Biophysical Society Bulletin | May 2023

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UT Arlington Biophysics Student Chapter

Instrument demonstrations were performed on both days of the event. On the first day, circular dichroism spectroscopy was demonstrated by Yvonne Christian and Vijayakumar. On the second day, Feba Francis and Shubhangini Singh performed a demonstration of high-performance liquid chromatogra phy. Amay Sanjay Redkar and Naveen Kumar demonstrated a molecular dynamics simulation. BPS Sponsored Events

The UT Arlington Biophysics Student Chapter collaborated with a MATLAB Ambassador to introduce students to MATLAB and how they can integrate this knowledge for different fields, along with how biophysicists are utilizing MATLAB currently to help them in their research.

Beyond English as the Language of Science —A Multilingual Biophysics Networking Event

IIT Guwahati Biophysical Society Student Chapter The IIT Guwahati Biophysical Society Student Chapter held a two-day lecture series during Biophysics Week on March 22–23 at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. The objective of the event was to enlighten undergraduate and graduate students with the fundamentals of important bio physical techniques.

This event brought together a diverse group of scientists to connect in their chosen languages. Organized by the Commit tee for Inclusion and Diversity, this session featured moderat ed breakout rooms in which biophysicists forged connections in Spanish, French, German, Ukrainian, Korean, and Japanese and amongst deaf and hard-of-hearing scientists.

On Day 1, Kalpana Kumari , the Vice President of the Student Chapter, delivered the introduction speech. A lecture on fluorescence spec troscopy by Rajaram Swaminathan followed. The second and third lectures were delivered by Nitin Chaudhary , who emphasized the fundamentals and applications of circular dichroism spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy. On Day 2, Sachin Kumar gave a lecture to familiarize students with concepts like the central dogma of molecular biology, the genome, and agarose gel electrophoresis. This was followed by a lecture on the fundamentals and princi ples of chromatography by Vibin Ramakrishnan . The concluding lecture on molecular dynamics simulations was delivered by Ra makrishnan as well. The event was closed with a message of thanks from Aishwarya Vijayakumar , the President of the Student Chapter.

Career Q&A with Alaina G. Levine—Open Office Hours Alaina G. Levine , STEM Career Coach and author of Networking for Nerds (Wiley, 2015) and Create Your Unicorn Career! (forthcoming), hosted two open conver sation and career Q&A sessions. Partici pants were able to drop in any time for an Ask Me Anything Office Hour.

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