Biophysical Society Bulletin | November 2023

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Subgroups Physical Cell Biology

Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation & Visualization The Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation & Visualization (SMF) Subgroup is excited to announce a symposium on Saturday, February 10, 2024 from 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM, with talks from Dina Grohman (University of Regensburg, Germany), Yuri Lyubchenko (University of Nebraska, USA), Jie Xiao (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Fredrik Westerlund (Chalmers Uni versity of Technology, Sweden), Jinyi Fei (University of Chicago, USA), Mark Williams (Northeastern University, USA), Katarzyna Tych (University of Groningen, Netherlands), and a keynote by Carlos Bustamante (University of California, Berkeley, USA). In addition, SMF is also proud to offer subsidized reception/ dinner tickets to meet the speakers at a top local restaurant. Charges will be kept accessible at $45 for junior members and $60 for regular members, thanks to our corporate sponsors. You can join the SMF Subgroup and purchase tickets for the Subgroup dinner at the BPS Store: https:/www.biophysics. org/store/products?Categories=subgroups&Page=3. We look forward to meeting you in Philadelphia next year! — Neva Caliskan , Co-Chair — Nils Walter , Co-Chair Intrinsically Disordered Proteins We are excited to announce the program for the 2024 Intrin sically Disordered Proteins (IDP) Symposium, which will in clude presentations from Rebecca Berlow (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA), Peter Chung (University of South ern California, USA), Dorothee Dormann (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany), Monika Fuxreiter (University of Padova, Italy), Jerelle Joseph (Princeton University, USA), Hyun Lee (University of Toronto, Canada), and Kevin Solomon (Uni versity of Delaware, USA). If you would you like to join them in sharing your research accomplishments at the Symposium, two postdoctoral scientists working in the IDP field will be selected to do just that (and win a cash prize). You can find instructions on applying for our Subgroup award at https:/ www.biophysics.org/Awards-Funding/Subgroup-Awards. We would like to encourage women and other underrepresented scientists at the postdoctoral stage to consider applying. The committee looks forward to what promises to be an exciting meeting and really hopes lots of you can join us in Philadelphia! Please do sign up or renew your IDP member ship when you register for the BPS Annual Meeting. — Sarah Shammas , Chair-Elect

Nominate your students, postdocs, colleagues, or yourself for our two awards, an Early Career Award for postdoctoral researchers or pre-tenure principal investigators and a Stu dent Award for master’s or PhD students. The awardees will receive a cash prize and present their work at the Subgroup Symposium on February 10, 2024 during the BPS Annual Meeting. Deadlines for both awards are January 12, 2024! Self-nominations are accepted. Please send nominations to the Subgroup Chair Stefanie Redemann (sz5j@virginia. edu) and Program Chair Jianhua Xing (xing1@pitt.edu), with the subject “Physical Cell Subgroup Award for Early Career Scientist” or “Physical Cell Subgroup Award for Students.” More details regarding eligibility and the nomination packages can be found at https:/www.biophysics.org/awards-funding/ subgroup-awards. New this year: abstracts not selected for a talk during the annual BPS meeting will have the chance to be selected for a presentation during our new Annual Virtual Networking Event in the Fall (more information to come). We look forward to seeing you at the 2024 Subgroup Symposium in Philadelphia! We have assembled a fantastic list of speakers for February 10, 2024 (8:30 AM–12:30 PM). We will hear the latest ex citing research on Molecular Machines and Assemblies from Robin Stanley (National Institutes of Health, USA), Jungsan Sohn (Johns Hopkins University, USA), Katrin Karbstein (UF Scripps, USA), Rodrigo Reyes Lamothe (McGill University, Can ada), Anna-Lena Steckelberg (Columbia University, USA), Miquel Rosas Salvans (University of California, San Francisco), and Ying Chen (Shandong University, China). If you are a trainee presenting work related to macromo lecular assemblies at the Annual Meeting this year and are interested in giving a 12-minute flash talk at the Subgroup Symposium, please submit your BPS poster abstract at https:/ www.biophysics.org/2024meeting/abstracts/sub mission-guidelines. If you are interested in putting together a Subgroup Symposium in two years, please let us know by submitting your name as a nominee for Subgroup Chair. If not, please consider nominating a colleague who you think would be a great in this role. All nominations or questions regarding the role can be sent to ehedman@biophysics.org. — Eric Galburt , Chair — Stefanie Redemann , Chair — Jianhua Xing , Program Chair Macromolecular Machines & Assemblies

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