Biophysical Society 66th Annual Meeting Program Guide

2:30 pm-4:00 pm

Rebuilding Research-Group Momentum During the COVID-19 Era

Esplanade, Room 156 Esplanade, Room 158

2:30 pm-4:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Sutter Instrument Scientists Empowering Scientists

M O N D A Y

3:00 pm-5:00 pm

JUST-B (Justice for Underrepresented Scholars Training in Biophysics) Poster Session

South, Exhibition Level Esplanade, Room 157

3:30 pm-5:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Curi Bio

Bioengineering the Cell Environment for More Mature and Predictive 2D & 3D Models

3:30 pm-5:30 pm

Membership Committee Meeting

South, Level Three, Room 312

Esplanade, Room 151

4:00 pm-5:00 pm Career Development Center Workshop: Marketing Your Value: Crafting Your Elevator Pitch /30 Second Value Statement/Brand Statement

Symposium: Membrane Tension

South, Level Three, Room 301/302

Chair : Padmini Rangamani, University of San Diego, USA MECHANICAL SIGNALING AT THE CELL MEMBRANE. Zheng Shi PLASMA MEMBRANE TETHERING CONTROLS CORTEX MECHANICS AND ARCHITECTURE. Alba Diz-Munoz IN VITRO MORPHOGENESIS BY CELLULAR TORNADOES. Aurelien Roux ELUCIDATING THE ROLE OF MEMBRANE TENSION IN CELLULAR PROCESSES USING CONTINUUMMODELING. Padmini Rangamani Chair: Mitchell Guttman, California Institute of Technology, USA G QUADRUPLEX STRUCTURES IN NEAT1: POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS IN REGULATING ITS STABILITY AND ITS INTERACTIONS WITH THE FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN. Mihaela-Rita Mihailescu DYNAMIC INTRAMOLECULAR LNCRNA TRIPLEXES: TRANSCRIPT STABILITY ELEMENTS AND SMALL MOLECULE TARGETS. Nathan Baird THE MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS OF LNCRNAS: HOW 3D STRUCTURE DETERMINES MEG3 FUNCTION. Marco Marcia HOW NON-CODING RNAS SHAPE NUCLEAR STRUCTURE TO REGULATE GENE EXPRESSION. Mitchell Guttman Symposium: Structure-Function of Long Non-Coding RNAs

4:00 pm-6:00 pm

South, Level Three, Room 303/304

4:00 pm-6:00 pm

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Protein Assemblies

South, Level Two, Room 201/202/203 South, Level Two, Room 204/205/206 South, Level Two, Room 207/208 South, Level Two, Room 209/210/211 South, Level Two, Room 212/213/214 South, Level Two, Room 215/216

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Membrane Protein Structure and Dynamics I

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: DNA Structure and Dynamics 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Membrane Physical Chemistry

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Calcium Signaling

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Ion Channels - Pharmacology and Disease

4:30 pm-6:00 pm Speed Networking

South, Exhibition Level Esplanade, Room 158

Exhibitor Presentation: Interherence GmbH

4:30 pm-6:00 pm

Reproducibility Through Precision: Chip-Based Technologies For Precise Control of Sample Temperature and Illumination in High- and Superresolution Microscopy

Exhibitor Presentation: Elements srl

Esplanade, Room 157

5:30 pm-7:00 pm

The World’s First Commercial 10 MHz Bandwidth and Low-Noise Amplifier For Nanopore Applications

6:00 pm-6:30 pm Dinner Meet-Ups

South Lobby/Society Booth

8:00 pm-9:15 pm Awards and 2022 Biophysical Society Lecture 9:30 pm-12:00 AM Reception and Dance (Cancelled for 2022) 9:30 pm-12:00 AM Reception and Quiet Room (Cancelled for 2022)

North, Lower Lobby, Room 24/25 South, Exhibition Level, Hall D South, Exhibition Level, Room 1/2

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