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Biophysical Society responds to NIH Request for Information on Implementation Plans for Recommendations of the NIH Working Group on the Biomedical Research Workforce--April 19, 2013
The Biophysical Society provided feedback on NIH plans regrading training grants, individual development plans, and tracking of students. read more...
Biophysical Society announces 2013 Student Research Achievement Award Winners - February 25, 2013
The 9000-member Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the 2013 Student Research Achievement Award Winners. read more...
Biophysical Society Asks Congress and White House to Avoid Sequester, Protect Discretionary Programs--February 11, 2013
The Biophysical Society joined 3200 other organizations in asking Members of Congress and the White House to support a balanced approach to deficit reduction that does not include further cuts to discretionary programs. read more...
Biophysical Society Warns Congress About the Impact of Further Cuts to Medical Research Funding--February 11, 2013
The Biophysical Society, along with 270 other organizations, warned Congress of the consequences to medical research and health if the NIH were to sustain further cuts to its budget. read more...
Highlights from the 2013 Annual Meeting--Tuesday February 6, 2013
Tracking the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
Propping Open the Blood Brain Barrier: New approach to delivering therapeutics could lead to better treatment of central nervous system disorders
Quantum Dots Deliver Vitamin D to Tumors for Possible Inflammatory Breast Cancer Treatment
Highlights from the 2013 Annual Meeting--Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Cooperators Can Coexist with Cheaters, as Long as There Is Room to Grow
Type II Diabetes and the Alzheimer’s Connection: Scientists study interactions between two molecules thought to play critical roles in these diseases
Highlights from the 2013 Annual Meeting--Monday, February 4, 2013
Imaging Unveils Temperature Distribution inside Living Cells
Listening to Cells: Scientists Probe Human Cells with High‐Frequency Sound
The Nanomechanical Signature of Breast Cancer: Differences in Tissue Stiffness have Potential to Aid in Diagnosis, Therapy
Highlights from the 2013 Annual Meeting--Sunday, February 3, 2013
Group Therapy: New approach to psychosis treatment could target multiple nervous system receptors
Autism Speaks Through Gene Expression
Media Invited: Biophysical Society Annual Meeting to Highlight Innovations in Medicine, Physics, and More--January 18, 2013
Honeybee silk-inspired materials; a deconstruction of the Ebola virus; how microbes evolve resistance to antibiotics; and a possible connection between Alzheimer’s disease and type II diabetes are just some of the intriguing topics that will be presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society. read more...
Biophysical Society Announces Speakers for the 2013 New and Notable Symposium--January 8, 2013
The New and Notable Symposium highlights the latest most exciting discoveries in biophysics. read more...