Max Delbrück Center Bioengineering Symposium

The Max Delbrück Center Bioengineering Symposium will take place on July 6, 2026, at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin.

Co-organized with Springer Nature, this full-day symposium will bring together leading international researchers in bioengineering to integrate quantitative biology and artificial intelligence to design and engineer molecular, cellular, and tissue systems that can decode, predict, and ultimately control health and disease trajectories.

Registration is now open!

Please find further details on registration, accommodation in Berlin, the program, and the symposium speakers below.
We hope you will mark your calendar and join us for what promises to be an exciting and stimulating day of science.

Registration and Abstract Submission

Registration and Abstract submission will open on April 7, 2026.

Registration Fees
Participants: 50 €

Registration Deadline: July 3, 2026
Abstract Deadline (oral and poster presentations): May 28, 2026

The registration fee includes coffee breaks, a lunch buffet, and a dinner buffet. The costs for accommodation and travel to the venue are not included and must be arranged independently.

Childcare: We also offer free childcare for participants. If you require this service, please indicate this during registration.

Speakers and Program

The program will feature invited talks and discussions on:

- Tissue engineering, organoids, and organ-on-chip systems
- Biofabrication and regenerative approaches
- Immune engineering
- Synthetic biology and AI-enabled design

A poster session for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers will take place in the early evening, providing an opportunity for trainees to present their work and engage with international experts in the field.

We are delighted to welcome as speakers of the symposium: 

Johanna Bolander (Berlin Institute of Health at Charité )
Francesca Ceroni (Imperial College London)
Karen Christman (University of California, San Diego)
Simon Haas (Berlin Institute of Health at Charité & Max Delbrück Center)
Peter Loskill (University of Tübingen)
Matthias Lütolf (Institute of Human Biology (IHB))
Jakob Metzger (Max Delbrück Center)
Ulrike Nuber (Technical University of Darmstadt)
Aleksandr Ovsianikov (TU Wien)
Birgit Sawitzki (Berlin Institute of Health at Charité)
Kelly R. Stevens (University of Washington)
Li Tang (EPFL)
Susan Thomas (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Yu Shrike Zhang (Harvard Medical School)

Accommodation

Reservation blocks have been set up for participants at the following hotels

1.

Hotel: Holiday Inn Express Berlin City Centre
Address: Stresemannstraße 49, 10963 Berlin 
Email: berlin@hiexberlin.com
Phone: +49 (0) 30 20052800

30 rooms
Single occupancy: €105 per room/night
Double occupancy: €115 per room/night
Breakfast included 
Reference: Bio Engineering Symposium 2026

Reservation Link

Reference Code: Bio Engineering Symposium 2026

Rooms must be booked by May 5, 2026, at the latest.

2. 

Hotel: Arcotel Velvet Berlin
Address: Oranienburger Strasse 52, 10117 Berlin
Email: velvet@arcotel.com
Phone: +49 (0) 30 2787530

Reservation Link

25–30 rooms
Single occupancy: €128 per room/night
Double occupancy: €158 per room/night
Includes breakfast

Reference Code: Bio Engineering Symposium 2026

Rooms must be booked by June 1, 2026, at the latest.