Biophysical Society Bulletin | November 2023

Annual Meeting

Speakers : Christopher Barnes , Stanford University, USA Structure-Guided Approaches to Mitigate Emerging Viral Threats Chi-Min Ho , Columbia University, USA In Situ CryoET Reveals Translation Dynamics in Malaria Parasites Dominik Hrebik , MPI Biochemistry, Germany High-Resolution in Situ Structures of HIV-1 Proteins Shyamal Mosalaganti , University of Michigan, USA In Situ Snapshots of TDP43 Turnover Sarah Nyenhuis , NIH, USA Cryo-EM Snapshots of Dynamin Superfamily Proteins Involved in Membrane Fission and Fusion Martin Obr , Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA Visual Proteomics of C. reinhardtii using High-Throughput Collabo rative in Situ Cryo-ET Scott Stagg , Florida State University, USA Magellon and SPOT-RASTR: New Tools for Cryo-EM Specimen Preparation and Processing Chen Zhao , University of Florida, USA Determining Native-like Membrane Protein Structures from Cell Membrane-derived Vesicles Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Subgroup Chair: Sarah Shammas , University of Oxford, United Kingdom 2023 Program Co-Chairs: John Ditlev , Hospital for Sick Chil dren, Canada, and Wade Zeno , University of Southern Califor nia, USA Speakers: Rebecca Berlow , University of North Carolina, USA Multivalency Enables Complex Cooperative and Competitive Interactions of IDPs Peter Chung , University of Southern California, USA The Transition from Soluble to Membrane-bound IDPs: New Tools and Perspectives Dorothee Dormann , Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany Regulation of RNA-binding Protein Phase Transitions by Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors

Hyun Lee , University of Toronto, Canada Regulation of Condensates by Molecular Chaperones Kevin Solomon , University of Delaware, USA Hydrophobic Biomolecular Condensates to Control Cellular Behavior Macromolecular Machines and Assemblies Subgroup Chair: Eric Galburt , Washington University in St. Louis, USA Speakers: Ying Chen , Shandong University, China Conserved Regulatory Mechanism by RNA Pol II Elongation Factors Katrin Karbstein , The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, USA Quality Control during Ribosome Assembly and Function Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe , McGill University, Canada Coordination of DNA Unwinding and DNA Synthesis at the Bacte rial Replisome Miguel Rosas Salvans , University of California, San Francisco, USA Probing How the Astrin/SKAP Complex Reduces Friction at the Kinetochore-Microtubule Interface Jungsan Sohn , Johns Hopkins University, USA Signaling by Assembly: How Inflammasome Filaments Recognize and Distinguish One Another Robin Stanely , NIH, USA Mechanisms of RNA Recognition and Cleavage by Ribonucleases Anna-Lena Steckelberg , Columbia University, USA Dynamic Viral RNA Structures as Master Manipulators of the Cellular RNA Degradation Machinery Mechanobiology Subgroup Chair: Patricia Bassereau , Institut Curie, France Speakers: Allen Ehrlicher , McGill University, Canada Nuclear Mechanics and Deformation Regulate Cellular Lineage and Senescence via YAP Mechanotransduction Margaret Gardel , University of Chicago, USA How Adherent Cells Process Mechanical Information Shamik Sen , ITT Bombay, India Proteolytic and Non-proteolytic Functions of MMP9 in Cancer Invasion

Monika Fuxreiter , University of Padova, Italy Protein Interactions in Cells: Back to the Future Jerelle Joseph , Princeton University, USA Accurate Simulations of Biomolecuar Condensates

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