Biophysical Society Bulletin | November 2020

Annual Meeting

Multiscale Genome Organization Subgroup Co-Chairs: Tom C. Bishop , Louisiana Tech Universi- ty, USA, and Tamar Schlick, New York University, USA. Speakers: Yamini Dalal , National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA Bungee Jumping into Fragile Sites in the Human Cancer Genome: Mapping Nano-elasticity of Variant Chromatin Structure Michele Di Pierro , Northeastern University, USA Across Space and along Polymers: Epigenetics’ Conflicting Means of Shaping Chromosomes Hitoshi Kurumizaka , University of Tokyo, Japan Nucleosome Contribution to Epigenetic Genome Regulation Catherine Musselman , Colorado University - Anschutz, USA Chromatin Signaling: The Importance of Histone Tail Conformation Lars Nordenskiöld , Nanyang Technical University, Singapore Structure and Dynamics of Telomeric Chromatin Garegin Papoian , University of Maryland, USA Nucleosomal Physics from Electrostatics to Elasticity Helmut Schiessel , Leiden University, Netherlands Demultiplexing Information Written along DNA Molecules Andrzej Stasiak , University of Lausanne, Switzerland Topological Analysis of Chromosomal Tracings, Obtained by Serial Fluorescent in situ Hybridization Method, Suggests that Human Chromosomes are Unknotted Nanoscale Approaches to Biology Subgroup Chair: Frederik Westerlund , Chalmers University, Sweden. Speakers: Bianxiao Cui , Stanford University Nanoscale Structures Modulating Cell Signaling at the Nano-Bio Interface Aleksandra Radenovic , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Correlative 3D Microscopy of Single Cells using Super Resolution and Scanning Ion-Conductance Microscopy Felix Rico , University of Aix - Marseille, France Dynamics and Binding Strength of the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Probed by High-speed Atomic Force Microscopy Ilaria Testa , KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 3D Optical Nanoscopy in Living Cells Mark Williams , Northeastern University, USA Human FACT Proteins Facilitate both Disassembly and Reassembly of Nucleosomes

Hiro Furukawa , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA Architecture and Function of Neuronal Machinery Kavita Iyer , Virginia Commonwealth University, USA Cyro-EM and Functional Studies of RyRs Carrying Mutations Leading to “Leaky” Phenotype Han Sun , Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacol- ogy (FMP) - Berlin, Germany Ion Permeation in Non-selective Cation Channels Noah Trebesch , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Mechanistic Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Large-Scale Conformational Transitions in the INDY Transport Cycle Motility and Cytoskeleton Subgroup Co-Chairs: Sanford (Sandy) Bernstein , San Diego State University, USA, and Kenneth (Ken) Campbell , University of Kentucky, USA. Speakers: Motility & Cytoskeleton Early Career Award Winner: Marija Zanic , Vanderbilt University, USA Dynamic Architecture of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton: Un- derstanding by Building Joseph Atherton , King’s College London, United Kingdom The Mechanism of Selective Kinesin Inhibition by Kinesin Binding Protein Krishna Chinthalapudi , Ohio State University Medical College, USA Structural Basis of Nonmuscle Myosin-2 Regulation Nadia Daneshparvar , Florida State University, USA Cryo-EM Structure of Drosophila Thick Filaments Melissa Gardner , University of Minnesota, USA A Tug-of-War at the Plus-end: Kinesin-14 Motors and Plus- end Microtubule Dynamics Michael J. Greenberg , Washington University in St. Louis, USA SARS-CoV-2 Infects Human Engineered Heart Tissues and Models COVID-19 Myocarditis Thomas Kampourakis , King’s College London, United Kingdom The N-terminal Lobe of the Myosin Regulatory Light Chain is Part of a Sarcomeric Length Sensor in Cardiac Muscle Andrew Mead , University of Vermont, USA A Quick Tail: Larval Zebrafish Muscles are a See-through Win- dow into Mechanisms of Contractile Modulation Nikki Reinemann , University of Mississippi, USA Probing Hierarchical Cytoskeletal Ensembles Using Optical Tweezers Jing Xu , University of California - Merced, USA Cholesterol in Cargo Membrane Amplifies Inhibitory Effect of MAP Tau on Kinesin-1

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