Solvay Workshop on
"The Interplay of Molecules and Membranes"
Brussels, 28 - 30 April 2025 - ULB - Campus Plaine
(Quartier Jaune - Building N.O. - 5th Floor - Solvay room )
The aim of this workshop is to bring together speakers from the fields of Chemistry, Physics, and Biology around the question how molecules and ions interact with and cross lipid membranes, addressing different aspects:
- towards synthetic transport systems for active transport
- the interaction between synthetic molecules and membranes
- the partitioning of molecules into membranes
- mobility of molecules inside membranes
- permeability of molecules across membranes
- synthetic transport systems and their applications
- towards synthetic transport systems for active transport
- the implication of active (out of equilibrium) membranes on partitioning/diffusion/transport
Invited Speakers
Patricia Bassereau (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
Timo Betz (Göttingen U., Germany)
Phil Gale (U. of Technology Sydney, Australia)
An Ghysels (Ghent U., Belgium)
Gerhard Gröbner (Umeå U., Sweden)
Joachim Heberle (Freie U. Berlin, Germany)
Martin Hof (J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic)
Sobhna Kapoor (IITB Mumbai, India)
Matt Langton ( U. of Oxford, UK)
Stefan Matile (U. of Geneva, Switzerland)
Javier Montenegro (Santiago de Compostela U., Spain)
Werner Nau (Constructor U., Bremen, Germany)
Bert Poolman (U. of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Petra Schwille (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany)
Pinaki Talukdar (IISER Pune, India)
Huaqiang Zeng (Fuzhou U., China)
Scientific and Organising Committee
Bruno Linclau (Ghent U., Belgium)
Patricia Losada Perez (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Hennie Valkenier-van Dijk (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Sander Wezenberg (Leiden U., The Netherlands)
Phil Williamson (Southampton U., UK)
Practical information for attendees
Registration and Fee:
To register, please click on ‘Click HERE to register’ at the top right of the webpage.
After registering you should receive an automatic response confirming that your registration has been submitted.
This message is then followed by an email confirming your participation.
- If you experience any technical issues during registration,
please contact Isabelle Van Geet (isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be)
Registration Fee: 70 EUR
The 70 EUR registration fee includes coffee breaks, lunch on all three days of the conference and the poster session reception.
Once your registration has been approved,
please pay the fee by bank transfer onto the following bank account
BEFORE 7 APRIL 2025
Instituts Internationaux de Physique et de Chimie
Bank account number: 210 – 0416482 – 16
IBAN : BE72 2100 4164 8216
Swift code : GEBABEBB
Reference : Interplay_2025 (plus your NAME)
A receipt will be provided on arrival at the workshop.
Banquet: (50 EUR)
A banquet is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m.
Attendees are required to pay a 50 Euros contribution to the banquet fee via bank transfer, as outlined above.
Oral Contributions - Poster session - Panel Questions
A poster session will take place on Monday, April 28th at the end of the day.
Furthermore, a few slots are available to contribute oral talks that specifically answer some of the questions
on [this list], and further questions for the panel discussion can be submitted as well.
Please click HERE to submit proposals for contributions to the workshop.
Submission Deadlines:
Oral contributions: 20/02/2025
Poster presentation: 28/03/2025
Questions for panel: 28/03/2025
Location
The workshop will be held at ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) - Campus Plaine - Bld de la Plaine
1050 Brussels - Quartier Jaune - Building N.O. - 5th Floor - Solvay room.
Click HERE for the map of the Campus.
Getting here
Metro line 5 (direction "Hermann Debroux") - Station "Delta". Delta is the metro station on the campus.
Click HERE for the map of the metro.
For more information about public transport in Brussels go to the STIB's website.
MORE INFORMATION HERE ON REACHING CAMPUS PLAINE
Travel and accommodation
Attendees will have to arrange and pay for their own travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs.
Please see below links that might help you find accommodation in Brussels.
Brussels City Center:
Hôtel Atlas - Sleep Well - Bed & Brussels - Booking.com - Hotel Saint-Nicolas
Hotel Queen Anne - Hotel Bloom - Max Hotel - Metropole Hotel - Plaza Hotel
Hotels close to the venue:
Hotel Brussels: 3.6 km (25 minutes walk - tram number 8: 20 minutes)
Hotel Barsey by Warwick: 3,8 km (28 minutes walk - tram number 8: 21 minutes)
Hotel Ibis Styles Hotel Brussels Louise: 3.6 km (25 minutes walk - tram number 8: 20 minutes)
Hotel Capital: 3.3 km (19 minutes walk - tram number 8: 16 minutes)
For any enquiries, please contact Isabelle Van Geet (isabelle.vangeet@solvayinstitutes.be)