TRACK 1: AI-Assisted Discovery Across Genome, Proteome, and Interactome

Life's complexity unfolds across scales - from the genome's encoded instructions, to the proteome's dynamic machinery, to the interactome's intricate web of molecular partnerships. Yet no single discipline holds all the keys. This special session brings together computational biophysicists, bioinformaticians, structural biologists, and AI researchers around a shared ambition: harnessing artificial intelligence to decode biological systems in their full, multi-scale richness.

We invite contributions spanning structure prediction and design, protein–protein and protein–nucleic acid interactions, multi-omics integration, network-based drug discovery, and foundation models for biological sequences and structures. Whether you develop novel algorithms, apply deep learning to unsolved biological problems, or build physics-informed models that cross the boundary between data and mechanism - this session is your forum.

Across disciplines, the questions converge: How do genomic variants propagate to structural consequences? How do molecular interactions wire cellular behavior? How can AI accelerate discovery without sacrificing biological interpretability? Join us to share ideas, challenge assumptions, and forge the collaborations that these questions demand.

Submissions from early-career researchers and interdisciplinary teams are especially encouraged.

Track Chair: Dr. Damiano Buratto, Zhejiang University

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Protein structure prediction
-Molecular dynamics
-Cryo-EM; RNA structure
-Protein design; Generative models
-Protein-protein interactions
-Drug discovery
-Variant effect prediction
-Multi-omics integration
-Network biology
-Single-cell analysis
-Foundation models
-Graph neural networks
-Physics-informed ML
-Interpretability
-Biomarker discovery
-Interactome mapping

Publication

ICBBT 2026 Conference Proceedings by ACM, which will be archived in ACM Digital Library(ISBN: 79-8-4007-2463-3), indexed by Ei Compendex and Scopus.

Formatting

Each paper is limited to 4-5 pages in double columns including all figures, tables, and references, and additional pages will be charged at 50USD/350CNY per page. Please follow the Conference format.

Formatting Instructions (DOC, LaTeX)

Formatting Instructions (DOC) Abstract  

Submission Guideline
Please submit your manuscript via Electronic Submission System (account is needed). (Please remark the session number when you make the submission.)

Important Dates

Submission of Full Papers: 30 Mar., 2026
Notification of Review Result of Papers from Special Sessions: Apr. 15, 2026
Registration Deadline: Apr. 20, 2026