Biophysical Society Bulletin | July/August 2023

Annual Meeting

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A Note from the Program Chairs

At BPS2024, our Annual Meeting gets a facelift. The symposia and workshops are as exciting as ever, with a slate of invited speakers that represent breakthrough biophysics research and who will give a glimpse into what the next generation of our Society looks like. This means we want to see you on that podium too! For the first time, in this upcoming meeting we have reserved at least 20% of symposia talks for speakers se lected directly from submitted abstracts. Principal Investigators will find the new option to self-suggest their abstract describing their latest research for symposia topics. Do not miss the abstract deadline! The topics will be varied and stimulating, covering the broad membership of our Society: from staple themes like membrane proteins to venturing into new areas where biophysics is making an impact, such as plant biology and how biological systems adapt to temperature change. We are looking forward to seeing you in Philly!

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Ibrahim Cissé Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

Elizabeth Villa University of California, San Diego

Symposia

Peptides as the Future of Biological Drugs Miguel Castanho , University of Lisbon, Portugal, Chair Joel Schneider , NCI, NIH, USA Robert Hancock , University of British of Columbia, Canada Ana Salomé Veiga , University of Lisbon, Portugal Dynamics Driving Allostery Gilad Haran , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Chair

Intrinsically Disordered Regions in Transcriptional Regulation Benjamin Sabari , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA, Chair Naama Barkai , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Denes Hnisz , Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany Wonki Cho , KAIST, South Korea Biophysics of Cancer Kandice Tanner , NCI, NIH, USA, Chair Christina Towers , Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA Chrystal Starbird , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Nicole LaRonde , Pfizer, USA

Abstract Submission and Registration Now Open Remember, to submit an abstract or register for the Annual Meeting you must have a myBPS Account. biophysics.org/2024meeting

Ivet Bahar , University of Pittsburgh, USA Banu Ozkan , Arizona State University, USA Speaker to be announced

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