7th Functional DNA Nanotechnology Workshop

15.10.2025, 10:30 → 17.10.2025, 14:00 Europe/Berlin

Rome

Mi., 15. Oktober

10:30 → 12:00 Registration

12:00 → 12:10 Opening

12:10 → 12:40 Invited Lecture: Damien Baigl

12:10 DNA-encoded soft matter with life-like properties: from origami ultrafast assembly with living cells to genetically encoded liquid transport

Sprecher: Damien Baigl (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)

12:40 → 13:25 Oral contributions: O1-3

12:40 O1: Brownian DNA computing

Sprecher: Tim Schröder (Department of Chemistry and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; 81377 München, Germany)

12:55 O2: Molecular encryption for DNA data storage

Sprecher: Robin Vermathen (Eindhoven University of Technology)

13:10 O3: Measuring homologous recognition using synthetic DNA scissors

Sprecher: Andrew Stannard (Imperial College London)

13:25 → 14:25 Posters: Refreshments

14:25 → 14:55 Invited Lecture: Alessandro Porchetta

14:25 Input-responsive CRISPR Systems Controlled by DNA Molecular Transducers for Sensing Applications

Sprecher: Alessandro Porchetta (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

14:55 → 15:40 Oral contributions: O4-O6

14:55 O4: Structure-switching biosensors: a bio-inspired strategy to accelerate sensor kinetics

Sprecher: Dominic Lauzon (Université de Montréal)

15:10 O5: DNA Origami Enables Sub-Picomolar Sensitivity of Rapid Tests

Sprecher: Heini Ijäs (LMU München)

15:25 O6: Development of a DNA origami nanosensing platform for diagnostic analysis of ADAMTS-13 proteolytic activity

Sprecher: Gereon Brüggenthies

15:40 → 16:55 Posters: Tea break

16:55 → 18:10 Oral contributions: O7-O11

16:55 O7: Towards sequence-defined polymers with DNA-based catalytic templating

Sprecher: Rakesh Mukherjee (Imperial College London)

17:10 O8: DNA tendrils for programmable membrane fusion in artificial cell design

Sprecher: Miguel Paez (Imperial College London)

17:25 O9: Do DNA Barcode networks benefit from promiscuity

Sprecher: David Fernandez Bonet

17:40 O10: LASSO: versatile and selective biomolecule pulldown with combinatorial DNA-crosslinked polymers

Sprecher: Sarah Speed (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research (IPF), Dresden, Germany)

17:55 O11: Tackling new challenges in molecular interaction analysis: from small molecules to cells

Sprecher: Ralf Strasser (Bruker Biosensors)

Do., 16. Oktober

09:00 → 09:30 Invited Lecture: Rebecca Schulman

09:00 Modular sensing and programmable signal transduction with DNA nanotechnology

Sprecher: Rebecca Schulman (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry and Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University)

09:30 → 10:30 Oral contributions: O12-O15

09:30 O12: Immune-induced DNA-Antibody Hybrid Condensates

Sprecher: Sara Scalia

09:45 O13: Cation-controlled structure, activity, and organisation of biomimetic DNA receptors in synthetic cell membranes

Sprecher: Roger Rubio-Sánchez (Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology)

10:00 O14: mRNA–DNA Origami Nanostructures for Cancer Vaccines

Sprecher: Carmine D'Amico (Aalto University)

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10:15 O15: UV-Triggered Assembly and Protein-Assisted Positioning of DNA-Based Cytoskeletal Filaments in Synthetic Cells

Sprecher: Svetozar Gavrilovic (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry)

10:30 → 11:40 Posters: Coffee

11:40 → 12:10 Invited Lecture: 4

11:40 DNA-based active plasmonics

Sprecher: Anton Kuzyk (Aalto University)

12:10 → 13:10 Oral contributions: O16-O19

12:10 O16: From Lab to Product: A Case Study of Electrically Actuated Origami-Levers for Biosensing Applications

Sprecher: Ulrich Rant (Kurt Schwabe Institute and TU Dresden)

12:25 O17: Programmable Nanoscale Motion via Molecular Patterning on DNA Origami

Sprecher: Lars Paffen (TU/e)

12:40 O18: Thousand-fold acceleration of single photon emission in DNA origamis with gold nanocube dimers

Sprecher: MARCO CAPUZZO (institut Langevin)

12:55 O19: DNA Origami Clathrate Crystals Exhibit Structural Color in the Visible

Sprecher: Xin Yin (Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität,Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München)

13:10 → 14:10 Lunch

14:10 → 14:40 Invited Lecture: Carl Goodrich

14:10 Programming stochastic self-assembly: what can be designed and how do we do it?

Sprecher: Carl Goodrich (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)

14:40 → 15:25 Oral contributions: O20-O22

14:40 O20: Differentiable Programming of Indexed Chemical Reaction Networks and Reaction-Diffusion Systems

Sprecher: Erik Winfree (California Institute of Technology)

14:55 O21: Programmable DNA-based nanosystems for spatiotemporal signal processing and actuation

Sprecher: Sayantan De (University of Duisburg-Essen)

15:10 O22: Inverse thermodynamics for programmable self-assembly thrives with DNA-based systems

Sprecher: Camilla Beneduce

15:25 → 16:40 Coffee Break + informal discussion

17:00 → 19:00 Social programme (tour to Aventino and Campidoglio)

20:00 → 22:30 Social dinner + Award Ceremony

Fr., 17. Oktober

09:00 → 09:30 Invited Lecture: Lulu Qian

09:00 Heat to power up molecular systems

Sprecher: Lulu Qian (California Institute of Technology)

09:30 → 10:30 Oral contributions: O23-O26

09:30 O23: Binding code between DNA oligomers and long single-stranded chains: multiplicity of partial pairings vs accessibility due to secondary structures

Sprecher: Marco Buscaglia (Università degli Studi di Milano)

09:45 O24: Magnetic DNA origami nanorotors: programmable torques on the nanoscale

Sprecher: Aidin Lak (TU Braunschweig)

10:00 O25: Optimizing Large-Scale DNA Origami Lattices on Silicon

Sprecher: Jussi Toppari (University of Jyväskylä, Nanoscience Center, Finland)

10:15 O26: Structure-Based Prediction of Context-Dependent Ribozyme Activity for Functional RNA Design

Sprecher: Bas Bögels (TUM)

10:30 → 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 → 12:15 Oral contributions: O27-O29

11:30 O27: Self-Multimerising Single-Layer 3D Curved DNA origami with ENSnano

Sprecher: Nicolas Schanabel (CNRS, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)

11:45 O 28: Integrating Nucleic Acid Enzymes with DNA Origami for Advanced Digital Biosensing

Sprecher: Seppe Driesen (KU Leuven - Biosensors Group)

12:00 O29: Self-assembled DNA nanostructure applied on immunomodulation of microglia in neuroinflammation

Sprecher: Manon Libotte

12:15 → 12:45 Closing remarks

13:00 → 14:00 Light Lunch