BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
8
SEPTEMBER
2014
59
th
Annual Meeting
February 7-11, 2015
|
Baltimore, Maryland
Year of Light
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly
68
th
Session has proclaimed 2015 as the
International Year of Light and Light-based
Technologies (IYL 2015).
In doing so, the UN has recognized the impor-
tance of raising global awareness about how light-
based technologies promote sustainable develop-
ment and provide solutions to global challenges in
energy, education, agriculture, and health.
In honor of IYL 2015, the Biophysical Society
59th Annual Meeting will include symposia that
focus on the importance of light and light-based
technologies:
Advances in Electron Microscopy
Yifan Cheng
, University of California,
San Francisco, Chair
Irina Serysheva
, University of Texas Medical
Center
Bettina Böttcher
, University of Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
Hongwei Wang
, Tsinghua University, China
Bacterial Subcelluar Dynamics at
Super-Resolution
Julie Biteen
, University of Michigan, Chair
David Sherratt
, Oxford University,
United Kingdom
Simon Foster
, Sheffield University,
United Kingdom
Mike Heilemann
, University of Frankfurt,
Germany
Membrane Trafficking
Kerney Jebrell Glover
, Lehigh University, Chair
Lois Weisman
, University of Michigan
Jenny Hinshaw
, NIH
Alexander Kros
, Leiden University,
The Netherlands
Abstract Submission
Top Reasons to Submit an Abstract before
the October 1 Deadline:
Present
Be considered for one of the 500 oral
platform session speaking slots;
Publish
Have your accepted abstracts published in an
online, full searchable supplement to
Biophysical
Journal
;
Enhance Research
Enrich the experience of attendees and
contribute to the sharing of ideas that is the basis
of the biophysics community;
Network
Increase confidence and personal development
while enhancing your CV; and
Collaborate
Collaborate and network in this
interdisciplinary environment.
IYL2015 Image by Sebastian Lemp, Offenburg University
