BPS2026 Program Book

Raffles Tuesday Exhibitor Raffle: Want to win Apple Airpods?

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 Due to the sensitive nature of data and the preliminary, unpublished research find ings, all filming and recording of any kind (camera, cell phones, personal devices) in the scientific session rooms, Exhibit Hall, and poster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 tak ing photographs in any session room, the Exhibit Hall, or poster area will be escorted out by security. Society Meeting Office, South Lobby, Room 105 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, South Lobby, Room 104 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 Moscone Center. The data projectors will be compatible 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. Tell Me About Your Poster Find members of the BPS Editorial Boards and Publications Committee in the poster area wearing the “Tell Me About Your Poster” button. Take a few minutes to tell them about the research shown on your poster, and you can receive 10% off publication fees if you publish a related paper in a BPS journal! Sunday through Wednesday during poster viewing hours in the Exhibit Hall Transportation and Ride Share All hotels are within walking distance of the Moscone Center, however you can always use local transportation, Uber, or Lyft. Undergraduate Student Lounge, South Lobby, Room 103 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 Water Stations The Moscone Center offers filtered water-filling stations and drinking fountains throughout the lobby areas and hallways

Join our exhibitors in the Exhibit Hall for a fun and engaging game! Pick up a bingo card inside the entrance of the Exhibit Hall. Over three days (Sunday-Tuesday), collect multicolored dots from exhibitors and put them on the appropriate bingo squares to form three nine-sticker lines. Completed bingo cards will be entered into the Tuesday Exhibitor Raffle drawing for Apple AirPods! The winner will be announced in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday, February 24, at 3:00 PM. You must be present to win! Wednesday Poster Session Raffle: Want to win a Bose Bluetooth Speaker? Attend the Wednesday Poster Sessions in the Exhibit Hall for a chance to win! Every badge comes with a Poster Session ticket. Drop your ticket in the ballot box in the front of the Exhibit Hall on Wednesday only. The winner will be announced in the Exhibit Hall on Wednesday, February 25, at 12:30 PM. You must be present to win! Stop by the Society Booth to answer the biophysics trivia question for a chance to win a BPS t-shirt each day Saturday–Tuesday. Registration Hours, South Lobby 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 Restrooms Restrooms are located in the Exhibit HalL Level, Upper Mezzanine, Level Two, and Level Three. Gender inclusive restrooms are located in the back of Exhibit Hall B, back of South Lobby, Esplanade Ballroom Level, Level 2 outside of Room 213, and Level 3 outside of Room 301. Social Media Follow BPS on social media for Annual Meeting updates, and use hashtag #bps2026 to share your perspective! Read posts from meeting attendee guest bloggers on the BPS blog. Follow us on: X: @BiophysicalSoc, use hashtag #bps2026 Facebook: www.facebook.com/biophysicalsociety Instagram: @biophysicalsociety Blue Sky: @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social Blog: www.biophysics.org/blog Social Media/Photography Policy The Biophysical Society welcomes the use of social media to share infor mation from the 70th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting and to engage with the biophysics community. Please use the Annual Meeting hashtag #bps2026 when posting to help others follow along. We encourage you to share highlights from the meeting, suggest sessions to attend, discuss stand-out presentations and posters, and connect with your fellow biophysicists, as well as our sponsors and exhibitors. 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.

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