BPS2026 Program Book

Platform Dynamic Cytoskeleton: Motors and Assembly 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Room 212/213/214 Co-Chairs Anne M. Houdusse, Inst Curie, France Serapion Pyrpassopoulos, Center for Molecular Biology of Plants, USA 179-Plat 4:00 pm ARCHITECTURE OF HIV-1 CAPSID BOUND TO THE DYNEIN TRANSPORT MACHINERY. Somaye Badieyan, J Gentry, Martin G. Fernandez, Allison M. Gicking, William O. Hancock, Shyamal Mosalaganti, Michael A. Cianfrocco 180-Plat 4:15 pm ACTIVATION AND REGULATION OF DYNEIN-DYNACTIN-NUMA COMPLEX. Merve Aslan , Nathan Cho, Juan M. Perez Bertoldi, Yuanchang Zhao, Xinyue Zhong, Andrew Carter, Sophie Dumont, Ahmet Yildiz 181-Plat 4:30 pm MECHANICAL FORCES ON MICROTUBULE LATTICE AFFECT KINESIN1 BINDING IN AN ISOFORM DEPENDENT MANNER. Yannic Lurz, Benedikt Fischer, Laura Muras, Igor Kulic, E. Michael Ostap, Erik Schäffer, Serapion Pyrpassopoulos 182-Plat 4:45 pm VISUALIZATION OF MYOSIN-9B PROCESSIVITY IN HUMAN CELLS. Emma C. Murray, Leighton S. Lee, Lynn Ziegler, Andrew T. Lombardo 183-Plat 5:00 pm EXPLORING THE DYNAMICS OF Β-CARDIAC MYOSIN AUTO-INHIBITED STATE TO PREDICT THE DEVELOPMENT OF INHERITED CARDIOMYOPA THIES. Daniel Auguin, Laurie Lannes, Carlos M. Kikuti, Marie Juillé, Nour Ayoub, Kathleen Ruppel, James A. Spudich, Julien Robert-Paganin, Anne M. Houdusse 184-Plat 5:15 pm PROBING THE MECHANISM OF DYNAMIC STEADY STATES IN LAMELLI PODIA. June Hyung Kim, Laura Pulido, Daniel M. Suter, Taeyoon Kim 185-Plat 5:30 pm Travel Award Winner ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF CENTROMERE STIFFNESS ON METAPHASE CHROMOSOME OSCILLATION. Saptarshi Chatterjee , Mathew Bloom field, Margaret Wan, Jingxuan You, Xiaochu Li, Daniela Cimini, Jing Chen 186-FlashTalk 5:45 pm CAPTURING INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION VIA TUNNELING NANO TUBES USING CRYO-ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY. Eva P. Karasmanis , Siyu Chen, Rafael Badell-Grau, Farhaz Shaikh, Robert Abrisch, JOSHUA HUTCHINGS, Tamar Basiashvili, Landon Nguyen, Nicholas Lattal, Stepha nie Cherqui 10 , Elizabeth Villa 11 , Samara L. Reck-Peterson 12 187-FlashTalk 5:50 pm CHIRAL MOTION IN ACTOMYOSIN SYSTEMS: EXPLORING STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS THROUGH MYOSIN PROTEIN ENGINEERING. Sebastian Coupe , Sasha Zemsky, Arjunn Pradeep, Zev Bryant 188-FlashTalk 5:55 pm AN EVOLUTIONARY SNAPSHOT OF BECOMING A HETEROTRIMERIC KINESIN-2 FOR CILIOGENESIS. Adina Hausch , Augustine Cleetus, Moritz Pellegrini, Luca Schweizer, Chinkyu Lee, Deborah Sowunmi, Mireya Parra, Jacek Gaertig, Martin Zacharias, Matthias Rief, Zeynep Ökten

PI to PI Mixer 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Esplanade, Room 159 & 160

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Engage in meaningful one-on-one discussions with colleagues and exchange insights on navigating the challenges between landing your job and securing your next promotion. Connect with other PIs to share strategies for managing lab staff, getting your research published, renewing funding, and building a strong professional network that sup ports your career advancement. Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Network Annual Meeting Mixer 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Esplanade, Room 155 Are you interested in or currently building your career at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI)? Would you like to meet and learn from biophysicists at PUIs around the world? Then join us at the Annual Meeting for the PUI Network Annual Meeting Mixer! Here you’ll have the opportunity to meet with a diverse group of PUI professors to learn, discuss, and share ideas related to your career at a PUI. We hope to see you there! Korean Biophysicists Meeting 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm, Esplanade, Room 153 Dinner Meet-Ups 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm, South Lobby/Society Booth Interested in making new acquaintances and experiencing the cuisine of San Francisco? Meet at the Society Booth each evening Sunday through Tuesday at 6:00 PM, where a BPS member will coordinate dinner at a local restaurant. In addition to the general Dinner Meet-Up groups, there will be ad ditional meet-ups for different groups and focus topics. Additional groups may be added, and dates may be subject to change. Check the app for the latest information. Student Research Achievement Award (SRAA) Poster Competition 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Exhibit Halls ABC This session features graduate, masters, and PhD students who are presenting posters at the Annual Meeting. During the competition, stu dents will deliver a five-minute oral presentation of their poster to one or more judges. Winners will be recognized on Monday evening prior to the Biophysical Society Lecture. BPS Publications Dinner (Invitation Only) 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm, InterContinental San Francisco

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