Biophysical Society Bulletin | February 2024

Communities Member Corner

Members in the News

Carlos Bustamante , University of California, Berkeley and Society member since 1984, was named a Vallee Visiting Professor.

Grants & Opportunities

Wellcome Discovery Awards This opportunity provides funding for established re searchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver signifi cant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health, and well-being. Who can apply: Applicants’ host organizations must be based in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, or a low- or middle-income country (excluding India and mainland China). Deadline: April 16, 2024 Website: https:/ wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/ discovery-awards

Elsa U. Pardee Foundation Grants This Foundation funds research directed toward iden tifying new treatments or cures for cancer. Projects are funded for a one-year period, which will allow for the es tablishment of capabilities for new cancer researchers or new cancer approaches by established cancer research ers. Project relevance to cancer detection, treatment, or cure should be clearly identified. Who can apply: Investigators at United States non-profit institutions Deadline: April 30, 2024 Website: https:/pardeefoundation.org/how-to-apply/

Student Spotlight

Dan Birtles University of Maryland College Park What skill have you learned in your studies that you find useful in other aspects of your life? A skill I’ve learned is dealing with adversity. Anyone who has or is currently pursuing a PhD will be able to attest to how many times experiments did not go to plan or something did not quite work out as expected. I think being able to cope with adversity, both emotionally and experimentally, and to come out the other side having learned something is a skill that can be applied to all aspects of life.

Dan Birtles

February 2024

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