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Biophysical Society 58th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
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activities. The 2013 wiki-edit contest winners will also be introduced at
the session. 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
(User: Daniel Mietchen)
Jane Richardson, Duke University, BPS Past President and addicted wiki
editor (User: Dcrjsr)
2:30 pm–3:30 pm, Room 300
Career Center Workshop
Networking Now: How to Maximize Success
at BPS 2014
You have probably heard that you have to network, network, network to
find a job or jump start your career. Meetings and conferences such as BPS
2014 provide many opportunities to network, but capitalizing on these
opportunities can sometimes be a challenge. This highly interactive session
will provide networking tips, techniques, strategies and practice to meet
that challenge and ensure your success.
2:30 pm–4:00 pm, Room 301
Funding
If Not from Federal Agencies, from Where?
Come hear experts representing foundations, nonprofits, universi-
ties, and business discuss non-federal sources of research funding,
how to pursue them, and whether they present a viable substitute for
decreased government funding sources. The panelists will also discuss
if and how their funding strategies have changed in response to federal
funding, how scientists can effectively forge relationships with industry
and foundations, and how universities are responding to the chang-
ing funding landscape. This session is sponsored by the Public Affairs
Committee.
Speakers:
Robert Conn, President, The Kavli Foundation
Bill Balke, University of California, San Francisco, and American
Heart Association
Mark Adams, Scientific Director, J. Craig Venter Institute
3:00 pm–4:30 pm, Room 123
Exhibitor Presentation
Nanosurf, Inc.
Development of Automation and Nanofluidics to Extend Applications
of Atomic Force Microscopy
In an effort to extend the range of atomic force microscope (AFM) applications,
we have developed automation routines for nanomechanical analysis of large un-
even samples and incorporated nanofluidics for nanomanipulation experiments.
We will present details of a method that has been developed to compensate for
the Z-range limitation and to automate the data collection over large sample
areas. To compensate for large surface corrugations on biologically relevant sam-
ples, customized hardware and software algorithms for automated leveling have
been developed and implemented. This method consists of a patented vertical
alignment system, which is activated whenever the Z piezo reaches its limit (i.e.,
max. extension or max. retraction). This method allows for AFM investigation
to proceed uninterrupted and error-free over corrugated surfaces.
FluidFM combines the positional accuracy and force sensitivity of AFM with
the unique possibilities of nanofluidics to provide a whole new level of control
and possibilities in nanomanipulations and analysis. The FluidFM system
includes a fully integrated AFM, pressure controller and hollow microfabricated
cantilevers. The integrative nature of its touchscreen-based control software
brings together optical, force, pressure, and position control in one place. The
entire system is easy to use and allows objects and experimental settings to
be manipulated via on-screen interactions. Moving a sample or indicating
measurement positions has never been more intuitive. Details of several
different applications of FluidFM in cell biology will be presented including
pick and place of single cells, single cell force spectroscopy, cellular injection
and micropatterning under liquids.
Presenters:
Marko Loparic , Research Associate, Biozentrum and the Swiss
Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel
Saju Nettikadan, General Manager, Nanosurf, Inc.
3:30 pm–4:30 pm, Room 122
Early Careers Committee Meeting
4:00 pm–5:00 pm, Room 300
Career Center Workshop
Ten Tough Industrial Interview Questions
(and Ten Pretty Good Responses)
You’ve been invited to interview with that drug development company
that you’ve always wanted to work for. You’ve soaked up the details of
the position description. You are confident in your ability to do the job,
as well as answer any/all technical questions during the interview pro-
cess. The day is yours…until…that first question catches you by surprise
and your confidence begins to wilt. Be prepared for those non-technical
questions that you will almost certainly hear at some point, know why
they are asked, and learn what a good (if not great) response to each
question might be by attending this workshop.
4:00 pm–6:00 pm, Room 134
Symposium
Cellular Stress, Protein Folding, and Disease
Co-Chairs
Judy Kim, University of California, San Diego
Conner Sandefur, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
184-Symp 4:00 pm
SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN
FOLDING: CHANGES IN HYDRATION. Judy Kim
185-Symp 4:30 pm
PROTEIN INTERACTIONS AND TRANSITION TIMES THAT
INFLUENCE THE PATHOGENESIS OF PROTEIN FOLDING
DISEASES. Santiago Schnell
186-Symp 5:00 pm
POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS PROMOTE
FORMATION OF SOD1 OLIGOMERS WITH POTENTIAL
TOXICITY IN ALS. Nikolay V. Dokholyan, Rachel L. Redler,
Elizabeth A. Proctor, Feng V. Ding, Kyle Wilcox, Michael Caplow
187-Symp 5:30 pm
CELL STRESS AND PROTEOSTASIS NETWORKS IN BIOLOGY,
AGING, AND DISEASE. Richard Morimoto
4:00 pm–6:00 pm, Room 135
Symposium
Celebrating 100 Years of Crystallography:
X-Rays Are Photons Too
Co-Chairs
Gregory Petsko, Brandeis University
Jane Richardson, Duke University
188-Symp 4:00 pm
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY–ENERGETICALLY INNOVATIVE AT 100.
Jane S. Richardson