Biophysical Society Bulletin | October 2024

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Mathematical, and Natural Sciences of Venezuela has estimated that between 1980 and 2020, 2,869 research ers—20% of the government’s official count of scientists in Venezuela—had left the country at the height of their ca reers. These researchers were also responsible for 34% of the Venezuelan scientific papers produced in that period. In early April, Maduro announced the Gran Misión Ciencia, Innovación y Tecnología project to care for and preserve the talent pool in Venezuelan science, strengthen research centers, and foster international alliances and collaborations. How this will be achieved has yet to be laid out even months later, leaving the future of Venezuelan scientific research uncertain. Russian Research Funding Faces Massive Cuts The Russian Federal Assembly finalized spending plans for 2025 and 2026, leveling a blow to scientific research with a cut of 25%. Funding for applied research, which receives roughly two-thirds of Russia’s federal research spending, will be hit hardest by the cuts, dropping from 458 billion rubles ($4.9 billion USD) this year to 362 billion rubles in 2025 and 260 billion rubles in 2026. Spending on basic research will remain essentially flat, falling slightly from 261 billion rubles to 235 billion rubles in 2025, then increasing to 276 billion rubles in 2026. Overall, the plan calls for the share of federal spending dedicated to research to fall from 2.7% this year to 2.0% in 2026—its lowest level since 2004.

Now in paperback Cell Boundaries How Membranes and Their Proteins Work Stephen H White

Gunnar von Heijne Donald M Engelman

The central themes of Cell Boundaries concern the structural and energetic principles underlying cell membranes, and how these principles enable function. The book aims to broaden the knowledge about the basic physics and physical chemistry that informs us about membranes. TABLE OF CONTENTS The E Words, Membrane Structure, Lipid Bilayers, Peptide-Lipid Interactions, Membrane Protein Folding, Protein Trafficking, Membrane Protein Biosynthesis, How Proteins Shape Membranes, Membrane Protein Bioinformatics, Structure Determination, Small Molecule Channels, Ion Channels, Primary Transporters, Secondary Transporters, Bioenergetics, Signaling in Cells

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