SATELLITE MEETING - The future of biophysics: from 2025 to 2050 and beyond

domenica 29 giu 2025, 12:30 → 18:30 Europe/Rome

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Ranieri Bizzarri (Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa.)

The future of biophysics: from 2025 to 2050 and beyond

This satellite meeting to the 15th European Biophysical Congress organized by the European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA) is thought as a dissemination platform where the future perspectives of biophysical studies in different fields for the forthcoming 25 years (e.g. cell biophysics, origin of life, artificial intelligence, biosensors) will be presented by outstanding scientists with recognized international leadership in their fields. 

 

 

Chairs:

• Prof. Ranieri Bizzarri, University of Pisa
• Dr. Simone Civita, University of Pisa
• Dr. Barbara Storti, Nanoscience Institute, National Research Council (CNR-NANO)

 

Technical support and web managing: 

• Ing. Francesco Impallari, Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council (IBF-CNR)

12:30 → 13:30 Registration

13:30 → 13:45 Workshop opening

Speaker: Prof. Ranieri Bizzarri

13:45 → 14:45 Opening Plenary lecture

Celebrating 60 years from the Monod-Wyman-Changeux model. The biophysics of allosteric receptors; toward a new pharmacology?

Speaker: Prof. Jean Pierre Changeaux (Institute Pasteur, Paris, France)

14:45 → 15:15 Invited lecture 1

Neuron mechanotransduction: the role of mechanical force in inducing microtubule stabilization.

Speaker: Prof. Vittoria Raffa (University of Pisa)

15:15 → 15:45 Invited lecture 2

Title to be defined

Speaker: Prof. Lucia Banci (University of Florence)

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee break

16:15 → 16:45 Invited lecture 3

Title to be defined

Speaker: Prof. Alberto Diaspro (University of Genova)

16:45 → 17:15 Invited lecture 4

Conversation between Prof. Johnjoe McFadden and Prof. Fabrizio Illuminati.

Speakers: Prof. Fabrizio Illuminati (University of Salerno and CNR-NANOTECH) , Prof. Johnjoe McFadden (University of Surrey)

17:15 → 17:45 Invited lecture 5

Plasmonic and electronic single-molecule detection at 10 zeptomolar.

Speaker: Prof. Luisa Torsi (University of Bari)

17:45 → 18:30 Closing plenary lecture

Power Strokes in Molecular Motors: Predictive, irrelevant, or somewhere in between?

Speaker: Dr. Emanuele Penocchio (Northwestern University)