Save the date! Physics of Life 2027

Conference overview

Physics of Life 2027 is the third conference in a successful biennial series launched in 2023. The meeting is organised jointly by the Physics of Life Network (via EPSRC), the IOP Biological Physics Group, the British Biophysical Society, Physics of Living Matter, Physics Meets Biology, and The Company of Biologists.

The inaugural Physics of Life 2023 conference attracted more than 470 attendees and showcased outstanding biological physics research from across the UK and internationally. In 2025, the conference grew further (see Physics of Life 2025). Our aim is to bring together the community through inspiring keynote lectures and a broad programme of parallel sessions spanning the diverse areas of biological physics. As there are still relatively few conferences of this scale and focus worldwide, we hope the meeting will continue to serve as an important forum for the field.

Purpose

The aim is to bring together researchers working on biological physics within the UK and internationally to major UK conference to meet this demand in these growing communities.  The conference will cover a broad range of topics and should be of interest to across working across biology and physics. There will be plenty of networking opportunities. We encourage all  to join us!

Who should attend?

We invite participation by academic (from any career stage), industrial and medical scientists from the UK and beyond who are interested in research interaction at the physics/life sciences interface. 

Find out more

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Plenary speakers

• Emmanuel Derivery (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK)
• Kerstin Göpfrich (Heidelberg University, Germany)
• Theanne Griffith (University of California, Davis, USA)
• Keir Neuman (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, USA)
• Katharina Sonnen (Hubrecht Institute, The Netherlands)
• Shashi Thutupalli (National Centre for Biological Sciences, India)

Key Dates

• Abstract submission opens: September 2026
• Registration opens: November 2026
• Abstract submission deadline: 22 January 2027
• Early registration deadline: 19 February 2027
• Registration deadline: 12 March 2027