Biophysical Society Newsletter | September 2017

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

2017

SEPTEMBER

Importantly, we need to continually question whether we are treating our students, post-docs, and peers with encouragement and respect. The other day, a female undergraduate biochemistry major with a high GPA told me that her male advisor thought that she should focus on a career in writing and not science once she graduates. I had different advice! What is the one thing that can be done right away? While some countries have experienced recent setbacks regarding gender bias, we need to be

persistent in encouraging equality both in and out of the lab. Nonscientists may not be aware of the many opportunities there are for their daughters in science, or aware of the problems they might encounter. We need to encourage women at all levels so that our numbers will grow. When Ruth Bader Ginsburg (one of the nine members of the United States Supreme Court) was asked when she thinks there will be enough women on the court, she replied “And my answer is when there are nine.”

Members in the News

Amitabha Chattopadhyay , Cen- tre for Cellular and Molecular Biology and Society member since 1984, was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.

Christopher N. Rowley , Memo- rial University of Newfound- land and Society member since 2010, received the OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in Compu- tational Chemistry awarded by the American Chemical Society. B. Montgomery Pettitt , University of Texas, Medical Branch and Society member since 1991, was named a Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year by the ACS.

Gunnar Jeschke , ETH Zurich, and Society member since 2008, was awarded the International EPR (ESR) Society’s Silver Medal in Instrumentation.

The following members were named Fellows of the International EPR (ESR) Society:

Wolfgang Lubitz , Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, and Society member since 1987.

Jack Freed , Cornell Univer- sity, and Society member since 1999.

Betty Gaffney , Florida State University, and Society member since 1995.