BPS2025 Full Program

Career Development Center Workshop Demystifying the Academic Job Search II: Preparing Your Written Application Materials 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, Room 409B Over 90% of the cuts in a typical academic job search are made on the basis of your written application materials. Given the large number of candidates in a typical applicant pool, your documents must convey the most important information about you in the most clear and efficient manner. Learn about how your materials should differ based on the type of institution and/or program, and how to create “glance-able” documents to speak most effectively on your behalf. Founding and Establishing a Research Laboratory at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Room 408A Get guidance on founding and establishing a research laboratory at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions. Panelists are faculty members at PUI’s who have been successful in their positions and will share their experiences and answer your questions. Moderators Hannah Malcolm, University of North Florida, USA Andrew Feig, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, USA Andrea Ghisleni, IFOM - the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Italy Exhibitor Presentation Elements srl 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm, Room 406AB The Ultimate Kit for Solid-State Nanopore Measurements: Experiment ing Has Never Been This Easy! We are excited to announce the return of Elements’ company presenta tion at BPS! Elements will present its new multichannel high-bandwidth amplifier along with new, free control software specifically designed for high-throughput devices. This year, along with our partner Norcada, we are introducing a turnkey measurement kit for solid-state nanopores. Elements, a leading producer of current amplifiers, and Norcada, a renowned supplier of solid-state nanopores, fluidic systems, sensors and accessories, have combined their innovative technologies to provide a comprehensive and easy-to-use setup for nanopore measurements. Special guests from academia and industry will share insights and showcase research results obtained using this unique combined system. Additionally, we will demonstrate how quick and easy it is to wet a solid state nanopore and run experiments with UltiFlow, a unique solution provided by Norcada. Elements will also present its new multichan nel high-bandwidth amplifier, along with new free control software specifically designed for high-throughput devices, featuring advanced real-time translocation event analysis. This presentation is an insightful opportunity for anyone interested in advanced nanopore technology, whether for academic research or industrial applications. Join us to explore how this kit can enhance your nanopore measurement capabilities! Speakers Hooman Hosseinkhannazer, CEO, Norcada Dewald Noeth, Product Lead, Norcada Alessandro Porro, Application Scientist, Elements srl Federico Thei, CEO, Elements srl

1713-FlashTalk 12:35 pm BUILDING A SIMPLE FRAMEWORK TO APPLY PERIODIC FORCES FOR MULTI-DOMAIN PROTEIN FOLDING WITH MAGNETIC TWEEZERS. César A. Quintana-Cataño , Michael Schlierf 1714-FlashTalk 12:40 pm MEASURING T-CELL AVIDITY ON CANCER CELL LINES WITH FLUORES CENCE CENTRIFUGE FORCE MICROSCOPY. Koji Kinoshita , Hans Bergal, Wesley P. Wong Platform Membrane Fusion and Non-Bilayer Structures 10:45 am - 12:45 pm, Room 511ABC Co-Chairs Haleh Alimohamadi, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Joanna Long, University of Florida, USA 1715-Plat 10:45 am MEMBRANE TENSION INHIBITS LIPID MIXING BY INCREASING THE HEM IFUSION STALK ENERGY. Petr Shendrik , Gonen Golani, Raviv Dharan, Ulrich S. Schwarz, Raya Sorkin 1716-Plat 11:00 am RATE-LIMITING STEPS OF CORONAVIRUS FUSION. Tobin Hess, Oyinkan sola Adenekan, Marcos Cervantes, Peter Kasson 1717-Plat 11:15 am STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS INTO SARS-COV-2 FUSION DOMAIN: ROLE OF BMP AND HELIX EXTENSION IN MEMBRANE FUSION EFFICIENCY. 11:30 am ENTROPICALLY GENERATED SNARE LINKER FORCES MAINTAIN A MAXI MALLY FUSOGENIC PARTIALLY UNZIPPERED STATE AND DRIVE FUSION. Ioana C. Butu , Dong An, Ben O’Shaughnessy 1719-Plat 11:45 am PARTITIONING, PHASE, AND PH: EXPLORING STRUCTURE AND DYNAM ICS IN PULMONARY SURFACTANT TRAFFICKING. Joanna R. Long , Diana Tymochko, Nhi Tran, Maria Luiza Caldas Nogueira, Lauren Schaffer, Frederic Mentink-Vigier, Faith Scott 1720-Plat 12:00 pm Travel Award Winner ANTAGONISTIC CURVATURE MECHANISMS OF BCL-2 FAMILY PROTEINS REGULATE MITOCHONDRIAL APOPTOSIS. Haleh Alimohamadi , Jaime de Anda, Ghee Hwee Lai, Catherine Newman, Gregory Brid, Rena Yang, Jay Lesny, Loren Walensky, Gerard Wong 1721-Plat 12:15 pm MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF LIPID ASSEMBLIES MIMICKING THYLAKOID MEMBRANES. Bence Fehér , Gergely Nagy, Gyozo Garab 1722-FlashTalk 12:30 pm INVESTIGATING THE FUSION EFFICIENCY OF RESPIRATORY VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES WITH MODEL CELL MEMBRANES. Mahsa Mohammadian , Chetan S. Poojari, Ralf Seemann, Jochen S. Hub, Jean-Baptiste Fleury 1723-FlashTalk 12:35 pm REDUCING MEMBRANE CHOLESTEROL INHIBITS NEURONAL EXOCYTO SIS. Ankur Ankur , Parth Sarathi Nayak, Shankha Banerjee, Sudipta Maiti 1724-FlashTalk 12:40 pm DECIPHERING THE ROLE OF SNARE TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN PALMITOYLATION IN NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE. Dong An , Satyan Sharma, Manfred Lindau Jinwoo Lee 1718-Plat

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