Name: 7th Functional DNA Nanotechnology Workshop
Start: 2025-10-15T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-17T14:00:00+02:00
Location: Rome

7th Functional DNA Nanotechnology Workshop

von Mittwoch, 15. Oktober 2025(10:30) bis Freitag, 17. Oktober 2025(14:00)

Montag, 13. Oktober 2025
Dienstag, 14. Oktober 2025
Mittwoch, 15. Oktober 2025

10:30 Registration
Registration
10:30 - 12:00

12:00 Opening
Opening
12:00 - 12:10
12:10 Damien Baigl
Damien Baigl
12:10 - 12:40
Beiträge

12:10 DNA-encoded soft matter with life-like properties: from origami ultrafast assembly with living cells to genetically encoded liquid transport - Damien Baigl (Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)
12:40 O1-3
O1-3
12:40 - 13:25
Beiträge

12:40 O1: Brownian DNA computing - 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 - Robin Vermathen (Eindhoven University of Technology)

13:10 O3: Measuring homologous recognition using synthetic DNA scissors - Andrew Stannard (Imperial College London)
13:25 Refreshments
Refreshments
13:25 - 14:25
14:25 Alessandro Porchetta
Alessandro Porchetta
14:25 - 14:55
Beiträge

14:25 Input-responsive CRISPR Systems Controlled by DNA Molecular Transducers for Sensing Applications - Alessandro Porchetta (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
14:55 O4-O6
O4-O6
14:55 - 15:40
Beiträge

14:55 O4: Structure-switching biosensors: a bio-inspired strategy to accelerate sensor kinetics - Dominic Lauzon (Université de Montréal)

15:10 O5: DNA Origami Enables Sub-Picomolar Sensitivity of Rapid Tests - Heini Ijäs (LMU München)

15:25 O6: Development of a DNA origami nanosensing platform for diagnostic analysis of ADAMTS-13 proteolytic activity - Gereon Brüggenthies
15:40 Tea break
Tea break
15:40 - 16:55
16:55 O7-O11
O7-O11
16:55 - 18:10
Beiträge

16:55 O7: Towards sequence-defined polymers with DNA-based catalytic templating - Rakesh Mukherjee (Imperial College London)

17:10 O8: DNA tendrils for programmable membrane fusion in artificial cell design - Miguel Paez (Imperial College London)

17:25 O9: Do DNA Barcode networks benefit from promiscuity - David Fernandez Bonet

17:40 O10: LASSO: versatile and selective biomolecule pulldown with combinatorial DNA-crosslinked polymers - 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 - Ralf Strasser (Bruker Biosensors)
Donnerstag, 16. Oktober 2025
09:00 Rebecca Schulman
Rebecca Schulman
09:00 - 09:30
Beiträge

09:00 Modular sensing and programmable signal transduction with DNA nanotechnology - Rebecca Schulman (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry and Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University)
09:30 O12-O15
O12-O15
09:30 - 10:30
Beiträge

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

09:45 O13: Cation-controlled structure, activity, and organisation of biomimetic DNA receptors in synthetic cell membranes - Roger Rubio-Sánchez (Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology)

10:00 O14: mRNA–DNA Origami Nanostructures for Cancer Vaccines - Carmine D'Amico (Aalto University)

10:15 O15: UV-Triggered Assembly and Protein-Assisted Positioning of DNA-Based Cytoskeletal Filaments in Synthetic Cells - Svetozar Gavrilovic (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry)
10:30 Coffee
Coffee
10:30 - 11:40
11:40 4
4
11:40 - 12:10
Beiträge

11:40 DNA-based active plasmonics - Anton Kuzyk (Aalto University)
12:10 O16-O19
O16-O19
12:10 - 13:10
Beiträge

12:10 O16: From Lab to Product: A Case Study of Electrically Actuated Origami-Levers for Biosensing Applications - Ulrich Rant (Kurt Schwabe Institute and TU Dresden)

12:25 O17: Programmable Nanoscale Motion via Molecular Patterning on DNA Origami - Lars Paffen (TU/e)

12:40 O18: Thousand-fold acceleration of single photon emission in DNA origamis with gold nanocube dimers - MARCO CAPUZZO (institut Langevin)

12:55 O19: DNA Origami Clathrate Crystals Exhibit Structural Color in the Visible - Xin Yin (Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität,Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München)
13:10 Lunch
Lunch
13:10 - 14:10
14:10 Carl Goodrich
Carl Goodrich
14:10 - 14:40
Beiträge

14:10 Programming stochastic self-assembly: what can be designed and how do we do it? - Carl Goodrich (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)
14:40 O20-O22
O20-O22
14:40 - 15:25
Beiträge

14:40 O20: Differentiable Programming of Indexed Chemical Reaction Networks and Reaction-Diffusion Systems - Erik Winfree (California Institute of Technology)

14:55 O21: Programmable DNA-based nanosystems for spatiotemporal signal processing and actuation - Sayantan De (University of Duisburg-Essen)

15:10 O22: Inverse thermodynamics for programmable self-assembly thrives with DNA-based systems - Camilla Beneduce
15:25 Coffee Break + informal discussion
Coffee Break + informal discussion
15:25 - 16:40

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

20:00 Social dinner + Award Ceremony
Social dinner + Award Ceremony
20:00 - 22:30
Freitag, 17. Oktober 2025
09:00 Lulu Qian
Lulu Qian
09:00 - 09:30
Beiträge

09:00 Heat to power up molecular systems - Lulu Qian (California Institute of Technology)
09:30 O23-O26
O23-O26
09:30 - 10:30
Beiträge

09:30 O23: Binding code between DNA oligomers and long single-stranded chains: multiplicity of partial pairings vs accessibility due to secondary structures - Marco Buscaglia (Università degli Studi di Milano)

09:45 O24: Magnetic DNA origami nanorotors: programmable torques on the nanoscale - Aidin Lak (TU Braunschweig)

10:00 O25: Optimizing Large-Scale DNA Origami Lattices on Silicon - Jussi Toppari (University of Jyväskylä, Nanoscience Center, Finland)

10:15 O26: Structure-Based Prediction of Context-Dependent Ribozyme Activity for Functional RNA Design - Bas Bögels (TUM)
10:30 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30
11:30 O27-O29
O27-O29
11:30 - 12:15
Beiträge

11:30 O27: Self-Multimerising Single-Layer 3D Curved DNA origami with ENSnano - Nicolas Schanabel (CNRS, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)

11:45 O 28: Integrating Nucleic Acid Enzymes with DNA Origami for Advanced Digital Biosensing - Seppe Driesen (KU Leuven - Biosensors Group)

12:00 O29: Self-assembled DNA nanostructure applied on immunomodulation of microglia in neuroinflammation - Manon Libotte
12:15 Closing remarks
Closing remarks
12:15 - 12:45

13:00 Light Lunch
Light Lunch
13:00 - 14:00

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