ICRP2026 Preliminary Program

ICRP2026 Preliminary Program

September 14 (Monday)

Morning – ½ day
  • Registration & Short Course
  • Computational Photobiology for Graduate Students and Postdocs

September 14 (Monday)

Afternoon/Evening – ½ day
  • Registration & Opening
  • SESSION A. Photochemistry and Spectroscopy I: Spectroscopy of retinal proteins and related modeling.
  • SESSION B. Biology, Diversity and Evolution I: Spectral tuning in retinal proteins: contributions from bioinformatics, metagenomics and computational molecular evolution
  • Poster Presentation I
  • Welcome Reception

September 15 (Tuesday)

Morning – ½ day
  • Opening Reception
  • SESSION C. Photochemistry and Spectroscopy II: Photochemical and thermal reactivity of retinal proteins and related modeling.
  • SESSION D. Biology, Diversity and Evolution II: Discovery of novel biological functions of retinal proteins: contributions from bioinformatics, metagenomics and computational molecular evolution.

September 15 (Tuesday)

Afternoon – ½ day
  • SESSION E. Photochemistry and Spectroscopy III: Rhodopsin mimics and natural systems related to retinal proteins and their modeling.
  • SESSION F. Structural Biology, Synthetic Biology and Physiology I: X-ray crystallography, time-resolved studies, cryo-EM studies and related structural studies.

September 16 (Wednesday)

Morning – ½ day
  • SESSION G. Biology, Diversity and Evolution III: Novel organisms containing retinal proteins and their ecology.
  • SESSION H. Optogenetics and other Applications I: Applications of retinal proteins to the neurosciences.

September 16 (Wednesday)

Afternoon – ½ day
  • SESSION I. Photochemistry and Spectroscopy IV: Natural and unnatural systems related to retinal proteins and their modeling.
  • SESSION J. Optogenetics and other Applications II: Medical applications of retinal proteins.
  • Poster Presentation II
  • Advisory Board Dinner

September 17 (Thursday)

Morning – ½ day
  • SESSION K. Structural Biology, Synthetic Biology and Physiology II: Method development and applied AI methods.
  • Guided visit to Siena’s landmarks
  • Conference Dinner
    • Proceedings & Journal Special Issue
    • Next ICRP2028
    • Poster and Flash Presentation Prizes

September 18 (Friday)

Morning – ½ day
  • SESSION L. Optogenetics and other Applications III: Environmental and other applications.
  • SESSION M. Structural Biology, Synthetic Biology and Physiology III: Novel retinal protein structures.

September 18 (Friday)

Afternoon – ½ day
  • SESSION N. Photochemistry and Spectroscopy V: Energy transfer in retinal proteins.
  • SESSION O. Biology, Diversity and Evolution IV: Global search for new retinal proteins, extremophiles and databases.
  • Poster Presentation III

September 19 (Saturday)

Departure