BPS2024 Full Program & Abstracts

Dinner Meet-Ups General; Networking for Nerds 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Registration Bridge East

1825-FlashTalk 5:50 pm KINETICS AND PERMEATION PROPERTIES OF MAMMALIAN PIEZO CHANNELS. Tharaka D. Wijerathne , Jerome J. Lacroix 1826-FlashTalk 5:55 pm KCSA ION BINDING AFFINITY LESSENING CAUSED BY A NOVEL MECHA NOSENSITIVE GATING MECHANISM AND CRYSTALIZATION CONDITIONS. Megan M. Skains , D. Marien Cortes, Luis G. Cuello Platform Cell Mechanics, Bacterial Mechanics, and Cytoskeleton 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Room 204C Co-Chairs Jayne Aiken, University of Pennsylvania, USA Brooke Britton, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA 1827-Plat 4:00 pm SPASTIN LOCALLY amPLIFIES MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS TO PATTERN THE AXON FOR PRESYNAPTIC CARGO DELIVERY. Jayne Aiken , Erika Holzbaur 1828-Plat 4:15 pm SPATIAL RELATIONS MATTER: KINESIN-1-BASED LIPOSOME TRANSPORT THROUGH 3D MICROTUBULE INTERSECTIONS IN VITRO AND IN SILICO . Brandon M. Bensel , Samantha B. Previs, Carol S. Bookwalter, Kathleen M. Trybus, Sam Walcott, David M. Warshaw 1829-Plat 4:30 pm A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH TO UNVEIL THE MECHANISM OF DYNEIN-POWERED CANCER CELL MOTILITY. Jorik Stoop , Yerbol Tagay, Olivia Prince, Ashley Nguyen, Xuefei Ma, Alexander S. Zhovmer, Erdem D. Tabdanov, Denis Tsygankov 1830-Plat 4:45 pm CANDIDATE PROTEINS INTERACTING WITH CYTOSKELETON IN BASAL AIRWAY EPITHELIAL CELLS IN VITRO. Carol A. Heckman 1831-Plat 5:00 pm MECHANICAL ROLES FOR ACTIN AND THE NUCLEUS IN CELL INVASION. Johan d’Humières, Julie Plastino 1832-Plat 5:15 pm Travel Award Winner CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN THE ESSENTIAL E. COLI SEPTAL CELL WALL SYNTHESIS COMPLEX SUGGEST AN ACTIVATION MECHANISM. Brooke M. Britton , Remy A. Yovanno, Sara F. Costa, Joshua McCausland, Albert Y. Lau, Jie Xiao, Zach J. Hensel 1833-Plat 5:30 pm THE STRUCTURAL BASIS OF CRVAB-MEDIATED CELL CURVATURE. Kate lyn J. Chase , Jesse Hansen, Justin M. Kollman, Zemer Gitai 1834-FlashTalk 5:45 pm MICROTUBULE STABILITY AND KINESIN-1: CONTROLLING THE CELLULAR HIGHWAY FOR CARGO DELIVERY. Nimisha Krishnan , Jennifer L. Ross 1835-FlashTalk 5:50 pm ACTOMYOSIN CABLES IMPART SPATIOTEMPORALLY RESOLVED FLUIDITY TO REGULATE EPITHELIAL TISSUE FLOW DURING DROSOPHILA GERM BAND EXTENSION. Tianyi Z. Zhu , Hongkang Zhu, Ben O’Shaughnessy 1836-FlashTalk 5:55 pm REAL-TIME IMAGING OF PRESSURE RESPONSE OF BACTERIAL MOTILITY. Seiichiro Kinoshita, Masayoshi Nishiyama

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Interested in making new acquaintances and experiencing the cuisine of Philadelphia? Meet at the Society Booth each evening Sunday through Tuesday at 6:00 pm, where a BPS member will coordinate dinner at a local restaurant. In addition to the general Dinner Meet-Up groups, there will be specific meet-ups for different groups and focus topics: • Tuesday, February 13 – General; Networking for Nerds Additional groups may be added, and dates may be subject to change. Check the app for the latest information. Attendees are responsible for covering their individual expenses. Workshop Leveraging Education Research to Make Your Teaching More Effective 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Room 201AB Chair Patricia Soto, Creighton University, USA 1837-Wkshp 7:30 pm THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTEXT AND FRAMING: SUPPORTING UN DERGRADUATE STUDENTS APPLY PHYSICS KNOWLEDGE IN BIOLOGY. Stephanie M. Gardner 1838-Wkshp 7:55 pm DOES IT STICK? LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOR BIOLOGY MAJORS FROM INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES. Catherine Crouch, Benjamin Geller 1839-Wkshp 8:20 pm STUDENT USAGE AND PERCEPTIONS OF CHATGPT: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. Thomas Mennella 1840-WkshpSelect 8:45 pm COSMIC 2 : A GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR STRUCTURE PREDICTION & STRUC TURAL ANALYSIS. Michael A. Cianfrocco 1841-Wkshp 9:05 pm EFFICIENCY THROUGH CLARITY: ENHANCING PHYSICS EDUCATION FOR LIFE SCIENCES STUDENTS AND MAJORS THROUGH STREAMLINED COURSE DESIGN, INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT USING LEARNING OUTCOMES”. Patricia Soto Workshop In Situ Structural Biology (Cyro-Electron Tomography) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Room 204AB Chair Bridget Carragher, Chan Zuckerberg Institute, USA No Abstract 7:30 pm ENABLING DISCOVERY BY IN-CELL STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY. Julia Maha mid 1842-Wkshp 7:55 pm STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE CILIUM TRANSPORT SYSTEM BY CRYO-ET ET AL. Gaia Pigino

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