Monthly Archives: May 2012

A Participant’s Perspective on the Congressional Visits

Recently three of us, (Tara Schwetz, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Suhrud M. Rajguru, an Assistant Professor at the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Otolaryngology, University of Miami and Leslie Satin, a … Continue reading

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Mechanistic Model for the Assembly of ESCRT Proteins

Author Natalie Elia discusses the figure featured on the cover of the May 16 issue of Biophysical Journal. The figure is from the article, Computational model of cytokinetic abscission driven by ESCRT-III polymerization and remodeling, by authors Natalie Elia, Gur Fabrikant, Michael … Continue reading

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Sense to Synapse 2012: Bridging the gap between sensory scientists

The Sense to Synapse (S2S) networking event that brought sensory scientists from the New York Tri-state area together took place on April 19th 2012. With support from theBiophysical Society, this one day-conference featured an extraordinary panel of plenary speakers covering the … Continue reading

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Biophysical Members Become Science Advocates

On April 24 and 25, Biophysical Society members Leslie Satin, University of Michigan, Tara Schwetz, Vanderbilt University, and Suhrud Rajguru, University of Miami joined with more than 200 scientists, engineers and business leaders who made visits on Capitol Hill as … Continue reading

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Reflections on My Congressional Visits One Year Later

A year ago I participated in the BPS Science & Technology Congressional Visit Days.  I wanted to share a handful of simple, non-time-consuming things each of us (PIs, undergrad & grad students, postdocs, research staff) can do to advocate for … Continue reading

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Membrane Insertion of Peripheral Proteins on the BiophysJ Cover

Authors Y. Zenmei Ohkubo, Taras V. Pogorelov, Mark J. Arcario, Geoff A. Christensen, and Emad Tajkhorshid discuss the science behind the cover image of the latest issue of Biophysical Journal.  Binding to specific regions of the cellular membrane constitutes a key … Continue reading

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