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The Biophysical Society's Subgroups hold symposia that allow attendees to meet and interact within focused areas.  Subgroup symposia will be held on the first day of the Annual Meeting, Saturday, February 15, 2020. 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 2020 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

Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Metabolism

Subgroup Co-Chairs: Erin Seifert, Thomas Jefferson University, USA, and Pablo Peixoto, Baruch College, CUNY, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30 PM-5:30 PM PST

Symposium Room:  Room 215/216  

Business Meeting:  5:10 - 5:30 PM PST

Symposium Title: Mitochondria-Cell Crosstalk: Multi-modal Signaling in Cellular Homeostasis

Program Co-Chairs: Drs. Ian Collinson and Natalie Niemi

1:30 PM Opening Remarks

 

1:32 PM Pinchas Cohen, University of Southern California, USA
Mitochondrial Peptides Orchestrate Cellular Function

 

1:58 PM Sarah Nowinski, Van Andel Institute, USA
Oxidative Mitochondrial Metabolism in the Control of Myogenic Differentiation

 

2:26 PM Student/Postdoc Talk

 

2:41 PM Ian Collinson, University of Bristol, UK
Mitochondrial Import and Import Failure: Tales of the Unexpected

 

3:09 PM Break

 

3:29 PM Natalie Niemi, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Mitochondrial Regulation from the Inside Out

 

3:57 PM Student/Postdoc Talk

 

4:12 PM Shey-Shing Sheu, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Mitochondrial Signaling Through Magnetic Fields

 

4:38 PM Young Biophysicist Awardee Talk

 

4:53 PM Student Biophysicist Awardee Talk

 

5:08 PM Closing Remarks

 

5:10 PM Business Meeting





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