Biophysical Society Bulletin | July/August 2019

Member Corner

Important Dates Revisiting the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology at the Single-Molecule Level July 15–18, 2019, Lima, Peru Biology and Physics Confront Cell-Cell Adhesion October 14–17 , 2019, Aussois, France Late Abstract Submission Deadline: August 2, 2019

64 th BPS Annual Meeting February 15–19, 2020, San Diego, California

Molecular Biophysics of Membranes June 7 –12, 2020, Tahoe City, California

Student Spotlight Vishal Minhas

Nanyang Technological University School of Biological Sciences As you move forward in science, what type of research do you see yourself doing? Why? As I move forward in science I see myself working on problems focused on understanding the compaction of genetic information using computational and biophysical tools. Since DNA is one of the most fascinating creations of nature and also given its application in gene therapy, it makes it even more exciting.

Vishal Minhas

Members in the News

Five Society members are newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS):

Frances Separovic , University of Melbourne, and Society member since 1985, was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to science education, particularly biophysical chemistry, as an academic, and to young women scientists. Karen Fleming , Johns Hopkins University, and Society member since 2004, received the 2019 Provost’s Prize for Faculty Excellence in Diversity from Johns Hopkins University.

Frances Separovic

Cynthia Wolberger Edward Egelman Mark Nelson WilliamWeis Cynthia Wolberger , Johns Hopkins University, and Society member since 1995; Lila Gierasch , (not pictured) University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Society member since 1981; Edward Egelman , University of Virginia, and Society member since 1984; Mark Nelson , University of Vermont, and Society member since 1990; William Weis , Stanford University, and Society member since 2010.

Karen Fleming

Nieng Yan , Princeton University, and Society member since 2017, was elected a Foreign Associate of NAS.

Sharona Gordon , University of Washington, and Society member since 1995, was awarded Brown University’s 2019 Horace Mann Medal.

Nieng Yan

Sharona Gordon

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