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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.

 

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Physical Cell Biology

Subgroup Chair: Qiong Yang, University of Michigan, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST

Symposium Room:  Room 212/213/214  

Business Meeting:  3:15 - 3:25 PM PST

1:30 PM Opening Remarks

 

1:35 PM Jian Liu, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Mechanochemical Feedback Defines the Central Theme of Cellular Processes

 

2:05 PM Jonathan Rodenfels, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, GERMANY
Energetics of Biological Systems

 

2:35 PM Elena Koslover, University of California, San Diego, USA
From Mazes to Mingling: Transport and Mixing in Active Mitochondrial Networks

 

3:05 PM Break

 

3:15 PM Business Meeting


3:25 PM Student Award in Physical Cell Biology Awardee Talk 

 

3:40 PM Early Career Award in Physical Cell Biology Awardee Talk

 

3:55 PM Allyson Sgro, Janelia Farms, USA
Lineage-Associated Molecular Similarity Arises from Stochastic Biochemical Reactions

 

4:25 PM Gurol Suel, University of California, San Diego, USA
Ionic Interactions as a Biological Force Generator from Cells to Populations

 

4:55 PM Closing Remarks





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