The annual CCPN conference usually takes place in the summer and is specifically aimed at PhD students and post-docs (predominantly from the UK). It is a small, friendly conference with an emphasis on practical details, lots of time for discussion and plenty of opportunities to get to know other scientists, especially during the now legendary CCPN walk on the afternoon of the middle day. Poster presenters from the UK receive a generous discount to make attendance as affordable as possible for young scientists.
DRIIMB Integrative Structural Biology Conference
12-14 October 2026 in Leeds
This year, in additional to our usual CCPN conference in June, we are hosting an Integrative Structural Biology Conference sponsored by our joint DRIIMB grant together with CCPBioSim, CCP-EM and CCP4 .
More Information and Registration
For more information and registration, please go to the DRIIMB Conference website.
Confirmed Speakers
- Prof. Arvind Ramanathan, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
- Prof. Martin Blackledge, Institut de Biologie Structurale, France
- Lance Westerhoff, QuantumBio Inc.
- Frederik Emil Thomasen, Flatiron Institute, USA
- Frank von Delft, OpenBind, Diamond Light Source, UK
- Adam Hospital, MDDB/BioSimDB
- Jas Kalayan, PSDI, UKRI – STFC
- Thomas Keal, STFC Daresbury Laboratory
- Laura Spagnolo, University of Glasgow, UK
- Sergio Cruz-León, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Germany
- Katerina Toropova, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford
- Jean-Luc Pellequer, Institut de Biologie Structurale
- Alisia Fadini, OpenFold, Columbia University, USA
Registration Deadlines
| Early bird registrations and abstracts submissions open: | 6 July 2026, Monday |
| End of Abstracts submission for Contributed talks: | 3 August 2026, Monday, 12:01 BST |
| End of Abstracts submission for poster presentation only: | 10 August 2026, Monday, 12:01 BST |
| End of Early bird registrations: | 17 August 2026, Monday |
| Start of Standard registrations: | 18 August 2026, Tuesday |
| End of Standard registrations: | 18 September 2026, Friday, 23:00 BST |
Student and ECR Bursaries
Early career researchers are encouraged to attend and conference care funds can be arranged if required.
A limited number of student bursaries are available for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The bursary will cover registration fee waiver and in exceptional circumstances, we may also be able to offer support for travel and/or accommodation. To apply for the bursary, student applicants must submit a poster before 3rd August 2026.
Software Carpentry Workshop
We have limited seats available for a post conference, two day, DRIIMB Software Carpentry Workshop: Core Software Skills for Research. Last date to register is 18th September 2026.
