Biophysical Society Bulletin | June 2022

Member Corner

Members in the News

Dan Herschlag , Stanford University and Society member since 2003, received the Stein & Moore Award from the Protein Society.

Shimon Weiss , University of California, Los Angeles and Society member since 1997, was awarded the 2022 Raymond and Bever ly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics.

Dan Herschlag

Shimon Weiss

Grants & Opportunities

The Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants The Human Vaccines Project provides $150,000 research grants annually to support promising researchers who are applying disruptive concepts and inventive process es to advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy research for major global diseases. Applicants from the full spectrum of related disciplines, including clinical research, biochemistry, molecular biolo gy, protein engineering, computer science, artificial intelli gence/machine learning, biophysics, nanotechnology, etc., are encouraged to apply. Who can apply: Applicants must be 35 years of age or younger at the time of submission and must be employed by, or affiliated with, an eligible organization (e.g., aca demia, biotechnology companies, foundations, govern ment and non-governmental organizations, and research institutes). Deadline: June 26, 2022 Website: https:/www.humanvaccinesproject.org/ michelson-prizes/

Pilot Projects Investigating Understudied G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Ion Channels, and Protein Kinases The goal of this grant for the National Institutes of Health’s program Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) is to fund pilot projects on IDG-eligible understud ied proteins (non-olfactory G-protein-coupled receptors, protein kinases, and ion channels) to study them beyond what the IDG’s Centers can accomplish and to validate and demonstrate the utility of IDG-generated reagents, data, and approaches. Awards will support the generation of additional data and tools around understudied proteins to elucidate the function of these proteins in the context of human disease. Who can apply: See the website for a list of IDG-eligible proteins open for study. Only projects on those proteins will be considered. R03 clinical trials will not be allowed. Deadline: July 15, 2022 Website: https:/grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/ RFA-RM-22-024.html

Student Spotlight

Pritha Bisarad School of Molecular Sciences Arizona State University What skill have you learned in your studies that you find useful in other aspects of your life? Being in a PhD programhas helpedme to realize the importance of communication. All research comes with its own set of challenges and difficulties. If we are willing to communicate and seek out help fromour peers, we will be able to persevere through all such challenges. Communicating with peers also broadens our horizons and often gives us a fresh perspective on our research.

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