This event is planned to be in person. The symposium will not be recording the talks or poster sessions to promote open discussion.
Hosted by ASRC and NYSBC
New York City Integrative Structural Biology Symposium
THU, OCTOBER 8 – FRI, OCTOBER 9
Integrative structural biology is a powerful approach towards understanding biological macromolecular systems. By combining computational methods with structural science disciplines, spatial and temporal models of macromolecular targets in their in-situ context can be determined. The focus of this workshop is to understand the challenges and opportunities of applying integrative structural biology techniques to one’s research. The fields of light microscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, NMR, cryo-EM, and computational methods will be highlighted. The topics will cover the best practices and current research toward building structural models across different resolution scales. This symposium will also offer hands-on demos to explore available instrumentation and panel discussions for integrating conformational changes, flexibility, and dynamics in macromolecular and cellular structures.
Deadlines
Oral abstract deadline: August 1, 2026.
Early registration deadline: August 1, 2026.
General registration deadline: September 24, 2026.
Accepted poster abstract deadline: September 24, 2026.
Contact us with questions: nyc-isb [at] nysbc [dot] org
Registration Fees
Symposium Thur/Fri registration:
$100 Student
$150 Postdoc
$275 Academic
$550 Industry
Symposium Agenda
Thursday, October 8, 2026
| Start | End | Event |
| 8:30 | 9:00 | Workshop Registration Workshops will be focused on experimental and computational techniques in structural biology, and roundtable/panel discussions. |
| 9:00 | 9:45 | Workshop session 1 |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Workshop session 2 |
| 10:45 | 11:15 | Symposium Registration / Coffee |
| 11:15 | 11:25 | Gathering and Symposium Opening |
| 11:25 | 11:30 | Introduction to Keynote |
| 11:30 | 12:15 | Opening Keynote Anna Pyle, Yale University |
| 12:15 | 14:00 | Lunch and Posters |
| 13:00 | 14:00 | Main Poster Session |
| 14:00 | 14:05 | Gathering and Session 1 Theme: Emergent Function Across Biological Scales How do molecules give rise to cells, and how do cellular networks give rise to systems with cognitive abilities? This session examines how function emerges from interactions across a wide range of biological scales. Talks will highlight frameworks for linking molecular mechanisms to higher-order biological organization. |
| 14:05 | 14:30 | Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle, City University of New York |
| 14:30 | 14:55 | Timothée Lionnet, New York University |
| 14:55 | 15:10 | Short Talk 1 (chosen from abstracts) |
| 15:10 | 15:35 | Christina Leslie, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| 15:35 | 16:00 | Break / Coffee |
| 16:00 | 16:15 | Thermo Fisher Scientific / Sponsor Talk |
| 16:15 | 16:30 | JEOL / Sponsor Talk |
| 16:30 | 16:35 | Intro to Keynote 2 |
| 16:35 | 17:20 | Keynote 2 Jeffrey Kieft, New York Structural Biology Center |
| 17:20 | 17:30 | Announcements |
| 17:30 | 19:30 | Evening Reception and Posters |
Friday, October 9, 2026
| Start | End | Event |
| 8:30 | 9:30 | Symposium Registration |
| 9:30 | 9:35 | Gathering and Session 2 Theme: Predictive Biological Molecular Modeling How can computational models move beyond static descriptions to predict biology? This session focuses on computational and physics-based approaches towards modeling biomolecular structure, dynamics and interactions, thereby providing predictive insights ranging from molecules to cellular assemblies. |
| 9:35 | 10:00 | Mohammed AlQuraishi, Columbia University |
| 10:00 | 10:15 | Short Talk 3 (chosen from abstracts) |
| 10:15 | 10:30 | Globus / Sponsor Talk |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | Break / Coffee |
| 11:00 | 11:25 | Marta Filizola, Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| 11:25 | 11:50 | George Khelashvili, Weill Cornell Medicine |
| 11:50 | 12:05 | Sponsor Talk |
| 12:05 | 12:10 | Announcements |
| 12:10 | 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | 13:05 | Gathering and Session 3 Theme: Mechanisms of Molecular Function How do molecular motions, conformational changes and intermolecular interactions shape biological activity? This session will have talks on structural and biophysical approaches toward understanding dynamic mechanisms in macromolecular assemblies, with an emphasis on motion, conformational change, and function. |
| 13:05 | 13:30 | Moitrayee Bhattacharyya, Yale University |
| 13:30 | 13:45 | Bruker / Sponsor Talk |
| 13:45 | 14:10 | Max Prigozhin, Harvard University |
| 14:10 | 14:35 | Rebeccah Warmack, Yale University |
| 14:35 | 15:00 | Short Break / Coffee |
| 15:00 | 15:10 | Intro to Closing Keynote |
| 15:10 | 15:55 | Closing Keynote Peng Yuan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
| 15:55 | 16:00 | Symposium Closing |
| 16:00 | — | Wrap Up |
Sponsored By
This symposium is limited to 100 attendees.
Applicants will be contacted on a rolling basis. Accepted applications will be contingent on registration.
We will reach out to abstract applicants by the beginning of August with more details. For further inquiries, please email the organizers at nyc-isb [at] nysbc [dot] org.
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We are planning on a 100-attendee event to facilitate intimate scientific discussions, but keep the symposium large enough to reach a wide variety of fields.
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Visitor Information
Recommended Lodging
ALoft Harlem
Renaissance New York Harlem Hotel
The George Manhattan, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
NYC-ISB26 Program committee:
Alisha Jones, New York University; Simon Scheuring, Weill Cornell Medicine
NYC-ISB Program organizers:
Pilar Cossio, Flatiron Institute & Ed Eng, NYSBC
NYC-ISB Founding organizers:
Ed Eng, NYSBC; Kevin Gardner, ASRC; Jeff Kieft, NYSBC