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The Biophysical Society's Subgroups hold symposia that allow attendees to meet and interact within focused areas.  Subgroup symposia will be held on the first day of the Annual Meeting, Saturday, February 15, 2020. 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 2020 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.

 

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Membrane Structure and Function

Subgroup Chair: Markus Deserno, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST

Symposium Room:  Room 204/205/206 

Business Meeting:  12:15 -12:30 PM PST

8:30 AM Opening Remarks

 

8:35 AM Zheng Shi, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
Cell Membrane Rupture Mediated by NINJ1

 

9:00 AM Grace Brannigan, Rutgers University, USA
Forensic Techniques for Catching Guilty Lipids

 

9:25 AM Fangwei Si, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
How do Bacterial Cells Manage the Membrane Space?

 

9:50 AM Student/Postdoc Flash Talks 

 

10:20 AM Break

 

10:40 AM Thais Enoki, University of São Paulo, BRAZIL
Hidden Interactions, Visible Phases: Asymmetric Bilayers Under Interleaflet Influence

 

11:05 AM Hiroshi Noguchi, University of Tokyo, JAPAN
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Membranes Induced by Molecular Binding/Unbinding

 

11:30 AM Thompson Award Talk

 

12:15 PM Business Meeting



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