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Newsletter
CONTENTS
Biophysical
Society
DEADLINES
SEPTEMBER
2017
President's Message
2
Biophysicist in Profile
3
Public Affairs
5
Biophysical Journal
8
70 Days of Summer
9
Annual Meeting
10
EBSA 2017
12
From the BPS Blog
13
Molly Cule
14
Be a BPS Student Leader
15
Grants and Opportunities
15
Women in Biophysics
16
Members in the News
17
Subgroups
18
Obituary
19
Upcoming Events
16
62
nd
BPS Annual
Meeting
February 17-21, 2018
October 2, 2017
Abstract Submission
January 15, 2018
Early Registration
2018-2019
Congressional
Fellowship
December 15, 2017
Applications
2017 Election Results
David W. Piston
Biophysical Society members elected
David W. Piston
(pictured
left) of the University of Washington, St. Louis, to the office of
President-Elect in this year’s elections. He will assume that office
at the Business Meeting held at the 2018 Biophysical Society An-
nual Meeting, which will take place on February 16, 2018, in San
Francisco. His term as President will begin in March 2019.
Members elected to Council (pictured below) are
Linda
Columbus
, University of Virginia;
Jennifer Ross
, University of Mas-
sachusetts, Amherst;
David Stokes
, New York University School
of Medicine; and
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
, Chalmers University,
Sweden. Each will serve a three-year term, beginning on
February 16, 2018.
The Society is fortunate to have had such a strong slate of candi-
dates for all the positions and is indebted to the Society members
who agreed to run in this election. Thank you to all the members
who participated in this election by casting their votes.
Linda Columbus
Jennifer Ross
David Stokes
Pernilla Wittung-
Stafshede
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