BPS2024 Full Program & Abstracts

Inside NIH Using Technological Developments for Solving Biological Problems 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, Room 111AB The National Institutes of Health (NIH), with its 27 Institutes and Centers, can cause researchers moments of pause as they navigate where their research is best applied. While each Institute and Center has its own distinct focus of research, there is a considerable am ount of overlap and coordination that does occur – particularly in biophysics research. Join the Public Affairs Committee as we welcome Program Directors from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on General Medical Science and a branch Chief from the Center for Scien tific Review (CSR) to talk through the intricacies of roles they play in the grant process, the broad array of opportunities that are available for bio physicists outside of NIAID or NIGMS and the technology development opportunities that are available to researchers throughout the Institutes to enhance and expand research. Panelists Career Development Center Workshop The Strategic Postdoc: How to Find & Leverage Your Postdoc Experience 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Room 108B Many PhDs just kind of fall in to a postdoc, rather than thinking about it from a strategic perspective. Your postdoc is never an end in itself; rather it’s a means to another end whether that goal is a faculty posi tion at a research university, a small college, national lab, or perhaps an industry job. Learn how to find postdoc opportunities that will best prepare you for that next step, and how to use your postdoc experience to facilitate the transition to the next step in your career. Education Committee Meeting 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Room 110AB Inside Perspectives and Opportunities NSF Grants 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Room 105AB The National Science Foundation (NSF) is one of the largest federal funders of biophysical research each year alongside the National Institutes of Health. Through the Division of Molecular and Cellular Bio sciences, scientists continue to advance basic and biomedical research. Join us for an insider’s perspective on the various divisions offering grant funding within NSF and learn how to put together a strong grant application. This session is a great opportunity for new and early career investigators. Panelists Engin Serpersu, NSF, USA Jaroslaw (Jarek) Majewski, NSF, USA Ishita Mukerji, NSF, USA Wilson Francisco, NSF, USA Christina Liu, NIGMS, NIH, USA Thomas Cho, NIGMS, NIH, USA Ashley Barnes, NIGMS, NIH, USA James Mack, CSR, NIH, USA Anowarul amin, NCI, NIH, USA Eric Johnson Chavarria, NCI, NIH, USA Mark Damico, NCI, NIH, USA

Biophysical Reports Editorial Board Meeting 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 106AB Symposium New and Notable Symposium 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, 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 No Abstract 4:00 pm SERIAL-LIFT-OUT: EN ROUTE TO THE MOLECULAR ANATOMY OF WHOLE ORGANISMS BY CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHYS. Jürgen Plitzko No Abstract 4:30 pm HOW ALLOSTERIC COMPETITION AND INHIBITION IS COORDINATED IN amPA RECEPTORS. Edward C. Twomey. No Abstract 5:00 pm NEW INSIGHTS FOR NANOSCALE CONDENSATES: DIRECT MEASURE MENTS OF +TIP BODY PROPERTIES AND FUNCTION IN LIVING CELLS.

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Jacalyn Vogel No Abstract

5:30 pm REPLICATION UNDER TORSION. Michelle Wang Symposium

Dynamics Driving Allostery 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Ballroom B

Chair Gilad Haran, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 1772-Symp 4:00 pm

CONFORMATIONAL MECHANICS AND ADAPTABILITY OF TANDEM REPEAT PROTEINS: INSIGHTS FROM ELASTIC NETWORK MODELS. Ivet Bahar , Carlos Ventura, Anupam Banerjee, Laura S. Itzhaki, Maria Zacha ropoulou 1773-Symp 4:25 pm ALLOSTERIC MECHANISMS OF TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL IN FXR. Denise Okafor 1774-Symp 4:50 pm DYNAMIC ALLOSTERY THROUGH THE LENS OF PROTEIN EVOLUTION. Banu Ozkan 1775-SympSelect 5:15 pm EXPLORING ALLOSTERIC REGULATION IN MOLECULAR MOTORS THROUGH THE COMPUTATIONAL MICROSCOPE. Wen Ma 1776-Symp 5:35 pm HOW FAST DYNAMICS AFFECT SLOW FUNCTION IN PROTEIN MACHINES: A SINGLE-MOLECULE PERSPECTIVE. Gilad Haran

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