Biophysical Society 59th Annual Meeting Program Guide

Symposium: New and Notable

Ballroom I

Co-Chairs: Enrique De La Cruz, Yale University, and Karen Fleming, Johns Hopkins University SINGLE MOLECULE MECHANICS – TOWARDS HIGH THROUGHPUT. Michelle Wang TRANSPORT THROUGH CARBON NANOTUBE PORINS IN LIPID MEMBRANES. Aleksandr Noy MECHANISMS OF EBOLA VIRUS IMMUNE EVASION. Gaya Amarasinghe A VIRUS THAT INFECTS A HYPERTHERMOPHILE ENCAPSIDATES A-FORM DNA. Frank DiMaio MECHANISMS OF AMPA RECEPTOR ACTIVATION AND DESENSITIZATION INVESTIGATED BY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, DEER AND CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. Katharina Duerr RHEOSTATS AND TOGGLE SWITCHES FOR MODIFYING PROTEIN FUNCTION. Liskin Swint-Kruse THE PRINCIPLES OF LIPID SCRAMBLING: STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS FROM A TMEM16 FAMILY MEMBER. Janine Brunner Chair: Kristin Branson, Howard Hughes Medical Institute MAPPING BEHAVIOR TO NEURAL ANATOMY USING MACHINE VISION AND THERMOGENETICS. Kristin Branson VARIABILITY, ROBUSTNESS AND HOMEOSTASIS IN NEURONS AND NETWORKS. Eve Marder IMAGING THE CONNECTOME. Jeff Lichtman SPACE-TIME WIRING SPECIFICITY SUPPORTS DIRECTION SELECTIVITY IN THE RETINA. Sebastian Seung Symposium: Systems Biology Approaches in Neuroscience Ballroom II

10:45 am –12:45 pm

10:45 am –12:45 pm

10:45 am –12:45 pm 10:45 am –12:45 pm 10:45 am –12:45 pm 10:45 am –12:45 pm 10:45 am –12:45 pm 10:45 am –12:45 pm

Platform: Voltage-gated K Channels I

Ballroom III Ballroom IV Room 307/308 Room 309/310 Room 314/315 Room 316/317

Platform: Cytoskeletal Mechanics, Dynamics, Motility, and Myosins

Platform: RNA Structure, Translation, and Splicing

Platform: Membrane Pumps, Transporters, and Exchangers I

Platform: Enzymes and Protein Function

Platform: Membrane Dynamics

Career Center Workshop

Room 301/302/303

12:00 pm –1:00 pm

Networking: Optimizing Your Time at BPS 2015

12:15 pm –2:15 pm 12:30 pm –1:30 pm

Public Affairs Committee Meeting

Room 333

International Travel Awardee Luncheon Exhibitor Presentation: TA Instruments

Room 327/328/329

Hall C, Room B

12:30 pm –2:00 pm

Technology Advances in Ultrasensitive Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

1:30 pm –3:00 pm 1:30 pm –3:00 pm 1:45 pm –3:00 pm 2:00 pm –3:30 pm

Navigating the Transition: Grad Student to Postdoc

Room 324/325 Hall C, Room A

Breaking into Industry: How to Find and Apply for an Internship

Snack Break

Hall C

Teaching Science Like We Do Science: Integrating Research and Education Workshop

Room 331/332

Career Center Workshop - Having the Right Stuff:

Room 301/302/303

2:30 pm –3:30 pm

Outstanding Resumes/CVs for Outstanding Opportunities in Academia and Industry

2:30 pm –4:00 pm

Science Funding: Is it Time for a New Paradigm? Exhibitor Presentation: Bruker Nano Surfaces

Room 321/322/323

Hall C, Room B

2:30 pm –4:00 pm

Super-Resolution Microscopy and Its Applications in Fast and Complex Biological Systems

3:30 pm –5:00 pm

Early Careers Committee Meeting

Room 333

Exhibitor Presentation: Wyatt Technology Corporation The Light Scattering Toolkit for Biophysical Characterization: Lab Essentials for Enhancing Studies of Purification, Crystallization, Formulation, Conjugation, Conformation, and Interactions

Hall C, Room A

3:30 pm –5:00 pm

Career Center Workshop

Room 301/302/303

4:00 pm –5:00 pm

Beyond the Bench: Preparing for Your Career Transition in the Life Sciences Symposium: Emergent Properties and Collective Behaviors of Complex Systems

Ballroom I

Chair: Aaron Dinner, University of Chicago

SCALING LAWS GOVERNING GROWTH AND DIVISION OF SINGLE BACTERIAL CELLS. Aaron Dinner DRIVING WITH THE BRAKES ON: AN INCOHERENT TRANSCRIPTIONAL CIRCUIT PATTERNS THE DROSOPHILA EMBRYO. Angela DePace TEMPORAL FREQUENCY OF DIRECTIONAL SENSING AND COLLECTIVE MIGRATION IN DICTYOSTELIUM. Satoshi Sawai THE EMERGENCE OF HEART FAILURE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF MYOCARDIAL METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION. Daniel A. Beard

4:00 pm –6:00 pm

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Biophysical Society 59 th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland