The Physical Biology Circle Meeting is a yearly conference bringing together early-career researchers from leading European institutions in the field of biophysics. Experimental and theoretical researchers working in biological physics in a broad sense are encouraged to submit their work. Contributed talks will be selected among the abstract submitted by PhD students and postdocs only. The Circle Meeting is known for its unique atmosphere and lively discussions.
Topics covered will include, but not be limited to, cell biophysics, tissue mechanics, bioenergetics, physics of DNA, active matter and cell signalling.
Important dates and information
- Registration deadline: 19 December 2025
- Chosen participants will be notified by: 16 January 2026
- Payment deadline: 30 January 2026
- Registration fee: 320 EUR
The registration fee covers acommodation in double rooms from the 22nd of February 2026 (check-in) to the 26th of February 2026 (check-out). Meals (including conference dinner) and coffee breaks during the conference hours are also covered by the registration fee.
Only applications from members of participating institutions can be considered.
Keynote speaker
TBD
Participating institutions and node coordinators
- MPI-PKS (Pierre Haas, Frank Jülicher)
- MPI-CBG (Stephan Grill)
- EMBL (Alba Diz-Muñoz, Sara Cuylen-Häring)
- University of Geneva (Guillaume Salbreux, Karsten Kruse)
- GIMM (Pablo Sartori)
- ISTA (Anna Kicheva, Edouard Hannezo)
- Institut Curie (Aurelie Bertin)
- University of Saarbrucken (Albrecht Ott, Franziska Lautenschläger)
- AMOLF (Jeroen van Zon)
- Cambridge University (Francois Nedelec, Ewa Paluch)
- CRG (Thomas Surrey)
- IBEC Barcelona (Xavier Trepat)
- TU Munich (Ulrich Gerland)
- LMU Munich (Steffen Rulands)
- Turing Center for Living Systems (Matthias Merkel)
Scientific Coordinators
Adolfo Alsina, Victor Hugo Mello and Pablo Sartori
Please contact communication[at]gimm[dot]pt if you have any questions.
Cover image courtesy of Pablo Sartori.