Biophysical Society Bulletin | December 2020

Annual Meeting

Share Your Science with a Global Audience Late Abstract Deadline: January 8 Do you have research findings you are ready to share but missed the early abstract deadline?

Submit a late abstract to present a virtual poster and receive valuable feedback. Posters, which are extremely important and popular with attendees, and are grouped by topic category to correspond with the presentations of abstracts submitted by the October 1 deadline. Abstracts Programmed

Did You Receive Your Programming Notice? Programming notices were sent the week of November 22 to those who submitted abstracts by the October 1 deadline. Please contact the Society Office if you did not receive notification.

This year’s programming meeting was quite different from past years in that it was held virtually rather than in person. Something we are all getting very familiar with. Prior to the meeting and following the regular abstract submission deadline, members of the Program Committee and Council reviewed and sorted submitted abstracts, which were programmed into 56 platforms and 89 poster sessions. Nearly 500 posters will be pre- sented each day of the meeting.

Thank you to our sponsors: Bruker Corporation Burroughs Wellcome Fund Dynamic Biosensors GmbH Elements SRL Leica Microsystems Mad City Labs Molecular Devices Nanion Technologies NanoSurface Biomedical Sophion Bioscience A/S

BPS members finalized the programming of the platform and poster sessions for the 2021 Annual Meeting. Members and staff participating in the meeting (left to right starting from the top row): Dorothy Chaconas , Umi Zhou , Elizabeth Komives , Jennifer Fraser , Jim Sellers , Art Palmer , William Kobertz , Jennifer Pesanelli , Patricia Bassereau , Patricia Clark , Bertrand Garcia-Moreno , and Joe Mindell . The Society would like to thank the Program Committee and Council who participate in the planning, reviewing, sorting, and programming each year. Their work ensures that the final program reflects the breadth of research areas in biophysics with as few programming conflicts as possible. The 2021 Program Committee members are Patricia Bassereau , Bertrand Garcia-Moreno , Patricia Clark , Michelle Digman , Teresa Giraldez , Ruben Gonzalez , William Kobertz , Anna Moroni , Jennifer Ross , and Joanna Swain .

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