INSTRUCTORS 2026
The first course will include the following invited Spanish and International speakers
Carlos Bustamante
Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy
Ibrahim Cissé
Senior Group Leader & Director, Max Planck Institute
Single Molecule and Super-Resolution
Borja Ibarra
Investigator, IMDEA Nanociencia
Practical Sessions Instructors
Taekjip Ha
Professor, Harvard University, Children’s Hospital, USA
Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Carlos Oscar Sorzano
Staff Scientist, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid
Practical Sessions Instructors
José María Valpuesta
Investigator, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid
Cryo Electron Microscopy
Miguel Vicente Manzanares
Investigator, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Salamanca
Practical Sessions Instructors
Jose Luis Vilas Prieto
Investigator, National Center for Biotechnology, Madrid
Practical Sessions Instructors
Fèlix Ritort
Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
Practical Sessions Instructors
José María Carazo
Investigator, National Center for Biotechnology, Madrid
Practical Sessions Instructors
Invited Instructors
The first course will include the following invited Spanish and International speakers

Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy
David Rueda (Professor, University of Oxford, UK)
Carlos Bustamante (Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Taek Jip Ha (Professor, Harvard University, Children’s Hospital, USA)

Super-resolution Microscopy
Xiaowei Zhuang (Professor, Harvard University, USA)

Cryo Electron Microscopy
Josemaría Valpuesta (Investigator, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid)
Eva Nogales (Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Practical Sessions Instructors
Borja Ibarra (Investigator, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid)
Jose María Carazo (Investigator, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid)
Fernando Moreno (Investigator, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid)
Carlos Oscar Sorzano (Staff Scientist, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid)

