qLIFE 2027 brings together leading scientists and early-career researchers working at the intersection of quantum sensing and the life sciences. Participants will represent a wide range of disciplines, including experimental and theoretical physics, chemistry, quantum information science, biology, engineering, and start-up ventures, ensuring a rich diversity of perspectives and expertise to promote vigorous discussion.
The aim of the seminar is to provide a platform for discussion of the most recent experimental and theoretical advances at the intersection of quantum physics and the life sciences and to explore and discuss novel routes to answer key questions in the field: Which are the most promising areas to deploy quantum technologies in the life sciences? How can we make use of chemically designed or biologically expressed biomolecules such as quantum sensors and biological self-organisation to develop new quantum sensors? How can we bring these tools to bear on key problems in medicine and the life sciences?
These questions will be addressed through a combination of perspective talks that lay foundational groundwork and highlight emerging challenges, alongside research presentations and hot-topic talks selected from submitted abstracts. Each day will conclude with extended joint discussion sessions, where all speakers and participants engage in open dialogue to reflect, integrate insights, and identify future directions.
By fostering interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration, QLife aims to catalyse new research at the intersection of quantum physics and the life sciences, and to build a community of researchers equipped to tackle the scientific and technological challenges at this exciting frontier.
qLIFE is organised by four leading organisations at the interface of quantum and bioscience: the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology (QUBIC, Australia), the UK Quantum Biomedical Sensing Research Hub (Q-BIOMED, UK), the Centre for Quantum Bioscience (ZQB, Germany), and the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Quantum Sensing for Biophysics and Bioengineering (NSF QuBBE, US).
Steering Committee
- Prof Warwick Bowen, QUBIC (Chair)
- Prof Martin Plenio, ZQB
- Prof Mete Atature, Q-BIOMED
- Prof Mark Newton, Q-BIOMED
- Prof Greg Engel, QuBBE
- Prof Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, QUBIC
- Susana Huelga, ZQB
- Peter Maurer, QuBBE
Technical Program Committee
- Prof Warwick Bowen, QUBIC (Chair)
- Prof Greg Engel, QuBBE
- Prof Oliver Williams, Q-BIOMED
- Dr Felix Donaldson, Q-BIOMED
- Prof Martin Plenio, ZQB
- A/Prof David Simpson, QUBIC
- Prof Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, QUBIC
- Dr Joe Heremans, QuBBE
- Prof Susana Huelga, ZQB
Local Organising Committee (QUBIC)
- Prof Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, University of Queensland (Chair)
- Prof Lezanne Ooi, University of Wollongong
- Prof Haibo Yu, University of Wollongong
- A/Prof Irina Kabakova, University of Technology Sydney
- Dr Nick Condon, University of Queensland
- Prof Kim-Anh Lê Cao, University of Melbourne
- Dr Dzung Do_Ha, University of Wollongong
- Rachael Birks, University of Queensland
- Prof Warwick Bowen, University of Queensland
To get involved in quantum for the life sciences, reach out to QUBIC at connect.qubic@uq.edu.au or join our mailing list.