BPS2024 Full Program & Abstracts

3:30 pm-5:30 pm

Biophysical Reports Editorial Board Meeting Symposium: New and Notable Symposium

Room 106AB Ballroom A

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Co-chairs Ibrahim Cissé, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Germany Elizabeth Villa, University of California, San Diego, USA SERIAL-LIFT-OUT: EN ROUTE TO THE MOLECULAR ANATOMY OF WHOLE ORGANISMS BY CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHYS. Jürgen Plitzko HOW ALLOSTERIC COMPETITION AND INHIBITION IS COORDINATED IN AMPA RECEPTORS. Edward C. Twomey . NEW INSIGHTS FOR NANOSCALE CONDENSATES: DIRECT MEASUREMENTS OF +TIP BODY PROPERTIES AND FUNCTION IN LIVING CELLS. Jacalyn Vogel REPLICATION UNDER TORSION. Michelle Wang Chair Gilad Haran, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel CONFORMATIONAL MECHANICS AND ADAPTABILITY OF TANDEM REPEAT PROTEINS: INSIGHTS FROM ELASTIC NETWORK MODELS. Ivet Bahar ALLOSTERIC MECHANISMS OF TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL IN FXR. Denise Okafor DYNAMIC ALLOSTERY THROUGH THE LENS OF PROTEIN EVOLUTION. Banu Ozkan EXPLORING ALLOSTERIC REGULATION IN MOLECULAR MOTORS THROUGH THE COMPUTATIONAL MICROSCOPE. Wen Ma HOW FAST DYNAMICS AFFECT SLOW FUNCTION IN PROTEIN MACHINES: A SINGLE-MOLECULE PERSPECTIVE. Gilad Haran Symposium: Dynamics Driving Allostery

4:00 pm-6:00 pm

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Ballroom B

4:00 pm-6:00 pm

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Molecular Dynamics II

Room 103AB Room 113AB Room 201AB Room 204AB Room 201C Room 204C

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Systems and Whole Cell Modeling 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Chromatin and the Nucleoid 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Membrane Active Peptides 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Ligand-Gated, Anion, and Other Channels II 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Cell Mechanics, Bacterial Mechanics, and Cytoskeleton

6:00 pm-6:30 pm Dinner Meet-Ups: General; Networking for Nerds

Registration Bridge East

Workshop: Leveraging Education Research to Make Your Teaching More Effective Chair Patricia Soto, Creighton University, USA THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT AND FRAMING: SUPPORTING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS APPLY PHYSICS KNOWLEDGE IN BIOLOGY. Stephanie M. Gardner DOES IT STICK? LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOR BIOLOGY MAJORS FROM INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES. Benjamin Geller STUDENT USAGE AND PERCEPTIONS OF CHATGPT: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. Thomas Mennella COSMIC 2 : A GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR STRUCTURE PREDICTION & STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS. Michael A. Cianfrocco EFFICIENCY THROUGH CLARITY: ENHANCING PHYSICS EDUCATION FOR LIFE SCIENCES STUDENTS AND MAJORS THROUGH STREAMLINED COURSE DESIGN, INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT USING LEARNING OUTCOMES”. Patricia Soto

Room 201AB

7:30 pm-9:30 pm

Workshop: In Situ Structural Biology (Cyro-Electron Tomography) Chair Bridget Carragher, Chan Zuckerberg Institute, USA ENABLING DISCOVERY BY IN-CELL STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY. Julia Mahamid

Room 204AB

7:30 pm-9:30 pm

STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE CILIUM TRANSPORT SYSTEM BY CRYO-ET ET AL. Gaia Pigino A MULTI-SCALE IMAGING APPROACH TO STUDYING THE HARPOON-LIKE INVASION ORGANELLE FROM MICROSPORIDIAN PATHOGENS. Gira Bhabha CRYOGENIC CORRELATIVE LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY BEYOND DIFFRACTION-LIMITED IMAGING. Peter D. Dahlberg TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR CRYOET. Bridget Carragher

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