BPS2024 Full Program & Abstracts

PI to PI Mixer 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Arch Street Concourse

224-FlashTalk 5:55 pm VASP AND ENDOPHILIN REGULATE CURVATURE GENERATION AND ACTIN POLYMERIZATION IN FAST ENDOPHILIN MEDIATED ENDOCYTO SIS. Karthik Narayan , Honey Priya James, Samsuzzoha Mondal, Laura Baeyens, Francesco Milano, Jason Zheng, Tobias Baumgart Platform Membrane Structure 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Room 204C Co-Chairs Radek Sachl, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Republic Carolyn Shurer, University of Virginia, USA 225-Plat 4:00 pm THE BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL POLARIZATION OF THE EPITHE LIAL CELL PLASMA MEMBRANE. Carolyn Shurer , Kandice R. Levental, Ilya Levental 226-Plat 4:15 pm NANOSCOPIC ORGANIZATION AND MOLECULAR PRESENTATION OF GANGLIOSIDES IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES. David Davidović, Mer cedes Kukulka, Maria J. Sarmento, Ilya Mikhalyov, Natalia Gretskaya, Barbora Chmelova, Joana R. Ricardo, Martin Hof, Lukasz Cwiklik, Radek Sachl 227-Plat 4:30 pm WATER CONCENTRATION AND DIELECTRIC CONSTANT GRADIENTS ALONG THE TRANSMEMBRANE PEPTIDE-LIPID INTERFACE REVEALED BY SPIN-LABELING EPR METHODS. Tatyana I. Smirnova , Maxim A. Voinov, Melanie M. Chestnut, Sergey Milikisiyants, Alex I. Smirnov 228-Plat 4:45 pm THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF CHOLESTEROL ISO-OCTYL CHAIN CONFORMERS IN DIFFERENT PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANES PROBED BY FINGERPRINT RAMAN SPECTRA INTERPRETED BY DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY. Jason H. Hafner , Kyra R. Birkenfeld, Tia N. Gandhi, Charles M. Pacheco, Mathieu L. Simeral 229-Plat 5:00 pm THE ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHOLESTEROL IN MODEL MEM BRANES. Yuli Zhu, Thirupathi Ravula, Ying Liu, Tera Lavoie, Lionel Porcar, Ursula A. Perez-Salas 230-Plat 5:15 pm EXPANDING COARSE-GRAINED MODEL FOR LIPIDS TO INVESTIGATE THE THERMODYNAMICS OF MIXTURES. Malavika Varma , Markus Deserno 231-Plat 5:30 pm INFLUENCES OF PQS INTERCALATION ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA OUTER MEMBRANE. Emad Pirhadi , Xin Yong 232-FlashTalk 5:45 pm INSIGHTS ON CELL MEMBRANE EVOLUTION THROUGH ENGINEERING OF STEROL METABOLISM. Israel Juarez-Contreras , Itay Budin 233-FlashTalk 5:50 pm A GRAZING INCIDENCE DIFFRACTION SETUP FOR LANGMUIR TROUGH EXPERIMENTS AT THE BEAMLINE P08 AT PETRA III SYNCHROTRON. Chen Shen , Bhaveshkumar Bharatiya, Rene Kirchhof, Florian Bertram 234-FlashTalk 5:55 pm ILLUMINATING BIOMEMBRANES: LIGHT-INDUCED CONTROL AND TRANSFORMATION OF MEMBRANES. Rumiana Dimova

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You finally have a job working in biophysics, in industry or academia, with some funding and a lab, but you’ve realized that the career chal lenges continue. Come relax and network with your contemporaries and senior biophysicists over a beer or glass of wine. This event is a great chance to compare notes with colleagues and discuss one-on-one your unique solutions to issues that arise in the time between getting your job and getting your next promotion, including management of lab staff, getting your work published, and renewing your funding. Refreshments will be provided, with cash bar. Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Network Annual Meeting Mixer 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Room 105AB Are you interested in or currently building your career at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI)? Would you like to meet and learn from biophysicists at PUIs around the world? Then join us at the Annual Meeting for the first ever PUI Network Annual Meeting Mixer! Here you’ll have the opportunity to meet with a diverse group of PUI profes sors to learn, discuss, and share ideas related to your career at a PUI. We hope to see you there! 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: • Sunday, February 11 – General; Policy & Advocacy • Monday, February 12 – General; Black in Biophysics; Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) • 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. Student Research Achievement Award (SRAA) Poster Competition 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Exhibit Hall AB This session features graduate, masters and PhD students who are presenting posters at the Annual Meeting. During the competition, stu dents will deliver a five-minute oral presentation of their poster to one or more judges. Winners will be recognized on Monday evening prior to the Biophysical Society Lecture. BPS Publications Dinner 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Hamilton Building Korean Biophysicists Meeting 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Room 107AB Dinner Meet-Ups General; Policy and Advocacy 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm, Registration Bridge East

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