Biophysical Society Bulletin | September 2021

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female candidates for the next Chair Elect who would like to have a leadership role in the Mechanobiology community. The current leadership is Deborah Leckband (Chair, leckband@ illinois.edu), Virgile Viasnoff (Chair Elect, virgile.viasnoff@espci. fr), Michael Sheetz (Past Chair, misheetz@utmb.edu), and Medha Pathak (Treasurer, medhap@uci.edu). Please contact any of us if you are interested in standing for election. Finally, we are interested in building our community, by at- tracting researchers who have an interest in the mechanisms that cells employ to develop their shape and mechanical properties. Cancer, aging, and many biological problems are manifest in altered biomechanics that can best be understood at a biophysical level. The Mechanobiology Subgroup is look- ing for abstracts to be presented at the Subgroup meeting. We look forward to seeing you in 2022. — Deborah Leckband , Chair Membrane Transport The Membrane Transport Subgroup will select two abstracts for 15-minute talks at the 2022 annual Subgroup sympo- sium. We specifically encourage PhD students and younger postdocs to apply (and their supervisors to nominate them). If selected, your talk will be included in a fantastic program, together with Isabelle Baconguis from Oregon Health & Sci- ence University, William DeGrado from University of California, San Francisco, Jan-Philipp Machtens from FZ Jülich, and Crina Nimigean from Cornell University. — Lucie Delemotte , Chair

Multiscale Genome Organization The Multiscale Genome Organization (MGO) Subgroup bimonthly seminar series continues with Mair Churchill , University of Colorado Denver, and José N. Onuchic , Rice University, presenting on Wenesday, October 13, 11:00 AM EDT. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will also be presenting throughout the fall. Register for the bimonthly seminars at http:/ tinyurl.com/ MGO21Webinars. All seminars are free to attend for members and non-mem- bers. Recordings of the seminars are posted on the MGO website: https:/www.biophysics.org/subgroups/multi- scale-genome-organization. Please also enter your submission for the 2022 MGO logo in the Biophysical Society’s annual The Art of Science Image Contest. Prizes will be awarded! See https:/www.biophysics. org/awards-funding/image-contest#/ for details.

— Tom Bishop , Chair — Tamar Schlick , Chair

Call for BPS Student Chapters Are you a mentor to biophysics students who have leadership potential? Are you a student interested in gaining leadership skills and growing biophysics education at your institution?

If either answer is yes, you can help organize a BPS Student Chapter. BPS Student Chapters support students in their studies, deliver resources and tools to help with their research, and provide opportunities for students to succeed in a career in bio- physics and related fields. APPLY TODAY! Chapters may be formed within a single institution, or regional chapters may be developed between multiple institutions. Applications open September 17, 2021 and will be accepted through November 12, 2021. For more information, please visit www.biophysics.org/student-chapters.

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