Biophysical Netsletter - May 2014

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

2014

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Announcing the2015 ThematicMeetings Each year, theBPS sponsors small, focused-topicmeetings organizedby Societymembers. The Society is pleased to announce the fourmeetings thatwill take place in2015.

NewBiological Frontiers IlluminatedbyMolecular Sensors andActuators Taipei, Taiwan June 28–July 1, 2015 www.biophysics.org/2015taiwan

Thismeetingwill explore a variety of cutting edge research tools that are critical toour understanding of cell signaling aswell as cellular structures in awide range of biological systems.Due to themultidisciplinary nature of such studies, we encourage participations of a diverse range of researcherswith interests that span the biological, chemical, andphysical sciences. Imageprovidedby Taipei 101.

Biophysics of Proteins andSurfaces: Assembly, Activation, Signaling Madrid, Spain October 13–15, 2015 www.biophysics.org/2015spain Thismeetingwill focus ondifferent aspects related to the biophysics of tuning protein functions through their as- sembly intobiological or engineered surfaces. Particular aspects coveredwill include: 1) the effect of the interac-

tionwith surfaces on themolecular structure of proteins andprotein assemblies, with special interest in themodulationby surface-promotedorientation and two-dimensional accumulationof lipid-protein andprotein-protein interactions; 2) the effect of two-dimensional organization and entropy loss on the modulationof protein function; and3) the potential of introducing properly engineered surfaces to generate newor improvedprotein-based applications. The programwill include talks from the perspective of different systems and approaches reviewedby recognizedbiophysicists, with the goal of promoting fruitful discussions and future collaborations in the searchof general principles of surface biophysics defining and exploiting protein structure and function.