Biophysical Society Bulletin | October 2023

Communities

Subgroups Biological Fluorescence

Biopolymers in Vivo We are very excited to preview the program for the 2024 Biopolymers in Vivo (BIV) Symposium, “Unraveling biomolec ular function during growth, aging, and disease,” to be held on the first afternoon of the 2024 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting on Saturday, February 10, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Confirmed BIV speakers include: Katherine Mo relli , McGill University; Emma Carroll , San Jose State University; Steven Boeynaems , Baylor College of Medicine; Davit Potoyan , University of Iowa; Kristin Koutmu , University of Michigan; Minjoung Kyoung , University of Maryland; Randal Halfman , Stowers Institute for Medical Research; and Seung Yon Rhee , Michigan State University. The symposium will end with a talk by the recipient of the BIV Young Faculty Award (www. biophysics.org/awards-funding/subgroup-awards), who receives a check for $500 and a commemorative plaque. If you are an early faculty member whose recent achievements focus on cutting-edge investigations of biomolecular process es in living organisms, we highly encourage you to apply. The deadline is December 1, 2023. Alternatively, please consider encouraging your eligible colleagues to do so! The Subgroup dinner will be held at Maggiano’s at 12th and Filbert Streets. Please remember to sign up for the dinner via the BPS website: www.biophysics.org/store/products?Cat egories=subgroups! And last, but not least, also don’t forget to sign up for or renew your BIV Subgroup membership when you register for the Annual Meeting. A healthy membership number is critical for BPS to continue to support the BIV Sub group. The BIV Subgroup Committee is looking forward to an exciting meeting—see you there! — Robert Best , Chair Intrinsically Disordered Proteins We are excited to announce the confirmed speakers for the 2024 Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDP) Symposium: Rebecca Berlow , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Peter Chung , University of Southern California; Dorothee Dor mann , Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; Monika Fuxreiter , University of Padova; Jerelle Joseph , Princeton University; Hyun Lee , University of Toronto; and Kevin Solomon , University of Delaware. We will also have oral presentations from two selected Postdoctoral Award winners. Postdoctoral scientists working in the IDP field who are interested in this opportu nity to share their research accomplishments with us (and win a cash prize) can find instructions at www.biophysics. org/Awards-Funding/Subgroup-Awards. We would like to encourage women and other underrepresented scientists at the postdoctoral stage to consider applying. Plans for the Subgroup dinner are advancing, and details will be announced in a later BPS Bulletin .

The Biological Fluorescence Subgroup will have its annual meeting on February 10, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM, as part of the 68th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We have an exciting program this year with invited speakers Joerg Bewersdorf , Yale School of Medicine; Katrin Heinze , Würzburg University; Sudipta Maiti , TATA Institute; Victoria Bikerdal , Aarhus University; Melike Lakadamyali , University of Pennsylvania; and Fernando Stefani , University of Buenos Aires. Our invited speakers will present on a wide range of relevant topics for Biological Fluorescence. The session will also feature rapid-fire poster highlight talks by promising young researchers in the field. We will conclude the Subgroup session with the announce ments and presentations for the Young Fluorescence Inves tigator Award and the Gregorio Weber Award. For details on eligibility and nomination requirements for these awards, please visit the Subgroup website at www.biophysics.org/ subgroups/biological-fluorescence-1. The deadline for nominations for the Gregorio Weber Award is October 31, 2023, and for the Young Fluorescence Investigator Award it is December 30, 2023. We will conclude our celebration with a Subgroup dinner at Village Whiskey (www.villagewhiskey.com). Tickets for dinner can be purchased through the registration portal at a cost of $65 for Members and $40 for Early Career and Student Members. Limited tickets are available. Lastly, we invite nominations for the officer positions of the Subgroup: treasurer and chair-elect for 2026. The Subgroup session is open to any member of the Biophysical Society registered for the Annual Meeting; however, we encourage you to join the Subgroup through the Biophysical Society website, as membership fees are essential for paying for the costs of the venue and associated audiovisual fees. The link for membership is www.biophysics.org/become-a-member, and remember to select membership in the Biological Fluo rescence Subgroup during the process. We look forward to seeing you for our exciting Saturday afternoon session at the 68th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. — Hugo Sanabria , Chair

— Nikkos Hatzakis , Treasurer — Claus A.M. Seidel , Chair-Elect

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