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The Biophysical Society's Subgroups hold symposia that allow attendees to meet and interact within focused areas. This year’s subgroup symposia will be held on the first day of the Annual Meeting, Saturday, March 2, 2019. 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 2019 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.

 

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

Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Metabolism

Subgroup Co-Chairs: Harpreet Singh, Ohio State University, USA and Shanmughapriya Santhanam, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM-12:30 PM PST

Symposium Room:  Room 511ABC 

Business Meeting:  10:30 - 10:40 AM PST

Symposium Title: Bioenergetics and Cellular Differentiation

Co-Chairs: Drs. George Porter and Pamela Wenzel

Speakers:

8:32 AM Jason Tennessen, Indiana University, USA
Oncometabolites, Fruit Flies, and Rotting Bananas - Drosophila melanogaster as a Model for Studying Tumor Metabolism

 

9:00 AM Atsushi “Austin” Nakano, University of California Los Angeles, USA
The Role of Glucose in Cardiogenesis

 

9:28 AM Roman Eliseev, University of Rochester School of Medicine, USA
Crosstalk of Differentiation and Bioenergetic Pathways in Bone Marrow Stromal/Stem Cells

 

9:56 AM Pamela Wenzel, UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School, USA
Biomechanical Force Initiates mTORC1-Dependent Mitochondrial Remodeling in Hematopoietic Development

 

11:00 AM Vivian Gama, Vanderbilt Center for Stem Cell Biology, USA
The Coordination of Mitochondrial and Peroxisomal Fission Establishes Cell Fate During Neurogenesis

 



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