A Note from the Program Chairs

The BPS2026 Annual Meeting in San Francisco will showcase Biophysics by the Bay, highlighting the exciting advances in science and technology brought forth by big data and AI.  This year’s program offers a strikingly diverse and forward-looking slate of Symposia that captures the dynamic, multi-scale nature of our field. From the controlled chaos of intrinsically disordered proteins to the emergent properties of life’s assemblies, our sessions illuminate the physical organizing principles underlying biology. Symposia revisit new perspectives in classics like membrane transport and calcium signaling, while also spotlighting new frontiers such as the biophysics of immunity, cancer, and protein design. Workshops will explore emerging technologies for handling the giant datasets of modern biology and how to use AI to understand and engineer nature. As in previous years, we seek to balance foundational insights and high-risk innovation, highlighting long-standing luminaries, emerging leaders, and exciting discoveries selected from abstract submissions. With our continued commitment to inclusive formats—Flash Talks, Symp/Workshop Select, and integrated poster-platform options—BPS2026 invites every attendee to shape and share in the discovery. 
We look forward to building this next chapter of biophysics with you.