BPS2026 Program Book

Saturday, February 21, 2026

S A T U R D A Y

Daily Program Summary All rooms are located in the Moscone Center unless noted otherwise.

7:30 am-6:30 pm Registration/Exhibitor Registration 8:00 am-11:30 am Joint Council Meeting 8:30 am-12:30 pm Bioengineering Symposium

South Lobby

Marriott Marquis, SoMa

Room 212/213/214 Room 201/202/203 Room 209/210/211

8:30 am-12:30 pm Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Symposium 8:30 am-12:30 pm Macromolecular Machines and Assemblies Symposium

8:30 am-12:30 pm Mechanobiology Symposium

Room 301/302

8:30 am-12:30 pm Membrane Structure and Function Symposium 8:30 am-12:30 pm Membrane Transport Symposium 8:30 am-12:30 pm Motility and Cytoskeleton Symposium

Room 204/205/206

Room 207/208 Room 303/304

8:30 am-12:30 pm Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation, and Visualization Symposium 1:30 pm-5:10 pm Nanoscale Approaches to Biology Symposium 1:30 pm-5:30 pm Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Metabolism Symposium

Esplanade, Room 153

Room 207/208

Esplanade, Room 153

1:30 pm-5:30 pm Biological Fluorescence Symposium 1:30 pm-5:30 pm Biopolymers in Vivo Symposium

Room 303/304

Esplanade, Room 154 Room 201/202/203 Room 204/205/206 Room 212/213/214 Room 209/210/211 Esplanade, Room 151 Room 301/302

1:30 pm-5:30 pm Channels, Receptors and Transporters Symposium

1:30 pm-5:30 pm Cryo-EM Symposium

1:30 pm-5:30 pm Membrane Fusion, Fission, and Traffic Symposium

1:30 pm-5:30 pm Physical Cell Biology Symposium 1:30 pm-5:30 pm Theory and Computation Symposium

Career Development Center Workshop: Succeeding in

3:00 pm-4:00 pm

Interviews for Industry Positions 3:00 pm-5:00 pm Undergraduate Poster Award Competition (UPAC)

Exhibit Halls ABC

5:00 pm-6:00 pm First-Time Attendee Networking

South Lower Lobby, Exhibition Level South Lower Lobby, Exhibition Level

5:00 pm-7:00 pm Opening Mixer

6:00 pm-7:00 pm Travel Awardee Reception

Esplanade, Room 159 & 160

6:00 pm-10:00 pm Poster Viewing

Exhibit Halls ABC

Subgroup Dinners *Please note that invitation and/or advance purchase tickets apply* Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Metabolism ......................................................... 6:30 PM, Taksim, 564 4th Street Biological Fluorescence .............................................................................................. 6:30 PM, E&O Kitchen + Bar, 14 Sutter Street Biopolymers in vivo .................................................................................................... 6:30 PM, Visit the Society Office or Society Booth for Updated Restaurant Channels, Receptors and Transporters ...................................................................... 6:30 PM, La Mar, 1 1/2 Ferry Plaza Cryo-EM ...................................................................................................................... 6:30 PM, Black Hammer Brewing Company, 544 Bryant Street Intrinsically Disordered Proteins ................................................................................ 6:30 PM, Modi, 88 Natoma St Mechanobiology . ....................................................................................................... 6:00PM, Lao Table, 149 2nd St Membrane Fusion, Fission & Traffic . ......................................................................... 6:00 PM, China, 644 Broadway Membrane Structure & Function . ............................................................................. 6:00 PM, Executive Order Bar and Lounge, 868 Mission Street Membrane Transport ................................................................................................. 6:30 PM, La Mar, 1 1/2 Ferry Plaza Motility & Cytoskeleton ............................................................................................. 6:00 PM, Marlowe, 500 Brannan St Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation & Visualization ............................................. 7:00 PM, Palio, 640 Sacramento Street Theory & Computation .............................................................................................. 6:30 PM, Southside Spirit House, 575 Howard St

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