Biophysical Society Bulletin | November 2025

Annual Meeting

Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Subgroup Chair: Lucia Chemes , Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina 2026 Program Co-Chairs: Keren Lasker , The Scripps Research Institute, USA, and Jackie Pelham , Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, USA Speakers Thomas Boothby , University of Wyoming, USA Disordered Proteins Interact with the Chemical Environment to Tune Their Protective Function during Drying Richard Kriwacki , St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA Roles of Biomolecular Condensates in Cancer Pilong Li , Tsinghua University, China Dominant-Negative Effects Due to Off-DNA Aberrant Condensates (ODACs) of Mutant Transcription Factors in Genetic Diseases Emma Morrison , Medical College of Wisconsin, USA Regulating Dynamic Disorder in Nucleosomes Sarah Rauscher , University of Toronto, Canada Studying the Effects of Perturbations on Disordered Protein En sembles using Simulations Elizabeth Rhoades , University of Pennsylvania, USA Functional Studies of Dysfunctional Proteins Macromolecular Machines & Assemblies Subgroup Chair: Seychelle Vos , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Speakers Trinity Cookis , University of California, Berkeley, USA Structural Diversity of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 Subtypes Carina de Oliveira Mann , Technical University of Munich, Germany Immune Recognition of Nucleic Acids: Mechanistic Insights from Cryo-EM Bostjan Kobe , The University of Queensland, Australia Using a Combination of Structural Biology Approaches to Charac terize the TIR-Domain Signalosome Michael Lawson , University of California, Los Angeles, USA Defining the Dynamics of Ribosomal Disassembly Doreen Matthies , NIH, USA Structure and Function of Magnesium Translocation Systems

Anne Wentick , Leiden University, The Netherlands Untangling Protein Aggregates in Neurodegenerative Disease Channels, Receptors & Transporters Subgroup Chair: Juan Du , Northwestern University, USA Speakers Diana M. Bautista , University of California, Berkeley, USA The Role of Scn1b in Mechanosensory Signaling and Behavior Charles Cox , Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Australia PIEZO Channel Auxiliary Subunits in Sensory and Non-Sensory Cells Josefina del Marmol , Harvard University, USA From Molecules to Mates: Structural Basis of Chemical Specificity in Insect Pheromone Receptors Tian Hua , iHuman Institute at ShanghaiTech University, China Structural Pharmacology Studies of Human Taste Receptors Eduardo Perozo , University of Chicago, USA Mechanotransduction Mechanisms Underlying Piezoelectric Motor Function in Prestin Thomas Voets , VIB Center for Brain & Disease Research, Belgium Targeting TRPM3 - A Heat Sensor on Steroids Cryo-EM Subgroup Chair: Elizabeth Kellogg , Cornell University, USA 2026 Program Co-Chairs: Amedee des Georges , New York Uni versity, USA; Bronwyn Lucas , University of California, Berkeley, USA; and Gabriele Cerutti , Columbia University, USA Speakers Phillip Erdmann , Human Technopole, Italy Bridging Scales with SOLIST: A Biopsy at the Nanoscale Juliette Fedry , Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecu lar Biology, United Kingdom CryoET Insights into Translation Regulation in Mammalian Cells Anthony Fitzpatrick , Columbia University, USA Pulsed-Laser Lensing for Phase Modulation in Electron Microscopy Ulrich Lorenz , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Advances in Microsecond Time-Resolved Cryo-EM Oliver Raschdorf , Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA Record-Breaking Results and New Structural Insights Enabled by Latest Cryo-EM Technology Rui Zhang , Washington University in St. Louis, USA Cracking the 9+2 Architecture of Motile Cilia

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