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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER 19
NOVEMBER 2016
Members in the News
Martin Gruebele, University
of Illinois, Urbana Cham-
paign, and Society member
since 1998, was awarded
the Nakanishi Prize Endow-
ment.
Cornelia Bargmann (not pictured),
Rockefeller University, and Society member
since 2000, was named the President of Sci-
ence at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
The following members were named 2016
Faculty Scholars by the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, the Simons Foundation,
and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation:
Clifford Brangwynne
Princeton University, and
Society member since 2003.
Alex Dunn
Stanford University, and
Society member since 2005.
Celeste Nelson
Princeton University, and
Society member since 201.
Joseph DeRisi, University of
California, San Francisco,
and Society member since
2016, and Stephen Quake,
Stanford University, and
Society member since 2016,
were named co-presidents
of the Chan-Zuckerberg
Biohub.
From the BPS Blog
Domain Organization in the
54kDa Chloroplast Signal
Recognition Particle
Rory Henderson, Feng Gao,
Srinivas Jayanthi, Alicia
Kight, Priyanka Sharma,
Robyn Goforth, Colin Heyes,
Ralph Henry, and Thal-
lapuranam Suresh Kumar
write about their research
featured on the cover of
the September 20 issue of
Biophysical Journal. The image on the cover depicts
a cellular transport machine in chloroplasts, a chlo-
roplast signal recognition particle (cpSRP). Read
the full blog post here: https://biophysicalsociety.
in-the-54kda-chloroplast-signal-recognition-
particle/.
From the Field—The Rally for
Medical Research
BPS member Eric Jakobsson details his experience
attending the Rally for Medical Research, a Capi-
tol Hill Day event in which researchers, patients,
and advocates meet with policymakers to advocate
for funding for NIH. Jakobsson shares both his ex-
periences and his personal reasons for participating
in the event.
com/2016/09/26/from-the-field-the-rally-for-
medical-research/.