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Help get the word out about what biophysics is and its significant scientific contributions by hosting an event during Biophysics Week.
2025 University of Central Florida Biophysics Day
3/25/2025 CF Physical Science Building Atrium Florida, United States
We will host a poster session highlighting research progress of undergraduate and graduate students
Africa Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Biophysics Week
3/24/2025 - 3/28/2025 Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. School of Natural Sciences, SPD Building Room 314 (Kenya), and Gulu University (Uganda) Kenya and Uganda, Africa
The Biophysics week for the year 2025 is expected to hit a notch higher by attracting many participants from across Africa. This will be boosted by the many chapters established in Kenya and Africa under BPS. Other Chapters yet to be established are expected to join this celebration under BPS Kenya. This event will focus on strengthening Biophysical Societies in Africa BPS Chapters.
Day 1: Peer sensitization of Biophysics and the Biophysical Society
Day 2: Biophysics Laboratory Activities Day
3: Reporting of Laboratory Results. Day
4: Travel to Gulu University in Uganda
Day 5: Joint Kenya/MMUST/Gulu University Chapters Outreach Meeting
(i). Strengthening Biophysical Societies Chapters in the three chapters.
(ii). Moving Biophysics Research to another level through improved Techniques and adequate funding
Biophysics Seminar: Flow-Induced Transport of Lipid-Anchored Proteins on COS-7 Cells
3/25/2025 Augsburg University, Hagfors Center, Room 109 Minnesota, United States
The Augsburg Society of Physics Students will host a seminar by Dr. Sreeja Sasidharan.
TITLE: Flow-Induced Transport of Lipid-Anchored Proteins on COS-7 Cells
ABSTRACT: The cells lining blood vessels, known as endothelial cells, can detect changes in blood flow and respond with inflammation, especially when the flow is disrupted due to conditions like atherosclerosis. While it is well understood that these cells react to flow changes, the physical process behind this response is less explored. Since the outer membrane of these cells interacts directly with blood flow, it may play a key role in sensing these changes. In particular, certain proteins outside the cell that can move freely may shift their distribution in response to flowing blood.
Using live cell imaging with confocal microscopy, we studied how two specific proteins—Glypican-1 and GPI-anchored GFP—move along the cell membrane under fluid flow. Our results show that these proteins travel quickly enough to create concentration differences when exposed to shear stress similar to what blood vessels typically experience. Additionally, we observed that as shear stress increases, the movement of these proteins also increases in a linear fashion.
Biophysics Week in Lithuania
3/24/2025 to 3/28/2025 Vilnius University Vilnius, Lithuania
Lithuanian Biophysical Society celebrates Biophysics Week! We kindly invite everyone to meet Lithuanian scientists from various fields of Biophysics, explore their research, and discover the questions they seek to answer.
We hope you will attend lectures, interact with the researchers, tour laboratories, and take part in hands-on experiments in the Life Sciences Centre and the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University, the National Cancer Institute, National Center for Physical Sciences and Technology in Vilnius and the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas. We are excited about the cooperation with Vilnius University Methodical STEAM Education Centre which will allow us to offer biophysical laboratory activities for high school students in all Lithuania.
The event calendar can be accessed at https://lbfd.lt/event/paskaita/
Biophysics Week in Ukraine: Experience Across the Borders
3/24/2025 - 3/27/2025 V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Kharkiv, Ukraine
This event will focus on changing experiences, expertise and forecasts between Ukrainian biophysical graduates working at home and abroad, and serve multiple purposes:
i) provide a platform for graduates to share their professional journeys, research insights, and challenges within biophysics;
ii) gather ideas and recommendations from BPS and attendees on re-launching a Ukrainian Biophysical Society;
iii) explore strategies to make this new society visible, active, and impactful, fostering connections both nationally and globally.
Biophyzza Connection - DIY Neuroscience in Tenerife
3/25/2025 - 3/26/25 Institute of Biomedical Technologies, Seminar room Tenerife, Spain
We have prepared an event of "DIY Biophysics" with the collaboration of Backyard Brains and Domino's pizza. It is well known that our muscles, heart, and neurons use electrical impulses to function properly. What many people don't know is that plants also use electrical impulses to coordinate rapid movements, such as in the Venus flytrap, or alarm signals in plants that do not move quickly, like tomatoes. In this talk, through live demonstrations with audience participation, Tim Marzullo from Backyard Brains will show the electrical signals of the human body and also discuss the groundbreaking electrophysiological research in plants. At the end of the presentation, we will share our excitement about biophysics around pizzas kindly provided to us from our local Domino's Pizza. This is an event under the umbrella of the Biophyzza Connection, an initiative from the Society of Biophysics of Spain.
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Biophyzza Connection at the University of Granada
3/25/2025 Grade Room, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada Granada, Spain
An informal scientific meet-up will take place at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada on march 25th, at 12:00. Professor Raúl Pérez-Jiménez will give a talk entitled “Designing new biocatalysts for new applications: Biotechnology and Society”. After this, a discussion will be run with undergrad and master students on related topics while sharing some pizzas and drinks. The event is part of the Biophyzza Connection organized by the Spanish Biophysical Society (SBE, https://sbe.es/biophyzza) and sponsored by the Faculty of Sciences Dean Office and Domino´s Pizza.
BPS Mechanobiology Subgroup Mixer and Career Panel
3/25/2025 Virtual Event California, United States
A virtual mixer/career panel event will be hosted by Biophysical Society Mechanobiology Subgroup. We will start with a short mixer session, where participants can meet one another, and then host a career panel by the faculty that are involved including Mechanobiology Subgroup Chair Ovijit Chaudhuri (Stanford University) and Chair-Elect Rebecca Wells (University of Pennsylvania).
Zoom link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97295618776?pwd=CdseJG2G0CUoXnuCVm2ebNG3bbosQX.1
Password: 150558
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DNA STORY: A Play about Discovering the Structure of DNA
3/24/2025 - 3/28/2025 Streaming on YouTube
DNA STORY is a video recording of a play about the discovery of the structure of DNA by Watson&Crick and Franklin and Wilkins. Unlike many of the other performative versions of these events, DNA STORY is packed with science elements – including discussionsof how crystallography works, chemistry of the nucleic acid bases, the work of Hershey&Chase, how A and B form DNA interconvert, which data for the model came from Franklin, Wilkins, Jerry Donahue, and Erwin Chargaff – among much more. We’ve also done some assessment of whether audiences learn any science from the video (via a 20 question multiple choice quiz) and found that indeed they do.
Flow-a-thon by MIC
3/24/2025 to 3/28/2025 Microfluidics Innovation Center Paris, France
Fun with fluidic measurements for ages 4-104! Try these simple experiments to measure how fast water flows using ordinary objects at home. Share your observations with us.
Membrane and Single-Molecule Biophysics Online Symposium
3/24/2025 - 3/26/2025 Virtual Event Connecticut, United States
BPS Subgroup Membrane Fusion, Fission, and Traffic/Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation, and Visualization Joint Symposium
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Membrane Biophysics Today: Milestones and Future Directions Webinar
3/25/2025 Virtual Event Texas, United States
The Membrane Structure and Function Subgroup of the Biophysical Society will be hosting a webinar entitled, "Membrane Biophysics Today: Milestones and Future Directions," This event will take place on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST, as part of Biophysics Week celebrations. This one-hour webinar will feature four 10-minute talks by leading experts in the field, offering a unique view into the world of membrane biophysics. The presentations will explore recent breakthroughs, foundational concepts, and future directions in membrane biophysics, and will be designed to engage a broad audience, including undergraduates interested in biophysics, graduate students, and college instructors. The event will be recorded so that the presentations can be shown by instructors to students at their convenience.
Physics of Life 2025
3/24/2025 -3/27/2025 Harrogate Conference Centre North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Physics of Life 2025 is a large-scale conference representing the wide diversity of the UK biological physics community, continuing the biennial series started with Physics of Life 2023. Organised jointly by PoLNet3, IOP Biological Physics, the British Biophysical Society, Physics of Living Matter and Physics meets Biology, this in-person meeting will project the excitement of science at the interface between physics and biology. In addition to exciting keynote lectures, the conference will featureparallel sessions on a full breadth of topics, with many contributed talks, ensuring a wide focus and inclusion of the most cutting edge science.
For more information, visit https://iop.eventsair.com/pol2025/
Follow us @PhysicsOfLifeMeet
Spanish Biophysics Week - Biophysics & Neuroscience
3/25/2025 Universitat de Vic, FCTE, Ed. Torre dels Frares, Aula Magna Vic, Spain
The relationship between biophysics and neuroscience is essential to understanding how the brain perceives and interprets the world around us. Studying the biological and physical mechanisms that govern brain activity helps us comprehend not only cognitive processes but also how artistic and social experiences shape human development.
As part of the event, Dr. David Bueno will present Neuroscience: The Art of Being Human, taking us on a journey through the arts, neuroscience, and education to redefine how we perceive the world and ourselves. The presentation explores how the arts—ranging from visual and performing arts, music, and poetry to science and philosophy (also considered forms of art)—serve as unique expressions of humanity and fundamental drivers of cognitive, emotional, and social growth.
The goal is to bridge science and humanism, particularly in educational contexts but also in everyday life. This event invites us to discover the Homo artisticus within each of us and to harness creativity and critical thinking to build a richer, more fulfilling, and freer society.
Spanish Biophysics week: Biophysics land on classrooms 2.0
3/28/2025 Colegio Montaigne Andalusia, Spain
A trip around the biophysics milestones. This event includes an experience to get to know the Biophysics contribution to society. Together, we will discuss the importance of these discoveries.Besides, hands-on activities will be organized in which students will replicate some of these biophysics milestones.