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

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

Aula Marconi, 1 piano (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)

1 Registration

2 Workshop opening

Speaker: Prof. Ranieri Bizzarri

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

Talk: 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)

4 Invited lecture 1: Neuron mechanotransduction: the role of mechanical force in inducing microtubule stabilization.

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

Speaker: Prof. Vittoria Raffa (University of Pisa)

5 Invited lecture 2: Molecular characterization in a cellular context

Talk: Molecular characterization in a cellular context

Speaker: Prof. Lucia Banci (University of Florence)

6 Invited lecture 3: Interstellar Biophysics at the Gates of Future

Talk: Interstellar Biophysics at the Gates of Future

Speaker: Prof. Alberto Diaspro (University of Genova)

7 Invited lecture 4: The Quantum Underpinnings of Life

Talk: 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)

8 Invited lecture 5: Plasmonic and electronic single-molecule detection at 10 zeptomolar.

Talk: Plasmonic and electronic single-molecule detection at 10 zeptomolar.

Speaker: Prof. Luisa Torsi (University of Bari)

9 Closing plenary lecture: Power Strokes in Molecular Motors: Predictive, irrelevant, or somewhere in between?

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

Speaker: Dr. Emanuele Penocchio (Northwestern University)