Meetings

The 23rd Carbon Research International Forum, held online on April 24, 2026, brought together researchers and professionals to explore how engineered biochar can support carbon capture, resource recovery, and sustainable industrial development. The recorded session has now been uploaded to YouTube, making the forum available to a wider international audience interested in low-carbon technologies and circular economy solutions.

Graduate students from across the Southeast gathered at Auburn University for the 8th Southern Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Symposium, a fully student-led event. Organized by the Auburn Physics Graduate Student Association, the symposium featured nearly 90 participants and 45 research presentations. Students presented work across physics and astronomy fields while building regional collaborations with peers from multiple universities. The event also included leadership workshops and tours of Auburn’s research facilities.
Next year’s symposium will be hosted by Mississippi State University.

"Ultra-Processed Food and Health: From Mechanisms to Actions” brought together many of the world’s leading experts to examine one of the most pressing topics in nutrition science.

The symposium convened an international group of researchers, clinicians and policy experts to explore the rapidly evolving science surrounding ultra-processed foods and their impact on human health. Discussions spanned the biological mechanisms linking ultra-processed foods to chronic disease, the gaps in available research, the role of the food environment and industry practices, and opportunities for policy and public health action.

Insilico Medicine announced that its research paper, “When Single Answer Is Not Enough: Rethinking Single-Step Retrosynthesis Benchmarks for LLMs,” has been accepted for presentation at the International Conference on Machine Learning 2026. The study challenges conventional retrosynthesis benchmarking approaches that rely on single “ground-truth” answers and Top-K accuracy metrics, which may not reflect the multi-solution nature of real-world chemistry.

The paper introduces ChemCensor, a chemistry-aware evaluation metric designed to assess model performance based on reaction centers and functional groups, aligning more closely with expert human reasoning. Additional contributions include the CREED dataset, comprising 6.4 million validated reactions; benchmarking results from the C3LM model; and the URSA-expert-2026 dataset, an expert-annotated benchmark designed to reduce data leakage and improve evaluation rigor.

The research supports the development of more realistic and scalable training and evaluation frameworks for AI-driven retrosynthesis and drug discovery. Supporting materials will be made publicly available to promote transparency and reproducibility.

Targeting Phage Therapy 2026 will convene international leaders to accelerate clinical deployment, highlight innovation, and recognize excellence through the Targeting Phage Therapy Awards.

MONTREAL – APRIL 25, 2026 – Today, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) announced its 2026 Master Interventionalists of SCAI (MSCAI) designation recipients during the SCAI 2026 Scientific Sessions & CAIC-ACCI Summit, held April 23-25, in Montréal, Canada.

MONTREAL – April 25, 2026 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) today announced that Lauren Balkan, MD, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026–27 Women in Innovations (WIN) Complex and High-Risk Coronary Intervention (CHIP) Fellowship, a competitive award that supports the advancement of women in complex and high-risk coronary interventions. The announcement was made during the SCAI 2026 Scientific Sessions & CAIC-ACCI Summit, held April 23–25, 2026, in Montréal, Canada.

MONTREAL – APRIL 25, 2026 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) is pleased to announce the selection of a new class of early-career interventional cardiologists to participate in the 2026–28 Emerging Leader Mentorship (ELM) Program. Participants will be recognized during the SCAI 2026 Scientific Sessions & CAIC-ACCI Summit, held April 23–25 in Montréal, Canada. 

MONTREAL – APRIL 25, 2026 – The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) today announced the recipients of the 2026 SCAI Early Career Research Grants (ECRGs), an initiative designed to support the next generation of academic interventional cardiologists. The announcement was made in conjunction with the SCAI 2026 Scientific Sessions & CAIC-ACCI Summit, held April 23–25 in Montréal, Canada.

MONTREAL – APRIL 25, 2026 – At SCAI 2026 Scientific Sessions & CAIC-ACCI Summit, held April 23–25, in Montréal, Canada, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) recognized several individuals for their outstanding service, leadership, and contributions to patient care and to the field of interventional cardiology.