Bionano 2026

About the Conference

We are holding our sixth biennial BIONANO Meeting at Durham University.

BIONANO 2026 follows the previous highly successful meeting held at the Centre for Programmable Biological Matter in Durham in 2024.

This year we will be meeting to discuss new ideas and share our progress in the latest research in designing, building and testing artificial biological nanomachines.

This year’s conference will be held on a larger scale than the workshops held in previous years, with the hope of fostering new research collaborations and providing opportunities for early career researchers in the field to network and learn new skills.

Venue and Location

The conference will be held in CL406 & CL407 at the Calman Learning Centre at Durham University in the United Kingdom.

Speakers and Programme

The schedule and details of speakers at Bionano 2026 will be finalised soon.

The draft speaker programme is as follows:

Tuesday 1st September 2026

09:00 – 09:45	Arrival, registration and coffee
09:45 – 09:55	Welcome Address
09:55 – 10:45	Keynote Speaker
10:45 – 11:15	Session 1 – Antonina Naskalska, Jagiellonian University
11:15 – 11:45	Session 1 – Adam Bentham, Durham University
11:45 – 12:15	Session 1 – Alena Khmelinskaia, University of Munich
12:15 – 13:15	Lunch and Networking
13:15 – 13:45	Session 2 – Akinori Kuzuya, Kansai University, Japan
13:45 – 14:15	Session 2 – Jessica Cross, University of Bristol
14:15 – 14:45	Session 2 – Aakash Basu – Durham University
14:45 – 15:15	Session 2 – Piotr Stepien, Durham University
15:15 – 17:00	Parallel Sessions: Networking
	Parallel Sessions: Poster Presentations
	Parallel Sessions: Protein Design Workshop
19:00 – 22:00	Banquet Dinner (Dress Code: Smart Casual)

Wednesday 2nd September 2026

09:00 – 09:30	Arrivals and Coffee
09:45 – 10:15	Session 4 – Emanuela Torelli, Uniud & Newcastle University
10:15 – 10:45	Session 4 – Takafumi Ueno, Institute of Science Tokyo
10:45 – 11:15	Session 4 – Wooram Park, Sungkyunkwan University
11:15 – 11:45	Session 4 – Jonathan Heddle, Durham University
11:45 – 12:15	Coffee Break
12:15 – 12:45	Session 5 – Jeff Gorman, Durham University
12:45 – 13:15	Session 5 – Sara García-Linares, Complutense University of Madrid
13:15 – 13:45	Session 5 – Yoosoo Yang, Sungkyunkwan University
13:45 – 14:15	Session 5 – Ting-Yu Lin, Durham University
14:15 – 15:15	Lunch and Networking
15:15 – 15:45	Katharine Dunn, University of Edinburgh
15:45 – 16:15	Roger Rubio Sanchez, University of Cambridge
16:15 – 16:45	Mauri Kostianen (Aalto University)
16:45 – 17:00	Closing remarks
17:00 – 17:15	Conference Photo

Registration

The registration site for Bionano 2026 is now live. You can register to attend the conference here.

Subsidised registration fees and accommodation are provided for early-career researchers attending Bionano 2026.

Funding

Our research is made possible, thanks to The Leverhulme Trust.

We would like to thank Durham University’s Biophysical Sciences Institute (BSI) for contributing towards this event. BSI is a community of over 150 academics and researchers. For more information on the wonderful work that they do please visit: Biophysical Sciences Institute – Organization home (sharepoint.com)