Biophysical Society Bulletin | September 2021

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Subgroups Biological Fluorescence

Channels, Receptors, and Transporters The Channels, Receptors, and Transporters (CRT) Subgroup is excited to announce that the following biophysicists will present at their symposium at the BPS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, on Saturday, February 19, 2022: Juan Du , Van Andel Institute Daniel Minor , University of California, San Francisco Bryan Roth , University of North Carolina Inga Hänelt , Goethe University, Germany Aashishi Manglik , University of California, San Francisco Rosemary Cater , Columbia University Please join the CRT Subgroup at www.biophysics.org/subgroups. Kenneth S. Cole Award Nomination Deadline: October 29, 2021 The CRT Subgroup is soliciting nominations for the 2022 Ken- neth S. Cole Award. The Kenneth S. Cole Award is given to one or more investigators in the field of membrane biophysics, in recognition of their research achievements as well as their potential for future contributions. A list of past Cole Awardees can be found here: www.biophysics.org/subgroups/chan- nels-receptors-transporters-1. The Cole Award presentation and talk will be held following the CRT Subgroup symposium dinner at the 2022 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting on Saturday, February 19, 2022. Eligibility: Any investigator who has made a substantial contribution to the understanding of membrane biophys- ics is eligible. Nominations may be made by any Subgroup member. Full details on nomination requirements can be found here: https:/www.biophysics.org/awards-funding/sub- group-awards. The deadline for Cole Award nominations is Friday, October 29, 2021. Nominations should be sent to Sudha Chakrapani , CRT Subgroup Secretary-Treasurer, at sudha.chakrapani@ case.edu by 11:59 PM EST on October 29, 2021. — Vera Moiseenkova-Bell , Chair — Sudha Chakrapani , Secretary-Treasurer

The Biological Fluorescence Subgroup will hold its annual symposium at the 2022 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, which will take place in San Francisco from February 19–23, 2022. The Biological Fluorescence Subgroup Symposium will take place on Saturday, February 19 from 8:30 AM–12:30 PM PST, with talks from the following scientists: Jerome Wenger , Institut Fresnel, France, Using Plasmonic Nanophotonics to Improve Single-Molecule Fluorescence Detection ; Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan , EMBL at University of New South Wales, Australia, Single-Molecule Imaging of Cytoplasmic Dynein in Vivo Reveals the Mechanism of Motor Activation and Cargo Capture ; Xavier Darzacq , University of California, Berkeley, Live Cell Single Particle Tracking Reveals New Mechanisms in Transcrip- tion Regulation ; Christy Landes , Rice University, Conformational Changes Impact 3D Antibody Translational Dynamics during Sep- aration through an Ion Exchange Support ; and Thorsten Hugel , Freiburg University, Germany, Protein Dynamics and Regulation Across Scales: Integrating Fluorescence, Neutron Scattering and MD Simulations . In addition to these talks, we will have talks by the Gregorio Weber awardee and the Young Fluorescence Investigator The Young Fluorescence Investigator Award is given to an outstanding researcher at the beginning of his or her career for significant advancements and/or contributions in or using fluorescence methodologies. This award is sponsored by Horiba Scientific and consists of a $1,000 honorarium and an invitation to present a 20-minute research talk at the Sub- group meeting during the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting. Eligibility: All pre-tenure faculty or junior-level investigators who have completed their PhD and are working in the field of fluorescence; self-nominations are not allowed. Nomination packets must include the following: a Letter of Nomination that highlights how the candidate’s work rep- resents novel and exciting applications of fluorescence to biology and biophysics, the candidate’s CV, a reprint that exemplifies the candidate’s contribution, and three letters of support. Please send all nominations to gilad.haran@weizmann.ac.il. — Gilad Haran , Chair — Joachim Mueller , Secretary-Treasurer awardee (see the call for nominations below). Young Fluorescence Investigator Award Nomination Deadline: December 15, 2021

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