Biophysical Society Bulletin | October 2020

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Student Spotlight Dhiman Ray

University of California Irvine, USA Department of Chemistry What do you wish you knew before you began your studies in biophysics?

I first encountered the term biophysics during my undergraduate studies at IISER-Kolkata, India. I was drawn to the subject because of its rigorous approach to studying the complex world of biology. I realized the need to break the boundaries between disciplines like physics, chemistry, and mathematics, and apply the com- bined knowledge to understand the fundamental principles of life. With a growing passion for biophysics, I joined Loan Andricioaei , at University of California, Irvine, for my PhD, and performed atomistic computer simulations to model the microscopic behavior of nucleic acids and viral proteins. Coming from a background of theoretical chemistry, I wish I knew more about the importance of continuous collaboration between wet lab experiments and physics based computational modeling to unfurl the mysteries related to the function- ing of living systems.

Dhiman Ray

Members in the News

Penny Beuning , Northeastern University and Society member since 2007, was named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society.

Ardem Patapoutian , Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Scripps Research Institute, and Society member since 2018, received the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.

Julian Schroeder , University of California, San Diego, and Society member since 1990, was awarded the 2020 Stephen Hales Prize from the American Society of Plant Biologists.

Penny Beuning

Ardem Patapoutian

Julian Schroeder

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The new BPS Virtual Networking Events program started in August this year with nine approved events. The program has already supported five events with four more events to take place by the end of the year.

Important Dates Future of Biophysics Symposia Speaker Suggestion Deadline Annual Meeting October 19, 2020 Biophysicists Address COVID-19 Challenges Registration Deadline October 26, 2020

Call for New and Notable Symposium Speakers December 2, 2020 Biophysical Journal Special Issue on COVID-19 Submit papers by December 15, 2020

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