Biophysical Society Bulletin | October 2024

Annual Meeting

Student Opportunities Calling all students! What is in store for you at the BPS2025 Annual Meeting? There are several sessions planned throughout the meeting to provide undergraduate and graduate students with opportunities to network with faculty members and other students from around the world and to explore a variety of career paths after graduation.

Thank you to our sponsors: APS Physical Review Journals Bruker Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC Chroma Technology

Undergraduate Poster Award Competition (UPAC) Saturday, February 15, 3:00 pm –5:00 pm , USA Pacific UPAC gives undergraduate students a chance to present their research, to get recognition for the increasingly high quality of undergraduate research, and to encourage further participa tion of undergraduates in the Biophysical So ciety and at the Annual Meeting. The Society awards and recognizes up to 10 outstanding students who give the best overall poster presentations during the competition. Students are judged on the quality and scien tific merit of their research, knowledge of the research problem, contribution to the project, and overall presentation of the poster. Judges look for students to present a clearly stated question, hypothesis, results, and conclusions. Registration deadline is January 7, 2025 . To learn more, go online at www.biophysics. org/2025meeting/awards-competitions/ poster-competitions.

Undergraduate Student “Pizza Breakfast” Sunday, February 16, 11:30 am –1:00 pm , USA Pacific Undergraduate students should plan to attend this session. It’s your chance to meet oth er students and network—not to mention pizza will be served! During this session, BPS Committee members and invited speakers will have a panel discussion with Q&A on academ ic and career paths in biophysics. This session is limited to the first 100 attendees. Education and Career Opportunities Fair Sunday, February 16, 1:00 pm –3:00 pm , USA Pacific Starting to look for a postdoc position? Or maybe you’re an undergraduate thinking about grad school? Check out the Education and Career Opportunities Fair. Student attendees are invited to meet with representatives from educational institutions as well as industry and government agencies. Find out about open postdoc positions and laboratories seeking graduate students at universities with leading programs in biophysics. Stop by the fair to learn about the variety of op portunities available and to talk one-on-one with representatives from participating institutions.

Cube Biotech Depixus SAS Fidabio Leica Microsystems LUMICKS Mad City Labs Inc Malvern Panalytical Nanion Technologies Sophion Bioscience A/S Thermo Fisher Scientific

Missed the October 1 abstract submission deadline? No worries, there is still time to submit a late abstract for poster presentation. Late abstract submissions will be accepted beginning October 7.

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