Biophysical Society 62nd Annual Meeting | Program Guide

Speakers Rosalie P.C. Driessen, Application Scientist, LUMICKS BV Ali Raja, Sales Manager, LUMICKS BV Avin Ramaiya, Technology and Application Development Scientist, LUMICKS BV Jordi Cabanas-Danés, Application Scientist, LUMICKS BV Arne Gennerich, Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Willem Peutz, Sales Director, LUMICKS BV Biophysics Austria Mixer 6:00 pm–7:00 pm, North, Lower Lobby, Room 20/21 Student Research Achievement Award (SRAA) Poster Competition 6:00 pm–9:00 pm, Exhibit Hall ABC This session features students who are presenting posters at the Meeting and have indicated at the time of abstract submission that they wish to participate in the competition. During the competition, students will give a five-to-seven minute oral presentation of their posters to one or more judges. Winners will be recognized on Monday evening prior to the 2018 BPS Lecture. During the competition, only participating students, judges, and BPS staff are allowed in the competition area. Biophysical Journal Editorial Board Dinner 6:00 pm–10:00 pm, Waterfront Restaurant Exhibitor Presentation HEKA Elektronik 6:30 pm–8:00 pm, Exhibit Hall, Room 6 Driving E-Phys the Smart Way – Latest Advances in Electrochemical and Electrophysiological Applications This HEKA symposium is intended for existing and new HEKA users interested in electrochemical and electrophysiological approaches includ- ing the latest advances in both areas. Speakers from diverse areas will present their results achieved with HEKA instruments and software either using our electrochemical probe scanner (ElProScan) which allows vari- ous investigations of electrochemical active surfaces or frommulti-patch clamp experiments obtained with our EPC 10 USB amplifiers. Please feel free to visit us at our booth 535. We look forward to speaking with you about any patch clamp related topic and having the opportunity to provide you with a personalized demonstration of our new PATCH- MASTER NEXT software. Visit www.keka.com. Speaker Martin Oberhofer, Product Specialist, HEKA Elektronik Movie Night & Discussion Merchants of Doubt 7:00 pm–9:30 pm, Esplanade, Room 153 After a full day of scientific talks and posters, join fellow attendees for a screening and discussion of the 2014 documentary Merchants Of Doubt . This film, based on a book of the same title, examines the tactics used to cast doubt on science by those that have an interest in doing so—from the health risks of tobacco use to the cause of global climate change. Discussants

Axon Instruments pCLAMP software remains, to this day, the most widely used and best software available for data acquisition and analysis. And now pCLAMP is getting even better. Come and learn about pCLAMP 11, our latest software innovation, and how you can optimize your workflow and simplify your experiments with pCLAMP 11. Speaker Jeffrey Tang, Senior Global Axon Electrophysiology Application Scientist, Molecular Devices LLC Korean Biophysicists Meeting 5:00 pm–6:00 pm, Esplanade Room 151 PI to PI A Wine & Cheese Mixer 5:00 pm–7:00 pm, South, Level Three, Room 307/308 You finally have a job working in biophysics, in industry or academia, with some funding and a lab, but you’ve realized that the career challenges continue. Come relax and network with your contemporaries and senior biophysicists over a beer or glass of wine. This event is a great chance to compare notes with colleagues and discuss one-on-one your unique solutions to issues that arise in the time between getting your job and getting your next promotion, including management of lab staff, getting your work published, and renewing your funding. Refreshments will be provided, with cash bar. Dinner Meet-Ups 5:30 pm – 5:45 pm, South Lobby, Society Booth Interested in making new acquaintances and experiencing the cuisine of San Francisco? Meet at the Society Booth each evening, Sunday through Tuesday, at 5:30 pm where a BPS member will coordinate dinner at a local restaurant. Exhibitor Presentation LUMICKS BV 5:30 pm–7:00 pm, Exhibit Hall, Room 5 Novel Developments and Applications of Single-Molecule Tools with Ultra-High Resolution, Stability, and Throughput LUMICKS brings to market revolutionary single-molecule technologies that enable –for the first time –visualization of molecular interactions and acoustic manipulation of biomolecules. We aim at creating an environ- ment for researchers to perform high quality, high throughput single-mol- ecule and -cell experiments, in the most accessible manner by providing novel single-molecule instruments. During this presentation, we will discuss the latest developments and applications of our single-molecule technologies and how they can enhance the understanding in the fields of DNA/RNA-protein interactions and kinetics, molecular motors, protein folding, genome organization, membrane dynamics, and much more. The C-Trap™ is the world’s first instrument to combine high-resolution optical tweezers, confocal microscopy or STED nanoscopy and an ad- vanced microfluidics systems in a truly integrated and correlated solution. This allows scientists to simultaneously manipulate and viualize molecular interactions in real-time. Acoustic Force Spectroscopy (AFS™) is LUMICKS’ highly parallel single-molecule manipulation method, capable of applying forces on thousands of biomolecules in parallel with high precision. Our technologies are designed for easy and automated user interface, with high-throughput capabilities and world-wide technical support.

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Ann Reid, National Center for Science Education Kathleen Hall, Washington University in St. Louis

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