Biophysical Society Bulletin | November 2019

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Subgroup Awards Upcoming Nomination Deadlines November 18, 2019 BIV Young Faculty Award December 1, 2019 Motility & Cytoskeleton Early Career Award December 15, 2019 Intrinsically Disordered Protein Postdoctoral Award December 15, 2019 Gregorio Weber Award for Excellence in Fluorescence Theory and Applications January 15, 2020 Young Bioenergeticist Award For more information on Subgroup Awards, visit www.biophysics.org/awards-funding/subgroup-awards Motility & Cytoskeleton Subgroup Announces the Establishment of an Early Career Award This award is intended to recognize significant contributions to the field and to boost the visibility of early career investi- gators. Detailed information for the eligibility and nomination guidelines can be found on the BPS website www.biophysics.org/awards-funding/subgroup-awards. We encourage you to nominate a junior colleague by sub- mitting the nominee’s CV and a brief statement (1,000-word maximum, written by the nominator) to motilitysubgroup@ gmail.com before the December 1, 2019, deadline. The winner will be announced in December and will be invited to give a talk at the Motility & Cytoskeleton Subgroup Sympo- sium on Saturday February 15, 2020, in San Diego. — Ahmet Yildiz and Michael Previs, Co-Chairs Mechanobiology Subgroup Announces the Establishment of the BPS Early Career Award inMechanobiology This award recognizes a young principal investigator who has made outstanding contributions to the way we understand how mechanics shape molecular and cellular processes. The award recipient will be invited to present his/her work at the Mechanobiology Subgroup Symposium during the BPS Annual Meeting. — Xavier Trepat , Chair

Subgroup Updates

Membrane Fusion, Fission & Traffic Subgroup

Membrane Fusion, Fission & Traffic Subgroup announces Dr. Richard W. Tsien of New York University Langone Medical Center as the recipient of the 2020 Sir Bernard Katz Award. Dr. Tsien will present an award lecture during the subgroup symposium in San Diego on February 15, 2020. — Ling-Gang Wu , Chair Membrane Transport Subgroup The Membrane Transport subgroup welcomes all members of BPS to join our symposium on Saturday afternoon, February 15, 2020, in San Diego. Our speaker line-up includes Osamu Nureki (U. Tokyo), Grace Brannigan (Rutgers U.), Randy Stock- bridge (U. Michigan), Katherine Henzler-Wildman (U. Wisconsin, Madison), and Jose Faraldo-Gomez (NIH). Please show your support by attending the symposium and registering for the subgroup! Read more about the exciting research from our speakers on the BPS blog. — Susan Rempe , Chair Richard W. Tsien Annual Art of Science Contest Opens Entries are due December 2, 2019 Do you have an eye-catching image that resulted from your research? To showcase the artistic side of scientific imaging, BPS members attending the 2020 Annual Meeting may enter the annual BPS Image Contest, The Art of Science. Monetary prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place. Submit today at biophysics.org/2020meeting

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