Biophysical Society Bulletin | April 2018

Annual Meeting

Innovation Grants to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE): Pharmacodynamics and In Vivo Efficacy Studies for Small Molecules and Biologics/ Biotechnology Products This grant is part of a suite of Innovation Grants to Nur- ture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE). This grant will provide funding to conduct pharmacodynamics, phar- macokinetics, and in vivo efficacy studies to demon- strate that proposed therapeutic agent(s) have suffi- cient biological activity to warrant further development to treat neurological disorders. Therapeutic agents may include but are not limited to small molecules, biologics, or biotechnology-derived products. Deadline: May 8, 2018 Website: https:/grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/ PAR-15-071.html Actions in a Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Cole Swaim , James Madison University Engineering a Cytochrome with Tunable Band Gap Potentials Paige Cloonan , Washington University in St. Louis Mechanical and Structural Analysis of Cardiomyopathies at the Single Cell Level These students were selected by judges based on the quality and scientific merit of their research, knowledge of the research problem, contribution to the project, and the overall presentation of their poster. 2018 Undergraduate Student Poster Award Winners Congratulations to the following students who won awards at the 2018 Annual Meeting for their poster presentations: Noa Erlitzki , Georgia State University Structure-hydration Relationships in DNA Minor Groove Binding Sritejasvinithi Karimiconda , University of Wisconsin- Madison Probing Conformational Motions Underlying Anesthetic Drug

Pradeep Sathyanarayana , Indian Institute of Science, India Cholesterol Promotes Cytolysin A Activity by Stabilizing the Inter- mediates During Pore Formation Motility & Cytoskeleton Jeffrey Moore , University of Colorado, Boulder Organization and Dynamics of Gliding Flexible Filaments Nanoscale Biophysics Yuan-I Chen , The University of Texas at Austin Measuring Oligonucleotide Hybridization Kinetics in Solution Using a Time-resolved 3D Single-Molecule Tracking Technique Sonisilpa Mohapatra , University of Wisconsin-Madison Growth-Phase-dependent Effects on Spatial Distribution of E. Coli Chromosomes and Ribosomes Permeation & Transport Adela Krizova , Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Interplay of Crac Channels with Ca2+ Activated K+ Channels Zhenning Ren , Baylor College of Medicine Crystal Structure of an Eiic Trapped in an Inward-facing Conformation

Grants & Opportunities

Structural Biology of Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (ADRDs) Proteinopathies The purpose of this funding announcement is to support the structural characterization of protein species associated with ADRDs through the utilization of cryo-electron microscopy and cryo-electron tomog- raphy of proteins expressed in human tissue and cell sources. Studies should also include the development of research tools and resources to further characterize/ validate the protein species. Deadline: April 30, 2018 Website: https:/grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/ RFA-NS-18-015.html

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