Biophysical Society Bulletin | January 2020

Biophysicist in Profile

some publications in top journals were very helpful too.” She loves the field of biophysics for its quantitative approach, “and the constant effort of biophysicists to advance the frontiers of both the methodology and analysis,” she says. She hopes to establish biophysics as a subject taught in biology courses in Italy, to help encourage interdisciplinary studies in that country. In pursuit of that goal, she is currently working with others to launch a master’s program in quantitative biology at her university. Moroni serves on the Biophysical Society’s Council, giving back as a Society leader after receiving support from BPS through her career. She notes that “being selected and/or invited for talks at the Biophysical Society Annual Meetings made the work of the lab visible.” She has also valued the sense of belonging she has gained from Society membership, and the concrete ways in which BPS supports young investigators, “not only in words but also in real terms.” She recommends that students and early career biophysicists “become active in the Biophysical Society, because it creates a community to which you belong.” BPS, in partnership with IOP, publishes textbooks, monographs, reviews, and handbooks covering all areas of biophysics research, applications, education, methods, computational tools, and techniques. In addition to the titles shown below, visit https:/ iopscience.iop.org/bookListInfo/iop-series-in-biophysical-society#series to learn about upcoming books in the series. discover BIOPHYSICS

I finished my textbook on “Principles of Protein-Protein Associa- tion” at just the right time. A major goal was to make it available to the largest audience at minimal cost, and I was considering several venues. Then I saw the newly launched BPS-IOP ebook series. This seemed ideal, especially when a head librarian at Duke said that IOP was an excellent source, reasonable cost, and our library subscribed to most of the IOP offerings. The book is now published and is openly available to everyone at Duke and several other academic institutions I’ve checked. If you have an ebook that fits the biophysics theme I highly recommend BPS-IOP. — Harold Erickson

BPS and IOP are pleased to announce the latest book in development, Single-Particle CryoEM of Biological Macromolecules , to be edited by Robert M. Glaeser , Wah Chiu , and Eva Nogales . Watch for it in 2021!

BPS-IOP eBooks are available through academic and corporate research institutions, where subscribers are able to download an electronic version of the book as part of their subscription. This model is great for students as the book collections come complete with perpetual access, are free of digital rights management, and there is no concurrent user limit, meaning researchers can access the content on whatever device they like, 24 hours a day! They are also available to purchase in both electronic and print on Amazon and other online retailers. If your institution does not have a subscription, complete the recommendation form at https:/ iopscience.iop.org/page/book-recommendation

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