Biophysical Society Newsletter
4
january
2014
Capsid Deformations Reveal Complex
Mechano-Chemistry,
Konstantin I.
Popov
,
Garegin A. Papoian
, which
highlights the paper:
Structural
Transitions and Energy Landscape
for Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus
Capsid Mechanics from Nanomanipulation in Vitro and
in Silico
,
Olga Kononova
,
Joost Snijder
,
Melanie Brasch
,
Jeroen Cornelissen
,
Ruxandra I. Dima
,
Kenneth A. Marx
,
Gijs J.L. Wuite
,
Wouter H. Roos
,
Valeri Barsegov
.
Dynamic DNA Underpins Chro-
mosome Dynamics
,
Andrew Trav-
ers
, which highlights the paper:
Temperature Dependence of the
DNA Double Helix at the Na-
noscale: Structure, Elasticity, and
Fluctuations
,
Sam Meyer
,
Daniel Jost
,
Nikos Theodora-
kopoulos
,
Michel Peyrard
,
Richard Lavery
,
Ralf Everaers
.
I
s Potassium a Ubiquitous Media-
tor of Vasodilation in the Central
Nervous System?
,
Lane K. Bekar
,
Maiken Nedergaard
, which high-
lights the paper:
Potassium Buffering
in the Neurovascular Unit: Models
and Sensitivity Analysis
,
Alexandra Witthoft
,
Jessica A.
Filosa
,
George Em Karniadakis
.
Know the Editors
Each month this section of the Newsletter highlights
BJ
editors.
Anne Kenworthy
Vanderbilt University
Editor for Membranes Section
Q:
What is your area of research?
My research interests lie at the interface of cell biology
and biophysics. A major goal of my research program
Biophysical Journal Corner
Biophysical Journal Award
Biophysical Journal
(BJ)
is pleased to an-
nounce the new
Biophysical Journal
Paper
of the Year Award. The award will be pre-
sented to the corresponding author of an
outstanding paper published in the Journal
during the previous 12 months beginning
with January 2014 submissions. To qualify,
the corresponding author must have re-
ceived his/her PhD or MD within the past
12 years. The award will spotlight the high-
quality work of young investigators who
publish in
BJ
.
The award will include a $1,000 prize and a
speaking position at the Annual Meeting
Awards Symposium.
Regular research articles will be nominated
by each of the Associate Editors and the
award recipient will be selected by a
committee of Associate Editors and the
Editor-in Chief.
Reviews
The following Review was published in
November:
FRET Spectrometry: A New Tool
for the Determination of Protein Quaternary
Structure in Living Cells
,
Valerică Raicu
,
Deo R. Singh
.
New & Notables
Each month a few papers are highlighted
in
BJ
with a New & Notable article. These
are commentaries in which the author can
highlight a point, question, or controversy
raised in the paper it discusses. Following
is a list of New & Notable articles recently
published.Visit
to read
the articles.
Anne Kenworthy
