Biophysical Newsletter - February 2014

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Biophysical Society Newsletter

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Grants and Opportunities

2014–2015 California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships

Objective: To provide the hands-on experience working with the California Legislature to incor- porate science and technology into public policy. Who May Apply: A PhD or equivalent level degree or a MS degree in an engineering discipline, plus at least three years post-degree experience; and U.S. citizenship or suitable immigration status for non-residents. Submission Deadline: February 28, 2014 Website: http://fellows.ccst.us/apply.php Bernstein Award 2014: Young Scientists Research Award in Computational Neuroscience Objective: To support research projects in the field of Computational Neuroscience in Computational Neuroscience in the German research environment. Who May Apply: Institutions of higher education and non-university research institutions based in Germany Submission Deadline: April 15, 2014 Website: http://www.gesundheitsforschung- bmbf.de/_media/Bernstein_Award_2014_Call_ for_proposals.pdf

Biophysical Society

2014 Summer Research Program in Biophysics

May 13–July 31, 2014

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Priority Application Deadline: February 15, 2014

Interested in interdisciplinary science? Want to work in the fast growing area of biomedical research? Looking to get some hands-on lab experience this sum- mer? Check out the Summer Research Program in Biophysics, an 11 week course for undergraduate minority stu- dents at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Personal expenses, travel costs, meals, and housing are covered. Questions? Contact contact Ellen Mackall, Summer Research Program Administrator, at emackall@biophysics.org or call (240) 290-5611 . The Biophysical Society Summer Course in Biophysics: Case Studies in the Physics of Life is funded by The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. [2 T36-GM075791]

Members in the News Charles M. Lieber , Harvard University and Society member since 2011, received the first Nano Research Award

sponsored by Springer and Tsinghua University Press.

Michael Levitt , Stanford University and Society Member since 2011, is the most recent recipient of the DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences from The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB).