Biophysical Society Newsletter | December 2017

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER

Late Abstracts Deadline Deadline: January 15

Abstracts Programmed Following the regular abstract deadline, members of the Program Committee and Council reviewed and sorted submitted abstracts, which were pro- grammed into 20 symposia, 4 workshops, 64 plat- forms, and 134 poster sessions. Nearly 700 posters will be presented each day of the meeting.

Thank you to our sponsors:

AAT Bioquest Allen Institute for Cell Science ALVEOLE Asylum Research, an Oxford Instruments Company Bruker Corporation Burroughs Wellcome Fund Carl Zeiss Microscopy Cell Press Cellular Dynamics International Chroma Technology Corporation Dynamic Biosensors GmbH FUJIFILM Dimatix Inc HEKA Elektronik HORIBA Scientific Journal of General Physiology KinTek Corporation LUMICKS B.V. Mad City Labs Malvern Instruments Ltd MDPI Molecular Devices Nanion Technologies GmbH Pall Fortebio Photonics Media Physics Today Princeton University Press Sophion Bioscience A/S Sutter Instrument TA Instruments Wyatt Technology

Late abstracts for the 2018 BPS Annual Meeting are now being accepted. All late abstracts will be posted online in a searchable format through the online itinerary planner and the meeting app. Late abstracts will be programmed each day of the meet- ing and grouped by topic to correspond with the presentations of abstracts submitted by the Octo- ber 2 deadline.

Calling All Bloggers! Deadline to apply: January 15 Add Your Perspectives on the Meeting Interested in sharing your experiences at the Annual Meeting? Enjoy writing

or interested in expanding your writing experi- ence? BPS is looking for five to ten bloggers to share their personal experiences at the meeting with the Society’s 3,500-plus blog readers. Blog posts could focus on meeting tips, must-go-to events, the best local eateries, how you are navigat- ing the meeting, or what you have learned! You can review posts from the 2017 meeting at https:// biophysicalsociety.wordpress.com/category/annual- meeting-2017/. To learn more and submit your application, visit https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/BPSblogger2018. Student Volunteers The Biophysical Society invites undergraduate and graduate students to volunteer time at the Annual Meeting in exchange for complimentary meeting registration. Volunteers must be Society members with registration fully paid and must be willing to volunteer for six hours during the meeting. To apply, please send an e-mail to meetings@biophys- ics.org by December 15, 2017, with the follow- ing information: full name, cell phone number, and complete list of dates/times available. Those selected will have their registration refunded after the meeting.

The Society would like to thank the Program Committee, Council, and the many other Society members who participate in the planning, review- ing, sorting, and programming each year. Their work ensures that the final program reflects the breadth of research areas in biophysics with as few programming conflicts as possible, given the volume and richness of the scientific program. The 2018 Annual Meeting Program Committee mem- bers are Anne Kenworthy , Francesca Marassi , Olga Boudker , Samantha Harris , Michael Pusch , David W. Piston , and Catherine A. Royer . Society mem- bers James Sellers , Ana Maria Soto , Dorothy Beckett , Kalina Hristova , and Andrej Sali also assisted Anne Kenworthy and Francesa Marassi with the program- ming this year. Left to right, 2018 Program Chairs Francesca Marassi and Anne Kenworthy along with Society members Dorothy Beckett, James Sellers, Andrej Sali, Kalina Hristova, and Anna Maria Soto finalize the programming of symposia and platform ses- sions for the 2018 San Francisco meeting.