Biophysical Society Bulletin | December 2023

Annual Meeting

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Did You Receive Your Programming Notice? Programming notices were sent the week of November 20 to those who submitted abstracts by the October 1 deadline. Check your email and contact the Society Office if you did not receive notification.

Late Abstract Deadline: January 4, 2024 Did you miss the early abstracts submission deadline but have research findings you are ready to share? Submit your late abstract to receive valuable feedback and be included along with the abstracts that were submitted by the October 1 deadline.

Abstracts Programmed Program Committee members along with Council reviewed and sorted submitted abstracts, which were programmed during the virtual programming meeting into 64 platforms and 121 poster sessions. Over 600 posters will be presented each day of the meeting. This year there will also be 19 “Symp Select” talks as well as 192 platform flash talks. BPS members finalized programming of platform and poster sessions for the 2024 Annual Meeting.

BPS members and staff meeting to finalize programming of platform and poster sessions. Left to right starting with top row: Joseph Mindell, Umi Zhou, Ally Levine, Ibrahim Cissé, Erica Bellavia, Janice Robertson, Anne Kenworthy, Elizabeth Villa, William Kobertz, Christopher Yip, Jim Sellers, Sudha Chakrapani, Dorothy Chaconas, and Baron Chanda.

Don’t Wait— Reserve Your Hotel Room Today! Deadline: January 26, 2024

The Society thanks the Program Committee, Council, and members who participated in the planning, reviewing, sorting, and programming this year. Their work ensures that the final program reflects the breadth of research areas in biophysics with as few programming conflicts as possible. The 2024 Program Committee members are Ibrahim Cissé , Elizabeth Villa , Baron Chanda , Gilad Haran , Kumika Hayashi , Syma Khalid , Francesca Marassi , Joseph Mindell , and Janice Robertson . The other Society members who participated are Elizabeth Komives , Arthur Palmer , David Piston , Catherine L. Royer , and Erin Sheets .

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