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 speaker programme is as follows:
Tuesday 1st September 2026
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Arrival, registration and coffee |
| 09:45 – 09:55 | Welcome – Jonathan Heddle, Durham University |
| 09:55 – 10:45 | Keynote Speaker – Hendrik Dietz, Technical University of Munich |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Session 1 – Adam Bentham, Durham University |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Session 1 – Antonina Naskalska, Jagiellonian University |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Session 1 – Danny Wilbie, Ludwig Maximilians University |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch and Networking |
| 13:15 – 13:45 | Session 2 – Akinori Kuzuya, Kansai University |
| 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 – Thomas Bradford, Durham University |
| 15:15 – 17:15 | Parallel Sessions: Networking |
| Parallel Sessions: Poster Presentations | |
| Parallel Sessions: Protein Design Workshop | |
| 19:00 – 22:00 | Banquet Dinner, Great Hall, Castle College (Dress Code: Smart Casual) |
Wednesday 2nd September 2026
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Arrivals and Coffee |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Session 4 – Takafumi Ueno, Institute of Science Tokyo |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Session 4 – Wooram Park, Sungkyunkwan University |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Session 4 – Yoosoo Yang, 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 – Shigehiro Yoshimura, Kyushu University |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Session 5 – Katharine Dunn, University of Edinburgh |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Lunch and Networking |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | Roger Rubio Sanchez, University of Cambridge |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Mauri Kostianen, Aalto University |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Closing remarks |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Conference Photo |
| 17:00 | Close |
Registration
The registration site for Bionano 2026 is now closed.
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)
