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The Biophysical Society's Subgroups hold symposia that allow attendees to meet and interact within focused areas. 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. Subgroup symposia will be held on the first day of the Annual Meeting, Saturday, February 10, 2024, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

To view a Subgroup's 2024 symposium program, click on the Subgroup's name. Subgroup programming details will be posted as they become available. 

In 2024, the Subgroup symposia will be divided into the following sessions (Convention Rooms to be determined):

Morning Sessions (8:30 AM - 12:30 PM) Afternoon Sessions (1:30 PM - 5:30 PM)
Bioengineering Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Metabolism
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Biological Fluorescence
Macromolecular Machines and Assemblies Biopolymers in Vivo
Mechanobiology Channels, Receptors, and Transporters
Membrane Structure and Function Membrane Fusion, Fission, and Traffic
Membrane Transport Nanoscale Approaches to Biology
Motility and Cytoskeleton Physical Cell Biology
Multiscale Genome Organization Cryo-EM
Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation and 
Visualization		 Theory and Computation

 

For more information on Subgroups and how to join, click here. 

Mechanobiology

Subgroup Chair: Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie, France

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

Symposium Room:  113C

Business Meeting:  10:25 - 10:40 AM EST

 

Speakers:

8:35 AM Shamik Sen, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Proteolytic and Non-Proteolytic Functions of MMP9 in Cancer Invasion

 

9:00 AM Rafael Tapia Rojo, Kings College, London, UK
Mechanochemical Regulation of the Talin-Vinculin Interaction

 

9:25 AM Student/Postdoc Talk: Qin Ni
Deciphering the Role of Hydrostatic Pressure in Cellular Functions and Behaviors

 

9:35 AM Allen Ehrlicher, McGill University, Canada
Nuclear Mechanics and Deformation Regulate Cellular Lineage and Senescence via YAP Mechanotransduction

 

10:00 AM Rebecca Wells, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Lipid Droplets with Varied Mechanical Properties as Mechanical Stressors in Steatotic Liver Disease

 

10:40 AM Allen Liu, University of Michigan, USA
Mechanobiology of Collective Cell Migration

 

11:05 AM Student/Postdoc Talk: Xuechen Shi
Compression Stiffening in Adipose Tissues

 

11:15 AM Margaret Gardel, University of Chicago, USA
How Adherent Cells Process Mechanical Information?

 

11:40 AM Orion Weiner, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Membrane Tension as a Long-Range Integrator of Immune Cell Physiology

 

12:05 PM Viola Vogel, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Mechanobiology of Extracellular Matrix Fibers: From Blood Clots to Healthy and Diseased Organs

 



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