Biophysical Society Bulletin | September 2019

Member Corner

On The Move Scott Blanchard has moved his lab fromWeill Cornell Medicine in New York City to the Department of Structural Biology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital inMemphis, Tennessee. Andrew Feig has moved fromWayne State University to Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) to serve as a program director. Jennifer Ross has moved fromher position as a Professor at University of Massachusetts at Amherst to Syracuse University.

Jesse Silverberg has moved fromHarvard University/Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering to serve as CEO and Research Director at Multiscale Systems, Inc. Eric Sundberg is moving fromUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine to serve as Professor and Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at Emory University School of Medicine. Seth H. Weinberg is moving fromhis Assistant Professor position at Virginia Commonwealth University to an Associate Professor position at Ohio State University.

Student Spotlight Hadeel Khamis

Technion Institute of Technology, Department of Physics As you move forward in science, what type of research do you see yourself doing? Why? As I move forward in science, I see myself progressing as a multidisciplinary researcher combining two fields of interest: physics and biology. I would like to use my knowledge and experience in physics to eluci- date the mechanism in which different proteins interact with DNA to regulate gene expression using single molecule techniques. Hopefully, one day we can fully understand how genetic information is encoded and processed in the cell.

Hadeel Khamis

Members in the News

Five Society members were honored with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers:

Lynette Cygelski

Edward O’Brien

Padmini Rangamani Rebecca Schulman Catherine Weisz

Lynette Cygelski , Stanford University and Society member since 2002; Edward O’Brien , Pennsylvania State University and Society member since 2010; Padmini Rangamani , University of California San Diego and Society member since 2010; Rebecca Schulman , Johns Hopkins University and Society member since 2014; Catherine Weisz , National Institutes of Health and Society member since 2007.

Three Society members were named both Astronaut Scholars and Barry Goldwater Scholars:

Two Society members were named Barry Goldwater Scholars:

Claire Evensen

Steven Fried

Kathy Le

Christianne Chua Joseph Tibbs

Claire Evensen , University of Wisconsin - Madison and Society member since 2018; Steven Fried , University of Arizona and Society member since 2017; Kathy Le , Johns Hopkins University and Society member since 2017.

Christianne Chua , The George Washington University and Society member since 2019; Joseph Tibbs , University of Northern Iowa and Society member since 2017.

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