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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

13

AUGUST

2017

Student Center

Daniel Marzolf

Department of Chemistry and

Biochemistry

James Madison University

Q:

What has been your fa-

vorite course while studying biophysics?

Why?

The course Applications of Lasers in Physical Scienc-

es, taught by my research advisor/PI Dr.

Oleksandr

Kokhan

, has been my favorite and the most reward-

ing course I have taken while studying biophysics. As

the name implies, the class learned the various ways

that lasers are used in both home life and scientific

pursuits. The lectures were interesting, but my favor-

ite portion of the class was the lab section in which

we did a variety of experiments using multiple laser

systems. This is an incredibly unique opportunity

for undergraduates, as often those sorts of instru-

ments are reserved for graduate institutions and their

research labs. I had a personal interest in the course

because of my work with Dr. Kokhan, which often

uses laser systems for kinetic measurements in con-

junction with NMR spectroscopy, under the direc-

tion of Dr.

Nathan Wright

, to determine a structure-

kinetic relationship in cytochrome proteins.

Daniel Marzolf

Members in the News

Douglas Robinson

, Johns

Hopkins University and

Society member since

2004, was awarded the

Ruth Kirschstein Diver-

sity in Science Award

from ASBMB.

Lewis Kay

, University

of Toronto and Society

member since 1998,

received the Christian

B. Anfinsen Award

from the Protein

Society.

Juli Feigon

, University of

California, Los Angeles, and

Society member since 1980,

was awarded the Dorothy

Crowfoot Hodgkin Award

from the Protein Society.

Douglas Tobias

, University

of California, Irvine, and

Society member since 2001,

was the recipient of the Soft

Matter and Biophysical

Chemistry Award from the

Royal Society of Chemistry.

Edward Lemke

, European

Molecular Biology Labora-

tory and Society member

since 2002, was awarded

the FEBS Anniversary

Prize.

Susan Taylor

(not pictured), University

of California, San Diego, and Society

member since 2000, was presented

with the Earl and Thressa Stadtman

Distinguished Scientist award from

ASBMB.

Register Today at

biophysics.org/webinars

Conflict Resolution

September 12, 2:00

pm

EST

Presenter: Alaina G. Levine

Biophysical Society Members: FREE

Non-members: $15