The second meeting of the FBI Mechanobiology WG will take place on the 26 and 27 of March 2026 at the Institut de Biologie Paris Seine and the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris.

The programme will include a seminar by Kate Miroshnikova (NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda USA and Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany), presentations by participants and practical mechanobiology workshops (a choice of 4 workshops from a dozen: optical tweezers, micro/nano-fabrication, microfluidics, AFM, micropipette aspiration, mechanical confinement, force measurements, etc…).

Preliminary program:

Day 1 – 26/03/2026, Paris 5^e (IBPS / Curie / IPGG)

• Morning : scientific presentations, small group discussion
• Afternoon : 2 sessions of practical workshops on real set-ups in participating labs (Paris 5e)

Day 2 – 27/03/2026, Paris 13^e (IJM / MSC / LIED)

• Morning : scientific presentations, poster session
• Afternoon : 2 sessions of practical workshops on real set-ups in participating labs (Paris 13e)

Infos & registration:

Registration is free, but places are limited and priority will be given to contributors whose abstracts have been selected.

Registration will open in September.

Any question? Please contact : Joseph d’Alessandro (joseph.dalessandro@ijm.fr)

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