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Scope
The Christmas Biophysics Workshops (XBWs) are annual regional meetings of research groups from Austria, Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia in biophysics, soft matter physics, and related fields. The first Christmas Biophysics Workshop was organized by Rudolf Podgornik (Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Silvia Tomić (Zagreb, Croatia) in 2006 in Zagreb. Since then, and only with the exception of 2020 (because of Covid-19), the research groups gather together every year in mid-December in a small town in the region to share their research. The character of the meeting is rather informal, aiming to create a relaxed atmosphere in which recent results and ideas are discussed, scientific collaborations are established, and friendships grow beyond borders.

In 2022, the workshop was held in Brdo, a park near the city of Kranj in Upper Carniola (northwestern Slovenia). Participants presented their work in short talks from Monday morning through Tuesday lunchtime. At the midpoint, we all enjoyed a social dinner with a festive mood in the expectation of the Christmas holidays.

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