BPS2026 Program Book

2:40 pm

student/postdoc talk

5:00 pm

june almeida award for mid/senior-career

women in cryo-em awardee talk 5:25 pm closing remarks Membrane Fusion, Fission, and Traffic Symposium 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 301/302 Subgroup Chair Yongli Zhang, Yale University, USA 1:30 pm opening remarks No Abstract 1:35 pm EXO- AND ENDOCYTOSIS: MEMBRANE TRANSFORMATIONS, MOLECU LAR MECHANICS AND FUNCTIONS. Ling-Gang Wu No Abstract 2:10 pm MEMBRANE CURVATURE-INDUCED INTEGRIN ADHESION AND MECHA NOTRANSDUCTION. Bianxiao Cui No Abstract 2:30 pm MOLECULAR MECHANISMS FOR STEADY FORCE TRANSMISSION DUR ING CLATHRIN-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS. Julien Berro 15-Subg 2:50 pm IVEA: A VERSATILE DEEP LEARNING IMAGEJ PLUGIN FOR AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF VESICLE EXOCYTOSIS AND BURST-LIKE FLUORESCENCE EVENTS. Abed Alrahman Chouaib, Hsin-Fang Chang, Omnia M. Khamis, Nadia Alawar, Santiago Echeverry, Qinghai Tian, Peter Lipp, Sebastian Barg, Constantin Pape, Ali H. Shaib, Ute Becherer No Abstract 3:10 pm NOVEL DIMENSIONS OF LIPID BILAYER ASYMMETRY AND THEIR CONSE QUENCES FOR MEMBRANE PHYSIOLOGY. Ilya Levantal 3:25 pm break 3:40 pm business meeting No Abstract 3:45 pm HOW ARE NEUROTRANSMITTERS RELEASED IN MICROSECONDS. Jose Rizo No Abstract 4:05 pm SYNAPTIC VESICLE EXOCYTOSIS: KISS-SHRINK-RUN. Guo-Qiang Bi 4:20 pm flash talks 4:40 pm 2026 sir bernard katz awardee talk Subgroup Chair Qiong Yang, University of Michigan, USA 1:30 pm opening remarks No Abstract 1:35 pm MECHANOCHEMICAL FEEDBACK DEFINES THE CENTRAL THEME OF CEL LULAR PROCESSES. Jian Liu 16-Subg 2:05 pm ENERGETICS OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. Jonathan Rodenfels 17-Subg 2:35 pm FROM MAZES TO MINGLING: TRANSPORT AND MIXING IN ACTIVE MITOCHONDRIAL NETWORKS. Elena Koslover 3:05 pm break Physical Cell Biology Symposium 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 212/213/214

No Abstract 2:55 pm STRUCTURAL PHARMACOLOGY STUDIES OF HUMAN TASTE RECEPTORS. Tian Hua 3:20 pm break 3:35 pm business meeting No Abstract 3:40 pm MECHANOTRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS UNDERLYING PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR FUNCTION IN PRESTIN. Eduardo Perezo 14-Subg 4:05 pm TRPM3 - FROM THE PERIPHERY TO THE BRAIN. Thomas Voets 4:30 pm student/postdoc talk 4:45 pm student/postdoc talk 4:50 pm student/postdoc talk 4:55 pm student/postdoc talk No Abstract 5:00 pm FROM MOLECULES TO MATES: STRUCTURAL BASIS OF CHEMICAL SPECI FICITY IN INSECT PHEROMONE RECEPTORS. Josefina del Mármol 5:27 pm closing remarks Cryo-EM Symposium 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 204/205/206 Subgroup Chair Elizabeth Kellogg, Cornell University, USA 1:30 pm opening remarks No Abstract 1:35 pm CRACKING THE 9+2 ARCHITECTURE OF MOTILE CILIA. Rui Zhang No Abstract 2:00 pm CRYOET INSIGHTS INTO TRANSLATION REGULATION IN MAMMALIAN CELLS. Juliette Fedry No Abstract 2:25 pm BRIDGING SCALES WITH SOLIST: A BIOPSY AT THE NANOSCALE. Philipp Erdmann No Abstract 2:50 pm RECORD-BREAKING RESULTS AND NEW STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS EN ABLED BY LATEST CRYO-EM TECHNOLOGY. Oliver Raschdorf 3:10 pm coffee break 3:25 pm business meeting 3:35 pm student/postdoc talk 3:45 pm student/postdoc talk 3:55 pm student/postdoc talk No Abstract 4:05 pm PULSED-LASER LENSING FOR PHASE MODULATION IN ELECTRON MI CROSCOPY. Anthony Fitzpatrick No Abstract 4:30 pm ADVANCES IN MICROSECOND TIME-RESOLVED CRYO-EM. Ulrich Lorenz 4:55 pm almeida awardee introduction

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