BPS2024 Full Program & Abstracts

AI and Its Implications for Scholarly Publishing 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Room 109AB ChatGPT wrote this summary: "AI is expected to have a significant impact on scholarly publishing. It will enhance the speed and accuracy of research processes, automate certain tasks like data analysis and manuscript editing, and enable the discovery of novel patterns and insights in large datasets. However, it may also raise concerns about issues such as bias, data privacy, and the role of human judgment in the peer-review process. Overall, AI holds the potential to revolutionize scholarly publishing by accelerating scientific progress and transform ing traditional publishing models." This panel, organized by the BPS Publications Committee, will discuss these issues and more, including the potential for the misuse of AI in writing papers and creating figures. (ChatGPT summary was in response to the prompt: "Predict AI's effect on scholarly publishing in a few sentences.") Hosts Career Development Center Workshop The Industry Interview: What You Need to Do Before, During, and After to Get the Job 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Room 108B In this session we will focus on learning and using the language of industry and referencing the culture and priorities of industry to ace the interview. We will discuss how to effectively market yourself in these interviews and clarify how your skills and experience are an asset to a company. Specifically, we will address this for pharma and biotech interviews. We will run through some of the most common questions asked in industrial interviews and five specific advice about how to set yourself apart. Exhibitor Presentation PicoQuant Photonics North america Inc 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Room 113C Making Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy a Tool for Every Biophysicist Quantitative time-resolved fluorescence techniques like FLIM, FCS and single molecule FRET (smFRET) are increasingly employed in biophysical research in fields like dynamic structural biology, mechanisms driven by phase separation and cellular environment sensing. PicoQuant`s new confocal microscope Luminosa combines state-of-the art hardware with cutting edge software to deliver high quality data while simplifying daily operation. The software includes several features including context-based workflows, sample-free auto-alignment and excitation laser power calibration which improve the reproducibility of experiments. Still, if required for method development every optome chanical component can be accessed. In this talk two use cases will be presented: • We will show how Luminosa brings smFRET to a new level. For example, FRET efficiency (E) and stoichiometry (S) are calculated online, corrected according to the standard procedure of the community, and displayed live in an E/S histogram during the measurement. In addition, the ability to vary the detection volume with a single click of a button will give researchers more flexibility regarding determining dynamic structural changes. Chia-Lung Hsieh, Academia Sinica, Taiwan David Stokes, New York University, USA Panelists Lesley Anson, Biophysics Colab, United Kingdom Yu-Shan Lin, Tufts University, USA Steinn Sigurdsson, arXiv at Cornell University, USA

Imaging intricate cellular structures at nanoscale resolution while characterizing the dynamics of multiple biomolecules in the context of live specimens is an emerging method shedding light on biological processes. In this talk, we will present how new STELLARIS STED innovations enable gentle live cell imaging at nanoscale resolution. We will show how ad vances on our TauSTED approach to optical nanoscopy deliver cutting edge resolution and image quality at low light dose, key to accessing fast nanoscale dynamics of cellular processes. We will also show how fluo rescence lifetime information can be used to multiplex different markers while maintaining nanoscale resolution. Finally, we will show how our STED FCS approach can measure diffusion of fluorophores at high con centration. Speakers Giulia Ossato, Senior Product Manager, Leica Microsystems Haridas Pudavar, Product Performance Manager, Leica Microsystems M. Julia Roberti, Senior Product Manager, Leica Microsystems All About ARPA-H Exploring Opportunities at the New Agency 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, Room 107AB The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) will be entering its second full year of operation. Join the Public Affairs Com mittee (PAC) as we learn more about the fledgling high-risk, high-reward research agency, how the structure will continue to form, exploring what opportunities exist and how does that fit into the larger research funding sources available to biophysicists. Moderators Eric Sundberg, Emory University, USA Ranajeet Ghose, The City College of New York, USA Speaker Ileana Hancu, ARPA-H, USA Moderators Jefferson Knight, University of Colorado Denver, USA Tugba Nur Ozturk, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA Rita Sirrieh, University of Houston, USA Speakers Rumiana Dimova, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany Huan Bao, University of Virginia, USA Helgi Ingolfsson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA Snack Break 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm, Exhibit Hall AB Poster Presentations and Late Posters 1:45 pm - 3:45 pm, Exhibit Hall AB Biophysics 101: Membrane Model Systems: Nanodiscs, Giant Vesicles, and Simulations 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Room 201C

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