August 27, 2026 (Day 1 – Thursday)
| 08:30 – 08:40 | Opening remarks by Johannes Walter | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg & Alexander Bepperling | Sandoz, Germany |
Session 1: New methods and methods development – Part 1
Chair: TBA
| 08:40 – 09:05 | Peter Schuck | National Institutes of Health, USA | Analysis of Macromolecular Size Distributions in Concentrated Solutions |
| 09:05 – 09:30 | Chad Aaron Brautigam | UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA | Practical approaches to determining partial-specific volume from density-contrast sedimentation velocity experiments |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | Lukas Dobler | University Konstanz, Germany | Beyond Constant behavior: Quantitative Analytical Ultracentrifugation under Dynamic Density and Viscosity Gradients |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Emre Brookes | University of Montana, USA | SAXS-A-FOLD: SAXS-guided ensemble modeling of AlphaFold or user-supplied structures and molecular dynamics trajectories |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Coffee break |
Session 2: Biopharma applications and cross-disciplinary research
Chair: TBA
| 10:30 – 10:55 | Susumu Uchiyama | Osaka University, Japan | Analytical Ultracentrifugation as the Reference Analytical Platform for Comprehensive Characterization of AAV Vectors |
| 10:55 – 11:20 | Wenqi Li | Tsinghua University, China | Analytical Ultracentrifugation for Biopharmaceutical Characterization and Quality Control |
| 11:20 – 11:45 | Trushar Patel | University of Lethbridge, Canada | G-quadruplex in dengue virus 3′ untranslated region regulates viral replication cycle |
Session 3: Hydrodynamic simulations
Chair: TBA
| 11:45 – 12:05 | Mattia Rocco | IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Italy | Important advances in the US-SOMO suite |
| 12:05 – 12:25 | Patrick Fleming | Johns Hopkins University, USA | Entrained water contributes to hydrodynamic volume |
| 12:25 – 12:50 | Karen Fleming | Johns Hopkins University, USA | Reconciling Molecular Dynamics Ensembles with Sedimentation Data |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
Session 4: Protein applications – Part 1
Chair: TBA
| 14:15 – 14:40 | Dalal Almutairi | University of Nottingham, UK | A re-evaluation of the dissociation behaviour of the soy-bean 11S globulin |
| 14:40 – 15:05 | John Correia | University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA | Simulation of the Johnston-Ogston Effect in Multi-Component Human Serum Solutions |
| 15:05 – 15:30 | Huaying Zhao | National Institutes of Health, USA | Biophysical Investigation of the Architectural Principles of Ribonucleoprotein Complexes of the Disordered Nucleocapsid Protein |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break |
Session 5: Multi-wavelength analytical ultracentrifugation
Chair: TBA
| 16:00 – 16:25 | Christina Spruck | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany | Global analysis of sedimentation data from multiwavelength analytical ultracentrifugation and analytical centrifugation experiments |
| 16:25 – 16:50 | Walter Stafford | Boston Biomedical Research Institute, USA | SEDANAL V7.96 New features and improvements |
| 16:50 – 17:15 | Sigang Yu | University of Lethbridge, Canada | Experimental Design Optimization for AAV Analysis |
| 17:15 – 18:30 | Trade fair and poster session | |
| 19:00 – 20:30 | Dinner |
August 28, 2026 (Day 2 – Friday)
Session 6: New methods and methods development – Part 2
Chair: Alexander Bepperling | Sandoz, Germany
| 09:00 – 09:25 | Borries Demeler | University of Lethbridge, Canada | Recent Innovations in UltraScan AUC |
| 09:25 – 09:50 | Alexander E. Yarawsky | Bioanalysis LLC, USA | A fundamental approach to buoyant density determination by DGE-AUC |
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Sitong Xu | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany | An Integrated Tool for Buoyant Density Characterization of Bionanoparticles by Density-Gradient Equilibrium Analytical Ultracentrifugation |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Zhexian Liu | Tsinghua University, China | Correcting Wiener Skewing for Analytical Ultracentrifugation of High-Concentration Solutions by Light Propagation Model |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Moritz Moß | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany | Deep Learning based Synthesis of Sedimentation Boundaries in Centrifugation Experiments |
| 10:50 – 11:15 | Coffee break |
Session 7: Protein applications – Part 2
Chair: TBA
| 11:15 – 11:35 | Renwick Dobson | University of Canterbury, New Zealand | Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation by the RpiR family of proteins |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | Olwyn Byron | University of Glasgow, UK | Greater than the sum of its parts: the need for orthogonal measurement and modelling |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Liam Turk | University of Canterbury, New Zealand | Exploring the protein biochemistry of TAXI transporters using structural and biophysical approaches |
| 12:30 – 13:45 | Lunch |
Session 8: Nanoparticles and polymers – Part 1
Chair: Johannes Walter | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
| 14:00 – 14:25 | Wolfgang Peukert | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany | …. the distribution of their particle sizes is of the greatest interest to us … |
| 14:25 – 14:50 | Ilya Anufriev | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany | Multimethod characterization of polymer-lipid conjugates: from purity to hydration |
| 14:50 – 15:15 | Ivo Nischang | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany | From polymers to assemblies: conformation, structural dimensions, and hydration |
| 15:15 – 15:40 | Tianbo Liu | University of Akron, USA | Determinations of Hydration Shell and Intermolecular Distances from Counterion-mediated Attraction for Charged Macromolecules by AUC and Correlation to Their Self-assembly and Phase Separations |
| 15:40 – 16:15 | Coffee break |
Session 9: Nanoparticles and polymers – Part 2
Chair: TBA
| 16:15 – 16:35 | Mengdi Chen | East China Normal University, China | Probing Nanoparticle Interfaces with Multiwavelength Analytical Ultracentrifugation |
| 16:35 – 16:55 | Johannes Walter | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany | Characterization of the two-dimensional length and diameter distributions of gold nanorods by size exclusion chromatography |
| 16:55 – 17:20 | Xiaodong Ye | University of Science & Technology of China, China | Analytical Ultracentrifugation for Nanoparticle Characterization: Implementation of Turbidity Detection on Commercial Platforms and Solvent Density Variation for Size–Density Analysis |
| 17:20 – 17:40 | Tran Kim Quyen Dang | Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany | Investigation of polyelectrolytes by hydrodynamic techniques |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | Closing ceremony | |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner |