Biophysical Newsletter - March 2014

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2014

BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

MARCH

B R I D G I N G T H E S C I E N C E S T O E X P L O R E B I O L O G Y

Poster Presentations

Over 4,500 abstracts were submitted for the Meeting, with over 500 platform pre- sentations selected from among submitted abstracts. Nearly 900 posters were presented each day in the exhibit hall.

Image Contest The Biophysical Society’s fourth annual Image Contest, sponsored by Asylum Research, received over 50 submissions. The 12 finalist entries were displayed at the An- nual Meeting, where attendees voted on their top two images. The prizes were sponsored by Chroma Technology. Congratula- tions to the 1 sts , 2 nd , and 3 rd place winners. For the description of the images, visit www.biophysics.org

1 st Place Flow Visualization at the Surface of a Lipid Vesicle Model Mattieu Chavent

2 nd Place Dynein Motors along Microtubule Tracks Graham Johnson

3 rd Place Ice Crystals Growth in Microfluidics Ran Drori

1 st Place Image Contest Winner, Mattieu Chavent.

Exhibits With a record number of new companies dem-

onstrating their products, attendees had the opportunity to see the latest lab equipment and scientific publications, and to explore new technologies in the exhibit hall during the meeting.