- 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)
