Biophysical Society Bulletin | April 2019

Member Corner

Important Dates BPS Thematic Meetings Multiscale Modeling of Chromatin: Bridging Experiment with Theory March 31–April 5, 2019, Les Houches, France

Revisiting the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology at the Single-Molecule Level July 15–18, 2019, Lima, Peru Abstract Submission Deadline: March 8, 2019 Early Registration Deadline: April 5, 2019 Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion October 14-17 , 2019, Aussois, France Abstract Submission and Early Registration Deadline: June 14, 2019

Quantitative Aspects of Membrane Fusion and Fission May 6–10, 2019, Padova, Italy

Student Spotlight Ilse van Herck

Department of Computational Physiology, Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo, Norway As you move forward in science, what type of research do you see yourself doing? Why? Moving forward in science, I see myself working as an interdisciplinary biophysicist combining experiments in (electro-) physiology with computational simulations focused on clinical and pharmacological research. With my interdisciplinary background and experience, I’d like to increase mutual understanding and collaboration between the fields of experimental and computational research to benefit science, patients, and society.

Ilse van Herck

Grants & Opportunities Nomination for CanadianMedical Hall of Fame The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureates are Canadian citizens whose outstanding leadership and contributions to medicine and the health sciences, in Canada or abroad, have led to extraordinary improve- ments in human health. Health leadership is inclusive of many professions and roles, including researchers. Nominations of Canadians, living or posthumous, are encouraged. Deadline: June 10, 2019 Website: www.cdnmedhall.org/nominate

Gene Fusions in Pediatric Sarcomas (R21) Research grant applications are encouraged to inves- tigate the molecular mechanisms by which oncogenic fusion genes and their gene products contribute to pediatric sarcoma initiation, progression, and metastasis. Better understanding of the molecular pathways activat- ed by chromosomal translocations in pediatric sarcomas, and their relationship to oncogenesis and tumor progres- sion, can elucidate mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis and potentially lead to novel therapeutics. Deadline: June 16, 2019 Website: https:/grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/ PA-16-252.html

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