Scientific Background and Scope of the Conference

Revolutionary experimental techniques, such as super-resolution microscopy and DNA nanotechnology have enabled unprecedented insights into cellular systems. Meanwhile, machine learning and AI are accelerating the design and analysis of biomolecules including proteins, facilitating a deeper understanding of spatiotemporal dynamics at the molecular and cellular levels. These developments allow us to move beyond descriptive biology towards quantitative, predictive models and engineered biological systems. By convening leading experts and early-career researchers, the workshop aims to stimulate discussions on key challenges how fundamental physical principles can drive technological and biomedical breakthroughs. These breakthroughs are rooted in the physics of non-equilibrium systems, soft matter, and active matter. To achieve these goals, interdisciplinary and international collaboration is essential. The workshop will emphasize the synergy between theory and experiment, basic and applied research, and the integration of physics, biology, AI, and engineering.

Invited Speakers

• Patricia Bassereau – Paris, France
• Laurent Blanchoin – Grenoble, France
• Lindsey Case – Cambridge, USA
• Dennis Discher – Philadelphia, USA
• Kristian Franze – Erlangen, Germany
• Stephan Grill – Dresden, Germany
• Jay Groves – Berkeley, USA
• Andreas Jahnshoff – Göttingen, Germany
• Frank Jülicher – Dresden, Germany
• Kinneret Keren – Haifa, Israel
• Regine von Klitzing – Darmstadt, Germany
• Sarah Köster - Göttingen, Germany
• Franziska Lautenschläger – Saarbrücken, Germany
• Cornelia Monzel – Stuttgart, Germany
• Tommy Nylander – Lund, Sweden
• Atul Parikh – Davis, USA
• Emanuel Schneck - Darmstadt, Germany
• Ulrich Schwarz – Heidelberg, Germany
• Udo Seifert – Stuttgart, Germany
• Ryo Suzuki – Tokyo, Japan
• David Weitz – Cambridge, USA

Scientific Organising Committee

• Prof. Andreas Bausch (TUM)
• Prof. Joachim Rädler (LMU)
• Prof. Rudolf Merkel (FZ Jülich)
• Prof. Motomu Tanaka (U. Heidelberg)

Funding

The Conference is funded by the WE-Heraeus Foundation.

Accomodation

We have blocked rooms at a fixed rate (€139/174 for single/double occupancy) for conference participants in the Mariott hotel (walking distance to the conference venue). We recommend to book rooms upon receive of the acceptance email. Book your group rate for CPA Symposium

Conference Location

Center for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), TUM, Ernst-Otto- Fischer-Str. 8, 85748 Garching MAPS

Support

cpa@tum.de