BPS2026 Program Book

10:45 am-12:45 pm Symposium: Emergent Properties of Coupled Membranes and Condensates

Room 301/302

F R I D A Y

Chair Benjamin Machta, Yale University, USA DECODING THE MECHANISMS OF CONDENSATE-MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS IN CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS: THE FO CUS ON NEURONAL SYNAPSES. Dragomir Milovanovic PROTEIN-LIPID PHASE COUPLING IN INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT. Jonathon Nixon-Abell FORMATION AND PROPERTIES OF LIPID MEMBRANES AROUND COACERVATE DROPLETS. Christine D. Keating KINETICS MECHANISM OF VIRAL GENOME PACKAGING BY HIV-1 VIRIONS. Ioulia F. Rouzina – Symp Select PREWETTING COUPLES THE MEMBRANE PHASE TRANSITION TO CYTOPLASMIC CONDENSATES ENABLING DIVERSE FUNCTIONS. Benjamin Machta Chair Edward Egelman, University of Virginia, USA THE ORIGIN OF MOTILITY CLARIFIED BY USING A MINIMAL SYNTHETIC BACTERIUM, JCVI-SYN3. Makoto Miyata TRANSLOCATING PROTEINS - SOME STRUCTURAL TALES. Susan Lea STRUCTURE OF THE TRYPANOSOME MOTILITY MACHINERY BY CRYOEM. Kent Hill ATOMIC MECHANISMS OF MAP DEPENDENT REGULATION OF KINESIN AND DYNEIN ON MICROTUBULES. Mert Gur – Symp Select THE PROKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM: RICH STORIES IN CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT EVOLUTION. Edward Egelman

S U N D A Y

10:45 am-12:45 pm Symposium: Structural Evolution of Cellular Motility Machinery

Room 303/304

10:45 am-12:45 pm Symposium: President’s Symposium: Communicating the Value

Room 201/202/203

of Biophysics in a Changing World Chair Lynmarie K. Thompson, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

THE BEST OF TIMES; THE WORST OF TIMES. Jeremy Berg ENVISIONING A NEW SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE. Holden Thorp ANTS, DIORAMAS, TIKTOK AND MORE: CREATIVE APPROACHES TO BUILDING TRUST BY INSPIRING CURIOSITY IN MUSEUMS. Sean M. Decatur THE POWER OF STORYTELLING. Theanne Griffith ONCE UPON A LAB: SCIENCE, STORYTELLING, AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT. Daniel Cohen

10:45 am-12:45 pm Platform: Ion Channel Regulation, Pharmacology, and Disease I 10:45 am-12:45 pm Platform: Other Novel Technical Developments 10:45 am-12:45 pm Platform: Protein Structure and Conformation 10:45 am-12:45 pm Platform: Genome Visualization, Understanding and Control

Room 204/205/206

Room 207/208

Room 209/210/211 Room 212/213/214 Esplanade, Room 155 Esplanade, Room 157 Esplanade, Room 151 Esplanade, Room 158 Esplanade, Room 153

11:30 am-1:00 pm Undergraduate Student Pizza “Breakfast” 11:30 am-1:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Cube Biotech Inc

12:00 pm-1:00 pm Career Development Center Workshop: Public Speaking Masterclass: How to Rock the Podium and Give a Fantastic Talk 12:30 pm-2:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Nanion Technologies 1:00 pm-2:30 pm Small Actions, Big Impact: Practical Steps to a Sustainable Laboratory

1:00 pm-3:00 pm Education and Career Opportunities Fair 1:15 pm-2:15 pm Career Development Center Workshop:

Exhibit Halls ABC

Esplanade, Room 151

Core Principles of Effective Mentor-Mentee Relationships

1:30 pm-3:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Allen Institute

Esplanade, Room 157

BioFile Finder (BFF): An Easy-to-Use, Web-Based Solution for Sharing Image Data and Increasing Transparency

1:45 pm-3:00 pm Snack Break

Exhibit Halls ABC Exhibit Halls ABC

1:45 pm-3:45 pm Poster Presentations and Late Posters 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Teaching Science Like We Do Science 2:30 pm-3:30 pm Career Development Center Workshop:

Esplanade, Room 155 Esplanade, Room 151

Understanding the Evolving Scientific Funding Landscape 2:30 pm-4:00 pm From Data to Dialogue: Artful Strategies Against Misinformation

Esplanade, Room 156

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