Bionano - Heddle Lab

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 – Mauri Kostianen, Aalto University
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
13:15 – 13:45	Networking and poster presentations
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 – Wooram Park, Sungkyunkwan University
10:15 – 10:45	Session 4 – Yoosoo Yang, Sungkyunkwan University
10:45 – 11:15	Session 4 – Jonathan Heddle, Durham University
11:15 – 11:45	Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:15	Session 5 – Jeff Gorman, Durham University
12:15 – 12:45	Session 5 – Sara García-Linares, Complutense University of Madrid
12:45 – 13:15	Session 5 – Shigehiro Yoshimura, Kyushu University
13:15 – 13:45	Session 5 – Katharine Dunn, University of Edinburgh
13:45 – 14:15	Lunch
14:15 – 15:15	Networking and Poster Presentations
15:15 – 15:45	Roger Rubio Sanchez, University of Cambridge
15:45 – 16:00	Closing remarks
16:00 – 16:15	Conference Photo
16:15	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)