Announcing the 2026 BBS Biennial Meeting in Glasgow

The British Biophysical Society Biennial Meeting will be in Glasgow in July 2026 as part of Synergy for Science, an umbrella for 7 learned societies to co-locate their meetings, sharing networking and joint sessions. The BBS meeting comprises a plenary programme of talks, flash presentations and networking over dinner and drinks, focussed on areas of biophysics that are of interest to BBS members and those outwith this community, for instance:

• New tools for new biophysics
• The single cell
• Biophysics in health and disease
• In silico biophysics
• Engineering biology
• Climate change and sustainability
• Frontiers in biophysics

We will hear from keynote speakers, speakers selected from submitted abstracts and awards recipients. New this year will be a session devoted to Outreach in Biophysics. We very much look forward to welcoming you to Glasgow and to joining with the other organisations in delivering Synergy for Science.

Please contact the organisers, Olwyn Byron and Mads Gabrielsen (University of Glasgow), with any questions.

Congratulations to our 2024 Honorary Members!

Prof. Sarah Harris

Prof. Malcolm Irving FRS

Prof. David Klennerman FRS

Prof. Arwen Pearson

Congratulations to our 2024 BBS Award Winners!

2024 Kendrew Doctoral Thesis Prize

The 2024 Prize was awarded to Dr Emilie Steinmark, Kings College London (now at the Economist), for her use of novel fluorescence imaging techniques to provide a unique understanding of cellular viscosities and their relationship to biochemical reaction rates. Emilie presented a lecture on her work at the 2024 BBS Biennial Meeting.

2024 Louise Johnson Early Career Award

The 2024 BBS Louise Johnson Early Career Award was presented to Dr Davide Michieletto, University of Edinburgh for outstanding contributions in the fields of soft matter and biophysics. Davide presented a lecture on his work at the 2024 BBS Biennial Meeting.

2024 Elspeth Garman Prize for Public Engagement

The 2024 BBS Elspeth Garman Prize for Public Engagement was awarded to Professor Rivka Isaacson, Kings College London, for her sustained excellence in biophysics public engagement over the past 25 years in the UK and far beyond. Rivka will present a public lecture on her work at the BBS Meeting in 2026.

2024 Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics

The 2024 BBS Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics was presented to Professor Sergi Garcia-Manyes, Kings College London, in recognition of his work to understand the conformational dynamics of proteins under force, and their role in regulating cellular mechanosensing and mechanotransduction. Sergi presented a lecture on his work at the 2024 BBS Biennial Meeting.