Programme & Demonstrations


Practical training during ISBC2026 will be organized in our innovative and lively format we call Demonstration Fair.

A number of stands will simultaneously offer the opportunity of attending short (15-30 minutes) practical sessions carried by specialists periodically at scheduled times.

  Participants can choose which sessions they want to attend and in what order they will do it. Of course they can also change their schedule on the fly if their next selected session is too busy at the time they selected, if they want to repeat a specially interesting one, or if they change their mind in any other direction.

So make your own crystallization menu and ENJOY!

ISBC-Procrystal Seminar & Round Table

As part of the EU-funded PROCRYSTAL project, we are organising a special afternoon session dedicated to the challenges and opportunities of scientific communication in the rapidly evolving research landscape.

The session will explore best practices for scientific presentation and writing, with a particular focus on practical guidelines for early-career and emerging authors. It will also address the ethical use of new and emerging technologies in research and scientific communication, providing a space to reflect on responsible practices and current challenges.

The afternoon will conclude with an open round-table discussion:

“The Role of AI in Publishing: Where Are the Limits?”

This final discussion will bring together different perspectives on the growing role of artificial intelligence in scientific publishing, addressing questions around authorship, transparency, integrity, responsibility, and the appropriate use of AI-assisted tools in the publication process.

Additional information

This International School will focus on the fundamentals of crystallization from solution and its applications to the field of the crystallization of biologics.

ISBC2026 will offer five days of lectures and hands-on demonstrations focused on the crystallization of biologics, including peptides, with a strong emphasis on pharmaceutical and industrial applications. Particular attention will be given to protein crystallization as a downstream purification process, positioning it as an alternative to chromatographic techniques, with discussion of scalability and the role of crystallization in enabling efficient and sustainable biomanufacturing.

The School is intended for postgraduate and postdoctoral students as well as for research scientists from industrial and academic backgrounds that deal everyday with crystallization but seek fundamental knowledge on the behavior of crystallizing solutions.

We invite students from all over the world to join us to learn from selected international experts, to hear case study presentations, to watch practical hand-on demonstrations, to participate in round-table discussions and to present their research results in the dedicated poster sessions. The language of the School will be English.

 
  • Daniela Tesekova, UCTM, Bulgaria.
  • Martin Caffrey, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
  • Pavlína Řezáčová, University of Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, DIPC, Spain.
  • Ricardo Pereira, U. Minho, Portugal.
  • Jim Lutsko, ULB, Belgium.
  • Jeroen Mester, University of Lüebeck, Germany.
  • Simon Kuhn, KUL, Belgium.
  • Isha Bade, ICL, UK.
  • Filipa Castro, U. Minho, Portugal.
  • José A. Gavira, IACT-CSIC, Spain.
  • Nadine Candoni, CINaM-CNRS, Marseille, France.
  • Sergio Martínez, UGR, Spain.
  • Clara Anduix, JANSSEN, Belgium.
  • Wim De Malsche, VUB, Belgium.
  • Patrick Stewart, Douglas Instruments, UK.
  • Botond Szilágyi, BME, Hungary.
  • Fermin Otálora, IACT, IACT-CSIC, Spain.
  • Simon Tanley, MD, UK.
  • Jose Manuel Martin-Garcia, IQBC-CSIC, Spain.
  • Christos Xiouras, JANSSEN, Belgium.
  • Lars Redecke, University of Lüebeck, Germany.
  • Bart Rimez, Secoya, Belgium.
  • Isaac Rodríguez, CNRS, Toulouse, France.
  • Sarah Hudson, U. of Limerick, Ireland.
  • Arianna Rech, BioOrbit, Portugal.
  • Vaighav Bhatia, Lamark, France.
  • Alexander Van Driessche, IACT, Spain.
  • Michael Lovette, Merk.
  • José Manuel Sanchéz Ruiz, UGR, Spain.
  • Nucleation: Classical and non-classical approaches.
  • Crystal growth kinetics and mechanisms.
  • Impurities in protein crystallization: definition and influence.
  • Screening: The search for crystallization conditions
  • Crystallization techniques: Batch, Vapour and Counter Diffusion, MMS, How do they work?
  • Crystallization and diffusion transport: gels, microfluidics and microgravity.
  • Crystallization at large scale for pharma and industrial application.
  • In vivo
  • Serial Crystallography.
  • Polymorphism in protein crystals.
  • Membrane protein crystallization: Lipid cubic phase, bicelles and detergents.
  • AI & ML in protein crystallization prediction.
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