Biophysical Society Bulletin | October 2025

Annual Meeting

Graduate Student Breakfast Monday, February 23, 7:30 am –8:30 AM, USA Pacific Start your day off right! Graduate students should attend this breakfast for a chance to meet other students, discuss issues they face in their current career stage, and learn from others’ experiences. A group of experienced panelists will lead the discussion and answer questions from the attendees. Limited to the first 100 attendees. Annual Meeting of the Student Chapters Monday, February 23, 11:00 am –12:30 pm , USA Pacific Students and meeting attendees are invited to join BPS Student Chapters from around the world. Chapter officers and represen tatives will share information about their groups, highlight their accomplishments, and learn from one another. The session is a chance to build connections, strengthen communication between Chapters, and explore opportunities to get involved. If you’d like to learn more about a Chapter near you—or simply hear what other students are doing—please plan to attend. JUST-B Poster Session Monday, February 23, 3:00 pm –5:00 pm , USA Pacific The JUST-B Poster Session celebrates the research achievements of students, postdocs, and early career researchers in the field of biophysics. A goal of this program is to remove barriers to partic ipation and ensure that all students and trainees, including those from communities underrepresented in biophysics, have equal access to advancement opportunities and community support. All are welcome to attend. To learn more and to sign up to partici pate, please visit www.biophysics.org/education-careers/just-b poster-session. All members are invited to participate in the One-on-One with a Mentor program. Pairs of mentors and mentees are matched on the basis of scientific interests from their membership profiles, as well as the answers to a short questionnaire. This program is first come first served and is dependent on the number of mentors that sign up. We will do our best to match as many mentees as we can. New this year: we’ve added additional matching options to en hance the program and provide more personalized connections, as well as a peer-to-peer mentoring option. Membership and meeting registration are required for participation. You can sign up on the Annual Meeting website. Registration closes on January 6, 2026. One-on-One with a Mentor

Undergraduate Student Lounge Saturday, February 21 – Wednesday, February 25 Need to catch up on coursework? Or do you want to meet other undergraduate attendees? Stop by the Undergraduate Student Lounge throughout the meeting. Wi-Fi will be avail able. Student Housing Deadline: December 5, 2025 Affordable student housing is available for undergraduate and graduate student meeting attendees who are current Society members. To secure student housing, visit the Annual Meeting website. Student Volunteers Undergraduates and graduate students can volunteer their time at the Annual Meeting in exchange for complimentary meeting registration. Volunteers must be Society members with fully paid registration and must be willing to volunteer for six hours during the meeting. To apply, please send an email to meetings@biophysics.org by January 9, 2026, with the following information: full name, email address, cell phone number, and complete list of dates/times available. For those selected, registration will be refunded after the meeting upon completion of the required hours. Call for Future of Biophysics Symposium Speakers Do you know a young researcher doing cutting-edge research at the interface of the physical and life sciences? BPS is seeking suggestions from you for speakers to be featured in the special Future of Biophysics Burroughs Wellcome Fund Symposium in San Francisco. If you have a colleague who may be suitable for a nomina tion, visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/RPMGSTL and com plete the required information fields by October 14, 2025. Guess What? Student members can take advantage of significantly reduced meeting registration and membership rates. Have your students submit an abstract and join the Biophysical Society today!

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