Biophysical Society Bulletin | November 2018

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Biological Fluorescence The Biological Fluorescence Subgroup will hold its annual symposium on March 2, 2019, 1:00 to 5:30 PM as part of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in Baltimore, Maryland. We have an exciting program this year. Please see page 12 for the list of speakers and talk titles. Our invit- ed speakers will be presenting on new fluorescence dyes, applications of superresolution fluorescence microscopy, 3D single molecule tracking in living cells, rapid 3D fluorescence imaging in vivo and other novel applications of fluorescence methodologies. The session will also feature rapid fire poster highlight talks by promising young researchers in the field. We will conclude the subgroup session with the announcements and presentations for the Young Fluorescence Investigator Award and the Gregorio Weber Award. The subgroup session is open to any member of the Biophys- ical Society who is registered for the Annual Meeting; how- ever, we encourage you to join the subgroup as membership fees are essential for paying the costs of the venue and as- sociated audiovisual fees. The link for membership is: https:/ www.biophysics.org/become-a-member and remember to select membership in the Biological Fluorescence subgroup during the process. We look forward to seeing you for our exciting Saturday after- noon session at the 63rd Annual Meeting in Baltimore. — Paul Wiseman , Chair Intrinsically Disordered Proteins The Annual Symposium of the Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDP) Subgroup will be held in conjunction with the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in Baltimore on Saturday, March 2, 2019. The program co-chairs Hue Sun Chan , University of Toronto, and Nicholas Fawzi , Brown Univer- sity, have prepared an exciting, multidisciplinary program. The program will showcase work that illuminates molecular mechanisms of the function of IDPs, including their role in liq- uid-liquid phase separation, sequence/function relationships of IDPs and mechanisms of their role in aggregation-related diseases. Speakers are listed on page 13. The symposium will be followed by a mixer. An email to the IDP subgroup listserv with detailed information will follow closer to the meeting. If you wish to sign up now, please send an email to idpsubgroup@gmail.com. As always, everybody is welcome to attend the symposium. If you join us, please support the IDP subgroup by signing up as a member. When you renew your BPS membership, you can select one subgroup for free; signing up for an additional sub-

Membrane Transport (formerly Permeation and Transport)

group is cheap for you but crucial for the subgroup, as your membership fees ensure the continuity of our symposia. We use the funds to cover small speaker honoraria, AV projection, and refreshments for the coffee break. Your support is crucial! One important goal of the IDP subgroup is to promote excel- lent junior scientists. I would like to invite applications for the Intrinsically Disordered Protein Subgroup Postdoctoral Award. The application deadline is December 15. The Postdoctoral Award of the IDP subgroup honors out- standing postdoctoral fellows for their research accom- plishments. Two award winners are selected from abstracts submitted for the Annual Meeting. The award includes an oral presentation at the IDP symposium and an honorarium. We would like to encourage those at the postdoctoral stage to submit their abstract for consideration. To apply, please send your submitted abstract and BPS con- trol number to idpsubgroup@gmail.com along with your CV and a statement (<300 words) summarizing the significance of the work to the IDP community. To be eligible you must be a postdoctoral researcher at the time of abstract submission. Please include in your application a short statement from your mentor stating that you are eligible for the award. I am looking forward to seeing you soon. — Tanja Mittag , Chair Mechanobiology The Mechanobiology Subgroup is a rather new and very dynamic subgroup of the Biophysical Society. Our seventh subgroup symposium will kick off at 9:30 AM on Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Baltimore, Maryland. Talks will cover topics ranging from embryonic development to cancer and immu- nity, from molecules all the way up to whole organisms. Join us to learn about how physical signals and mechanisms drive biological systems, and how joint, cross-disciplinary efforts may lead to major breakthroughs in biology and biomedical sciences (see page 14 for speakers and talk titles). In addition to these talks, we will have a roundtable discussion with ed- itors from a number of major interdisciplinary journals about publishing work at the interface of physical and life sciences. All members of the Biophysical Society are welcome to attend our symposium, and to contribute to a great atmosphere and lively discussions.

or start your membership in the subgroup at any time. Please also encourage your colleagues to join us in producing and promoting exciting membrane science! We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore! — Ilya Levental , Chair Molecular Biophysics The Annual Molecular Biophysics Subgroup Symposium will be held 10:30 AM–3:00 PM on Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Baltimore, Maryland, in conjunction with the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society. We have planned an excit- ing program that will center on the “Many layers of macromo- lecular dynamics.” Understanding the conformational dynamics of the biological macromolecules and their dynamic assembly into molecular machines of the cell is at the heart of a quantitative under- standing of how the cell orchestrates timely and accurate DNA repair, how it organizes its genetic information for stor- age and access, how the protein complexes form in the cells and in the membrane and how they function. Our selection of speakers will cover a broad range of new approaches and clever adaptations and combinations of the state-of-the-art techniques ranging from NMR, in vitro single-molecule analy- ses and imaging of the dynamic nucleoprotein transactions in living cells, as well as a broad range of experimental systems. The four invited speakers are listed on page 15. In addition to these four talks we will have several presentation slots available to researchers at different stages of their career for short talks. These short presentations will be selected from the submitted abstracts. All Molecular Biophysics Subgroup members are strongly encouraged to attend the symposium and to participate in the vote for the next subgroup chair. As always, every An- nual Meeting attendee is welcome to attend the Molecular Biophysics Symposium. Joining the subgroup, however, gives you a right to participate in election of the subgroup leader- ship and shape the future symposia. Your support is essential to our ability to host the subgroup symposia as dues cover the costs of the symposium. If you haven’t joined us yet or are still in the process of renewing your membership for the next year, please visit our subgroup page at https:/www.biophys- ics.org/subgroups/molecular-biophysics-1 and become a Molecular Biophysics Subgroup member. We very much look forward seeing you in Baltimore! — Maria Spies , Chair

Big news — a vote by members resulted in a change to our subgroup name. In place of Permeation & Transport, we are now the Membrane Transport Subgroup. Also, members elected Lucie Delemotte of the KTH Royal Institute of Tech- nology as the new subgroup Secretary-Treasurer. Please welcome Lucie, who joins me, Chair, and our new Vice Chair, Ming Zhou , on the subgroup leadership team. Our upcoming subgroup symposium starts Saturday after- noon at 1:25 PM in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 2. Dinner following the symposium, starts at 6:00 PM. Our dinner is held jointly with the Membrane Biophysics Subgroup dinner and their Kenneth S. Cole Award ceremony. Thanks to Mem- brane Biophysics for their generosity! Our symposium will showcase a stellar line-up of research- ers who study membrane transport. See page 15 for a list of speakers and talk titles. Students will also describe their research. Every attendee at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting is welcome to attend these exciting events. Please show your support by registering as a member of our subgroup when you renew your BPS membership. Membership fees are cru- cial for ensuring continuity in our subgroup symposia, and for covering costs of holding the symposia. Join now at https:/ www.biophysics.org/renew. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday afternoon in Baltimore! — Susan Rempe , Chair Membrane Structure and Fuction Please join us for the Annual Symposium of the Membrane Structure and Function Subgroup on March 2, 2019, 1:00 PM–6:00 PM at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in Baltimore, Maryland. This year’s symposium fea- tures a talented and diverse group of speakers presenting ad- vances in membrane organization and function, ranging from theoretical analysis of membrane curvature to cellular studies on lipid adaptation. See page 14 for the list of speakers and their talk titles. Of course, all Annual Meeting attendees are invited to attend the symposium. However, if you plan to attend, please join the Membrane Structure and Function Subgroup. Your membership choices determine the budget of the subgroup, which allows us to continue organizing these symposia and highlighting the exciting research in our field. You can renew

We look forward to seeing you soon in Baltimore! — Kristian Franze , Chair; Xavier Trepat , Chair-elect; and Meredith Betterton , Secretary-Treasurer

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