Biophysical Society Bulletin | October 2018

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Members in the News Richard Leapman , National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, and Society member since 2010, received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Microscopy Society of America. (no photo)

Biopolymers in Vivo Subgroup

Exocytosis-Endocytosis Subgroup We are pleased to announce the results of the recent elec- tion for officers of the Exocytosis-Endocytosis Subgroup. Ling-Gang Wu (NINDS/NIH, Chair-elect) and Jeremy Dittman (Weil-Cornell Medicine, secretary-treasurer) join Amy Lee (University of Iowa, Chair), Dixon Woodbury (Brigham Young University, past-Chair), and Executive Committee Member Colin Johnson (Oregon State University) in organizing the Exocytosis-Endocytosis Subgroup Symposium at the 2019 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The 2019 symposium is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, at the Baltimore Convention Center. The title is “From Molecule to Mechanism: New Insights into the Dynamics of Vesicle Nils Brose , Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine Regulation of Vesicle Acidification at the Neuronal Synapse Ira Milosevic , European Neuroscience Institute, Goettingen Dynamic Control of Vesicle Priming in Synaptic Short-Term Plas- ticity . Justin Taraska , NHLBI/NIH Imaging the Nanoscale Structure of Endocytosis and Exocytosis with Light and Electron Microscopy . Fusion and Recycling.” Featured speakers are:

Viola Vogel , Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, and Society member since 2006. (no photo) Dorothee Kern , Brandeis University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Society member since 2000. (no photo) The following members were elected to the German National Academy of Sciences, the Leopoldina:

The Biopolymers in Vivo (BIV) Subgroup aims to understand how biological polymers such as proteins and nucleic acids act and interact in the cellular environment. Our community in- cludes cell and molecular biologists, chemists, and physicists who are trying to bridge the gap between experiments done in vivo, in silico, and in the cell. With a geographical and disciplinary heterogeneity, finding common grounds for discussion can be challenging. We are trying to circumvent this by expanding the interaction be- tween BIV members beyond the Subgroup Saturday meetings at the Biophysical Society’s Annual Meeting. To do this, we initiated two additional forums for discussion. The first is the BIV twitter group, @biopolymersinvivo, where followers can get updated on, or contribute to the list of recent relevant literature and events. The second is an online journal club based on the Slack platform, which takes place once monthly. To join, please send a request directly to ssukenik@ucmerced. edu. The BIV subgroup is also looking for student research talks for the upcoming subgroup meeting at the 63rd Annual BPS Meeting in Baltimore! If you would like to be considered, please email your abstract to the Program Chairs at boers- ma@dwi.rwth-aachen.de in addition to submitting it to the BPS Annual Meeting 2019 in Baltimore.

Vincent Hilser , Johns Hopkins University, and Society member since 2002, was awarded the 2018 James J. Christensen Memorial Award from the Calorimetry Conference.

Julian Schroeder , University of California, San Diego, and Society member since 1990.

Vincent Hilser

Julian Schroeder

Important Dates BPS Thematic Meetings 63 rd BPS Annual Meeting March 2–6, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland Abstract Submission Deadline: October 1, 2018

Quantitative Aspects of Membrane Fusion and Fission May 6–10, 2019, Padova, Italy Abstract Submission Deadline: January 14, 2019 Early Registration Deadline: February 1, 2019 Revisiting the Central Dogma of Molecular Biology at the Single-Molecule Level July 15–18, 2019, Lima, Peru Abstract Submission Deadline: March 8, 2019 Early Registration Deadline: April 5, 2019

Multiscale Modeling of Chromatin: Bridging Experiment with Theory March 31–April 5, 2019, Les Houches, France Abstract Submission & Registration Deadline: December 1, 2018

2019 Sir Bernard Katz Award Keynote Lecture Ed Chapman , University of Wisconsin/HHMI Diverse Functions of the Synaptotagmins .

Student Spotlight Adree Khondker

NewMembership Benefit in 2019 Beginning with the 2019 dues cycle, Society membership will include one complimentary subgroup membership. Members may always join additional subgroups for $20 each. As before, all emeritus and student members may join as many subgroups as they wish for no additional fee. BPS subgroups are an integral part of the Society, providing year-round opportunities for members to meet, network, and collaborate within their more focused research communities while still enjoying the rich benefits of belonging to the broader biophysics world of the Biophysical Society.

In addition, several short talks from trainees will be selected from the abstracts submitted for the Annual Meeting. As in the past, a closing banquet dinner will allow for plenty of networking and scientific interactions after the symposium. The organizers invite all members of the Biophysical Society to join us for what promises to be an outstanding day of cut-

Department of Physics and Astronomy McMaster University

ting-edge science and camaraderie. — Amy Lee , Exo/Endo Subgroup Chair — Dixon J. Woodbury , Past Chair

As you move forward in science, what type of research do you see yourself doing? Why? I would like to probe the intersection between biophys- ics and medicine by using structural biology techniques to understand Alzheimer’s disease. With the advent of accessible biomolecular simulations and more reliable protein models, I believe biophysics will play a major role in understanding, and possibly overcoming, many neurodegenerative diseases.

Adree Khondker

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