Microscopy at the Frontiers of Science Conference 2025

Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), Valencia, Spain

23-26 September 2025

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Abstract Submission Deadlines

Orals: Tuesday, June 10

Posters: Thursday, August 28

Acceptance of abstracts

Wednesday, June 25

Early Registration

Thursday, July 3

Registration closing

Tuesday, September 2

Guidelines for authors

2 Poster Prizes

150GPB

Given by

Xuankai Huang
Deblina Majumder

25 Poster Prizes

200$

Given by

Raul Artal
Ángela Ramos Díaz
Dan Ito
Jędrzej Kondek
Sung Ryul Choi
Joel Casella
Sangwook Park
Franjo Weber
Akira Nasu
Arianna Pesce
Mareen Schaller
Elena Sánchez Ahijón
Sunghyun Park
Andrés Campos Galera
Nicolas Liang
Florian Stainer
Takashi Hirose
Yuichi Sakuda
Veronica Humlebæk Jensen
Jong-Eun Hong
Gyeong Duk Nam
Matthaeus Siebenhofer
Barbara Wagner
Zonghao Shen
Klaudia Zielińska

3 Poster Prizes

250€

Given by

Matthias Hartmann
Jing Ming
Patrick Ewerhardt

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Presentation

The Microscopy at the Frontiers of Science Conference 2025 has established itself as a reference event in the field of microscopy, attracting international researchers and fostering interdisciplinary exchange. It is structured around three main areas within microscopy: Materials, Life Sciences, and Cryo-electron microscopy (CryoEM).

The MFS25 Conference will kick off on 23 September with a workshop dedicated to Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis, featuring Dr. Marcos Gragera from CNB-CSIC*, followed by a welcome reception. This opening day will be followed by three full days of lectures from 24 to 26 September. Throughout this period, at least six renowned international keynote speakers will deliver talks on essential topics that span the three core areas of the event. These lectures will engage the entire audience by highlighting interdisciplinary frontiers and cross-cutting themes in the field of microscopy.

*Please note: Attendance to the workshop is free of charge, but reservation is required during registration. If you have already registered, you can now add the workshop ticket to your booking.

3

days of conference + Welcome Day

6

plenary lectures

3

parallel sessions

Conference Topics

Colloidal Nanocrystals and Clusters

Inorganic Synthesis

Surface Science

Optical Spectroscopy

Catalysis

Nanostructure Characterization

Topics

Material Science

Francisca Peiró Martínez. IN2UB-Universidad de Barcelona
Raúl Arenal. INMA-Universidad de Zaragoza
Juan Carlos Hernández Garrido. Universidad de Cádiz
Lionel Cervera Gontard. Universidad de Cádiz
Leonard Francis. INL, Braga
Sónia Simöes. Universidad de Porto

Life Sciences

Ignacio Arechaga. IBBTEC-UC-CSIC
Carmen San Martín. CNB-CSIC, Madrid
Jaime Martín Benito. CNB-CSIC, Madrid
Maria Luisa Jordao. INSA, Lisboa
Erin Tranfield. VIB-UGent
Tania Carvalho. Champalimaud Foundation, Lisboa
Paula Sampaio. i3S – Universidade do Porto
Gabriel Martins. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras
Oliver Schraid. INL, Braga

CryoEM Section

Celia Romao. ITQB, Lisboa
Nuria Verdaguer. IBMB-CSIC, Barcelon
Pablo Guerra. IBMB-CSIC, Barcelona
Rocío Arranz. CNB-CSIC, Madrid
Javier Garcia Nafría. Unizar-BIFI, Zaragoza
Ernesto Arias. CIB-CSIC, Madrid
Aitor Hierro. Instituto Biofisika, Bilbao
Marisa López. IBV-CSIC, Valencia

University of Chicago

Dmitri Talapin

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC John Curley

University of Chicago Philippe Guyot-Sionnest

University of Washington David Ginger

Speakers

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Qian Chen

Colorado University, Boulder Gordana Dukovic

University of Washington Daniel Gamelin

Virginia Tech Lina Quan

Northwestern University Richard Schaller

Speakers

Whitman College

Mark Hendricks

Vanderbilt Janet Macdonald

University California Riverside Yadong Yin

ETH Zurich Maksym Kovalenko

University Oregon Carl Brozek

North Carolina State University Milad Abolhasani

Sungkyunkwan University Sohee Jeong

Speakers

Plenary Speakers

Giulia Zanetti

Sjors Scheres

Wiebke Möbius

Manos Mavrakis

José Sánchez Costa

WORKSHOP / *Attendance is free upon registration

Time	Library
12:00h	Registration
15:00h	Welcome & Introduction to Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis
15:15h – 16:45h	Particle Picking & 2D Classification
17:00h – 17:15h	Break
17:15h – 18:00h	3D Classification & 3D Refinement
18:00h – 18:30h	Postprocessing
18:30h	End of course
18:30h – 19:30h	Welcome reception and registration

^*Last minute registrations at 08:30h

Time	Auditorium
Time	Section A	Section B
09.00h – 09.15h	Opening Ceremony. Organizers and Director CIPF
09.15h – 10:15h	Opening Lecture. Sjors Scheres
10:15h – 10:45h	PhD Awards on Life Sciences (x2)
10:45h – 11:15h	COFFEE
11:15h – 12:15h	Technical Developments Lecture. Manos Mavrakis
12:15h – 13:15h	Material Sciences Lecture. José Sánchez Costa
13:15h – 14:30h	LUNCH + POSTER SESSIONS
14:30h – 17:00h	Parallel Session on Materials	Parallel Session on CryoEM and Life Sciences
17:00h – 17:30h	COFFEE
17:30h – 19:30h	Parallel Session on Materials	Parallel Session on CryoEM and Life Sciences

Time	Library	Auditorium
Time	Library	Section A	Section B
09:00h – 10:30h	Parallel Session on Life Science	Parallel Session on Materials	Parallel Session on CryoEM
10:30h – 11:00h	COFFEE
11:00h – 13:00h	Parallel Session on Life Science	Parallel Session on Materials	Parallel Session on CryoEM
13:00h – 14:15h	LUNCH + POSTER SESSIONS
14:15h – 16:15h	Parallel Session on Life Science	Parallel Session on Materials	Parallel Session on CryoEM
16:15h – 16:45h	COFFEE
16:45h – 18:30h		Parallel Session on Materials	Parallel Session on CryoEM and Life Sciences
18:30h – 19:30h		SPMicros Annual Assembly	SME Annual Assembly

Time	Auditorium
Time	Section A	Section B
09:15h – 10:30h	Parallel Session on Materials	Parallel Session on CryoEM and Life Sciences
10:30h – 11:15h	COFFEE
11:15h – 12:15h	CryoEM Lecture. Giulia Zanetti
12:15h – 13:15h	PhD Awards on Material Sciences (x2)
13:15h – 14:15h	LUNCH
14:15h – 15:15h	Life Sciences Lecture. Wiebke Mobius
15:15h – 16:15h	PhD Awards on Technical Developments (x2)
16:15h – 17:15h	Closing Lecture
17:15h – 17:25h	SME Exhibition presentation. Juande Alché
17:25h – 17:50h	Closing Ceremony and Awards

José Luis Llácer

Clara Marco Marín

Santiago Ramón Maiques

Paulo Ferreira

Juan de Dios Alché Ramírez

María Angeles Juanes

Patricia Casino Ferrando

Organizing Committee

José Luis Llácer

Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC)

Clara Marco Marín

Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC)

Santiago Ramón Maiques

Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC)

Paulo Ferreira

University of Lisbon – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory

Juan de Dios Alché Ramírez

Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC, Granada)

María Angeles Juanes

Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF, Valencia)

Patricia Casino Ferrando

Instituto Universitario en Biotecnología y Biomedicina (BIOTECMED)- UV

Topics

the structural and chemical factors that dictate the properties of nanocrystalline materials, from discovery to their application in commercial products.

ultrafast spectroscopy, synchrotron techniques, and advances in electron microscopy – and what they reveal about the photophysics, dynamics, and electronic structure, of nanocrystalline materials.

synthesis, chemistry, and electronic properties of molecular systems and their relationship to the analogous material systems.

synthesis and chemistry of colloidal nanocrystals, including size and shape control, surface coordination chemistry and its relationship to optoelectronic properties.

newly areas in nanoscience, including colloidal metal-organic frameworks, automation in nanocrystal synthesis, and van der Waal’s materials.

synthesis and properties of nanostructured oxides and transition metal-containing materials for electrochemical and catalytic applications.

the latest advances in construction and performance of optoelectronic devices based on inorganic nanomaterials, including electrochromic materials and infrared photodetectors, etc.