Participantes
DIRECCIÓN
Rafael Giraldo Suárez
Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas.
Profesor de Investigación de OPI.
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC).
Germán Rivas
Profesor de Investigación de OPI
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC)
SECRETARÍA
Silvia Zorrilla
CIB Margarita Salas, Madrid
PARTICIPANTES
Laura Corrales
IBVF-CSIC/Univ. Sevilla
Irene Díaz-Moreno
IIQ-cicCartuja, Sevilla
Raúl Fernández
IBBTEC - UNICAN/CSIC, Santander
Dolores Pérez-Sala
CIB Margarita Salas, CSIC, Madrid
Jorge R. Espinosa
UCM
María Luisa Romero Romero
IQAC-CSIC, Barcelona
Evan Spruijt
Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, NL
Salvador Ventura
UAB & I3PT-CERCA, Barcelona
Programa
Lunes, 24 Agosto 2026
10:00
Welcoming and Introductory Remarks
Germán Rivas
BIOMOLECULAR CONDENSATES: WHERE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY MEET CELL BIOLOGY
10:30
Impact of biomolecular condensates in prebiotic evolution
María Luisa Romero Romero
12:00
From droplets to structures: Multiscale simulations of phase transitions in biomolecular condensates
Jorge R. Espinosa
Martes, 25 Agosto 2026
BIOMOLECULAR CONDENSATES IN BACTERIA: MECHANISMS AND FUNCTIONS
09:30
Bacterial biomolecular condensates in synthetic cell research
Silvia Zorrilla
12:00
Biomolecular condensates in cyanobacteria to produce biodegradable bioplastics
Laura Corrales
15:30
Workshop 1
Enabling tools - Microfluidics in Synthetic Biology
Raúl Fernández
Miércoles, 26 Agosto 2026
PHASE SEPARATION AND AMYLOID FORMATION: THE ROLE OF BIOMOLECULAR CONDENSATES
09:30
Biomolecular condensates and amyloid formation: confusion of the kinds?
Salvador Ventura
12:00
Bacterial amyloids and condensates
Rafael Giraldo Suárez
15:30
Round table 2
Preparing the next generation of synthetic cell engineers - CSIC-UIMP Master SYNBIO and COFUND SYNBIO-CSIC Doctoral Network
Germán Rivas
Jueves, 27 Agosto 2026
BIOMOLECULAR CONDENSATES IN EUKARYOTES: MECHANISMS AND FUNCTIONS
09:30
Condensates as functional organizers of intermediate filaments
Dolores Pérez-Sala
12:00
Harnessing biomolecular condensation in cellular stress signaling
Irene Díaz-Moreno
15:30
Workshop 2
ML and AI tools in systems and synthetic biology
Raúl Fernández
Viernes, 28 Agosto 2026
09:30
KEYNOTE CLOSING LECTURE I: Functional compartments in synthetic cells: Coacervates as models for cellular organization and the origin of life
Evan Spruijt
12:00
KEYNOTE CLOSING LECTURE II
13:00
Round table 3
Biomolecular condensates research in Europe - current status and future perspectives