The Annual Meeting Program Chairs were challenged in making the selections this year from among the very large number of outstanding nominations submitted by Society members. The speakers will present their work on Sunday, February 19, 4:00–6:00 PM, USA Pacific Standard Time.
The New and Notable Symposium will feature exciting new discoveries across a wide range of biophysical research, including cryo-EM analysis
of activated cold-sensing channels, membrane shaping by integral membrane proteins, and electrically conductive protein nanowires.
Baron Chanda and Janice Robertson, Program Chairs for the 67th Annual Meeting Program Committee, will co-chair the Symposium.
Irene Chen, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, Membrane Vesicles as Shepherds of the RNA World
Seok-Yong Lee, Duke University, USA, Activation Mechanism of the Cold-Sensing TRPM8 Channel by Cooling Agents and PIP2
Raya Sorkin, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Membrane Shaping and Remodeling by Tetraspanin Proteins
Nikhil Malvankar, Yale University, USA, How Can Bacteria Breathe Without Oxygen or Soluble Electron Acceptors? Protein Nanowires: Structures,
Functions, and Electron Transfer Mechanisms