Biophysical Society Bulletin | June 2018

Member Corner

Members in the News

Jennifer Doudna , University of California, Berkeley, and Society member since 2015, was awarded the National Acad- emy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences.

Adriaan Bax , National Institutes of Health, and Society member since 1998 , received the National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Reviewing.

Jennifer Doudna

Adriaan Bax

NewMembership Benefit in 2019 Beginning with the 2019 dues cycle, Society membership will include one complimentary subgroup membership. Members may always join additional subgroups for $20 each. As before, all emeritus and student members may join as many subgroups as they wish for no additional fee. BPS subgroups are an integral part of the Society, providing year-round opportunities for members to meet, network, and collaborate within their more focused research communities while still enjoying the rich benefits of belonging to the broader biophysics world of the Biophysical Society.

Important Dates BPS Thematic Meetings Genome Biophysics August 19–24, 2018, Santa Cruz, California June 18, 2018 Late Abstract Submission The Heart by Numbers September 4–7, 2018, Berlin, Germany June 25, 2018 Late Abstract Submission 63 rd BPS Annual Meeting March 2–6, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland July 1, 2018 Abstract Submission and Registration Open

Student Spotlight Giancarlo Bruni

University of Colorado, Boulder As you move forward in science, what type of research do you see yourself doing? Why? As I move forward in science I could see myself applying the quantitative optical tools I’ve learned studying bacterial electrophysiology to explore how electrophysiology influences other organism’s biology. I think the use of optical electrophysiology to observe whole tissues could reveal exciting new insights into developmental biology, and could also be relevant for understanding disease phenotypes.

Giancarlo Bruni

Biophysics Week March 25–29, 2019 March 9–13, 2020

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