BPS2026 Program Book

Symposium: Evolution of Lipidomes and Membrane Phenotypes

Room 303/304

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Chair James Saenz, Dresden University of Technology, Germany ‘EVOLUTIONARY PERFECTION OF A SMALL MOLECULE’: DISCOVERY OF KONRAD BLOCH’S PROTOSTEROLS IN BILLION YEAR-OLD ROCKS. Jochen J. Brocks STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION OF LIPIDS TO SUPPORT DYNAMIC MEMBRANE FUNCTION AND LIFE AT EXTREMES. Jacob R. Winnikoff EVOLUTION OF LIPID MEMBRANE ADAPTATION TO OXYGEN-FREE ENVIRONMENTS. Maria Makarova BIOPHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF MEMBRANE ELASTICITY: COMPETING FORCES YET UNIFIED LAWS. Rana Ashkar – Symp Select TOWARDS DECODING AND ENGINEERING MEMBRANE FUNCTIONS. James Saenz Molecular Mechanisms and Dynamics in Biological Systems Chair Vasanthi Jayaraman, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA BUILDING PREDICTIVE MARKOV MODELS OF ION CHANNEL PERMEATION FROM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULA TIONS. Luigi Catauzzeno ALLOSTERIC COUPLING BETWEEN A LIPID BILAYER AND A MEMBRANE PROTEIN. Laurent J. Catoire CADHERIN DYNAMICS AND CORTICAL TENSION IN REMODELING CELL-CELL ADHESION DURING EMT. Min Lin THEORY OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC MEMBRANE INFLUENCE ON B800-B850 ENERGY TRANSFER IN THE LH2 COMPLEX. Alexandra Olaya-Castro PROTEIN TARGET SEARCH DIFFUSION-ASSOCIATION/DISSOCIATION FREE ENERGY LANDSCAPE AROUND DNA BINDING SITE WITH FLANKING SEQUENCES. Jin Yu GLYCOLYSIS MODEL SHOWS THAT ALLOSTERY MAINTAINS HIGH ATP AND LIMITS ACCUMULATION OF INTERMEDIATES. Denis V. Titov - Paper of the Year-Early Career Investigator Award Symposium: Best of Biophysical Journal:

10:45 am-12:45 pm

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Room 201/202/203

10:45 am-12:45 pm

10:45 am-12:45 pm Platform: Membrane Pumps, Transporters, and Exchangers 10:45 am-12:45 pm Platform: Condensates from Biophysics to Disease II

Room 204/205/206

Room 207/208

10:45 am-12:45 pm Platform: Protein-Small Molecule Interaction

Room 209/210/211 Room 212/213/214 Esplanade, Room 157

10:45 am-12:45 pm Platform: Actin and Microtubules: Structure, Dynamics and Regulation

Exhibitor Presentation: Sophion Bioscience

11:30 am-1:00 pm

Expanding the Reach of Automated Patch Clamp: From Computational Design to Organellar and Natural Product Ion Channel Assays

Career Development Center Workshop: Asking for More:

Esplanade, Room 151

12:00 pm-1:00 pm

Negotiating your Industry Job Offer 12:00 pm-1:30 pm Training Undergraduates in the Research Laboratory 1:00 pm-2:30 pm Careers Beyond the Bench: Moving to a World Outside the Lab

Esplanade, Room 153 Esplanade, Room 155

1:00 pm-3:00 pm

The Biophysicist Editorial Board Meeting

Room 312

1:15 pm-2:15 pm Career Development Center Workshop: Career Planning in Entrepreneurship

Esplanade, Room 151 Esplanade, Room 157 Esplanade, Room 154 Esplanade, Room 156

1:30 pm-3:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Nicoya Lifesciences

1:30 pm-3:30 pm Inside NIH: Explore Biophysics Grant Opportunities in Key Institutes

NSF-NCEMS Intermediate Hands-On Training: Data Science Tools for Confidence,

1:30 pm-3:30 pm

Complexity, and LLMs in Biophysical Research

1:45 pm-3:00 pm Snack Break

Exhibit Halls ABC Exhibit Halls ABC Room 207/208

1:45 pm-3:45 pm Poster Presentations and Late Posters

2:00 pm-3:00 pm A Conversation with Lewis Kay: Navigating a Career in Science

Career Development Center Workshop: Expectations Documents:

Esplanade, Room 151

2:30 pm-3:30 pm

Building or Enhancing Your Lab’s Culture

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