Biophysical Society Bulletin | November 2022

Career Development Annual Meeting

2023 Program Co-Chairs: Samrat Mukhopadhyay , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India, and Sapun Parekh , University of Texas - Austin, USA and Max Planck Insti tute for Polymer Research, Germany Speakers : Keynote Speaker: Jane Dyson , Scripps Research Institute, USA Functional Disorder in p53 Paolo Arosia , ETH Zurich, Switzerland Acceleration and Inhibition of Amyloid Formation by Biomolecular Condensates Priya Banerjee , University at Buffalo, USA Shedding Light on the Phase Separation Landscape of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Lucia Chemes , Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina Conformational Buffering as a Mechanism Underlying Dimensional Compensation and Functional Evolution in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Monika Fuxreiter , University of Padova, Italy The Fundamental Nature of the Droplet State of Proteins Elizabeth Komives , University of California, San Diego, USA The Many Functions of Intrinsic Disorder in NF- κ B Signaling Macromolecular Machines and Assemblies Subgroup Chair: Arne Gennerich , Albert Einstein College of Medi cine, USA Speakers: Ibrahim Cissé , Max Planck Institute of Immunology & Epi genetics, Germany Super-Resolution Imaging of Transcription in Live Mammalian Cells George Ghanim , MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cam bridge, United Kingdom Structural Basis of Human Telomerase Recruitment and Activation by Shelterin Proteins TPP1:POT1 Colleen Kelly , University of Vermont, USA Thick Filament Dynamics: A Mechanism for Protein Replacement within the Sarcomere Shixin Liu , Rockefeller University, USA Machines on Genes: A Single-Molecule Perspective Xinglei Liu , Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA The Regulatory Function of the AAA4 ATPase Domain of Cytoplas mic Dynein Jeff Mindrebo , Scripps Research Institute, USA Substrate-Mediated Activation Mechanism of Human LONP1 Katarzyna Tych , University of Groningen, Netherlands Single-Molecule Characterization of an Osmoregulatory Transporter

Albert Weixlbaumer , Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Centre for Scientific Research, France Supramolecular Complexes Involved in the Coordination of Tran scription and Translation Mechanobiology Subgroup Chair: Virgile Viasnoff , Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore and National Centre for Scientific Research, France Speakers: Arthur Beyder , Mayo Clinic, USA Mechanogated Ion Channel Piezo2 Role in Gut Tactile Sensitivity Charles Cox , Victor Chang Research Institute, Australia Cardiac Piezo Channels in Health and Disease Tamal Das , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India Emergent Features of Collective Cell Dynamics: A Mechanobiological Perspective Pierre Nassoy , National Centre for Scientific Research, France Cellular Self-assembly and Mechanosensing in Organoids and Tumor Models Encapsulated in Hydrogel Shells Yee Han Tee , National University of Singapore, Singapore Actin Polymerization and Crosslinking Drive Left-Right Asymmetry in Single Cell and Cell Collectives Valeria Vasquez , University of Tennessee, USA Dietary Fatty Acids Fine-Tune Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Cells’ Mechanical Response Min Wu , Yale School of Medicine, USA Coupled Oscillators in a Contractility-Generating Signal Transduction Network Membrane Fusion, Fission, and Traffic Subgroup Chair: Phyllis Hanson , University of Michigan, USA Speakers: Felix Campelo , ICFO Institute of Photonic Science, Spain The Biophysics of Bulky Cargo Export from the Endoplasmic Reticu lum Emanuele Cocucci , Ohio State University, USA Using Quantitative Microscopy Approaches to Study the Formation of Clathrin-Coated Vesicles Jayanta Debnath , University of California, San Francisco, USA Emerging Roles for Secretory Autophagy in EV Biogenesis and Cargo Specification Susan Ferro-Novick , University of California, San Diego, USA A Non-Canonical Role for a COPII Subunit in the Selective Degrada tion of the ER Wade Zeno , University of Southern California, USA Interactions between Intrinsically Disordered Protein Regions and Curved Membrane Surfaces Edwin Munro , University of Chicago, USA Dynamics of a Self-pulled Epithelial Zipper

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