DynaFit School 2026
Advanced tools for the analysis of kinetic and molecular interaction data
June 1-5, 2026
The main purpose of the program DynaFit is to perform nonlinear least-squares regression of chemical kinetic, enzyme kinetic, or ligand-receptor binding data by characterizing the (bio)chemical reacting system in terms of symbolic, or stoichiometric, equations.
The event is conceived as an intensive symposium–workshop focused on the use of DynaFit.
The workshop is primarily aimed at early-career researchers, master’s and doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers who work with experimental data in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, or related fields and who require rigorous tools to extract thermodynamic and kinetic parameters from real datasets.
The workshop structure is designed to maximize hands-on learning and to connect directly with the participants’ real research needs.
The program will combine :
Scientific sessions with oral presentations, in which a selection of participants will present their own research work.
Specialized lectures delivered by Dr. Petr Kužmič, the developer of the Dynafit software and a leading international authority on its use.
Intensive hands-on workshops, focused on the analysis of real experimental datasets, preferably provided by the participants themselves.
Abstract submission period: February 1 to March 15, 2026
Registration period: February 1 to April 30, 2026
Limited to 30 participants
Dr. Pter Kuzmic
Dr. Petr Kuzmic was born in (then) Czechoslovakia, currently the Czech Republic. He obtained his M.Sc. in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry from the prestigious Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague (VSChT). In 1985 Dr. Kuzmic obtained his Ph.D. in Bioorganic Chemistry from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (UOChB).
Dr. Kuzmic relocated to the United States in 1987, initially as an Exchange Scholar at the invitation of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. In 1991 Dr. Kuzmic formed BioKin Ltd as a US Corporation.
Dr. Kuzmic spent several years at the University of Wisconsin Madison, in the School of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemsitry (post-doc, 1988-1995) and later in the Department of Chemistry (lecturer in Organic Chemistry, 1995-1999). During those years Dr. Kuzmic developed novel mathematical and software tools for the study of enzyme inhibition, in particular involving the dimeric HIV protease and other enzymes.
Since 1999, Dr. Kuzmic has been devoting his time fully to providing professional consulting services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations; lecturing; scientific publishing; and the continuing development of the DynaFit software package.
Dr. Kuzmic's current CV including list of publications in the NIH Biosketch format is available here.
Preliminary Program
All sessions will take place at the CICA Interdisciplinary Center for Chemistry and Biology at the Unversidade da Coruña, located at the campus Elviña.
The scientific program is built around active participation by attendees. It includes sessions for the oral presentation and discussion of participants’ research work. Contributions will be selected by the scientific committee based on their quality, scientific relevance, and the use of quantitative approaches in data analysis.
These sessions will be complemented by talks from Petr Kužmič, the invited speaker, focused on research studies that use this tool for the analysis of kinetic data and molecular interactions.
The program also includes hands-on research workshops. In these sessions, participants will work directly with tools and data sets from their own projects, encouraging scientific exchange, methodological discussion, and the direct application of the course content to their ongoing research.
Scientific Committee
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Prof. Elena Pazos
Universidade da Coruña, Presidenta
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Prof. M. Eugenio Vázquez
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Vocal
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Prof. Víctor Quesada
Universidad de Oviedo, Vocal