The 5th Optogenetic Technologies and Applications Conference will showcase advances in optogenetics and bring together different branches of the optogenetic community. The conference will include approaches in neuronal and non-neuronal optogenetics as well as in material science and unicellular organisms. Discover how these approaches are being promoted to initial translation across the life sciences.

Abstract Submission Deadline: July 28, 2026
Learn More: https://www.aiche.org/sbe/conferences/optogenetic-technologies-and-applications/2026?utm_source=WikiCFP&utm_medium=Ad&utm_campaign=Opto2026


Session Topics
Optogenetics for Biotechnology & Material Sciences
Biomedical Applications of Optogenetics
Discovery, Characterization, and Engineering of Novel Light Responsive Systems
Engineering & Applications of Optogenetic Tools to Neuroscience
Answering Fundamental Questions in Biology with Optogenetics
Delivery Systems & Manipulation of Light
Optogenetics in Liquid Phase Separations
Alternative Physical Stimuli for spatio-temporal control


Conference Chairs
Wilfried Weber, Professor, University of Freiburg
Seraphine Wegner, Professor, University of Münster
Shrikrishnan Sankaran, Research Group Leader Leibniz Institute for New Materials

Organizing Committee
Pascal Hersen, Director of the Physics of Cells and Cancer Laboratory, Institut Curie
Barbara Di Ventura, Professor, University of Freiburg
Max Wilson, Assistant Professor, University of California Santa Barbara
Raphael Lamprecht, Professor, Sagol Department of Neurobiology, University of Haifa, Israel
Emmanuel Tzanakakis, Professor, Tufts University
Megan McClean, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Conference Organized by the Society for Biological Engineering

About SBE
Established in 2004, the Society for Biological Engineering is a technological community for engineers and applied scientists integrating biology with engineering. Members of SBE come from a broad spectrum of industries and disciplines and share in SBE’s mission of realizing the benefits of bioprocessing, biomedical and biomolecular applications. Learn more about SBE at https://www.aiche.org/sbe