Biophysical Society Newsletter - July 2015

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 6 JULY 2015
About the Program
The 2016 Annual Meeting program highlights
scientific discoveries, methodological break-
throughs, and emerging technologies in the areas
of biophysics. Symposia will feature traditional
strengths of the Society, including advances
in multi-scale imaging, mechano-sensing and
-signaling, membrane biophysics, computational
studies, and systems biology. Additionally, we
are particularly excited about novel symposia that
focus on optogenetics, biomimetic models of the
cytoskeleton, biophysics of the immune system,
and a special symposium jointly sponsored with
the American Association of Physicists in
Medicine that bridges molecular biophysics
with clinical applications.
2016 Program Co-Chairs
— Vasanthi Jayaraman, University of Texas
Health Science Center
— Michael Ostap, University of Pennsylvania
Symposia
Structure and Motion of Cilia and Flagella
Jonathon Howard, Yale University, Chair
Daniela Nicastro, Brandeis University
Masahide Kikkawa, University of Tokyo, Japan
Raymond Goldstein, University of Cambridge,
United Kingdom
Biomimetic Models for the Study of
Cytoskeletal Organization
Kinneret Keren, Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology, Chair
Petra Schwille, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Andreas Bausch, Technische Universität
München, Germany
David Warshaw, University of Vermont
Mechanosensing and Mechanosignaling
in Muscle
Olga Mayans , University of Liverpool, United
Kingdom, Chair
Miklos Kellermayer, Semmelweis University,
Hungary
Ye Chen-Izu, University of California, Davis
Benjamin Prosser, University of Pennsylvania
Emerging Techniques for the Study of
Cell Mechanics
Amy Rowat, University of California, Los Angeles,
Chair
Dyche Mullins, University of California, San Francisco
Jochen Guck, TU Dresden, Germany
Todd Sulchek, Georgia Tech
Multi-Scale Correlative Imaging Techniques
Jacob Hoogenboom, Delft University of Technology,
The Netherlands, Chair
Carolyn Larabell, University of California,
San Francisco
Melike Lakadamyali, ICFO, Spain
Eric Betzig , HHMI, Janelia Farms Research
Folding Rates and Routes: Defining Principles
Jane Clarke, University of Cambridge,
United Kingdom, Chair
Rohit Pappu, Washington University in St. Louis
Feng Gai, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Kiefhaber, Martin-Luther Universität
Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Computational and Experimental
Approaches to Protein Design
Rama Ranganathan, University of Texas,
Southwestern, Chair
Patrick Barth, Baylor College of Medicine
Amy Keating, MIT
Jesse Bloom, Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center
DNA Nanostructures for Biophysics
William Shih, Harvard University, Chair
Lulu Qian, Caltech
Ulrich Keyser , University of Cambridge,
United Kingdom
Peng Yin, Harvard University
Structure andMotionofCilia and Flagella
JonathonHoward,YaleUniversity,Chair
DanielaNicastro, BrandeisUniversity
MasahideKikkawa,University of Tokyo, Japan
RaymondGoldstein ,UniversityofCambridge,
UnitedKingdom
BiomimeticModels for the Studyof
CytoskeletalOrganization
KinneretKeren, Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,Chair
Petra Schwille,Max Planck Institute,Germany
AndreasBausch , TechnischeUniversität
München,Germany
DavidWarshaw ,University ofVermont
Mechanosensing andMechanosignaling
inMuscle
OlgaMayans,University of Liverpool,United
Kingdom,Chair
MiklosKellermayer, SemmelweisUniversity,
Hungary
YeChen-Izu,University ofCalifornia,Davis
Benjamin Prosser,Universityof Pennsylvania
Emerging Techniques for the Studyof
CellMechanics
AmyRowat,University ofCalifornia,
LosAngeles,Chair
DycheMullins,UniversityofCalifornia,
San Francisco
JochenGuck , TUDresden,Germany
Todd Sulchek,Georgia Tech
Multi-ScaleCorrelative Imaging Techniques
JacobHoogenboom ,DelftUniversity of
Technology, TheNetherlands,Chair
Carolyn Larabell ,University ofCalifornia,
San Francisco
Melike Lakadamyali , ICFO, Spain
EricBetzig,HHMI, Janelia Farms Research
FoldingRates andRoutes:
Defining Principles
JaneClarke,UniversityofCambridge,United
Kingdom,Chair
Rohit Pappu ,WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis
FengGai ,University of Pennsylvania
ThomasKiefhaber,Martin-LutherUniversität
Halle-Wittenberg,Germany
Computational and Experimental
Approaches to ProteinDesign
RamaRanganathan ,University of Texas,
Southwestern,Chair
PatrickBarth, BaylorCollege ofMedicine
AmyKeating,MIT
JesseBloom, FredHutchinsonCancer
ResearchCenter
DNANanostructures forBiophysics
William Shih,HarvardUniversity,Chair
LuluQian,Caltech
UlrichKeyser,UniversityofCambridge,
UnitedKingdom
PengYin,HarvardUniversity
Crowding andOrder in theGenome
JohnMarko,NorthwesternUniversity,Chair
MariaCarmo-Fonseca,University of
Lisbon, Portugal
MelissaMoore,University ofMassachusetts
Medical School
IbrahimCisse,MIT
Optogenetics inNeuroscience
EdwardBoyden,MIT,Chair
Dirk Trauner, LudwigMaximiliansUniversity
München,Germany
John Spudich,University of TexasHealth
Medical School
VivianaGradinaru,Caltech
ExpandingHorizons inBiophysics and
Medical Physics:Bridging the Scales from
Molecules andCells toClinicalApplications
Robert Jeraj,University ofWisconsin-Madison,
Chair
Brian Pogue,DartmouthCollege
David Jaffray,University of Toronto,Canada
JenniferCurtis,Georgia Tech
ChemomechanicalCoupling in
ImmuneResponse
JayGroves,University ofCalifornia,
Berkeley,Chair
Cheng Zhu,Georgia Tech
MariaGarcia Parajo, ICFO, Spain
BarbaraBaird,CornellUniversity
Synthetic and SystemsBiology
Pamela Silver,HarvardUniversity,Chair
Mary Teruel, StanfordUniversity
CynthiaCollins, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jim Ferrell, StanfordUniversity
SignalingComplexes andDynamics
HaoWu,HarvardMedical School,Chair
AndrewBrooks,University ofQueensland,
Australia
Renhao Li, EmoryUniversity
AlemayehuGorfe,University of Texas
Medical School
Pentameric Ligand-gated IonChannels:
New Insights from Structure and Function
CynthiaCzajkowski,University of
Wisconsin-Madison,Chair
RaduAricescu,University ofOxford,
UnitedKingdom
ClaudioGrosman,University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Michaela Jansen, Texas TechUniversity
Health ScienceCenter
Lipid Flippases
RaimundDutzler,University of Zurich,
Switzerland,Chair
AlessioAccardi,WeillCornellMedicalCollege
Kaspar Locher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Dieter Langosch, TechnischeUniversität
München,Germany
Voltage Sensing andGating
Peter Larsson,University ofMiami,Chair
Francesco Tombola,University of
California, Irvine
CrinaNimigean,WeillCornellMedicalCollege
FranciscoBezanilla,University ofChicago
MolecularMechanismsof
Mechanosensation
Robert Fettiplace,University ofWisconsin-
Madison,Chair
DanielMinor,University ofCalifornia,
San Francisco
BorisMartinac,VictorChangCardiac Research
Institute,Australia
DavidCorey,HarvardMedical School
MultiscaleBiophysicsofMembranes
FelixGoñi, BasqueCountryUniversity, Spain,
Chair
Suzi Jarvis,UniversityCollegeDublin, Ireland
Erwin London, Stony BrookUniversity
Ilya Levental,University of TexasMedical School
P-ATPases: Structure,Mechanism,
andDisease
DavidGadsby, RockefellerUniversity,Chair
PoulNissen,AarhusUniversity,Denmark
JoséM.Arguello,Worcester Polytech Institute
RajiniRao, JohnsHopkinsUniversity
DavidE.Shaw
D.E.ShawResearch
National Lecturer
MolecularMovies:Feature-Length
SimulationsofProteinDynamics
Symposia
Workshops
Time-resolvedCrystallography
PhilipAnfinrud,NIH,Chair
Petra Fromme,Arizona State
University
Marius Schmidt,University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
KeithMoffat,University ofChicago
Frontiers inBiophysical
InstrumentationDevelopment
JoergBewersdorf,YaleUniversity,
Chair
Gabriel Popescu,University of Illinois
atUrbana-Champaign
Thomas T. Perkins,Universityof
Colorado, Boulder
Gabriela Schlau-Cohen,MIT
ComputationalMethods for Ion
Permeation and Selectivity
MariaKurnikova,CarnegieMellon
University,Chair
BenoitRoux,University ofChicago
DirkGillespie, RushUniversity
MedicalCenter
Ulrich Zachariae,University of
Dundee,UnitedKingdom
Methods for Tracking Single-
BiomoleculeMobility,Clustering,
andConformational State
Keith Lidke,University ofNew
Mexico,Chair
MaximeDahan, InstitutCurie, France
RaimundOber, TexasA&MUniversity
TaekjipHa,University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Abstract TopicCategories
• SYSTEMSBIOLOGY
• BIOPHYSICSOFNEUROSCIENCE
• NEWDEVELOPMENTS IN
BIOPHYSICALTECHNIQUES
• BIOENGINEERING&
BIOMATERIALS
• BIOPHYSICSEDUCATION
• PROTEINS
• NUCLEICACIDS
• LIPIDBILAYERS&MEMBRANES
• CELLPHYSIOLOGY&BIOPHYSICS
• CHANNELS
• CYTOSKELETON,MOTILITY&MOTORS
• BIOENERGETICS
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OVER7,000ATTENDEES • MORE THAN4,500ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS •950 POSTER PRESENTATIONS DAILY •100 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Vasanthi Jayaraman ,University of TexasHealth ScienceCenter,Co-Chair
MichaelOstap,University of Pennsylvania,Co-Chair
EnriqueDe LaCruz,YaleUniversity
Karen Fleming, JohnsHopkinsUniversity
OlgaBoudker,WeillCornellMedicalCollege
SamanthaHarris,University ofArizona
DavidRueda, ImperialCollege of London,UnitedKingdom
Antoine vanOijen,University ofWollongong,Australia
ClaudiaVeigel, LudwigMaximillianUniversity,Germany
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