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Voting Is Open June 1 through August 1

June 2024 Newsletter

Highlights from this month

Your Membership Supports and Defines the Biophysical Society

In my first President’s Message column (March 2024), I articulated as a priority for this year a return to a balanced operating budget. To maintain ongoing programs and continue to adapt to new challenges, this means that we must make up for losses we incurred during the pandemic.

Biophysicist in Profile

Jessica M.J. Swanson

Jessica M.J. Swanson’s father was a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, working in areas ranging from inorganic to bioinorganic chemistry. “He is the most curious man I know, and I love him for it,” she shares.

Know the Editor

Dmitrii Makarov

Each issue of BPS Bulletin highlights an editor from the Editorial Board of one of the BPS publications. For the June 2024 issue, we are highlighting Dmitrii Makarov, an Associate Editor for Biophysical Reports.

In Memoriam

Lubert Stryer

Lubert Stryer (1938–2024), a renowned biophysicist and biochemist on the faculty of Stanford University School of Medicine, passed away this April at the age of 86. Stryer, a member of the Biophysical Society for 45 years, was known for his groundbreaking work on vision and on quantitative biophysics.

The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the 2024 slate of candidates for President-Elect, Treasurer, and Council.

The two candidates for President-Elect are Henry Colecraft of Columbia University and Karen Fleming of Johns Hopkins University. The President-Elect will serve a one-year term, beginning February 2025, followed by a year as President, starting February 2026, and one subsequent year as Past-President, beginning February 2027.

This year’s slate includes one candidate for Treasurer, Samantha Harris of the University of Arizona, and eight candidates for Council, shown below. The elected Treasurer will serve a four-year term beginning July 1, 2025. The four Council members who are elected will each serve a three-year term beginning February 18, 2025.

Full biographical information and candidate statements are available at www.biophysics.org/elections/bps-elections. All Society members, including students, with 2024 dues paid by May 30, 2024, are eligible to vote. Eligible members may vote electronically through August 1, 2024, by means of the secure site at www.biophysics.org/elections/bps-elections.

The Society is indebted to the Nominating Committee for developing the slate of candidates. The committee members were Margaret Cheung (Chair), Erin C. Dueber, Gilad Haran, Kumiko Hayashi, Kandice Tanner, and Gail Robertson.