Biophysical Society Bulletin | May 2018

Outreach

BPS at the USA Science and Engineering Festival

BPS is pleased to have participated in another successful USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, DC, April 6-8. Over 370,000 people participated the festival, with hundreds coming by the BPS booth to learn about proteins and in par- ticular, kinesin. One of the best parts of the festival is introducing the attendees to our amazing scientists. Thanks to the local biophysicists who volunteered to staff the booth and inspire the next generation! They are Amy Chau , Tien Comlekoglu , Ololade Fatunmbi , Kanchan Gupta , Yasmeen Hussain , Loren LaPointe , Maria Martin , Daniel Marzolf , Hanover Matz , Gilliam Mbambo , Bob Nakamoto , Laura Odongo , Arnold Revzin , Emily Smith , Nicole Swope , Jake Whitley , and Goli Yamini .

From the Blog

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The Science behind the Image Contest Winners: Reshaping Vesicles via Deflation The BPS Art of Science Image Contest took place again this year, during the 62nd Annual Meeting in San Fran- cisco. The image that won third place was submitted by Ziliang Zhao, a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. Zhao took some time to provide information about the image and the science it rep- resents on the blog: https:/ biophysicalsociety.wordpress. com/2018/03/15/the-science-behind-the-image-con- test-winners-reshaping-vesicles-via-deflation/

π is everywhere! The importance of π in mathematics and mathematical biology In honor of Pi Day on March 14, Robin Thompson, Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church, University of Oxford, wrote about pi’s place of importance in biophysics and mathematical biology. https:/ biophysicalsociety.word- press.com/2018/03/13/%CF%80-is-everywhere-the-im- portance-of-%CF%80-in-mathematics-and-mathemati- cal-biology/

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