BPS2024 Full Program & Abstracts

Registration Hours, Registration Bridge West Friday 3:00 pm –5:00 pm Saturday 7:30 am –6:30 pm Sunday–Tuesday 7:30 am –5:00 pm Wednesday 8:00 am –3:00 pm

Society Meeting Office, Room 304 VIP Friday 3:00 pm –5:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am –6:30 pm Sunday–Tuesday 7:30 am –5:00 pm Wednesday 8:00 am –3:00 pm Speaker Ready Room, Room 112AB

Restrooms Restrooms are located in the Exhibit Hall, Lobby BC, and six banks on the meeting room levels Gender-inclusive restrooms are located on each level of the Pennsylvania Convention Center

We highly encourage all presenters in Symposia, Workshops, and Platform sessions to visit the Speaker Ready Room one day before their scheduled presentation time This room will be set up for your use and will contain several screens and data projectors to allow you the oppor tunity to review your material before your scheduled presentation time slot All speakers must bring their own laptops An audiovisual techni cian will be available during room hours to assist you in setting up your laptop with the data projector and answer any questions As a courtesy to other presenters, please limit your viewing time to five minutes dur ing peak times Saturday–Tuesday 8:00 am –6:30 pm Wednesday 8:00 am –1:00 pm Data projectors will be provided in all session rooms in the Pennsylvania Convention Center The data projectors will be compat ible with both Windows and Mac laptops Speakers must bring their own laptops The Society does not provide laptops for those with flash drives or other storage devices Ride Share and Taxis The easiest way to pick up transportation to and from the Pennsylvania Convention Center is through ride share services Taxi services operate daily as well Uber and Lyft 215-GET-A-CAB 215-438-2222 (app also available) Streamline Taxi Service 267-226-0254 Phila Taxicab Service 267-888-5415 Undergraduate Student Lounge, Room 303AB This special space is reserved for undergraduate meeting attendees looking for a place to relax or catch up on coursework they may miss while at the Annual Meeting Saturday–Tuesday 8:00 am –6:00 pm Wednesday 8:00 am –12:00 noon

Level 1:

Arch Street entrance outside Room 109AB Back of Exhibit Hall A and in the session room corridor outside Room 201AB Outside Ballroom A, immediately across the Overlook corridor

Level 2 (Exhibit Hall):

Level 3:

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Social Media/Photography Policy The Biophysical Society welcomes the use of social media to share information from the 68th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting and to engage with the biophysics community Please use the Annual Meeting hashtag #bps2024 when posting to help others follow along We encourage you to share highlights from the meeting, suggest ses sions to attend, discuss stand-out presentations and posters, and con nect with your fellow biophysicists, as well as our sponsors and exhibi tors When sharing information about what you see and hear in meeting sessions, please refrain from photographing or sharing full details of the material presented, to respect the intellectual property of the present ers Some presenters may request, verbally or in writing, that attendees not share information about their presentations and content; please honor those requests so that we can maintain a professional, respectful environment Presenters: If you do not wish to have your research shared via social media, please make an announcement before and during your pre sentation BPS strongly encourages compliance with speaker requests regarding social media sharing but cannot guarantee it Due to the sensitive nature of data and the preliminary, unpublished research find ings, all filming and recording of any kind (camera, cell phones, personal devices) in the scientific session rooms, Exhibit Hall, and poster area are strictly prohibited unless the individual doing the filming or recording is accompanied by a member of the Society staff Any individual seen taking photographs in any session room, the Exhibit Hall, or poster area will be escorted out by security

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