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11-13.03.2026

Molecular Biophysics Meeting 2026

Kloster Hünfeld, Germany DGfB section I Molecular Biophysics with the Israeli Biophysical Society

Program

Program

 The program will comprise 20 invited talks and 15 contributed talks selected by the abstracts.
 

Invited Speakers

Invited Speakers

Portrait eines Mannes in einem roten Hemd

Uri Raviv (HUJI)

Mechanism of virus capsid assembly and disassembly
Portrait eines Mannes mit Brille und blonden Haaren

Jens Bosse (CSSB/MHH)

From in silico to in cellulo: Illuminating viral morphogenesis
Portrait eines Mannes in einem grauen Hemd

Raz Jelinek (BGU)

Structural and biophysical adventures in amyloid catalysis
portrait eines Mannes mit Brille

Vahid Sandoghdar (MPI/FAU)

Visualizing the virus life cycle: from initial entry to secondary infection
Portrait eines Mannes vor einer weißen Wand

Eitan Lerner (HUJI)

Studying biomolecular condensates in cells using new & existing fluorescence microspectroscopy approaches
Eine Frau in einem Labor

Viktorija Glembockytė (MPI MR)

Engineering Optical Nanoscale Tools with DNA
Eine Frau in einem schwarzen Oberteil

Ingrid Tessmer (U Würzburg)

Single molecule studies of DNA alkylation repair
Ein Mann mit Bart und Glatze

Ariel Kaplan (Technion)

Unzipping the Secrets of Gene Regulation: Single-Molecule Studies of Transcription and Chromatin Dynamics
Eine Frau in einem bunten Oberteil

Andrea Thorn (HZB)

The under-researched structural biology of mushrooms
Ein mann in einem schwarzen Hemd

Jonas Ries (UW)

MINFLUX for dynamic structural cell biology
Portrait einer Frau mit blonden Haaren

Michal Sharon (WIS)

Uncovering the unique properties of circulating proteasomes: A mass spectrometry perspective
Eine Frau in einem gemusterten Oberteil

Andrea Sinz (MLU)

Structural Characterization of “Difficult” Proteins by Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry Using MS-Cleavable Cross-Linkers
Portrait einer Frau

Dana Reichmann (HUJI)

The Cys sense: regulation of cellular proliferation and protein homeostasis through redox-switch proteins
Ein lächelnder Mann mit Brille

Simon Ebbinghaus (Ruhr Uni)

Client Folding in Biomolecular Condensates

Rina Rosenzweig (WIS)

Molecular Mechanisms of DNAJC12 Chaperone: From Structure to Disease
Eine Frau in einem schwarzen Oberteil

Raya Sorkin (TAU)

Membrane Shaping by the Interplay of Mechanical Forces and Tetraspanin Proteins

Yusuf Qutbuddin (MPI BC)

Lights. Camera. Action. Light controlled manipulation of Synthetic Cells
Portrait eines Mannes in einem schwarzen T-Shirt

Dominik Oberthür (DESY)

A snapshot love story: What serial crystallography has done and will do for us
Eine Frau mit Brille

Sharon Ruthstein (BIU)

The use of EPR spectroscopy to study transcription mechanism in-vitro and in-cell

Roy Beck-Barkai (TAU)

Structural heterogeneity in health and mutated intrinsically disordered proteins

Registration

Registration

Registration to the International Meeting of the German Biophysical Society (DGfB) with the focus on Molecular Biophysics is possible exclusively by completing the online registration form. After completing the form you will receive an automatic registration confirmation acknowledging your submission. Participants will receive a final registration confirmation together with the invoice containing bank details in due time.

Abstract submission is part of the registration procedure. Please specify in the online registration form, whether you would like for your abstract to be considered for an oral presentation. 

Because the number of participants is limited, early registration is highly recommended!

Early bird registration: 6 February 2026

Late registrations: Registration fee plus 10%

Registration and abstract submission will be possible until February 20, 2026

PhD students, DGfB member
220 € // single room
200 € // double room
PhD students, non-member
240 € // single room
220 € // double room
Regulars, DGfB member
290 € // single room
270 € // double room
Regulars, non-member
340 € // single room
320 € // double room

Registration fee includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee breaks and great scientific sessions from 11 to 13 March 2026.

If you wish to stay an additional night, tick the corresponding box on the online registration form. Please note that additional nights must be paid for by the participants themselves at the conference site!

Important: There is limited rooming. Single rooms will go on a first come first serve basis. For double rooms, please specify in the comments section in the registration form if you have a specific roommate preference.

Food restrictions shall be noted down in the comments.

Abstracts: 1700 characters with spaces.
Additional to the 1700 characters: title, authors, affiliations and authors' ORCID iD

A small number of travel grants are available, especially for Master and PhD students and selected talk presenters. If you want to apply please write an email to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. including a 0.5 page motivation, your abstract and a max. 2 page CV combined in one pdf.

Registration closed.

Location & Venue

Location & Venue

The "International Meeting of the DGfB Membrane Section" will take place at the

St. Bonifatiuskloster Hünfeld
Klosterstraße 5
D-36088 Hünfeld

+49 (6652) 94-0
+49 (6652) 94-538
www.bonifatiuskloster.de

Travel information

By plane:

You can fly to Frankfurt International Airport and take the train to Hünfeld from Frankfurt airport station via Fulda (see below).

By train:

Regional trains from Fulda. Please check schedules with Deutsche Bahn: www.bahn.de

From the train station, the Monastery is within short walking distance. Walk up the stairs directly opposite the station exit to the Rathausplatz. From there go past the town hall and turn right into Mittelstraße, then semi-left into Großenbacher Tor street, and straight into Klosterstraße.

By car:

Motorway A7 Würzburg – Kassel (exit 90 Hünfeld/Schlitz or 91 Fulda Nord) 

Motorway A4 Frankfurt-Erfurt (exit Bad Hersfeld).  

Sponsors & Exhibitors

Sponsors & Exhibitors

We thank our sponsors for their generous support of the meeting!

Contact

Contact

scientific organizer

Prof. Dr. Charlotte Uetrecht

Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV) & University of Lübeck (UzL).

Photo credit A. Klenke-Struve


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scientific co-organizer

Prof. Dr. Richard Börner

Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida (LHM), Mittweida University of Applied Sciences (HSMW)


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