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The Biophysical Society's Subgroups hold symposia that allow attendees to meet and interact within focused areas. This year’s subgroup symposia will be held on the first day of the Annual Meeting, Saturday, March 2, 2019. The Saturday Subgroup programs are heavily attended and include exciting scientific symposia, awards presentations, student and postdoc talks, and business meetings, which are open to members of each subgroup. 

To view a subgroup's 2019 symposium program, click on the subgroup's name. 
Subgroup programming details will be posted as they become available. 

For those attending subgroup symposia, registration will be open on Friday and Saturday for badge pick-up prior to the subgroup sessions. Registration for the Annual Meeting is required to attend the subgroup symposia.

 

For more information on subgroups and how to join, click here

Bioengineering

Subgroup Chair: Mark Uline, University of South Carolina, USA

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  204C

Business Meeting:  10:30 - 10:40 AM EST

Speakers:

8:32 AM Shuibing Chen, Cornel University, USA
Human Pluripotent Stem Cells, Organoids, and Disease Modeling

 

9:00 AM Ravi Radhakrishnan, University of Pennsylvania, USA
AI-Enabled Physics Driven Digital Twin Automaton in Cancer and Nanomedicine 

 

9:30 AM Juan Vanegas, Oregon State University, USA
Tension Mediated Activation of Transmembrane Protein Receptors and Ion Channels

 

10:00 AM William Torres, Exponent Consulting, USA
The Role of Computational Modeling and Simulation in the Product Development Life Cycle for Medical Devices 

 

10:40 AM Gabriele Kockelkoren, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Nanodomains of GPCRs at the Plasma Membrane: Direct Observation, Formation and Function

 

11:00 AM Michael Schick, University of Washington, USA
The Plasma Membrane as an Emulsion: A Rational Basis for "Rafts" and a Different Picture of Them

 

11:30 AM Vadim Backman, Northwestern University, USA
Physical Genomics and The Reprogramming of the Cell’s Operating System

 

12:00 PM Igal Szleifer, Northwestern University, USA
How is Chromatin Structured and Organized?





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