Biophysical Society Bulletin | June 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 Abstract Submission and Early Registration Deadline: June 14, 2019

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

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

Student Spotlight Alan Perez-Rathke

University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Bioengineering As you move forward in science, what type of research do you see yourself doing? Why? I see myself combining biophysical models with large scale data science to help answer important biomed- ical questions. Ultimately, I would like to focus on translational research and my computational biophysical background will provide a specialized approach toward investigating critical medical problems.

Alan Perez-Rathke

Sarah Keller , University of Washington, Seattle, and Society member since 1991, received the Cottrell Plus STAR Award. Members in the News

Ken Dill , State University of New York, Stony Brook, and Society member since 1979, was awarded the Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics.

Sarah Keller

Ken Dill

Six Society members are newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences:

Francisco Bezanilla

Yifan Cheng

Sean Decatur

Jeff Gelles

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

Francisco Bezanilla , University of Chicago, and Society member since 1980, Yifan Cheng , University of California, San Fran- cisco, and Society member since 2011, Sean Decatur , Kenyon College, and Society member since 1993, Jeff Gelles , Brandeis University, and Society member since 1986, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Society member since 2000, Cynthia Wolberger (not pictured), Johns Hopkins University, and Society member since 1995.

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