Monthly Archives: November 2011

Pennsylvania Regional Networking Meeting Takes Off

The BPS Networking meeting took place on Friday 11-11-11 at The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine in Hershey, PA. The meeting was extremely well attended with representation from throughout the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast Regions including PA, NJ, NY, … Continue reading

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Calling All Postdocs: NIGMS Transitions Workshop

Many of us postdocs are out there looking for our next position. Many of us hope that position is as an independent investigator/professor, where we can finally follow up on all those ideas we’ve got in our heads. If you … Continue reading

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Art and Self-Assembly: Wei Li’s BiophysJ Cover Art

Wei Li of Lehigh University’s Physics Department, creator of the cover image on the latest issue of Biophysical Journal, describes how he made this image and where he saw artistic opportunity in his scientific research. 1) How did you compose … Continue reading

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Minnesota Regional Networking Event a Success

The Minnesota Regional Networking Event was held at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN on October 28, 2011. Over sixty students and biophysicists, representing over ten educational institutions (high school, undergraduate, and graduate) and industries from Minnesota attended the event. … Continue reading

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Molecules in Action

Biophysical Journal author Erwin Frey and his group at Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU) in Munich describe the illustration of their research that appears on the latest BiophysJ cover. While we were already writing up our theoretical results, we realized the importance … Continue reading

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