Biophysical Society Bulletin | June 2018

Public Affairs

NIH received more funding in 2018 than the President has requested in 2019. Based on congressional actions in the past two years, it is very likely that NIH will receive more than the President has requested, and justified, in this document in 2019. Justifications for individual Institutes and Centers are also available at https:/officeofbudget.od.nih.gov/insti_cen- ter_subs.html. NewNational Academies Report Recommends Actions to Support Early Career Biomedical Researchers A new report, The Next Generation of Biomedical and Behav- ioral Sciences Researchers: Breaking Through , released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

calls for a series of substantial reforms to strengthen the US biomedical research system for the next generation of scientists. The congressionally requested report includes recommendations to open career paths inside and outside of academia for early career scientists, broaden responsibility among public and private stakeholders for the future of the research ecosystem, and increase policy experimentation and investment in that research ecosystem, so that scientists are empowered to imagine new and innovative treatments for diseases and improvements to health and well-being. The report also identifies barriers that have impeded past efforts at reform of the biomedical research ecosystem, and propos- es means to overcome those obstacles. The report can be read in its entirety at https:/www.nap.edu/catalog/25008/ the-next-generation-of-biomedical-and-behavioral-scienc- es-researchers-breaking.

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From the Blog

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Filamentous Shells with Phase-separated Cores

Biophysics on World Malaria Day

Patrick M. McCall , Samanvaya Srivastava , Sarah L. Perry , David R. Kovar , Margaret L. Gardel , and Matthew V. Tirrell wrote about their cover art for the April 10, 2018, issue of Biophysical Journal. The cover image shows actin filaments and filament bundles localized to the periphery of coacervate droplets. Read more:

In recognition of World Malaria Day on April 25, we spoke with BPS member Ulrich Schwarz from the

Department of Physics and Astron- omy at Heidelberg University and his collaborator Friedrich Frischknecht from Heidelberg University Medical School about their research relating to malaria. Read more: http:/www.biophysics.org/blog/ biophysics-on-world-malaria-day

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