Symposium M at the 2026 European Materials Research Society Fall Meeting - Functional Materials at the Biointerface: Multiscale Interactions and Approaches

We are pleased to highlight Symposium M, an international symposium organized within the 2026 European Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Warsaw, where Silvia Giordani will serve as Chair, together with joint organizers Dr. Francesco Calzaferri and Dr. Rossella Castagna.

Advances in functional materials, including responsive nanomaterials, architected 3D scaffolds, and dynamic biohybrid systems, are transforming how we design interfaces with biology. Symposium M will bring together researchers from materials science, biology, chemistry, physics, pharmaceutics, and bioengineering to explore cutting-edge approaches at this interdisciplinary frontier.

The symposium will address how engineered materials can:

• Modulate intracellular pathways at the nanoscale
• Influence cellular behavior and mechanobiology
• Guide tissue architecture through hierarchical scaffolds
• Enable stimuli-responsive and shape-changing systems
• Translate fundamental discoveries into biomedical applications

Core topics include:

• Nanomaterials for pharmaceutical applications
• Biodegradability of nano- and macro-materials
• Biological impact of particle pollutants
• Nanobiosensors
• Stimuli-responsive materials (light, temperature, mechanical stress, magnetic fields)
• Biocompatible 3D printing and tissue engineering
• 4D and shape-changing biomaterials
• Biohybrid and bioinspired materials
• Modeling, simulation, and data-driven biomaterials design
• Hierarchical and multiscale biomaterials