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CONTENTS
Biophysical
Society
DEADLINES
JANUARY
2015
Liskin Swint-Kruse
, The
University of Kansas
Medical Center
Rheostats and Toggle
Switches for Modifying
Protein Function
Janine Brunner
, University
of Zurich, Switzerland
The Principles of Lipid
Scrambling: Structural
Insights from a TMEM16
Family Member
Aleksandr Noy
, Lawrence
Livermore National
Laboratory
Transport Through Carbon
Nanotube Porins in Lipid
Membranes
Gaya Amarasinghe
,
Washington University
in St. Louis
Mechanisms of Ebola Virus
Immune Evasion
Frank DiMaio
, University
of Washington
A Virus that Infects a
Hyperthermophile Encapsid-
ates A-¬Form DNA
Michelle Wang
,
Cornell University
Single Molecule
Mechanics —
Towards High Throughput
Biophysicist in Profile
2
Public Affairs
4
International
5
Biophysical Journal
6
Annual Meeting
8
Thematic Meetings
11
Subgroups
14
MollyCule
17
SACNAS/ABRCMS
18
Members in the News
18
Grants and Opportunities
19
Obituary
19
Upcoming Events
20
59
th
Annual
Meeting
February 7-11, 2015
Baltimore, Maryland
January 7
Early Registration
Luncheon Registration
Late Abstract Submission
Graduate and Postdoc Fair
Institution Registration
Industry and Agency
Opportunities Fair
Registration
Childcare Pre-Registration
Satellite Meeting
Registration
Blogger Applications
January 22
Hotel Room Block
Reservations
January 30
Undergraduate Mixer and
Poster Fest Registration
February 16
Priority Applications
for Summer Research
Program in Biophysics
2015 New & Notable Symposium
Speakers Announced
Seven speakers were selected for the 2015 New & Notable Symposium from over 100
nominations submitted by Society members. The speakers, listed below, will present
their work in Baltimore during the Symposium on Sunday, February 8, at 10:45 am. The
speakers of this year’s New and Notable symposium will present exciting new discoveries
in biophysics, including X-ray and EM structures and mechanistic studies that address
some of the most challenging questions today.
Katharina Duerr
, Oregon Health
and Science University
Mechanisms of AMPA Receptor Activa-
tion and Desensitization Investigated
by X-Ray Crystallography, DEER and
Cryo-electron Microscopy