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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 Transport

Subgroup Chair: Yun Lyna Luo, Western University, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30PM - 5:30 PM PST

Symposium Room:  Room 502A 

Business Meeting:  3:05PM - 3:30PM PST

Speakers:

1:35 PM Rachelle Gaudet, Havard University, USA
Conformational Cycle and Substrate Selectivity in Nramp-Family Metal Transporters

 

2:05 PM Student/Postdoc Talk:TBA

 

2:20 PM Harel Weinstein, Weill Cornell University, USA
Decoding the Address System for the Shuttle Transport of Cholesterol in the Cell

 

2:50 PM Student/Postdoc Talk:TBA

 

3:20 PM Lejla Zubcevic, Kansas University, USA
Mechanisms of TRPM5 Gating

 

3:50 PM Student/Postdoc Talk:TBA

 

4:05 PM Phil Stansfeld, University of Warwick, UK
Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Cell Envelope Biogenesis

 

4:35 PM Student/Postdoc Talk: TBA

 

4:50 PM Francis Valiyaveetil, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Allosteric Coupling of Ion and Substrate Binding to a Glutamate Transporter Homolog

 

5:20 PM Flash Talks: TBA



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