic-resolution structural descriptions and cellular-scale observations and is situated at the crossroads of a variety of disciplines such as cellular, molecular and structural biology, biological chemistry, biomedicine, bio-production and biotechnology. It is fundamental to both our understanding of how living organisms work and our ability to block or enhance the function of these molecules, notably for therapeutic purposes.
MOSBRI is a consortium of 13 academic centres of excellence and 2 industrial partners from 11 different European countries, coordinated by Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) and funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme. It was launched in 2021 to address the pressing need for a truly integrated and multi-methodological taskforce, combining the most up-to-date instrumentation and the best expertise available in Europe, to the benefit of all researchers in the fields of biomedicine, biotechnology, biomaterials and beyond, from both academia and industry.
Following on the success of previous MOSBRI conferences (Paris 2022, Zaragoza 2023 and Ljubljana 2024), MOSBRI2025 will show to an audience of more than 200 scientists from all over Europe and beyond how such an integrated network can tackle an unusually wide variety of life science research questions.
It will include plenary lectures by invited renowned experts, oral and poster presentations, company presentations, as well as success stories by scientists who have benefitted from the free trans-national access (TNA) opportunities that MOSBRI provides.
Session topics at the conference are:

Macromolecular assemblies: architecture, energetics and dynamics
Single molecule/single particle biophysics
Molecular biophysics in vivo/in situ and in biomimetic environments
Artificial intelligence, computational approaches and data analysis
Macromolecular engineering and structure/function studies
Molecular biophysics to address societal challenges (climate change, infectious or degenerative diseases, …)

International Post-Graduate Course on PROTEIN QUALITY CONTROL
2025-06-24 08:00 - 2025-06-27 17:00
Dear ARBRE friends,
I hope you are all doing very well.
I am delighted to announce another Course on Protein Quality Control that I will be coordinating with Prof. Jean-Denis Docquier at the University of Siena. The course is scheduled to take place from June 24 to 27, 2025, just ahead of the EBSA 2025 conference in Rome.
The course aims to familiarize participants with guidelines for protein quality control and to provide an overview of technologies essential for enhancing the accuracy and reproducibility of data obtained with purified proteins. Participants will have access to both theoretical foundations and hands-on experience with these technologies, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.
Comprehensive details, including registration information, can be accessed on the official course website:
https://www.congressi.unisi.it/icPQC-Siena2025/
Your assistance in disseminating this information would be greatly appreciated.
Best wishes,
André

EBSA Parallel Symposium “Breakthrough Methods in Molecular Biophysics” co-organised by Arbre-Biophysics.
2025-07-03 14:45 - 16:45
Parallel Symposium “Breakthrough Methods in Molecular Biophysics”: Chair Barbara Zambelli and Tomasz Kobiela; invited speakers: Elisabetta Mileo (F) and Ben Schuler (CH). The session is scheduled on Thursday July 3rd with the following programme:
14:45
Elisabetta Mileo, France
Exploring Protein Folding and Interactions in Native Cellular Contexts Using Site-Directed Spin Labeling coupled to EPR spectroscopy
Ben Schuler, Switzerland
Probing the interaction dynamics of disordered proteins with single-molecule spectroscopy
Selected talks
Philipp Willmer, Denmark
In-Solution Binding Kinetics – The Full Picture of Biomolecular Interactions
Marco Buscaglia, Italy
Weak-cooperative binding of long single-stranded DNA to surface-immobilized oligomers for optimal detection by microarray biosensor
Seham Helmi, UK
Programmable DNA-origami-based platform for label-free protein profiling
Kristina Elersic Filipic, Slovenia
The Three-Molecule Binding Problem in SPR
16:45
The detailed schedule for all of the 2025 EBSA symposia can be found here.
