7th Functional DNA Nanotechnology Workshop

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

Rome

Mi., 15. Oktober

10:30 Registration

1 Opening

Invited Lecture: Damien Baigl

2 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)

Oral contributions: O1-3

3 O1: Brownian DNA computing

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

4 O2: Molecular encryption for DNA data storage

Sprecher: Robin Vermathen (Eindhoven University of Technology)

5 O3: Measuring homologous recognition using synthetic DNA scissors

Sprecher: Andrew Stannard (Imperial College London)

Posters: Refreshments

Invited Lecture: Alessandro Porchetta

6 Input-responsive CRISPR Systems Controlled by DNA Molecular Transducers for Sensing Applications

Sprecher: Alessandro Porchetta (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

Oral contributions: O4-O6

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

Sprecher: Dominic Lauzon (Université de Montréal)

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

Sprecher: Heini Ijäs (LMU München)

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

Sprecher: Gereon Brüggenthies

Posters: Tea break

Oral contributions: O7-O11

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

Sprecher: Rakesh Mukherjee (Imperial College London)

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

Sprecher: Miguel Paez (Imperial College London)

12 O9: Do DNA Barcode networks benefit from promiscuity

Sprecher: David Fernandez Bonet

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

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

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

Sprecher: Ralf Strasser (Bruker Biosensors)

Do., 16. Oktober

Invited Lecture: Rebecca Schulman

15 Modular sensing and programmable signal transduction with DNA nanotechnology

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

Oral contributions: O12-O15

16 O12: Immune-induced DNA-Antibody Hybrid Condensates

Sprecher: Sara Scalia

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

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

18 O14: mRNA–DNA Origami Nanostructures for Cancer Vaccines

Sprecher: Carmine D'Amico (Aalto University)

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

Sprecher: Svetozar Gavrilovic (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry)

Posters: Coffee

Invited Lecture: 4

20 DNA-based active plasmonics

Sprecher: Anton Kuzyk (Aalto University)

Oral contributions: O16-O19

21 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)

22 O17: Programmable Nanoscale Motion via Molecular Patterning on DNA Origami

Sprecher: Lars Paffen (TU/e)

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

Sprecher: MARCO CAPUZZO (institut Langevin)

24 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 Lunch

Invited Lecture: Carl Goodrich

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

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

Oral contributions: O20-O22

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

Sprecher: Erik Winfree (California Institute of Technology)

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

Sprecher: Sayantan De (University of Duisburg-Essen)

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

Sprecher: Camilla Beneduce

15:25 Coffee Break + informal discussion

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

20:00 Social dinner + Award Ceremony

Fr., 17. Oktober

Invited Lecture: Lulu Qian

29 Heat to power up molecular systems

Sprecher: Lulu Qian (California Institute of Technology)

Oral contributions: O23-O26

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)

31 O24: Magnetic DNA origami nanorotors: programmable torques on the nanoscale

Sprecher: Aidin Lak (TU Braunschweig)

32 O25: Optimizing Large-Scale DNA Origami Lattices on Silicon

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

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

Sprecher: Bas Bögels (TUM)

10:30 Coffee break

Oral contributions: O27-O29

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

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

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

Sprecher: Seppe Driesen (KU Leuven - Biosensors Group)

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

Sprecher: Manon Libotte

12:15 Closing remarks

13:00 Light Lunch