Biophysical Society Bulletin | February 2018

Member Corner

Members in the News

Jin O-Uchi , Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, and Society member since 2006, was awarded the 2017 Shih-Chun Wang Young Investigator Award from the American Physiological Society.

Have you or someone you know recently received an award or been acknowledged for an achievement in the area of biophysics? Email society@biophysics.org to let BPS know.

Jin O-Uchi

Student Spotlight

Xavier Bonner Morehouse College

growth. In the future I hope to contribute to the great work that is currently being done in the field of biophysics with an emphasis on mechanisms of macromolecular machines. One reason why this field attracts me is because it is fascinating that the biological matter we contain works in a program- mable fashion.

I am majoring in Physics and Computer Science. Science has challenged me in many ways that have contributed to my success and personal

Xavier Bonner

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Important Dates

62 nd BPS Annual Meeting February 17–21, 2018

Biophysics Week March 12–16, 2018

BPS Thematic Meetings April 2, 2018 Abstract Submission and Registration: Genome Biophysics May 7, 2018 Abstract Submission: The Heart by Numbers June 4, 2018 Early Registration: The Heart by Numbers

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