BPS2026 Program Book

10:10 am 10:20 am 10:35 am 10:45 am

student/postdoc talk

No Abstract 11:30 am HIGH-RESOLUTION FLUORESCENCE PLUS FORCE SPECTROSCOPY OF RNA FROM RIBOSWITCHES TO TELOMERASE. Matthew Comstock No Abstract 11:50 am PARALLEL STOPPED-FLOW INTERROGATION OF DIVERSE BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AT THE SINGLE-MOLECULE SCALE. Scott Blanchard 12:25 pm closing remarks Nanoscale Approaches to Biology Symposium 1:30 pm - 5:10 pm, Room 207/208 Subgroup Chair Allison Squires, University of Chicago, USA 1:30 pm opening remarks 10-Subg 1:35 pm TRACKING WITHOUT LOCALIZATION. Steve Presse , Weiqing Xu, Alek sandra Radenovic, Marianna Mitsioni, Nathan Ronceray 1:55 pm student/postdoc talk No Abstract 2:05 pm ULTRAPRECISION SMFRET AND REAL-TIME PHOSPHORYLATION SENS ING IN AN ABEL TRAP. Quan Wang 2:25 pm student/postdoc talk 2:35 pm break No Abstract 2:50 pm ADVANCING SUPER-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY FOR CANCER RE SEARCH. Yang Liu 3:10 pm student/postdoc talk No Abstract 3:20 pm SINGLE-MOLECULE PUMP-PROBE MEASUREMENTS OF PHOTOSYNTHET IC PROTEINS. Gabriela Schlau-Cohen 3:40 pm student/postdoc talk 3:50 pm break 4:05 pm student/postdoc talk 4:25 pm student/postdoc talk No Abstract 4:35 pm SUB-MILLISECOND NANOSCALE DYNAMICS VIA ACTIVE TRACKING SINGLE-PARTICLE SPECTROSCOPY. Haw Yang 4:55 pm student/postdoc talk 5:05 pm business meeting Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Metabolism Symposium 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Esplanade, Room 153 Subgroup Co-Chairs Erin Seifert, Thomas Jefferson University, USA Pablo Peixoto, Baruch College, CUNY, USA Program Co-Chairs Ian Collinson, University of Bristol, UK Natalie Niemi, Washington University School of Medicine, USA 1:31 pm opening remarks

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S A T U R D A Y

business meeting

motility & cytoskeleton subgroup early career

awardee talk No Abstract

11:00 am MECHANOBIOLOGY AND UNIVERSAL SCALING OF THE MITOTIC SPINDLE. Iva Tolić No Abstract 11:15 am STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS INTO THE AUTOINHIBITION MECHANISM IN CARDIAC MUSCLE MYOSIN. Chris Yengo No Abstract 11:30 am MEASURING DIASTOLIC FUNCTION IN MYOCARDIAL SLICES FROM HFPEF RATS. Matt Caporizzo No Abstract 11:45 am NON-MUSCLE MYOSIN II IS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN CANCER. Steve Rosenfeld No Abstract 12:00 pm TRANSLATING EXTREME PYTHON BIOLOGY TO MAMMALS. Leslie Leinwand Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation, and Visualization Symposium 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, Esplanade, Room 153 Subgroup Co-Chairs Jinqing Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Keith Mickolajczyk, Rutgers Medical School, USA 8:30 am opening remarks No Abstract 8:40 am MULTIMODAL SINGLE MOLECULE ANALYSIS OF CTCF DYNAMICS AND REGULATION OF COHESIN BARRIER FUNCTION. Taekjip Ha No Abstract 9:15 am ELUCIDATING KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS OF RNA-LIGAND INTERACTIONS USING FORCE SPECTROSCOPY AND OPTICAL TWEEZER SINGLE MOLECULE APPROACHES. Maria Kamenetska No Abstract 9:35 am VISUALIZING MAMMALIAN TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION ON DNA AND CHROMATIN. Shixin Liu 9:55 am early career award in single-molecule forces, manipulation and visualization awardee talk 10:15 am break 10:25 am business meeting 10:35 am student/postdoc talk No Abstract 10:50 am SINGLE-PARTICLE AND SINGLE-CELL MICROSCOPY ADVANCE THE BIO PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND OPTIMIZATION OF NEXT-GENERATION GENOMIC MEDICINES. Sabrina Leslie 9-Subg 11:10 am COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN OF ULTRASTABLE PROTEIN VIA HYDROGEN BOND MAXIMIZATION FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS. Peng Zheng

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