Biophysical Society 2020 Annual Meeting

Careers in Industry A Q&A Panel 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, Room 29AB

more lenses being packaged in each objective housing, increasing the NA, image flatness, and chromatic correction range. In this presentation, you will learn how these improvements advance optical performance and a range of applications. Speaker James Lopez, Manager-Life Science Applications Group, Olympus America Inc Snack Break 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm, Exhibit Hall Meet the Editors, Biophysical Journal 1:45 pm - 3:00 pm, Society Booth/Lobby G Poster Presentations and Late Posters 1:45 pm - 3:45 pm, Exhibit Hall How to Get Your Scientific Paper Published 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm, Room 29C This panel discussion, sponsored by the Publications Committee, will focus on the practical issues involved in publishing a scientific paper. Panelists include Biophysical Journal editors and Publication Commit- tee members who have extensive experience in writing, reviewing, and editing papers. They will provide general information on the dos and don’ts of submitting research manuscripts to journals for publication. For authors, topics encompass writing for your audience (and identifying the appropriate journal), writing the cover letter, managing reviews, and suggestions for responding to critiques and even rejection of a paper. For reviewers, topics include how to write a useful critique. Attendees are encouraged to pose questions and raise topics for discussion. Moderator Kathleen Hall, Washington University in Saint Louis Panelists Jason Kahn, University of Maryland, Selecting the Right Journal for Your Paper Vasanthi Jayaraman, University of Texas Health Science Center, The Path of a Manuscript Will Hancock, Pennsylvania State University, How to Craft a Narrative Carlos Baiz, University of Texas at Austin, Design of Effective Figures Career Development Center Workshop Translating Your Credentials: Writing Effective Resumes + Cover Letters and Your LinkedIn Profile 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Room 26A Beyond Reporting: How to be an Ally to Those It can be difficult to know how best to support individuals experiencing harassment, or to know what to do or say if you observe problematic conduct. In this workshop participants will learn what it means to be an ally to those experiencing harassment, ways to be an effective ally, and will discuss common concerns of would-be allies. Participants will also learn practical, experience-based actions, strategies, and conversations colleagues can utilize in order to support targets of harassment. Speaker Kristina K. Larsen, Kristina Larsen Law Experiencing Harassment 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Room 28CDE

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Come join us for a Q&A discussion about science in industry. Hear from a panel of scientists about their career in industry. Learn about the differ- ent roles and positions and get perspective about how you can tailor your current research experience to align with industry needs. Moderator Ariel Lewis-Ballester, Gilead Sciences Speakers Angela Ballosteros, NIH Jeanne Small, NSF Akash Bhattacharya, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Biophysics 101 An Introduction to Molecular Dynamics Simulation and its Application to Biological Systems 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Room 24ABC Molecular dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation technique for study- ing structural dynamics and thermodynamics properties of molecular systems. The atoms and molecules are allowed to interact for a fixed period of time, giving a view of the dynamic “evolution” of the system. Given its high temporal and spatial resolutions, the methodology can be considered as a “computational microscope” to allow for visualization of molecular systems and processes and quantify microscopic properties of interest, including macromolecular interactions, energetics associated with processes, and molecular properties underlying macroscopic behav- ior observed experimentally. MD is now an indispensable biophysical tool that closely complements many experimental techniques. The technique has benefitted tremendously from substantial boost in our computational power and from algorithmic advances, and it can currently describe rather complex biological phenomena. The speakers will introduce the basic theory and system building steps for a MD simulation and present some of the recent successful biophysical applications of the technique including examples of combining the methodology with experimental data. Speakers Esmael Haddadian, The University of Chicago Emad Tajkhorshid, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Exhibitor Presentation Olympus America Inc 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, Room 33A Advancements in Lens Manufacturing Technology Develop New X Line Objective Lenses Researchers use microscopes as essential tools for advancing their science, and objective lenses are crucial components of the system. Many applications benefit from high-quality images with a large field of view, but there is usually a trade-off where improvements in one area of imaging, such as flatness of field, lead to a decrease in another area such as chromatic correction. Conventional objective lens manufactur- ing technology forced a trade-off between numerical aperture, image flatness, and chromatic correction, making it difficult to improve all three in one objective. Olympus, with 100 years of innovative optical solu- tions for life sciences, has developed a new lens polishing technology that creates lenses with shapes that are difficult to fabricate using other methods. These improvements enable manufacturing of convex lenses with ultra-thin edges as well as ultra-thin concave lenses, which lead to Karl Maluf, KBI Biopharma Shanti Amagasu, Amgen

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