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11th – 12th December 2025
11th – 12th December 2025
Location
The Edge
Venue Details
34 Endcliffe Crescent, Sheffield, S10 3ED
This symposium [UKBCNS-1] is a national 2-day research conference for the UK biomolecular condensate community, which will take place in the beautiful city of Sheffield.
Registration cost is £50 and includes access to all the sessions, daytime catering: all coffee breaks and lunches on both days, and an evening social (with drinks provided) on the 1st day (11th December)*. It is expected that attendees purchase their evening meals for the rest of the conference. MEETING AT CAPACITY.
*Refunds are possible up to the 3rd of December.
Link: Halifax Hall Hotel
Link: Jonas Hotel
Link: Brocco on the Park
Link: Ibis Hotel: St Mary's Gate
Link: Premier Inn: St Mary's Gate
Link: Leopold Hotel
Link: Radisson Blu Sheffield
Link: Mercure Hotel Sheffield
Confirmed speakers
Confirmed speakers
Prof. Tuomas Knowles, University of Cambridge. [keynote]
Title: TBD
Prof. Jernej Ule, King's College London/Crick Institute. [keynote]
Title: Homeostatic functions of condensates via collective protein-mRNA feedback
Prof. Andrew Baldwin, University of Oxford.
Title: Biomolecular condensates as chemical solvents
Dr. Katherine Stott, University of Cambridge.
Title: Condensates as models for the local compaction of chromatin.
Dr. Yu Ye, Imperial College London.
Title: A novel type of gel-like proteasome condensate in proteotoxic stress
Dr. Jaime Agudo-Canalejo, University College London.
Title: Catalytic activity as a regulator of enzyme-rich condensates.
Prof. Lorenzo Di Michele, University of Cambridge.
Title: Nanostructured RNA condensates and organelles.
Prof. Jennifer McManus, University of Bristol.
Title: Biomolecular condensation in- and out- of equilibrium.
Dr. Izaak Neri, King's College London.
Title: Metastable phase separation in multicomponent liquid mixtures
Programme
Programme
SCHEDULE
DAY 1 (11th December)
8:00 – Registration and refreshments
9:00-9:10 – Opening remarks
Session 1: Theory and modelling
9:10-9:30 – Jaime Agudo-Canalejo, UCL
9:30-9:50 – Izaak Neri, King's College London
9:50-10:05 – Thomas Williamson, University of Edinburgh (short talk)
10:05-10:20 – Oliver Paulin, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (short talk)
10:20-10:35 –Jasper Knox, University of Bristol (short talk)
10:35-11:00 – coffee break
Session 2: Molecular grammar I
11:00-11:30 - Tuomas Knowles, University of Cambridge (Keynote 1)
11:30-11:45 – Tim Nott, King's College London (short talk)
11:45-12:00 – Min Kyung Shinn, Washington University in St. Louis (short talk)
12:00-12:20 – Flash talks
Daniel Solomon, King's College London
Alonso J Pardal, University of Cambridge
Sheung Chun Ng, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (Germany)
Lewis Frame, University of York
Fynn Wolf, University of Bergen
Jamie Gravell, Imperial College London
Emilia Arguello, University of Cambridge
Yutong Fu, University of Bristol
12:20-14:00 – Lunch and posters
14:00-15:30 - Workshop: Bridging theory and practice in condensate research
15:30-16:00 – coffee and group photo
Session 3: Designer condensates
16:00-16:20 – Lorenzo Di Michelle, University of Cambridge
16:20-16:35- Mateo Hoare, University of Cambridge (short talk)
16:35-16:50 – Davoud Mozhdehi, Syracuse University (short talk)
17:00 - end of Day 1
18:00-22:00 - Drinks reception
(Sheffield Plate - Orchard Square, city centre)
DAY 2 (12th December)
8:00 – Refreshments
Session 4: Condensates in cells and in disease I
8:30-9:00 - Jernej Ule, King's College London/Crick Institute (Keynote 2)
9:00-9:15 - Rececca Thrush, Imperial College London (short talk)
9:15-9:30 – Srinjan Basu, Imperial College London (short talk)
9:30-9:50 – Yu Ye, Imperial College London
10:00-10:30 – coffee break
Session 5: Molecular grammar II
10:30-10:50 – Katherine Stott, University of Cambridge
10:50-11:05 – Giulia Celora, University of Oxford (short talk)
11:05-11:20 – Antonio Calabrese, University of Leeds (short talk)
11:20-11:40 – Jennifer McManus, University of Bristol
11:40-12:00 – Andrew Baldwin, University of Oxford
12:00-13:30 – Lunch and posters
Session 6: Condensates in cells and in disease II
13:30-13:50 – Mark Leake, University of York
13:50-14:05 – Georgia Boothe, University of Sheffield (short talk)
14:05-14:20 – Janin Lautenschlaeger, University of Cambridge (short talk)
14:20-14:30 - Industry talk 1 (Clair Scientific)
14:30-14:40 - Industry talk 2 (Fidabio)
14:40-15:00 - Presentation prizes and concluding remarks
15:00-16:00 – Refreshments and networking
16:00 - conference ends
Programme Committee:
Dan Bose
Luke Davis
Janet Kumita
Halim Kusumaatmaja
Mark Leake
Nicolas Locker
Tatyana Shelkovnikova
UKRI FLF sub-committee:
Francesco Aprile
Rebecca Beveridge
Chiu Fan Lee
11 oral talks to be selected from abstracts received
2 poster sessions to be selected from abstracts received
workshop on the theme of "bridging theory and experiments”
Talk and poster prizes for ECRs! (separate prize categories for PhD students and postdocs).
Funds available to cover carer costs.
We will try our best to satisfy our registered participant's accessibility and dietary requirements.
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