SPBf regularly organizes two-day courses in various Biophysics topics. These courses are usually held in Santarém in October. Previous courses were as follows:

1^st - Application of optical spectroscopic techniques to biochemical and macromolecular systems, 1998
2^nd - Simulation of biological processes. Practical approaches,1999
3^rd - Proteins. From structure to dynamics, 2001
4^th - Bioenergetics. The cellular power plants,2002
5^th - Genomics and Proteomics. Biophysical perspectives, 2003
6^th - From Membrane Transport to Neurosciences: a Biophysical Perspective, 2005
7^th - Biospectroscopy and Imaging, 2007
8^th - Systems biology, 2009.
9^th - Protein folding, misfolding and disease, 2010.
10^th - Nanosciences for life, 2011.