All day
Place: ICFO Auditorium
BIST Symposium on Microscopy, Nanoscopy and Imaging Sciences 2026
The 2026 BIST Symposium on Microscopy, Nanoscopy and Imaging Sciences (BSyM), this year in its ninth edition, will take place on March 20th, 2026 at the BIST Community centre ICFO in Castelldefels.
The symposium will include a series of talks and discussions on Optical Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, Scanning Probe Microscopy, and Imaging Technology. Renowned national and international experts in a variety of fields will share their work and the latest advances in these technologies.
Registration
Attendance is free with prior registration. Attendees can choose to register for the morning sessions, afternoon sessions, or the entire day.
Programme
| 09:00 | Accreditation |
| 09:15 | Welcome and Introduction Jordi Arbiol (ICN2 & ICREA) |
| 09:30 | Prof. Christoph Koch Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 10:15 | Dr. Marc Botifoll Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C) |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 | Prof. Sebastian Stepanow, ETH Zurich |
| 12:15 | Lunch & Poster Session with BIST MMRES Students |
| 14:15 | Dr. Alessandra Cambi, Radboud Medical Center, Nijmegen |
| 15:00 | Dr. Jacky G. Goetz CRBS – Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg |
| 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 | Dr. Maurizio Ventre, University of Naples Federico II |
| 16:45 | Dr. Alba Diz-Muñoz EMBL Heidelberg |
| 17:30 | Closing Remarks and Poster Awards Maria Garcia-Parajo (ICFO & ICREA) |
| 17:45 | End of the event |
The 2026 BIST Symposium on Microscopy, Nanoscopy and Imaging Sciences is organised in collaboration with ICFO and ICN2, and sponsored in part by the Sociedad de Microscopia de España, the Spain Microscopy Society, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.
All day
Place: ICFO Auditorium
BIST Symposium on Microscopy, Nanoscopy and Imaging Sciences 2026
The 2026 BIST Symposium on Microscopy, Nanoscopy and Imaging Sciences (BSyM), this year in its ninth edition, will take place on March 20th, 2026 at the BIST Community centre ICFO in Castelldefels.
The symposium will include a series of talks and discussions on Optical Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, Scanning Probe Microscopy, and Imaging Technology. Renowned national and international experts in a variety of fields will share their work and the latest advances in these technologies.
Registration
Attendance is free with prior registration. Attendees can choose to register for the morning sessions, afternoon sessions, or the entire day.
Programme
| 09:00 | Accreditation |
| 09:15 | Welcome and Introduction Jordi Arbiol (ICN2 & ICREA) |
| 09:30 | Prof. Christoph Koch Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 10:15 | Dr. Marc Botifoll Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C) |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 | Prof. Sebastian Stepanow, ETH Zurich |
| 12:15 | Lunch & Poster Session with BIST MMRES Students |
| 14:15 | Dr. Alessandra Cambi, Radboud Medical Center, Nijmegen |
| 15:00 | Dr. Jacky G. Goetz CRBS – Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg |
| 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 | Dr. Maurizio Ventre, University of Naples Federico II |
| 16:45 | Dr. Alba Diz-Muñoz EMBL Heidelberg |
| 17:30 | Closing Remarks and Poster Awards Maria Garcia-Parajo (ICFO & ICREA) |
| 17:45 | End of the event |
The 2026 BIST Symposium on Microscopy, Nanoscopy and Imaging Sciences is organised in collaboration with ICFO and ICN2, and sponsored in part by the Sociedad de Microscopia de España, the Spain Microscopy Society, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.