Biophysical Society 58Th Annual Meeting February 15–19, 2014 | San Francisco, California

ABSTRact deadline: October 1, 2013 | EARLY REGISTRATION deadline: january 8, 2014

Biophysical Society 58th Annual Meeting February 15–19, 2014 | san francisco, california

Biophysics of Cell Division and National Lecturer Spatial Relationships Workshops Susan Biggins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Workshops will be held on Sunday and Carlos Bustamante Research Center, Co-Chair Tuesday evenings. University of California, Berkeley Wallace Marshall, University of California, San Francisco, Co-Chair Polarizable Force Fields from Daniel Fletcher, University of California, Biomolecular Simulations A Journey Through Cellular Processes: Berkeley One Molecule at a Time Matthieu Piel, Curie Institute, France Benoit Roux, University of Chicago, Co-Chair Alexander Mackerell, University Force Generation in Cell and of Maryland, Co-Chair Tissue Networks Vijay Pande, Stanford University Michael Sheetz, Columbia University, Molecular Basis for Regulation Teresa Head-Gordon, University Co-Chair Symposia 2+ of California, Berkeley of Ca Channels Clare Waterman, NHLBI, Co-Chair Stephen Long, Memorial Sloan- Symposia will be held Sunday through Alexander Bershadsky, Weizmann Kettering Cancer Center, Co-Chair Single Molecule Dynamics Using Wednesday. Institute of Science, Israel FRET/LRET Amy Lee, University of Iowa, Co-Chair Frank Jülicher, Max Planck Institute for the Achillefs Kapanidis, University of Annette Dolphin, University College Physics of Complex Systems, Germany Force Sensing in Muscle London, United Kingdom Oxford, United Kingdom, Co-Chair Mathias Gautel, King's College London, William Eaton, NIDDK, NIH, Co-Chair Heping Peace Cheng, Peking University, Cellular Stress, Protein Folding, United Kingdom, Co-Chair China Thorsten Hugel, Technical and Disease Gabriella Piazzesi, University of Florence, Jörg Striessnig, University of University of Munich, Germany Italy, Co-Chair Innsbruck, Austria Conner Sandefur, University of North Irina Gopich, NIDDK, NIH Kenneth Campbell, University of Kentucky Carolina at Chapel Hill, Co-Chair Judy Kim, University of California, Michael Regnier, University of Washington Structures of Membrane Fusion Knocking Down or Turning Off: San Diego, Co-Chair Anne Ulrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Down-Regulation of Protein Nikolay Dokholyan, University of North Technology, Germany, Co-Chair Expression by MicroRNAs Myosin Motors in Vitro and Carolina at Chapel Hill David Weliky, Michigan State Suzanne Scarlata, Stony Brook in Cells Richard Morimoto, Northwestern University University, Co-Chair University, Chair Michelle Peckham, University of Leeds, Santiago Schnell, University of Michigan Peter Kasson, University of Virginia Leemor Joshua-Tor, Cold Spring United Kingdom, Co-Chair Lukas Tamm, University of Virginia Harbor Laboratory Margaret Titus, University of Minnesota, Biophysics of Personalized Medicine Ofer Biham, Hebrew University of Co-Chair Biophysics of Genetic Switches Donald Engelman, Yale University, Jerusalem, Israel Laurent Blanchoin, University of Laura Finzi, Emory University, Co-Chair Co-Chair Additional speaker to be announced Grenoble, France Ido Golding, Baylor College of Medicine, Kathleen Giacomini, University of Jan Faix, Hannover Medical Co-Chair California, San Francisco, Co-Chair Applications of Supported Bilayers School, Germany Lucille Shapiro, Stanford University Charles Cantor, Boston University Marjorie Longo, University of Keith Shearwin, University of Adelaide, Atul Butte, Stanford University California, Davis, Co-Chair Regulation of Cytoskeletal Motors Australia Khalid Salaita, Emory University, Marileen Dogterom, AMOLF, Stochasticity in Cellular Processes Co-Chair The Netherlands, Co-Chair RNA Assemblies and DNA Origami Nathalie Questembert-Balaban, Hebrew Christy Landes, Rice University Kazuhiro Oiwa, National Institute of Christina Smolke, Stanford University, University of Jerusalem, Israel, Co-Chair Raghu Parthasarathy, University Information and Communications Co-Chair Rachel Kuske, University of British of Oregon Technology, Japan, Co-Chair Andrew Turberfield, University of Columbia, Canada, Co-Chair Yale Goldman, University of Pennsylvania Oxford, United Kingdom, Co-Chair Stanislas Leibler, Rockefeller University Dynamic Distance Mapping by EPR Stanley Burgess, University of Leeds, Luc Jaeger, University of California, Elizabeth Read, University of California, Hassane Mchaourab, Vanderbilt United Kingdom Santa Barbara Irvine University, Co-Chair Tim Liedl, Ludwig Maximilian University Gail Fanucci, University of Florida, Membrane Transport in Fatty of Munich, Germany Liquid Protein Assemblies in Spatial Co-Chair Acid Synthesis and Obesity Organization and Ultrasensitive Gary Lorigan, Miami University, Ohio Structural Dynamics of Peter Fajer, Florida State University Da-Neng Wang, New York University Signaling in Cells Molecular Machines School of Medicine, Co-Chair Julie D. Forman-Kay, Hospital for , Columbia University, Ana Pajor, University of California, Julio Fernandez Sick Children, Canada, Co-Chair Co-Chair The programs for the Awards, New & San Diego, Co-Chair Tanja Mittag, St. Jude Children's Yasmine Meroz, Weizmann Institute Notable, and Future of Biophysics symposia Stephen Helfand, Brown University Research Hospital, Co-Chair of Science, Israel, Co-Chair will be announced at a later date. Gerald Shulman, Yale University Edward A. Lemke, European Molecular Johan Elf, Uppsala University, Sweden Biology Laboratory, Germany Robert Sauer, MIT Michael K. Rosen, University of Texas Molecular Basis of Voltage Southwestern Medical Center Dependence Applications of Quantum Mechanics Régis Pomès, Hospital for Sick Children, Eduardo Perozo, University of to Biophysical Problems Canada Chicago, Co-Chair Qiang Cui, University of Wisconsin– Subgroups Sudha Chakrapani, Case Western Madison, Co-Chair Molecular Self-Assembly: Reserve University, Co-Chair Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, University of from in Vitro to Cellular Systems Nieng Yan, Tsinghua University, China Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Co-Chair Subgroups will hold symposia on Saturday. Roy Bar-Ziv, Weizmann Institute , Osaka Kenneth Merz, University of Florida Yasushi Okamura of Science, Israel, Co-Chair • Bioenergetics Ursula Rothlisberger, Swiss Federal University, Japan Suzanne Gaudet, Harvard University, Institute of Technology, Switzerland • Biological Fluorescence Baron Chanda, University of Co-Chair Wisconsin–Madison David Savage, University of California, • Biopolymers in vivo Celebrating 100 Years of Berkeley • Exocytosis & Endocytosis Mechanosensing in Eukaryotes Crystallography: X-Rays Are Todd Yeates, University of California, Jeffrey Holt, Harvard University & Photons Too Los Angeles • Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Jane Richardson, Duke University, Co-Chair Boston Children's Hospital, Co-Chair • Mechanobiology Valeria Vasquez, Stanford University, Gregory Petsko, Brandeis University, Biophysics in Industry: • Membrane Biophysics Co-Chair Co-Chair Putting Evolution in Practice John Spence, Arizona State University Elizabeth Haswell, Washington Kenneth Dill, Stony Brook University, • Membrane Structure & Assembly University in St. Louis William Weis, Stanford University Thomas Terwilliger, Los Alamos Co-Chair • Molecular Biophysics Miriam Goodman, Stanford University Timothy Gardner, Amyris, Inc., Co-Chair Ardem Patapoutian, Scripps National Laboratory • Motility , Lawrence Berkeley Christopher Voigt, MIT Research Institute Jamie Cate • Nanoscale National Laboratory Peter Licari, Solazyme, Inc. Biophysics • Permeation & Transport