The inaugural Meso-Bio-Nano (MBN) Science Forum 2026 will take place from 31 August to 4 September 2026 in Oldenburg, Germany. The event is organised jointly by the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Oldenburg, Germany) and the MBN Research Center (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).
The Meso-Bio-Nano (MBN) Science Forum is founded upon the successful development of the interdisciplinary research area known as MBN Science, which lies at the intersection of physics, chemistry, biology, and materials science. MBN Science studies the structure formation and dynamics of animate and inanimate matter at the nano- and mesoscales up to the macroscales. Research in this area brings together many traditional topics and methods in theoretical physics and chemistry with problems in life sciences and materials research under a common theme. Although mesoscopic, nano- and biomolecular systems often differ in their nature and origin, many fundamental problems and topics are common to all of them. The variety of topics in this research area is very wide and growing rapidly, facilitating the development of relevant novel theoretical and computational tools and methods. Theoretical and computational developments in MBN Science are of great importance to the entire research community, leading to new ideas and predictions, revealing new phenomena, and opening up new research horizons.
Developments in MBN Science over the past decades have been presented at series of International Symposia on Atomic Cluster Collisions (ISACC), international conferences "Dynamics of Systems on the Nanoscale" (DySoN), and European Conferences on NanoFilms (ECNF). Many significant advancements have also been achieved through various collaborative research projects on the topics represented by the ongoing EIC Pathfinder project TECHNO-CLS, the ongoing MSCA Doctoral Network project MS-RADAM, which is partly linked to the previous Doctoral Network project ARGENT, as well as the COST Actions Nano-IBCT and MultIChem.
The MBN Science Forum 2026 will focus on the topics related to ongoing European research projects – MSCA Doctoral Network "MultiScale phenomena in Radiation Damage" (MS-RADAM), the Staff Exchanges project "Post-irradiation multiscale dynamics of materials" (PRISMA), and the COST Innovators Grant "INnovative DIgital COntrol for 3D Nanoprinting" (INDICO). These topics are closely bundled with theoretical, experimental, computational, and technological research in the aforementioned areas and have traditionally been discussed at the DySoN conferences.
Topics of the MBN Science Forum 2026:
DySoN-related topics:
- Structure and dynamics of Meso-Bio-Nano systems
- Nanostructured materials, surfaces and interfaces
- Reactivity and nanocatalysis
MS-RADAM-related topics:
- Radiation-induced phenomena with biomolecular and biological systems
- Mechanisms of nanoparticle radiosensitization
- Biomedical and technological applications of radiation
PRISMA-related topics:
- Irradiation-driven dynamics of condensed matter systems induced by photon, electron and ion beams
- Radiation-induced phenomena in materials induced by relativistic electrons
INDICO-related topics:
- Electron and ion irradiation-driven chemistry behind nanofabrication processes
- Controlled nanofabrication and 3D-nanoprinting with focused charged particle beams