BPS2026 Program Book

Biophysics 101: Novel Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Biophysics 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Room 207/208 Biophysics 101 is an opportunity to learn about hot topics in biophysics from experts in the field! This year, we’re covering some of the exciting new applications of Artificial Intelligence in biophysics. You’ll hear from two speakers at the forefront of this research and have the opportunity to ask them questions about the implications that it could have in the future. Moderators Esmael Haddadian, University of Chicago, USA Elizabeth Schneider, University of Tennessee, USA Speakers Teun Huijben, Biohub, USA Bharath Ramsundar, Deep Forest Sciences, USA Exhibitor Presentation Avanti Research 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Esplanade, Room 157 How Avanti Research Supports Discovery and Innovation For more than fifty years, Avanti Research™ has stood beside scientists at the leading edge of lipid discovery. From the earliest studies of mem brane composition to today’s complex applications in lipidomics and delivery science, researchers have trusted us for the precision, repro ducibility, and expertise that enable meaningful results. This session will explore how Avanti Research serves the global research community by providing high-purity lipid standards, functionalized lipids, and innovative tools designed to make complex experiments more reliable and insightful. Our team will discuss how our rigorous quality standards and specialized technical support empower research ers across disciplines, from structural biology and membrane biophysics to systems lipidomics and analytical chemistry. We’ll share how our collaborative approach goes beyond supplying ma terials. Every product, from SPLASH™ lipidomics standards to click-ready PEG lipids and fluorescent probes, is built on decades of experience in supporting academic and industrial research programs. Our goal is to help scientists build reproducible systems, generate high-confidence data, and move their ideas forward faster. As part of Croda Pharma, Avanti Research remains dedicated to advanc ing discovery while offering a pathway to development. While our focus is on enabling foundational and applied research, our extended capabilities now provide continuity into GMP manufacturing to advance translational therapeutic applications. This integration ensures that the Avanti standards of purity, performance, and documentation continue from the first experiment through scale-up. To complement this overview, two invited guest researchers will give brief talks highlighting how Avanti Research’s products have supported their work. Their perspectives will showcase the diversity of scientific inquiry made possible through dependable lipid tools and collaborative partnerships. A live Q&A session will follow, creating an open forum for discussion among attendees, our team, and our guest speakers. Together, we’ll address practical challenges in lipid research, share insights into new analytical and formulation techniques, and explore where the next breakthroughs in lipid science may come from. As a thank-you to attendees, participants in this session will receive an Avanti Research T-shirt voucher, redeemable for pickup at our booth

#403 in the Exhibit Hall. It’s our way of celebrating the lipid research community—and inviting you to connect with the team in person. Through this session, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how Avanti Research contributes to the advancement of lipid science—not only through high-quality products, but through a commitment to scien tific partnership. From individual investigators building model systems to global consortia mapping the lipidome, we stand ready to support the research that drives discovery. Join us to see how Avanti Research™ continues to fuel innovation in lipid science—one discovery, one collaboration, and one high-purity lipid at a time. Speaker Kyle Black, Business Manager, Avanti Research NSF-NCEMS Beginner Hands-On Training Four Data Science Techniques to Immediately Accel erate your Research 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Esplanade, Room 156 Are you eager to accelerate your work through data science and inter pretable machine learning, but unsure where to begin? This beginner friendly training session is your gateway to utilizing these powerful tools without needing any prior coding experience or software setup. Hosted by the NSF National Center for Emergence in Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS), this hands-on session will equip you with the skills to harness the four most widely used data science techniques. You will learn how to calculate the association between a feature and a phe nomenon; identify key features driving biological behaviors; control for confounding factors; and avoid common pitfalls like data overinterpreta tion. In addition, you will learn how to state your results in plain English. Through interactive Jupyter notebook exercises, we will dive into the theory and scope of these methods and guide you in interpreting their outputs. By the end of the session, you’ll have the chance to apply these techniques directly to your own datasets, empowering you to make more informed, impactful discoveries in your research. This training is designed specifically to benefit biophysicists, offering practical, easy-to use methods that can be broadly applied across the field. Trainers Maowei Dong, Pennsylvania State University (NCEMS), USA Daniel Nissley, Pennsylvania State University (NCEMS), USA Ian Sitarik, Pennsylvania State University (NCEMS), USA Snack Break 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm, Exhibit Halls ABC Poster Presentations and Late Posters 1:45 pm - 3:45 pm, Exhibit Halls ABC

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