biomolecules Conference 2026

2nd International Conference on biomolecules

Nancy, France - September 16–18, 2026

Scientific Program

Conference Temporary Program

Day 1 – Wednesday ,September 16, 2026

Morning

10:30 – 12:00

Registration & Welcome

12:00 – 13:45

Lunch Break

Afternoon

🕒 Session 1 | 13:30–15:00

🕒 Session 1

Plants as Sources of New Active Molecules

13:45-14:15

◆ Keynote Lecture: Natural Products from plants you normally disregard - or even do not see

🎤Keynote Speaker: Henrik Toft Simonsen 📍University of St-Etienne, France
14:15-14:45

◆ Keynote Lecture: From Marchantia polymorpha to Biosynthetic Innovations: What Basal Land Plants Teach Us about Chemical Evolution

🎤Keynote Speaker: Masaharu Mizutani 📍University of Kobe, Japan
14:45-15:15

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

15:15 – 15:45

🔴Coffee Break & Poster Session

15:45 – 16:15

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

16:15 – 16:45

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

Evening

18:30 – 23:00

Gala Dinner

📍Pending

Day 2 – Thursday, September 17, 2026

Morning

🕒 Session 2 | 09:00 –10:15

🕒 Session 2

Microorganisms as Biomolecule Providers

09:00 – 09:30

◆ Keynote Lecture: Marine Microorganisms as Untapped Sources of Bioactive Compounds

🎤Keynote Speaker: TBC
09:30 – 10:00

◆ Keynote Lecture: When, Where, and Why Specialised Metabolites Are Produced: Inferring Function and Structure from Expression Control

🎤Keynote Speaker: Sébastien Rigali 📍University of Liège, Belgium
10:00 – 10:30

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

10:30 – 11:00

🔴 Coffee Break & Poster Session

11:00 – 11:30

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

11:30 – 12:00

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

12:00 – 13:45

Lunch Break

Afternoon

🕒 Session 3 | 13:45–16:30

🕒 Session 3

Breakthrough Methods in Biomolecule Discovery

13:45 – 14:15

◆ Keynote Lecture: Metabarcoding Approaches for Exploring Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Diversity

🎤Keynote Speaker: Joleen Maschelein 📍KU Leuven & VIB, Ghent University, Belgium
14:15 – 14:45

◆ Keynote Lecture: Metabolomics and the Dark Metabolome: From Detection to Functional Insight

🎤Keynote Speaker: Gianfranco Diretto 📍ENEA, Rome, Italy
14:45 – 15:15

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

16:15 – 16:45

🔴 Coffee Break & Poster Session

15:15 – 15:45

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

15:45 – 16:15

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

Evening

18:00 – 19:00

Free Public Conference at the Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy (City Centre)

Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy 📍34 Rue Sainte-Catherine, 54000 Nancy

Day 3 – Friday, September 18, 2026

Morning

🕒 Session 4| 09:00–11:30

🕒 Session 4

Artificial Intelligence & Biomolecules

09:00 – 09:30

◆ Keynote Lecture: Data-driven exploration of natural product-inspired chemical space

🎤Keynote Speaker: TBC
09:30 – 10:00

◆ Keynote Lecture: Metagenomes as Biomolecule Reservoirs: Big-Data Strategies to Reveal Biosynthetic Diversity

🎤Keynote Speaker: Nadine Ziemert 📍University of Tübingen, Germany
10:00 – 10:30

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

10:30 – 11:00

🔴 Coffee Break & Poster Session

11:00 – 11:30

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

11:30 – 12:00

Short Presentations (15 min) – Selected from Submitted Abstracts (Pending)

12:00– 13:30

Lunch Pack & Closing

Organizers