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The Biophysical Society's Subgroups hold symposia that allow attendees to meet and interact within focused areas. The Subgroup Symposia are heavily attended and include exciting scientific lectures, award presentations, student and postdoc talks, and business meetings, which are open to members of each Subgroup. These will primarily be held on the first day of the Annual Meeting, Saturday, February 20, 2027, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Main Program will also feature four symposia annually throughout the conference. 

In 2027, the Subgroup Symposia will be divided into the following sessions:

 Indicates Subgroup Symposia featured in the Main Program

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Macromolecular Machines & Assemblies

Subgroup Chair: Jungsan Sohn, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

 MAIN PROGRAM SYMPOSIUM

Date and time will be announced in November. 

SATURDAY 90-MINUTE AFTERNOON SESSION

Session Day and Time:  Saturday, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Session Room:  Room 107AB

Business Meeting:  2:57 PM - 3:00 PM EST

 

 In 2027, the Macromolecular Machines & Assemblies Subgroup's primary symposium will take place during the Main Program. The date and time will be announced in November. 

MAIN PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Jungsan Sohn, A Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Protein•DNA Mesh Assembly Drives dsDNA-Specific and Duplex Length-Dependent Activation of cGAS 

Nils G. Walter, University of Michigan, USA
Life in Flux: Dynamic RNA:Protein Complex Assembly Shapes Biomolecular Function 

Kylie Walters, NIH, USA
Capturing Dynamic Interactions of Proteasomes 

Simon Alberti, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Kinetic Solubility: How Interaction Persistence Shapes Cellular Organization

 

In 2027, the Macromolecular Machines & Assemblies Subgroup's primary symposium will take place during the Main Program. The session below provides an additional 90 minutes for the Subgroup to conduct business and share additional content with its members.

 SATURDAY 90-MINUTE AFTERNOON SESSION

1:30 PM Opening Remarks

1:32 PM Arne Gennerich, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
The P3018S Disease Variant Reveals How Dynein’s Trailing Motor Sets Ensemble Velocity

1:52 PM Rebecca Voorhees, Caltech, USA
How Proteins Get into Membranes: The Function of MTCH2 in Human Mitochondria

2:12 PM Yorgo Modis, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
MDA5 Variants Tune Double-Stranded RNA Sensing to Offer Fitness Tradeoffs

2:32 PM Young Investigator Awardee Talk

2:47 PM Student/Postdoc Talk 

2:57 PM Business Meeting

3:00 PM Closing Remarks





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