Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting | Ascona 2026

Mechanobiology of Infection

Program Schedule

10:30 – 10:45

Andre Körnig, Bruker Nano, Germany * Correlative AFM-Confocal Mechanotyping of the E.coli Envelope

10:45 – 12:00

Panel Discussion: Hopes and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research

12:00 – 14:00

Lunch

Sala Luce

Session VI

Computation and Modeling in Mechanomicrobiology Chair: Ashley Nord, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France

14:00 – 14:30

Yilin Wu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Emergent Mechanics in Bacteria Communities

14:30 – 15:00

Vasily Zaburdaev, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Mechanobiology of Bacterial Colonies and Biofilms

15:00 – 15:30

Joshua Shaevitz, Princeton University, USA Collective Behavior and Active Phase Transitions in Motile Bacterial Populations Sandrasegaram Gnanakaran, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA * Mechanism of Viral Protein-Mediated Membrane Fusion Maria Jose Gómez Benito, University of Zaragoza, Spain * A Hybrid Model of Cell Monolayers: Mapping the Mechanobiology of Infection

15:30 – 15:45

15:45 – 16:00

16:00 – 17:30

Discussion, Closing Remarks and Biophysical Journal Poster Awards

17:30 – 19:00

Networking and One-on-One Discussion

Sala Balint Terrace

19:00 – 20:30

Dinner

Sala Luce

*Contributed talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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