Biophysical Society Bulletin | April 2026

Annual Meeting

Poster Presentations

The over 500 daily poster presentations were overflowing with scientists from around the globe wanting to hear about the latest research spanning the interdisciplinary field of biophysics. In addition, more than 500 attendees presented their research in the daily platform sessions.

1 st Place Lipid on the Move Yupeng Li, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2 nd Place Fission and Flow Jessica Heebner, Thermo Fisher Scientific

3 rd Place Nanoscale Battle Inside a Zombie Fly Sohaib Abdul Rehman, Harvard University

The Biophysical Society Art of Science Image Contest received more than 30 submissions. The 10 finalists were displayed at the Annual Meeting, where attendees voted on their top two images. Congratulations to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. A special thank you to Chroma Technology for sponsoring the contest and prizes. Visit the BPS website for the full descriptions of the images: www.bipohysics.org.

Image Contest

Exhibits

Exhibitors had a full three days of interactions with attendees, giving product demonstrations to see the latest lab equipment, discussing scientific publications, and introducing new technologies. There were 15 one-on-one exhibitor presentations held to provide more in-depth information along with equipment demonstrations at the Annual Meeting.

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