Biophysical Newsletter - February 2014 - page 1

Newsletter
Contents
Biophysical
Society
Deadlines
february
2014
Council Articulates Society’s Goals
Summer Course
in Biophysics
May 13–July 31, 2014
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 15, 2014
Priority Application
Submission
Biophysicist in Profile
2
Biophysical Journal
4
Public Affairs
5
Annual Meeting
6
Subgroups
8
Molly Cule
9
Grants and Opps
11
Members in the News
11
Upcoming Events
12
The Society’s newly reorganized Council recently
met to discuss the Society’s current and future plans
and goals. Council reaffirmed that the Society’s mis-
sion and purpose as stated in its bylaws, to promote
the field of biophysics and disseminate biophysics
research, is more important than ever as biological
research becomes increasingly quantitative.
Council also agreed that in order to fulfill its mis-
sion and best serve its members and those in the
field of biophysics, the Society and all its programs
must foster and embody the basic values of scientific
excellence, integrity and transparency, diversity and
inclusion, and community building.
The Biophysical Society, which by its very nature
is international and interdisciplinary, will continue,
through all its programs and publications, to work
toward its goals to:
Evolve.
The Society has always been and will
continue to be open to and actively seek new and
emerging areas and communities while maintain-
ing existing ones. Evolution, as opposed to simple
growth, is necessary to the expansion of the
field of biophysics and to maintain membership,
meeting, and journal vitality.
Educate.
All Society activities will continue
to promote and foster education in and apprecia-
tion of biophysics at all levels; provide information
to future scientists, lay people, and the greater
scientific community about the importance of and
need for biophysics and basic research; disseminate
biophysical research within the biophysics com-
munity as well as the greater scientific community;
and provide career development and networking
opportunities for current and future biophysicists.
Communicate.
Never more than today has there
been a need for continuous communication to the
public and policy makers about the relevance and
importance of biophysics research to the health
and welfare of the world, and the relevance and
importance of biophysics research as an engine for
technical innovation and economic growth. The
Biophysical Society’s efforts in this area are vital
to the field and to scientific research in general.
Thematic
Meetings 2014
Modeling of Biomolecular
Systems Interactions,
Dynamics, and Allostery
September 10–14, 2014
Istanbul, Turkey
May 5
Abstract Submission
Significance of Knotted
Structures for Function of
Proteins and Nucleic Acids
September 17–21, 2014
Warsaw, Poland
May 12
Abstract Submission
Disordered Motifs and
Domains in Cell Control
October 11–15, 2014
Dublin, Ireland
June 2
Abstract Submission
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