Biophysical Society Newsletter
10
january
2014
58
th
Annual Meeting
February 15–19, 2014
|
San Francisco, California
Child Care
The Biophysical Society
will once again provide
child care services while
you attend the Annual
Meeting! Discounted child
care will be available at the
Annual Meeting through KiddieCorp. Trained
professionals will be on hand to watch children
of all ages, and the fee includes fun activities and
light snacks. Pre-registration is recommended.
A family room will also be available in the
Moscone Center, stocked with diapers, a small
refrigerator, private areas for nursing, electrical
outlets, and a small area for rest and play. To
register your child for the child care service, visit
, and click the
General Information tab.
Calling All Bloggers!
BPS is looking for bloggers to share meeting tips,
can't miss events, the best local eateries, and
more with the Society’s blog readers (3,500+
during the Meeting). Check out some of the
latest entries, as well as posts from the 2013 meet-
ing at biophysicalsociety.wordpress.com. To learn
more and submit your application, visit www.
surveymonkey.com/s/5V7P2GQ.
Deadline to apply is January 17.
First-Time
Attendee Drop-By
Is this your first time attending a Biophysical
Society Annual Meeting? Wondering what
to do first? Feeling overwhelmed? Wondering
how to best use your time? Drop by the first-
time attendee event on Saturday evening
during the Opening Mixer to learn how
to navigate the Meeting. Society staff and
Membership Committee Members will be on
hand to answer your questions and help you
gain the most from your time at the BPS 2014
San Francisco meeting.
Wiki-Edit 2014
Contest Kick-off
The Importance of Open License Media
to Our Science
Sunday, February 16, 2:15
pm
–3:30
pm
Interested in entering
the Society’s wiki-editing
contest and learning more
about open license media?
Come to this demonstra-
tion and discussion for
contest entrants and any-
one curious about wiki
editing and the use of images and films on
Wikipedia. Learn about the contest, as well
as the do’s and don’ts of posting images.
Register your username, do an edit, and get
a WikiProject Biophysics button to wear!
Speakers:
Daniel Mietchen
, WikiProject
Open Access and Museum für
Naturkunde, Berlin
Jane Richardson
, BPS Past President.
Sponsors
Gold Level
• Carl Zeiss
Microscopy, LLC
• Photon Technology
International, Inc.
Silver Level
• AlphaGraphics
• Asylum Research, an
Oxford Instruments
Company
• Chroma Technology
Bronze Level
• Bruker Corporation
• FEI Company
• Forte Bio, A Division
of Pall Life Sciences
•
GE Healthcare
• HEKA Electronik
• KinTek
• Molecular Devices, LLC
• Nanion Technologies
• Nanosurf, Inc.
• NanoTemper
Technology, Inc.
• Park Systems, Inc.
• Sutter Instrument
• World Precision
Instruments
• Wyatt Technology
Corporation
