We look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be an enriching and enlightening experience.

The Symposium will offer participants from around the world, an opportunity to exchange ideas face-to-face, develop their respective research, and find global partners for future collaboration.

Since 1970, year of the first symposium on biomineralization organized in Germany, the biomineralization community has been making great advances in different aspects of biomineralization, including the hierarchical structures of biominerals and their development, the important genes and functional proteins of biomineralization, the mechanisms of biomineralization in living systems and biomimetic mineralization, the discovery of non-classical crystallization pathways, and the fabrication of advanced functional materials inspired by biomineralization.

The knowledge gained has been applied to dental, medical, pharmaceutical, materials, agricultural, environmental sciences, paleontology and materials-assisted artificial life systems. Thus, biomineralization is an essential interdisciplinary research area. Further advancement is anticipated in both fundamental and applied research.

The main sessions will be as follows:

1. Structure-Function Relationships in Biomineralization
2. Cellular and Genetic Mechanisms in Biomineralization
3. The Application of Biomineralization in Archaeology
4. Innovations in Bio-Inspired Materials and Designs
5. Cutting-edge Techniques in Biomineralization Research
6. Fundamental Processes of Crystal Nucleation and Growth
7. The Function of the Organic Matrix in Biomineralization
8. Environmental Influences on Biomineralization
9. Evolutionary Perspectives on Biomineralization