Biophysical Society Bulletin | December 2023

President’s Message

Officers President Taekjip Ha President-Elect Gabriela Popescu Past-President Gail Robertson Secretary Teresa Giraldez Treasurer Samantha Harris Council Patricia Bassereau Margaret Cheung Henry Colecraft Martin Gruebele Kumiko Hayashi Syma Khalid Susan Marqusee Emmanuel Margeat Elizabeth Rhoades

take to align our Society activities with the goal of achieving a sustainable future. This charge aligns with our vision to harness the full potential of biophysics to seek knowledge, improve the human condition, and preserve the planet for future generations. We look forward to beginning this work as there is much to do!

As always, we welcome your comments and questions. Please reach out to us at Taekjip. Ha@childrens.harvard.edu and jpesanelli@ biophysics.org. — Taekjip Ha , President — Jennifer Pesanelli , Executive Officer

Conferences

Kandice Tanner Valeria Vasquez Jing Xu Biophysical Journal Vasanthi Jayaraman Editor-in-Chief The Biophysicist Padmini Rangamani Editor-in-Chief Biophysical Reports

Molecular Biophysics of Membranes Tahoe, California | Granlibakken | June 2–4, 2024

This meeting focuses on the topic of membrane biophysics and brings together scientists with a diverse range of perspectives, approaches, and disciplines including (but not limited to) physiology, engineering, cell biology, chemistry, and physics. The program seeks to bring together scientists working in different areas of membrane biology to catalyze cross-fertil ization that spurs frontier research advances.

Jörg Enderlein Editor-in-Chief

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Linda Columbus , University of Virginia, USA Syma Khalid , University of Oxford, United Kingdom SPEAKERS Noam Agmon , Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Barbara Baird , Cornell University, USA Francisco Barrera , University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Itay Budin , University of California, San Diego, USA Bil Clemons , California Institute of Technology, USA Linda Columbus , University of Virginia, USA Alba Diz-Munoz , EMBL, Spain Nir Fluman , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Brian Fulestad , Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Alemayehu Gorfe , University of Texas Medical School, Houston, USA Heedeok Hong , Michigan State University, USA Mei Hong , MIT, USA Syma Khalid , University of Oxford, United Kingdom Kandice Levental , University of Virginia, USA

Shalini Low-Nam , Purdue University, USA Maria Makarova , University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Filippo Mancia , Columbia University Medical Center, USA Marcos Pires , University of Virginia, USA Janice Robertson , Washington University in St. Louis, USA Alison Rodger , Macquarie University, Australia Sarah Rouse , Imperial College of London, United Kingdom Sarah Shelby , University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Chrystal Starbird , UNC School of Medicine, USA Peter Tieleman , University of Calgary, Canada M.H. (Marcus) Weingarth , Utrecht University, The Netherlands Wade Zeno , University of Southern California, USA

Society Office Jennifer Pesanelli Executive Officer Newsletter

Executive Editor Jennifer Pesanelli Managing Editor John Long Production Ray Wolfe Meredith Zimmerman Proofreader/Copy Editor The Biophysical Society Newsletter (ISSN 0006-3495) is published eleven times per year, January-December, by the Biophysical Society, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 1110, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Distributed to USA members and other countries at no cost. Cana dian GST No. 898477062. Postmaster: Send address changes to Biophysical Society, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 1110, Rockville, MD 20852. Copyright © 2023 by the Biophysical Society. Darren Early Laura Phelan

Abstract Submission Deadline: February 29, 2024 Early Registration Deadline: March 22, 2024

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