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Biophysical
Society
DEADLINES
JULY
2015
Wadkins Named Biophysical Society’s
Inaugural Congressional Fellow
As summer turns to fall this year, BPS member and University of Missis-
sippi professor
Randy Wadkins
won’t be preparing his syllabus for the fall
and gearing up for another academic year. Instead, Wadkins, an Associ-
ate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the
University of Mississippi, is packing his bags and heading to Washington,
DC, to spend a year work on Capitol Hill.
The Biohysical Society has selected Wadkins to serve as its first Congres-
sional Fellow. After a few weeks of training offered by the AAAS Science
and Technology Fellowship program, in which the BPS Fellow is a participant, Wadkins
will work in a Congressional office on legislative and policy areas requiring scientific input.
The AAAS program, which is in its 42
nd
year, brings over 300 scientists to Washington,
DC to work both on Capitol Hill and in federal agencies, providing scientific expertise to
policymakers while learning about the policy process.
Biophysicist in Profile
2
Careers
4
Annual Meeting
6
Public Affairs
8
Biophysical Journal
10
Science Fairs
12
Members in the News
13
Summer Course
13
Subgroups
14
Grants and Opportunities
14
Upcoming Events
16
Awards &
Contests
July 10
2017 Thematic Meeting
Proposals
December 15
Congressional Fellowship
Application
Meetings
Polymers and
Self-Assembly: From
Biology to Nanomaterials
October 25-30
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
July 27
Early Registration
August 3
Late Abstract Submission
Biophysics in the
Understanding, Diagnosis
and Treatment of
Infectious Diseases
November 16-20
Stellenbosch, South Africa
July 20
Abstract Submission
August 24
Early Registration
60th Annual Meeting
February 27-March 2
Los Angeles
October 1
Abstract Submission
January 13
Early Registration
Randy Wadkins
David E. Shaw, Named
2016 National Lecturer
(Continued on page 9)
David E. Shaw
David E. Shaw
, D.E. Shaw Research, has been selected
to present the 2016 National Lecture at the Biophysical
Society 60th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California,
February 27 – March 2, 2016. The Lecture,
Molecular
Movies: Feature-Length Simulations of Protein Dynamics
,
will take place on Monday, February 29.