Biophysical Society 61st Annual Meeting | Program Guide

Symposium Single-Molecule Membrane Protein Dynamics 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Great Hall A Chair Hugo Sanabria, Clemson University 185-Symp 4:00 pm SUBMILLISECOND DYNAMICS OF THE NMDA RECEPTOR.  Hugo Sanabria 186-Symp 4:30 pm MEASURING THE FREE ENERGY OF CLC-EC1 DIMERIZATION IN MEMBRANES USING SINGLE MOLECULE PHOTOBLEACHING ANALYSIS.  Janice L. Robertson No Abstract 5:00 pm SINGLE MOLECULE DYNAMICS OF METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATERECEPTORS.  Ehud Isacoff 187-Symp 5:30 pm T CELL RECEPTOR CLUSTERING - A MECHANISM OF SIGNAL TRANSDUC- TION.  Katharina Gaus Symposium Mechanotransduction to Physiology 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Great Hall B Chair Jorg Grandl, Duke University 188-Symp 4:00 pm THE MECHANISM OF ACTIVATION OF PIEZO ION CHANNELS.  Jorg Grandl 189-Symp 4:30 pm MECHANOSENSING AT THE SURFACE.  Ellen Lumpkin 190-Symp 5:00 pm ROLE OF PIEZO ION CHANNELS IN MECHANOSENSATION.  Ardem Patapoutian 191-Symp 5:30 pm MSCS-LIKE MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNELS: MODULAR SENSORS AND REPORTERS OF MEMBRANE TENSION.  Elizabeth Haswell , Debarati Basu, Eric S. Hamilton, Grigory Maksaev, MatthewMixdorf, Ivan Radin, Ryan Richardson, Angela M. Schlegel, Eric Schultz, Yanbing Wang Symposium Chair Alissa Weaver, Vanderbilt University 192-Symp 4:00 pm AUTOCRINE ROLE OF EXOSOMES IN CELLULAR ADHESION, MIGRATION, AND INVASION.  Alissa Weaver 193-Symp 4:30 pm QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMS BIOLOGY STUDIES REVEAL A NESTED RELAY MECHANISM FOR TGF-BETA SIGNALING.  Jianhua Xing 194-Symp 5:00 pm MODELS FOR CANCER CELL MOTILITY: REGULATION AND SIGNALING.  Leah Edelstein-Keshet 195-Symp 5:30 pm PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS IN DUCTAL MICROINVASIONS: INTEGRATING HISTOLOGY WITH COMPUTATIONAL MODELING.  Katarzyna A. Rejniak Cancer Cell Biophysics 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Room R02/03

cussions attendees will design an interdisciplinary-focused classroom plan and receive feedback on implementation and assessment. Opportunities to share attendees’ own classroom practices are encouraged. Speakers Linda Columbus, University of Virginia Leslie Satin, University of Michigan Sharyn Endow, Duke University & National University of Singapore Career Center Workshop Demystifying the Academic Job Search I: Understanding the Search Process from the Perspective of Search Committees and Decoding Job Announcements 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Room 212/213 What do search committees look for? Are postdocs always essential? What is really going on behind that curtain, and how does is impact my candidacy? Answers to these and other questions presented by Andrew Green, a veteran of the academic job search and numerous search com- mittees. CRISPR from a Policy Perspective 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm, Room 210 As scientists interested in public outreach and policy, we must step back from the scientific discovery for a moment and think about possibilities raised by the ability to easily edit genes. The panelists will be discuss- ing the ethical and policy issues raised by CRISPR-Cas9, what the role of government (national and international) should be in regulating the re- search, and if/how public opinion is part of the decision-making process. Speakers Henry Greely, Center for Law and Biosciences, Stanford University Jessica Tucker, Office of the Director, NIH Debra Mathews, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University Early Careers Committee Meeting 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Room 203 Career Center Workshop Ten Tough Industrial Interview Questions (and Ten Pretty Good Responses) 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Room 212/213 You’ve been invited to interview with that drug development company that you’ve always wanted to work for. You’ve soaked up the details of the position description. You are confident in your ability to do the job, as well as answer any/all technical questions during the interview process. The day is yours…until…that first question catches you by surprise and your confidence begins to wilt. Be prepared for those non-technical ques- tions that you will almost certainly hear at some point, know why they are asked, and learn what a good (if not great) response to each question might be by attending this workshop. Vincent J. LiCata, Louisiana State University Jurgen Bosch, Case Western Reserve University Jef Wagner, Lawrence University

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