Registration for this event is open

Our fourth Ambassador Program workshop is jointly organised and supported by our colleagues at the National Competence Centres in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy. The on site, hands-on workshop is aimed at Ph.D. students and post-docs event focusing on the use of the following BioExcel core codes: BioBB, HADDOCK and PMX.

Date: 11 – 12 February 2026
Venue: National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Participation: Open application with a selection. 40 applicants will be selected for on-site participation. Applicants from Slovenia, Croatia and Italy will be prioritised for on site participation. We can only accept participants from EuroHPC Joint Undertaking member institutions.
Registration fee: 70€ (to be paid after application is accepted; fee includes workshop participation, three coffee breaks and two lunches)
Registration deadline: 30 November 2025

 

Registration process: as part of the registration you will need to submit a motivation letter and your expectations for attending this workshop. Further information regarding this can be found via the registration link above.

 

Program:

Day 1 – Wednesday 11 February 2026

Time (CET) Topic
08:30 – 09:15 Registration
09:15 – 09:30 Opening
09:30 – 10:30 Lecture: BioExcel Building Blocks (BioBB), a software library for interoperable biomolecular simulation workflows
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 13:00 Practical: Protein MD setup & automatic ligand parametrization using BioBB
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Trainers: Adam Hospital

Time (CET) Topic
14:30 – 15:30 Lecture: Integrative modelling with HADDOCK
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 17:30 Practical: HADDOCK tutorial on antibody-antigen modelling
17:30 – 19:30 Free
20:00 – 22:30  Social dinner

Trainers: Alexandre Bonvin

 

Day 2 – Thursday 12 February 2026

Time (CET) Topic
10:00 – 11:00 Lecture: Introduction to alchemical free energy calculations
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:00 Practical: Tutorial on ligand modifications with PMX
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

Trainers: Bert de Groot