Biophysical Society Bulletin | April 2019

Annual Meeting

2019 SRAA Poster CompetitionWinners

Cell Biophysics Sanjeev Sharma , National Centre for Biological Sciences, India Signalling Growth Through Lipid Kinases. Kiera Wilhelm , University of California, Berkeley A Membrane-Activated, Universal T-Cell Receptor Agonist. Cryo-EM Jonathan Herrmann , Stanford University Multi-Step 2D Protein Crystallization Via Structural Changes With- in an Ordered Lattice. Exocytosis & Endocytosis Joseph J. Thottacherry , National Centre for Biological Sciences, India Mechanochemical Feedback Control of Dynamin Independent Endocytosis Modulates Membrane Tension In Adherent Cells. Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Grace Usher , Pennsylvania State University Characteristics of the Binding Interaction Between Pdx1 and Spop. Kseniia Afitska , InstituteofOrganicChemistryandBiochemistry Structural Optimization of α -Synuclein Fibril Growth Inhibitors. Min Kyung Shinn , Washington University in St. Louis Binding Specificity Ofe. Coli Ssb C-Terminal Tails to Sips. Mechanobiology Chang Yoon Doh , Case Western Reserve University Medical School The Hcm-Causing Y235s Cmybpc Mutation Accelerates Contrac- tile Function by Altering C1 Domain Structure. Membrane Biophysics Erin Tyndall , Pennsylvania State University Protein-Lipid Interactions Regulate Atg3 Activity in Autophagy. Brooke Ahern , University of Kentucky Myocardial Rad Deletion Modulates L-Type Calcium Channel Current. Maiwase Tembo , University of Pittsburgh Pip2 Potentiates the Ca2+-Activated Cl- Channel Tmem16a In Xenopus Laevis Oocytes.

The 30 winners of the annual Student Research Achievement Awards were recognized at the 63rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony on March 4, 2019. These students were selected by judges from the Society’s sub- groups for their outstanding presentations during the poster competition. One hundred forty-two students participated in the competition. The winners are: Bioenergetics Dvir Harris , Israel Institute of Technology Structural Rearrangements In The C-Terminal Domain Homolog of Orange Carotenoid Protein are Crucial For Carotenoid Transfer. Bioengineering Christopher McFaul , University of Toronto Understanding Cardiac Tube Formation In Developing Drosophila Embryos Using Light Sheet Microscopy and Cardiac Drug Screen- ing. Martin J. Iwanicki , University of Pennsylvania Engineering Novel Genetically Encoded Voltage Indicators Based on Intra-Protein Electron Transfer. Adeline Fanni , University of New Mexico Controlled Photosensitizing Activity Of Oligomeric P-Phenylene Ethynylenes on Amyloid- Β Fibrils. Biological Fluorescence Sneha Paul , University of Hyderabad Interactions Between a Bioflavonoid and G-Quadruplex DNA at Computational and Experimental Investigation of Cardiac Tropo- nin T R173q, R173w and Δ160e Mutation Specific Correlates To Disease. Mykola Dimura , Heinrich Heine University Automated and Optimally Fret-Assisted Structural Modeling. Biopolymers in Vivo Matthew D. Dalphin , University of Wisconsin-Madison The Earliest Stages of a Protein’s Life Influences Its Long-Term Solubility and Structural Accuracy. the Ensemble and Single-Molecule Level. Andrea E. Deranek , University of Arizona

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