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Biophysics Week 2026 Affiliate Events will be updated weekly. Please submit your Affiliate Event above.

Biophysics in Africa

3/23/2026 - 3/27/26
Virtual Event
Cape Town, South Africa

Topics Include:

Agri-science / Crop Science / Pharmacognosy / Plant biophysics

  • Applied biophysics

Astrobiology / Astrochemistry

  • Bioacoustics
  • Bioinfomatics
  • Biomaterials physics
  • Biomechanics
  • Biophotonics
  • Biophysical methods in pharmacology and medicinal chemistry
  • Biophysical methods in pharmaceutics and dosage form design
  • Biophysics and maternal health
  • Biophysics in geosciences
  • Computational biology

Electrophysiology / Neuroscience

  • Environmental biophysics
  • Genomics
  • Imaging
  • Industrial biotechnology
  • Mathematical biology
  • Medical biophysics
  • Microscopy

Physical biochemistry / Molecular biophysics

Physical cell biology / Cellular biophysics

  • Physical methods in paleobiology
  • Quantum biology
  • Small/Wide-angle
  • X-ray scattering in biophysics
  • Soil biophysics
  • Structural biology
  • Development of the future of biophysics in Africa
     


Biophysics in Ukraine: Human Energy and Willpower in Science and Education During the Wartime

3/25/2026 - 3/27/26
Ukrainian Biophysical Society
Kyiv, Ukraine

"Biophysics in Ukraine: the energy and will of people in science and education during wartime” is an affiliate event of Biophysics Week highlighting the strength and creativity of the Ukrainian biophysics community under unprecedented conditions. The event showcases cutting-edge research, educational initiatives, and interdisciplinary approaches developed despite the challenges of war. Special emphasis is placed on the voices of early-career researchers, PhD students, and students who represent the future of biophysics in Ukraine. Through scientific talks, discussions, and personal perspectives, the event demonstrates how biophysics continues to contribute to medicine, technology, and education. This meeting is both a celebration of scientific excellence and a message of resilience, solidarity, and commitment to global biophysical science.

This event is held in-person and virtual.

For more information, please visit https://ubpht.knu.ua/Main%20Page.html 

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Biophysics Latin America Meeting

3/26/2026 - 3/27/2026
Laboratory of Biophysics and Tissue Engineering, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Mexico City, Mexico

In this virtual event, research projects and ideas of every student, postdoc, and researcher in biophysics across Latin America will be heard. The goal of this event is to foster collaboration and generate academic alliances that transcend borders. Over the course of two days, the program will feature keynote lectures, short presentations, a poster session, and a student competition.

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Biophysics Week in Lithuania

3/23/2026 - 3/27/26
Vilnius University
Vilnius, Lithuania

The Lithuanian Biophysical continues its tradition of organizing public outreach events across universities and research institutions in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania’s largest cities. This year’s program features a record number of public lectures, laboratory tours and practical activities highlighting diverse subfields of biophysics thriving in Lithuania. While the primary audience is high-school and undergraduate students, the events are open to everyone interested in science. In collaboration with STEAM centres across the country, high-school students will also have the opportunity to perform a practical activity exploring the interplay between photosynthesis and respiration in plants.

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Biophysique and Health in Cameroon

3/24/2026 - 3/27/226
École de santé de la Croix-Rouge Cameroun
Center, Cameroon

The biophysics days will take place with the participation of several workshops. Students will get together in groups by order to present their achievements and their recent work.


Building Bridges in Computational Biophysics v4.5 (BBCB)

3/27/2026
Virtual Event
New York, United States

This event is intended to create a networking space for former attendees and new peers to the community of the BBCB annual symposia. We want to encourage informal conversations in Spanish, Portuguese, and English to enrich our science and learn from each other's expertise and experiences.

Please follow the link to register: https://forms.gle/DJ4yZxBxDkWcwbgH9 


Celebrating Biophysics Education and Research

3/27/2026
Department of Physics, University of Yaoundé
Yaoundé, Cameroon

This event is meant to share some recent advances in the field of biophysics with early post graduate students in Biophysics at the Department of Physics of the University of Yaoundé l.


DNA Story: A Play About Discovering the Structure of DNA

3/23/2026 - 3/27/26
Virtual Event
Louisiana, United States

A filmed version of a biographical science-play depicting the discovery of DNA structure by Watson, Crick, Franklin, and Wilkins - complete with X-ray crystallography and molecular dimensions sequences.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k17PHDLEajg 


Driving the Future of Biophysics: What’s Next in Theory and Computation?

3/23/2026 - 3/27/2026
Virtual Event - Podcast Phase Space Invaders
New York, United States

A panel podcast discussion on the future of theory and computation in biophysics, featuring world-renowned scientists from theoretical,machine-learning, and integrative biophysics. The conversation explores what’s next in molecular simulations, force fields, sampling strategies, the integration of experiments and computation, as well as issues of reproducibility and validation in macromolecular biophysics.

Podcast Phase Space Invaders


Polar AI: Machine Learning for Microbial and Environmental Discovery in Antarctica

3/27/2026
Virtual Event
Oran, Algeria

This session dives deep into the use of AI and Machine Learning to unlock the secrets held within the biophotonic signatures of Antarctic microbes. It addresses how single-cell analysis techniques, coupled with ML models, can differentiate subtle adaptive mechanisms in organisms surviving in extreme cold and high-radiation environments. Focus will be on the data-driven correlation between spectral data (biophotonic signatures) and environmental variables, pushing the boundaries of biological and environmental monitoring in the Antarctic.

Event Time:

Time: 15:30 (3:30 PM) Algeria Time (GMT+1)
Time in Maryland (EDT): 10:30 AM

Register and join us virtually: https://meet.google.com/uei-orwy-jgp


Synergizing Biophysics Education and Research: Enhancing Mentorship for Africa’s Scientific Future

3/23/2026 - 3/27/2026
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (Uganda) & Kyambogo University, MCU Boardroom (Uganda)
Kakamega, Kenya

Biophysics holds immense potential to address Africa’s pressing challenges in health, agriculture, energy, and technology. The growth of Biophysics on the continent has been limited by gaps in education, research infrastructure, and mentorship. “Synergizing Biophysics Education and Research: Enhancing Mentorship for Africa’s Scientific Future” emphasizes the integration of robust academic training with cutting-edge research, supported by strong mentorship networks. By fostering collaboration between educators, researchers, and mentors, this initiative seeks to inspire the next generation of African biophysicists, strengthen research capacity, and ensure that biophysics knowledge is effectively applied to local and global needs. Ultimately, it aims to build a sustainable ecosystem where education, research, and mentorship work hand in hand to advance Africa’s scientific and technological future.


Workshop in the MIDST of Accessing Long Time and Large Length Scales: Coarse-Grained Simulations

3/27/2026
Sabanci University, Altunizade Campus G08-G09
Istanbul, Turkey

This is a continuation of our Dialogues in the Midst workshops which has been a Biophysics Week event since 2018. In this edition, the theory session will introduce the transition from atomistic molecular dynamics simulations to coarse-grained (CG) models and discuss how coarse-graining enables accession to longer time and larger length scales. The session will include an overview of the Martini force field, basic mapping strategies, and the use of GROMACS for the system setup and simulation. An introduction to ligand parameterization within the Martini framework will also be provided.

In the hands-on session, participants will set up and run coarse-grained simulations using GROMACS. Practical exercises will include trajectory analysis, dynamics evaluation, and an introduction to backmapping from coarse-grained to atomistic resolution.

For more information, please visit: https://midst.sabanciuniv.edu/coarse_grained_simulations/

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World Biophysics Week in Valparaíso

3/27/2026
Universidad de Valparaíso, Facultad de Ciencias
Valparaiso, Chile

To celebrate the 11th Biophysics Week, the University of Valparaíso, through its Valparaíso Biophysics Chapter, will host a special daydedicated to this discipline. The event will include a full program of activities, featuring a session with leading experts in the field and a series of short presentations by students showcasing the progress of their biophysics research.

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