Biophysical Society Newsletter | December 2017

Newsletter DECEMBER 2017 Future of Biophysics Burroughs Wellcome Fund Symposium Speakers

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2018–2019 Congressional Fellowship December 15, 2017 Applications 62 nd BPS Annual Meeting February 17–21, 2018 January 15, 2018 Early Registration and Late Abstract Submission Biophysics Week 2018 March 12–16, 2018 January 15, 2018 Affiliate Event Registration #MyBiophysics Video Submission Thematic Meetings Genome Biophysics Santa Cruz, California August 19–24, 2018 April 2, 2018 Abstract Submission Registration The Heart by Numbers Berlin, Germany September 4 –7, 2018 May 7, 2018 Abstract Submission June 4, 2018 Early Registration

Meytal Landau

Giulia Palermo

Schuyler Van Engelenburg

Anastasia Zhuravleva

The 2018 Future of Biophysics Burroughs Wellcome Fund Symposium will again highlight the work of young researchers who are currently conducting cutting-edge research at the interface of the physical and life sciences. The speakers selected for the 2018 Symposium are Meytal Landau , The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology; Giulia Palermo , University of California, San Diego; Schuyler Van Engelenburg , University of Denver; and Anastasia Zhuravleva , University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

The symposium, in its ninth year, will be held on Monday, February 19, 2018, 10:45 am–12:45 pm, at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, California.

Anne Kenworthy and Francesca Marassi , Program Co-Chairs for the 62nd Annual Meeting, will co-chair the symposium.

Last Call! Apply to be the 2018-2019 BPS Congressional Fellow! Members who have obtained their PhD and are eligible to work in the United States may apply.

Application deadline: December 15, 2017 Visit www.biophysics.org for additional information.

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