Biophysical Society Bulletin | November 2022

Career Development Annual Meeting

Speakers : Shiladitya Banerjee , Carnegie Mellon University, USA Origin of Pulsed Actomyosin Contractions and Their Role in Cell Shape Control Naomi Courtemanche , University of Minnesota, USA Balancing Act: Profilin’s Competing Roles in Formin-Mediated Actin Polymerization Emmanuel Derivery , MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom Synthetic Reconstitution of Cortical Polarity to Study Cytoskeleton Symmetry Breaking Morgan DeSantis , University of Michigan, USA Regulation of Cytoplasmic Dynein-1 during Cell Migration Scott Forth , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Deciphering the Mechanics of Microtubule Bundles in Mitosis Wonmuk Hwang , Texas A&M University, USA Position-Dependent Behavior of an Unbound Kinesin Head near the Microtubule Surface Christina Hueschen , Stanford University, USA Actin Self-Organization in Gliding Parasitic Cells Mitsuhiro Iwaki , National Institute of Information and Communi cations Technology, Japan Dynamic Coordination of the Lever-Arm Swing of Myosin II in DNA Origami-Based Thick Filament Binyam Mogessie , Yale University, USA Cytoskeletal Ensembles in Oocyte Meiosis and Female Reproductive Aging Erwin Peterman , Vrije University, The Netherlands A Single-Molecule View on Intraflagellar Transport in C. elegans Chemosensory Cilia 2023 Program Co-Chairs: Alexey Onufriev , Virginia Tech, USA, and Bin Zhang , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Speakers: Frank Alber , University of California, Los Angeles, USA Characterizing the Variability and Organizing Principles of Whole Genome Structures by Multi-Modal Data Integration Shasha Chong , California Institute of Technology, USA Transcriptional Control by Low-Complexity Domain Interactions: A Single-Molecule Perspective Job Dekker , University of Massachusetts, USA Folding Chromosomes without Knotting Them Mario Nicodemi , University of Naples, Italy Phase Transitions in the Nucleus of Cells Shape Chromatin Folding Multiscale Genome Organization Subgroup Co-Chairs: Yamini Dalal , NIH, USA, and Anna Panchenko , Queen’s University, Canada

Jose Rizo-Rey , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA Sir Bernard Katz Award Recipient: Molecular Mechanisms Underly ing Calcium-Triggered Neurotransmitter Release Membrane Structure and Function Subgroup Chair: Ingela Parmryd , University of Gothenburg, Sweden Speakers: Thais Enoki , Cornell University, USA Insights on Plasma Membrane Asymmetry from Studies of Asym metric Model Membranes Jeffery Klauda , University of Maryland, USA Modelling Natural Cell Membranes and How Lipid Asymmetry Influ ences Structure Toshihide Kobayashi , University of Strasbourg, France Imaging Cholesterol Depletion at the Plasma Membrane by Meth yl-Beta-Cyclodextrin Suggests Preferential Cholesterol Removal from the Inner Leaflet Marc Pilon , University of Gothenburg, Sweden AdipoR2 Promotes Fatty Acid Desaturation, Elongation and Incorpo ration into Phospholipids in Response to Membrane Rigidification Frances Separovic , University of Melbourne, Australia Locating Antimicrobial Peptides in Model Membranes and Bacteria Using Solid-State NMR Peter Tieleman , University of Calgary, Canada Insights into Lipid-Protein Interactions from Computer Simulations Feng-Ching Tsai , Curie Institute, France Mechanisms of Curved Membrane Protein IRSp53 Mediated Initia tion and Stabilization of Cellular Protrusions Membrane Transport Subgroup Chair: Indra Schroeder, University of Jena, Germany Speakers Oliver Einsle , University of Freiburg, Germany An ABC Complex in the Metal Site Assembly of Nitrous Oxide Reduc tase Filippo Mancia , Columbia University, USA The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Cellular Uptake of Vitamin A Lea Rems , University of Ljubljana, Slovenia The Molecular Basis of Electroporation of Excitable Cells Jana Shen , University of Maryland, USA Mechanism of the Sodium-Proton Antiporters NhaA and NapA William Zagotta , University of Washington, USA Conformational Dynamics: Channels and Beyond Motility and Cytoskeleton Subgroup Co-Chairs: Ken’ya Furuta , National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan, and Marija Zanic , Vanderbilt University, USA

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