Newsletter
CONTENTS
Biophysical
Society
DEADLINES
OCTOBER
2014
Congressional
Fellowship
Application
October 14
Application Submission
Networking
Event Proposals
October 30
59
th
Annual
Meeting
February 7-11, 2015
Baltimore, Maryland
December 5
Student Housing
January 7
Early Registration
Late Abstract Submission
Luncheon Registration
January 22
Hotel Room Block
Reservation
Child Care Pre-registration
January 30
Undergraduate Mixer and
Poster Fest Registration
Seven Society Members Named
2015 Awardees
The Biophysical Society is proud to announce
the recipients of the seven 2015 Society
awards. These members will be honored at
the Society's 59
th
Annual Meeting in
Baltimore, Maryland in February.
Anthony Watts
, University of
Oxford, will receive the
Anatrace Membrane Protein
Award for his innovative
development of spectroscopic
methodologies, which has
provided novel insights into membrane
protein structure and function.
Gerald Feigenson
, Cornell
University, will be presented
with the Avanti Award in Lipids
for his many publications,
which have had a major impact
on the field of lipids and have
been cited profusely, with an aggregate
number of more than 5,000 citations.
Kamal Shukla
, NSF, will be
awarded the Distinguished
Service Award for his tireless
efforts in promoting research
at the interface between the
biological and physical sciences
and exceptional leadership in uniting scientists
from across many Directorates at NSF.
Meyer Jackson
, University of
Wisconsin, will be honored with
the Emily M. Gray Award for
his mentorship, undergraduate
classroom activities, leadership
in graduate education, and
his book,
Molecular and Cellular Biophysics
,
which fills a critical gap in
educational materials.
Harold Scheraga
, Cornell
University, will receive the
Founders Award for his
monumental and continuing
contributions, both theoretical
and experimental, to the
biophysics of protein structure and folding.
Sarah Teichmann
, EMBL-EBI,
will be awarded the Michael and
Kate Bárány Award for Young
Investigators for her fundamen-
tal insights into protein biophys-
ics, specifically in the field of
protein complexes and gene regulation.
Antonina Roll-Mecak
, NINDS,
NHLBI, NIH, will be presented
with the Margaret Oakley Day-
hoff Award for her work as a
first-rate crystallographer,
possessing a broad base of
talents in protein chemistry and cell biology.
The 2015 Society Fellows will be announced
in the November newsletter.
Biophysicist in Profile
2
Biophysical Journal
4
Thematic Meetings
5
Annual Meeting
6
Public Affairs
8
Grants and Opps
10
Members in the News
10
Subgroups
11
Upcoming Events
12
