Biophysical Newsletter - September 2014

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

2014

SEPTEMBER

59 th Annual Meeting February 7-11, 2015 | Baltimore, Maryland

Year of Light

Abstract Submission

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly 68 th Session has proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015). In doing so, the UN has recognized the impor- tance of raising global awareness about how light- based technologies promote sustainable develop- ment and provide solutions to global challenges in energy, education, agriculture, and health. In honor of IYL 2015, the Biophysical Society 59th Annual Meeting will include symposia that focus on the importance of light and light-based technologies: Advances in Electron Microscopy Yifan Cheng , University of California, San Francisco, Chair Irina Serysheva , University of Texas Medical Center Bettina Böttcher , University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Hongwei Wang , Tsinghua University, China Bacterial Subcelluar Dynamics at Super-Resolution Julie Biteen , University of Michigan, Chair David Sherratt , Oxford University, United Kingdom Simon Foster , Sheffield University, United Kingdom Mike Heilemann , University of Frankfurt, Germany Membrane Trafficking Kerney Jebrell Glover , Lehigh University, Chair Lois Weisman , University of Michigan Jenny Hinshaw , NIH Alexander Kros , Leiden University, The Netherlands

Top Reasons to Submit an Abstract before the October 1 Deadline: Present Be considered for one of the 500 oral platform session speaking slots; Publish Have your accepted abstracts published in an online, full searchable supplement to Biophysical Journal ; Enhance Research Enrich the experience of attendees and contribute to the sharing of ideas that is the basis of the biophysics community; Network Increase confidence and personal development while enhancing your CV; and Collaborate

IYL2015 Image by Sebastian Lemp, Offenburg University

Collaborate and network in this interdisciplinary environment.