Here is the program of NCSB 2026 (click on each title to read the abstract):
- 9:30 – 9:40: Welcome and introduction
- 9:40 – 10:20: Charles L. Brooks III (University of Michigan, USA) – Exploiting Modern AI and Modeling in Biocatalyst Discovery and Design
- 10:20 – 10:50: Roland Stote (CNRS, Inserm, IGBMC, Université de Strasbourg) – Nuclear Receptors in Motion: Shape-Shifts and Dynamics
- 10:50 – 11:30: Coffee break and poster session
- 11:30 – 12:00: Frederic Cazals (Centre Inria d’Université Côte d’Azur) – The Structure-Function Conundrum for Proteins: A Perspective
- 12:00 – 12:30: Elise Dumont (ICB, CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice) – Protein-ligand association prediction: which insights from generative AI?
- 12:30 – 13:00: Francois Dehez (LPCT, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, Nancy) – Structure, Dynamics, and Targeting of Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channels
- 13:00 – 14:30: Lunch and poster session
- 14:30 – 15:00: Mehdi Davari (Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany) – Computational Protein Engineering: From Molecular Simulations to Machine Learning
- 15:00 – 15:30: Luiz Felipe Piochi (Inria, Université de Lorraine, Nancy) – Unraveling protein conformational plasticity with PROTEUS
- 15:30 – 16:00: Julia Kacher (LPCT, CNRS, Université de Lorraine, Nancy) – Turning Rare Events into Rates: An AI-Based Workflow for Predictive Kinetics
- 16:00 – 17:00: Coffee break and poster session