Schedule
SUNDAY 28 JUNE
17:30 | 18:30
Opening Lecture
Giuliano Scarcelli (University of Maryland)
MONDAY 29 JUNE
09:00 | 09:15
POSTER AREA
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MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Institutional Greetings and Welcome
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
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MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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09:15 | 10:00
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Plenary
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (Janelia Research Campus)
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
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MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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10:00 | 11:30
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Single Molecule Biophysics
Chair
Paolo Bianchini (IIT)
Invited
Laura Finzi (USA)
Davide Mazza (Italy)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
INFORMATION PROCESSING AND OPTIMISATION OF STRATEGIES IN LIFE
Chairs
Antonio Celani (ICTP)
Bill Bialek (Princeton)
Invited
Gautam Reddy (Princeton)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
DEVELOPMENT AND MORPHOGENESIS
Chairs
Pasquale Ciarletta MOX (Politecnico di Milano)
Otger Campas (Dresden)
Invited
Giorgio Scita (IFOM, Milan)
Selected orals
11:30 | 12:00
COFFEE BREAK
12:00 | 13:30
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
BIOLOGICAL FRONTIERS OF SOFT MATTER PHYSICS
Chair
Roberto di Leonardo (Rome)
Invited
Ramin Golestanian (Gottingen)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
ENERGY HARVESTING AND PROCESSING IN LIFE
Chair
Yihhui Shen (UPenn)
Invited
Benedetta Mennucci (Pisa,Italy)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
DEVELOPMENT AND MORPHOGENESIS
Chairs
Pasquale Ciarletta MOX (Politecnico di Milano)
Otger Campas (Dresden)
Invited
Xavier Trepat (UPC)
Selected orals
13:30 | 15:00
LUNCH
15:00 | 16:30
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
CELLULAR BIOPHYSICS & SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY
Chairs
Valeria Rondelli (Milano)
María García-Parajo (ICFO, Barcelona)
Invited
Iva Tolic (Croatia)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
INFECTION & IMMUNITY
Chair
Filippo Castiglione (CNR, Rome)
Invited
Thierry Mora
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
ORIGINS OF LIVING MATTER
Chair
Claudia Bonfio (Cambridge)
Invited
Nick Lane (UCL)
Selected orals
16:30 | 16:45
COFFEE BREAK
16:45 | 18:15
POSTER AREA
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MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
CELLULAR BIOPHYSICS & SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY
Chairs
Valeria Rondelli (Milano)
María García-Parajo (ICFO, Barcelona)
Invited
Iva Tolic (Croatia)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
INFECTION & IMMUNITY
Chairs
Filippo Castiglione (CNR, Rome)
Invited
Thierry Mora
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
ORIGINS OF LIVING MATTER
Chair
Claudia Bonfio (Cambridge)
Invited
Nick Lane (UCL)
Selected orals
18:15 | 19:30
WELCOME COCKTAIL
TUESDAY 30 JUNE
09:00 | 09:45
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Plenary
Toshio Ando
(Kanazawa University)
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
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MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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09:45 | 11:15
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
MECHANOBIOLOGY
Chairs
Nils Gauthier (Milano)
Joseph Käs (Leipzig)
Invited
Ewa Paluch (Cam)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS AND COMPLEXITY
Chair
Irene Giardina (Rome)
Invited
Nikhta Fakhri (MIT)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
NEW OPTICAL TECHNIQUES
Chairs
Cristiano Viappiani (Parma)
Sophie Brasselet (Marseille)
Invited
Sandrine Leveque Fort (U Paris Saclay)
Selected orals
11:15 | 11:45
COFFEE BREAK
11:45 | 13:15
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
MECHANOBIOLOGY
Chairs
Nils Gauthier (Milano)
Joseph Käs (Leipzig)
Invited
Ewa Paluch (Cam)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS AND COMPLEXITY
Chair
Irene Giardina (Rome)
Invited
Nikhta Fakhri (MIT)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
NEW OPTICAL TECHNIQUES
Chairs
Cristiano Viappiani (Parma)
Sophie Brasselet (Marseille)
Invited
Sandrine Leveque Fort (U Paris Saclay)
Selected orals
13:15 | 14:45
LUNCH
14:45 | 16:15
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS
Chair
Paolo Bianchini (IIT)
Invited
Ralf Jungmann (Germany)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
ENERGY HARVESTING AND PROCESSING IN LIFE
Chair
Yihhui Shen (UPenn)
Invited
Teuta Pilizota (University of Cambridge)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
QUANTITATIVE CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Chairs
Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino (IFOM)
Jonas Cremer (Stanford)
Invited
Ariel Amir
Selected orals
16:15 | 16:45
COFFEE BREAK
16:45 | 18:15
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
CELLULAR BIOPHYSICS & SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY
Chairs
Valeria Rondelli (Milano)
María García-Parajo (ICFO, Barcelona)
Invited
Gregory Giannone (Bordeaux)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
INFORMATION PROCESSING AND OPTIMISATION OF STRATEGIES IN LIFE
Chairs
Antonio Celani (ICTP)
Bill Bialek (Princeton)
Invited
Agnese Seminara (Genoa)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
CHROMOSOMES AND NUCLEI: GENE REGULATION, ORGANIZATION AND DYNAMICS
Chairs
Guido Tiana (Milano)
Davide Marenduzzo (Edinburgh)
Invited
Thomas Gregor (Princeton)
Selected orals
WEDNESDAY 1 JULY
09:00 | 09:45
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Plenary
Julia Yeomans
(Oxford)
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
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MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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09:45 | 11:15
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
MECHANOBIOLOGY
Chairs
Joseph Käs (Leipzig)
Nils Gauthier (Milano)
Invited
Pere Roca-Cusachs (Barcelona)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS AND COMPLEXITY
Chair
Irene Giardina (Rome)
Invited
Yuhai Tu (Flatiron Inst.)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
CHROMOSOMES AND NUCLEI: GENE REGULATION, ORGANIZATION AND DYNAMICS
Chairs
Guido Tiana (Milano)
Davide Marenduzzo (Edinburgh)
Invited
Mario Nicodemi (Naples)
Selected orals
11:15 | 11:45
COFFEE BREAK
11:45 | 13:15
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
MECHANOBIOLOGY
Chairs
Joseph Käs (Leipzig)
Nils Gauthier (Milano)
Invited
Pere Roca-Cusachs (Barcelona)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS AND COMPLEXITY
Chair
Irene Giardina (Rome)
Invited
Yuhai Tu (Flatiron Inst.)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
CHROMOSOMES AND NUCLEI: GENE REGULATION, ORGANIZATION AND DYNAMICS
Chairs
Guido Tiana (Milano)
Davide Marenduzzo (Edinburgh)
Invited
Mario Nicodemi (Naples)
Selected orals
13:15 | 14:45
LUNCH
14:45 | 16:15
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
PHASE SEPARATION, CROWDING AND CONDENSATES IN BIOLOGY
Chairs
Francesco Piazza (Firenze)
Antonio José da Costa Filho (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
Invited
Paolo de Los Rios (EPFL, Lausanne)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
INFECTION & IMMUNITY
Chair
Filippo Castiglione (CNR, Rome)
Invited
Arup Chakraborty
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
ORIGINS OF LIVING MATTER
Chair
Claudia Bonfio (Cambridge)
Invited
Philippe Nghe (EPSCI Paris)
Selected orals
16:15 | 16:45
COFFEE BREAK
16:45 | 17:30
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Plenary
Iupap Young Scientist &
Early Career Awards
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
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MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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17:30 | 18:15
POSTER AREA
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Plenary
IUPAP Medal
Physics of Life 2026:
Winner to be announced
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
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MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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19:30 | 23:00
SOCIAL DINNER AT VILLA ZERBINO
THURSDAY 2 JULY
09:00 | 09:45
POSTER SESSION
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Plenary
–
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
–
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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09:45 | 11:15
POSTER SESSION
–
Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
QUANTITATIVE CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Chairs
Jonas Cremer (Stanford)
Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino (IFOM)
Invited
Markus Basan
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
PROTEIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
Chair
Velia Minicozzi (Rome Tor Vergata)
Invited
Ruchi Anand (IIT Bombay)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
NEW OPTICAL TECHNIQUES
Chairs
Sophie Brasselet (Marseille)
Cristiano Viappiani (Parma)
Invited
Vahid Sandoghdar (Erlangen Germany)
Selected orals
11:15 | 11:45
COFFEE BREAK
11:45 | 13:15
POSTER SESSION
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
QUANTITATIVE CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Chairs
Jonas Cremer (Stanford)
Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino (IFOM)
Invited
Markus Basan
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
PROTEIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
Chair
Velia Minicozzi (Rome Tor Vergata)
Invited
Nunilo Cremades (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
NEW OPTICAL TECHNIQUES
Chairs
Sophie Brasselet (Marseille)
Cristiano Viappiani (Parma)
Invited
Vahid Sandoghdar (Erlangen Germany)
Selected orals
13:15 | 14:45
LUNCH
14:45 | 16:15
POSTER SESSION
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
BIOLOGICAL FRONTIERS OF SOFT MATTER PHYSICS
Chair
Roberto di Leonardo (Rome)
Invited
Zvonimir Dogic (UCSB)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
PHASE SEPARATION, CROWDING AND CONDENSATES IN BIOLOGY
Chairs
Antonio Josè da Costa Filho (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
Francesco Piazza (Firenze)
Invited
Lorenzo di Michele (Cambridge)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
NEW OPTICAL TECHNIQUES
Chairs
Sophie Brasselet (Marseille)
Cristiano Viappiani (Parma)
Invited
Giuseppe Vicidomini (IIT Genova)
Selected orals
16:15 | 16:45
COFFEE BREAK
16:45 | 18:15
POSTER SESSION
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Poster session
MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
THE BRAIN AND NEURAL NETWORKS
Chair
Sebino Stramaglia (Bari)
Invited
Daniele Marinazzo (Ghent, Belgium)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF STEM CELLS AND CANCER
Chair
Michele Caselle (Torino)
Invited
Antonio Scialdone
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITIES
Chair
Diana Fusco (Cambridge)
Invited
Martina Dal Bello (Yale University)
Selected orals
16:45 | 20:00
NIGHT TOUR
FRIDAY 3 JULY
09:00 | 09:45
POSTER AREA
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MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Plenary
Amos Maritan
(Padova)
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
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MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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09:45 | 11:15
POSTER AREA
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MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
THE BRAIN AND NEURAL NETWORKS
Chair
Sebino Stramaglia (Bari)
Invited
Martijn van den Heuvel (UV, The Netherlands)
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF STEM CELLS AND CANCER
Chair
Michele Caselle (Torino)
Invited
Edouard Hannezo
Selected orals
MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITIES
Chair
Diana Fusco (Cambridge)
Invited
Anne-Florence Bitbol
Selected orals
11:15 | 11:45
COFFEE BREAK
11:45 | 12:30
POSTER AREA
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MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
Plenary
RISING STARS and MEDAL
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
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MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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12:30
POSTER AREA
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MEETING ROOM 1
Plenary&Parallel
CLOSING REMARKS
AND FAREWELL
MEETING ROOM 2
Parallel
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MEETING ROOM 3
Parallel
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