Scientific Program | Meso-Bio-Nano Science Forum

The scientific program of the MBN Science Forum 2026 consists of interdisciplinary sessions, including invited lectures, review talks and progress reports. An overview of the program is provided below.

Monday, 31 August (DySoN-related sessions)

08⁰⁰ – 09¹⁵	Participants registration
09¹⁵ – 09³⁰	MBN Science Forum 2026 Opening
09³⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Morning session I: "Structure and dynamics of Meso-Bio-Nano systems (Chair: Andrew Wheatley)
09³⁰ – 10⁰⁰	Andrey Solov'yov, MBN Research Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany The multiscale physics of radiation involving MBN systems and its applications
10⁰⁰ – 10³⁰	Remco Havenith, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Netherlands Computational design of radiopharmaceuticals
10³⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Christian Schneider, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany Magneto-optics of strongly coupled many-body quantum systems
11⁰⁰ – 11³⁰	Coffee break
11³⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Morning session II: "Structure and dynamics of Meso-Bio-Nano systems" (Chair: Thomas Schlathölter)
11³⁰ – 12⁰⁰	Christoph Lienau, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany Ultrafast charge carrier dynamics in cryptochrome proteins and their implications for radical pair formation
12⁰⁰ – 12³⁰	Sadia Bari, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany Watching biomolecules in action: Structure, function, and radiation damage
12³⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Felipe Fantuzzi, School of Natural Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Quantum interference analysis of nucleobase tautomerism: Towards a descriptor for radiation-relevant biomolecular chemistry
13⁰⁰ – 14³⁰	Lunch
14³⁰ – 15⁵⁰	Afternoon session I: "Nanostructured materials, surfaces and interfaces" (Chair: Christoph Lienau)
14³⁰ – 15⁰⁰	Andrew Wheatley, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Photocatalytic chemical synthesis by metal(loid)-doped porous composites
15⁰⁰ – 15³⁰	Tommaso Mazza, European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany Morphology and coalescence of metal and metal oxide clusters: a comparison between time-resolved x-ray scattering and molecular dynamics
15³⁰ – 15⁵⁰	Arianna Rossi, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy A multi-scale characterization strategy for the investigation of the gas sensing mechanism
15⁵⁰ – 16¹⁰	Afternoon session II: Short presentations by early-stage researchers (pt. 1) (Chair: Luca Gerhards)
15⁵⁰ – 16⁰⁰	Jonathan Hungerland, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany What can a machine learn from a force field?
16⁰⁰ – 16¹⁰	Noah Rickermann, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany In-silico side effect prediction through automated protein-ligand interaction profiling
16¹⁰ – 16⁴⁰	Coffee break
16⁴⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Afternoon session II: "Reactivity and nanocatalysis" (Chair: Felipe Fantuzzi)
16⁴⁰ – 17¹⁰	Ulrich Kleinekathöfer, School of Science, Constructor University, Bremen, Germany Multiscale simulation of light harvesting in plants and algae: Effects of intrinsic electric fields
17¹⁰ – 17⁴⁰	Luca Gerhards, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany Multiscale spin dynamics problems in complex systems: Challenges and solutions in theory
17⁴⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Dipayan Chakraborty, Heyrovský Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Microhydration alters electron-induced fragmentation pathways in brominated ethyl-triazole isomers

Tuesday, 01 September (INDICO- & PRISMA-related sessions)

09²⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Morning session I: "Radiation-induced phenomena in materials induced by relativistic electrons and positrons" (Chair: Nigel Mason)
09²⁰ – 09⁵⁰	Illia Zymak, ELI Beamlines, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic ELI ELBA multi-GeV electron beamlines for QED experiments: experimental data and modeling
09⁵⁰ – 10²⁰	Andrei Korol, MBN Research Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Exploring novel intense gamma-ray light sources
10²⁰ – 10⁴⁰	Germán Rojas-Lorenzo, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, University of Havana, Cuba Channeling in bent and hetero-structured crystals: The impact of experimental conditions on the observation of radiation and fine structure
10⁴⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Matthew Dickers, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Influence of crystal bending properties on the stability of crystalline undulator radiation peaks
11⁰⁰ – 11³⁰	Coffee break
11³⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Morning session II: "Irradiation-driven dynamics in materials and nanosystems induced by ion beams" (Chair: Ivo Utke)
11³⁰ – 12⁰⁰	Maria Eugenia Toimil Molares, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany In-situ analysis of swift heavy ion irradiation effects on nanomaterials at GSI
12⁰⁰ – 12³⁰	Stefan Facsko, Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany Self-organized nanostructuring of surfaces by ion beams: From pattern formation to functional thin films
12³⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Nigel Mason, School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Ion irradiation-induced dynamics within molecular thin films: New data reveal new phenomena
13⁰⁰ – 14³⁰	Lunch
14³⁰ – 16⁰⁰	Afternoon session I: "Electron and ion irradiation-driven chemistry behind nanofabrication processes" (Chair: Pamir Nag)
14³⁰ – 15⁰⁰	Ivo Utke, Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Thun, Switzerland The fate of ligands from metalorganic molecules in e-nanoprinting
15⁰⁰ – 15³⁰	Lisa McElwee-White, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA Electron- and ion-induced chemistry of Fe(CO)₄(alkene) complexes: Implications for FEBID and FIBID
15³⁰ – 16⁰⁰	Petra Swiderek, Institute for Applied and Physical Chemistry, University of Bremen, Germany Electron-induced and thermal surface reactions of iron precursors for FEBID studied by infrared spectroscopy
16⁰⁰ – 16³⁰	Coffee break
16³⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Afternoon session II: "Irradiation-driven dynamics in materials induced by photon, electron, and ion beams" (Chair: Lisa McElwee-White)
16³⁰ – 16⁵⁵	Pamir Nag, Heyrovský Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Probing solvated electrons and hydroxyl radicals in the aqueous phase using the liquid micro-jet technique
16⁵⁵ – 17²⁰	Roberto Fallica, imec, Leuven, Belgium Electronic scattering-driven exposure of photoresists in extreme ultraviolet wavelength and beyond
17²⁰ – 17⁴⁰	Iwona Szymańska, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń, Poland Correlations between volatility and sensitivity to high- and low-energy electrons
17⁴⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Gergő Lakatos, HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research (Atomki), Debrecen, Hungary Radiation chemistry of iron pentacarbonyl ices: Structure and temperature related effects

Wednesday, 02 September (INDICO- & PRISMA-related sessions)

09⁰⁰ – 10³⁰	Morning session I: "Controlled nanofabrication and 3D-nanoprinting with focused charged particle beams" (Chair: Katja Höflich)
09⁰⁰ – 09³⁰	Amalio Fernández-Pacheco, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria 3D printing of magnetic nanostructures by focused electron beam induced deposition
09³⁰ – 10⁰⁰	Hubertus Marbach, Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Roßdorf, Germany Semiconductor mask repair using electron-beam induced chemistry
10⁰⁰ – 10³⁰	Soraya Sangiao, Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Growth of functional nanostructures through the decomposition of spin-coated metalorganic films by Focused Electron and Ion Beams
10³⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Coffee break
11⁰⁰ – 12¹⁰	Morning session II: "Irradiation-driven transformations and fabrication of condensed matter systems" (Chair: Amalio Fernández-Pacheco)
11⁰⁰ – 11²⁵	Alexey Verkhovtsev, MBN Research Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Stochastic dynamics simulation of the FEBID process: The case study of a nanopillar growth
11²⁵ – 11⁵⁰	Katja Höflich, Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Berlin, Germany Magic in a liquid: Localized electrochemical deposition for the fabrication of metallic microstructures
11⁵⁰ – 12¹⁰	Cauê Souza, School of Natural Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Multiscale simulation of photo-assisted chemical vapour deposition
12¹⁰ – 12³⁰	Morning session III: "Demonstration of the INDICO tool" Gennady Sushko, Alexey Verkhovtsev, Ilia Solov’yov, Andrey Solov’yov
12³⁰ – 13⁵⁰	Lunch
13⁵⁰ – 14⁴⁰	Afternoon session I: "Collision and irradiation processes with molecular and condensed matter systems" (Chair: Tommaso Mazza)
13⁵⁰ – 14²⁰	Beata Ziaja-Motyka, Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL), Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany Exploring the potential of new XFEL developments for structure determination
14²⁰ – 14⁴⁰	Bobby Antony, Dept. of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, India Electron and positron scattering from molecular and radical ions
14⁴⁰ – 15⁰⁰	Afternoon session II: "Short presentations by early-stage researchers (pt. 2)" (Chair: Jaroslav Kočišek)
14⁴⁰ – 14⁵⁰	Naruki Uno, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Molecular-axis orientation effect on secondary electron emission from single-layer graphene under 3.6 MeV C₂⁺ dimer irradiation
14⁵⁰ – 15⁰⁰	Samuel Kovár, Heyrovský Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Radiation induced backbone scission: A coarse-grained approach
16⁰⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Excursion through the Oldenburg city center and the Oldenburg castle

Thursday, 03 September (MS-RADAM-related sessions)

09³⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Morning session I: "Radiation-induced phenomena with biomolecular systems" (Chair: Ramon Ortiz)
09³⁰ – 10⁰⁰	Thomas Schlathölter, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Soft X-ray induced processes in gas-phase protonated serine clusters
10⁰⁰ – 10³⁰	Jaroslav Kočišek, Heyrovský Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Radiation damage to well-defined DNA sequences using DNA origami
10³⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Pavel Kundrát & Chia-Wei Huang, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Track-structure simulations of radiation-induced DNA damage with PARTRAC
11⁰⁰ – 11³⁰	Coffee break
11³⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Morning session II: "Radiation-induced phenomena with biomolecular and biological systems" (Chair: Richard Amos)
11³⁰ – 12⁰⁰	Andy Nisbet, Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom Developments in micro and nano dosimetry for radiotherapy
12⁰⁰ – 12³⁰	Hidetsugu Tsuchida, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Energy loss of heavy ions in liquid water using a liquid sheet target
12³⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Ramon Ortiz, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Preclinical particle therapy research at PARTREC: Towards multiscale radiobiological modeling within MS-RADAM
13⁰⁰ – 14³⁰	Conference photo & Lunch
14³⁰ – 16⁰⁰	Afternoon session I: "Irradiation-driven transformations in biologically relevant media" (Chair: Gérard Baldacchino)
14³⁰ – 15⁰⁰	Michael Hausmann, Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany Self-organization of chromatin networks on the meso- and nano-scale after ionizing radiation attacks
15⁰⁰ – 15³⁰	Julie Lascaud, Dept. of Medical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Garching, Germany Toward ionoacoustics-based dosimetry for treatment monitoring in radiotherapy
15³⁰ – 16⁰⁰	Brendan Dromey, Centre for Light Matter Interactions, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom Direct capture of the electron cycle in water under extreme proton dose-rates
16⁰⁰ – 16³⁰	Coffee break
16³⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Afternoon session II: "Mechanisms of nanoparticle radiosensitization" (Chair: Michael Hausmann)
16³⁰ – 17⁰⁰	Cécile Sicard-Roselli, Institut de Chimie Physique, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France Consequences of metallic nanoparticle interaction with ionizing radiation
17⁰⁰ – 17³⁰	Martin Falk, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Surprisingly complex multifactorial mechanism of metal nanoparticle-mediated radiosensitization
17³⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Gérard Baldacchino, Université Paris Saclay, CEA, LIDYL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Fluorescence changes of Eu nanoparticles in proton Bragg peak
19⁰⁰ – 22⁰⁰	Conference dinner, Restaurant Klinkerburg Andreas Schnegelsberg e.K.

Friday, 04 September (MS-RADAM-related sessions)

09⁰⁰ – 10³⁰	Morning session I: "Biomedical and technological applications of radiation" (Chair: Kate Ricketts)
09⁰⁰ – 09³⁰	Oliver Jäkel, Division of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany Helium ion therapy – from Berkeley to Heidelberg
09³⁰ – 10⁰⁰	Richard Amos, Dept. Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom Improving ion beam cancer therapy to increase the therapeutic ratio
10⁰⁰ – 10³⁰	Pietro Pisciotta, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Model-based selection for proton therapy: The Dutch learning healthcare approach
10³⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Coffee break
11⁰⁰ – 11⁵⁰	Morning session II: "Biomedical and technological applications of radiation" (Chair: Andy Nisbet)
11⁰⁰ – 11²⁵	Kate Ricketts, Divison Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, United Kingdom Nanoparticle enhanced radiotherapy: Mapping and mechanisms
11²⁵ – 11⁵⁰	Lara Barazzuol, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Organoids in radiobiology: emerging applications
11⁵⁰ – 12⁰⁰	MBN Science Forum 2026 Closing
12³⁰ – 16⁰⁰	MS-RADAM Inauguration meeting (for the members of the MS-RADAM DN Consortium)