We are delighted to invite you to the first European meeting of the Society of Biomolecular Imaging and Informatics (SBI2),
held in Cambridge, UK on July 7^th – 8^th, 2026

Program Overview

We are excited to have Dr Fabian Theis and Dr Andreas Bender as our Keynote speakers for the European SBI2 2026 conference. 

🔹 Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Theis
Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Theis heads the Helmholtz Munich Computational Health Center and holds the Chair for Mathematical Models of Biological Systems at the Technical University of Munich. His research pioneers machine‑learning frameworks, scalable inference methods, and foundation models that integrate multimodal single‑cell and spatial omics data, enabling a deeper understanding of cellular decision‑making, tissue organization, and disease mechanisms. 

🔹 Dr. Andreas Bender
Professor for Machine Learning in Medicine at the Department of Medicine at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, analyzing heterogenous chemical, biological and medical data. Before this post, he has been Professor for Molecular Informatics at Cambridge University and a Director for Digital Life Sciences at Nuvisan/Berlin, as well as Associate Director for Data Science and AI in the Clinical Pharmacology & Safety Sciences group at AstraZeneca/Cambridge, UK.

Scientific Sessions

Session 1: Simulating Life: The Virtual Cell Revolution Chair: Peter Horvath, Helmholtz Munich

The virtual cell is no longer science fiction: this session presents three complementary advances towards in silico biology — predicting how perturbations propagate from single cells to spatial tissue contexts, measuring thousands of proteins per cell at scale, and fusing morphological imaging with proteomics to capture the full phenotypic fingerprint of a cell.

Session 2: Silicon Meets Cell: AI Seeing What We Can’t Chair: Bolek Zapiec, Merck KgaA

Images of cells encode far more biological information than the eye can see, this session demonstrates how deep learning and AI-powered image analysis are decoding that hidden language, from single-cell phenotyping and microenvironment-aware classification to mechanism-of-action inference and drug discovery.

Session 3: The Future is Now: Next-Wave High-Content Technologies Chair: Anusuya Banerjee,GSK
This session showcases the cutting edge of high-content screening hardware, software, and methodology — opening with the HCS-3DX platform, which brings light-sheet fluorescence microscopy and AI-driven single-cell analysis to 3D cell cultures including spheroids and organoids, unlocking a dimension of biological information inaccessible to conventional 2D screening systems.

Session 4: Image to Impact: High-Content Screening Delivered Chair: Morag Rose Hunter, Astra Zeneca

This session explores how high-content screening converts images into actionable insights that drive decision-making in real-world projects.

Session 5: Dimension Matters: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery in 3D Chair: Neil Carragher,University of Edinburgh
This session will encompass presentations describing cutting-edge high content imaging applications to map spatial interactions between cells with their 3-dimensional microenvironment. Presentations will describe new tools which combine with high content imaging to optimally exploit and scale complex human in vitro 3D models of disease incorporating human iPSC-derived co-culture and organoid models.

Agenda – Day 1 

Agenda – Day 2

We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting event filled with learning, high-level networking, and discovery!

SBI2 Premier European Meeting Abstract Submission

We invite you to submit abstracts describing original research on topics relevant to any of the five scientific sessions, for either a poster or a short, 10-minute podium presentation. Abstracts will be assessed based on the novelty of the work, with an emphasis on those that clearly detail results.

Deadlines:

• Submissions:
  • Podium presentation – April 24^th May 7^th
  • Poster presentation –  May 7^th
• Confirmation:
  • Podium presentation – May 15^th
  • Poster presentation – May 23^rd

Sponsor and Vendor Information

A huge thank you to the sponsors supporting our first European SBI2 meeting- Your partnership is making this inaugural event possible! 

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Please note that all main sponsorship packages are sold out. However, if you still wish to support the event, contact us directly at regional@sbi2.org.