Here is the program of NCSB 2026 (click on each title to read the abstract):
- 9:30 – 9:45: Welcome and introduction
- 9:45 – 10:30: Charles L. Brooks III (University of Michigan, USA) – Exploiting Modern AI and Modeling in Biocatalyst Discovery and Design
- 10:30 – 11:00: Coffee break and poster session
- 11:00 – 11:40: Roland Stote (CNRS, Inserm, IGBMC, Université de Strasbourg)
- 11:40 – 12:20: Sofia Oliveira (School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, England) – Exploring Protein Functional Dynamics Beyond Equilibrium
- 12:20 – 13:00: Frederic Cazals (Centre Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur) – The Structure-Function Conundrum for Proteins: A Perspective
- 13:00 – 14:30: Lunch and poster session
- 14:30 – 15:10: Mehdi Davari (Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany) – Computational Protein Engineering: From Molecular Simulations to Machine Learning
- 15:10 – 15:50: Francois Dehez (LPCT, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, Nancy) – Structure, Dynamics, and Targeting of Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channels
- 15:50 – 16:30: Julia Kacher (LPCT, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, Nancy) – Turning Rare Events into Rates: An AI-Based Workflow for Predictive Kinetics.
- 16:30 – 17:00: Coffee break and poster session