Biophysical Society Bulletin | September 2023

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BPS Presents Student Poster Awards at EBSA Conference

The Biophysical Society was pleased to sponsor student poster awards at the recent 14th European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA) Conference in Stockholm, Sweden that took place from July 31 through August 4. This was also the eighth EBSA meeting at which BPS held this competition. There were 129 students who participated, and 13 winners were selected to receive a $500 poster award, complimentary membership to BPS, and meeting registration to the 68th BPS Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in February 2024. The winners, along with their home institutions and poster titles, are listed below.

Matilde Accorsi , Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany Calcium as a Protein-Free Fusogen in GUVs: An Elusive Effect Elena Ackermann , Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany Stay Viscoelastic: Mechanical Properties of Minimal Actin Cortices Accessed by Atomic Force Microscopy Nicoletta Braidotti , Università Degli Studi Di Trieste, Italy Piezo1 Channel Investigation in Cardiac Fibrosis Precursor Cells Mechano-physiology Debanjana Das , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India Metal-Binding and Circular Permutation-Dependent Thermody namic and Kinetic Stability of Azurin Eduarda Fernandes , Centre of Physics from Universities of Minho and Porto, University of Minho, Portugal Biophysical Insights of an Innovative Lipid-Engineered Stratum Corneum Model for Compound Permeation Studies Cenk Gurdap , Karolinska Institutet, Sweden High-Throughput Biophysical Mapping in Health and Disease Julia Valderas Gutiérrez , Lund University, Sweden Optical Biosensing and Single-Molecule Detection Enhanced with Aerotaxy Lightguiding Nanowires

Vilmantas Pupkis , Vilniaus Universitetas, Lithuania Electrical Excitability-Enhancing Action of Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphos phate (IP3) on Macroalgae Nitellopsis obtusa Ellen Sjule , Karolinska Institutet, Sweden A Guideline for Quantitative Characterization and Application of Environment-Sensitive Probes Anna Stoib , Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria Investigating the pH Dependent Solute Permeabilities of Helico bacter pyloris Urea Channel UreI Ana-Maria Udrea , National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Romania Laser Irradiated Chlorpromazine—Application in Breast Cancer Treatment Yagmur Balim Urem , Karolinska Institutet, Sweden A Guideline for Quantitative Characterization and Application of Environment-Sensitive Probes Jip Wulffele , Institut de Biologie Structurale, France Single Particle Tracking PALM Provides Insight into Nucleoid Re modeling in Deinococcus radiodurans

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