Date: February 20, 2027 - February 24, 2027
Location: Philadelphia, PA
This year's program, developed in large part from member proposals, spans 20 symposia, which includes 4 Subgroup symposia, and 4 workshops that traverse the full landscape of the field: the evolutionary origins and adaptive logic of proteins; the machinery of proteostasis; the ensemble nature of molecular conformations; the structural and functional richness of membrane proteins, channels, and GPCRs; the exotic chemistry of lipids and membrane surfaces; the mechanics of sarcomeres and cytoskeletal motors; the conformational dynamics of RNA; mitochondrial biology in health and disease; next-generation optical probes for neuroscience; and the biophysical roots of life itself. Two new frontier symposia spotlight genome engineering and the molecular underpinnings of disease, reflecting the expanding reach of our discipline.
Workshops offer deep dives into best practices in molecular dynamics simulations, artificial intelligence in biophysics, and deep mutational scanning, equipping attendees with tools that are reshaping how we interrogate and engineer biological systems.