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Biomolecular Discovery Dome Debuts New Video at Maryland Day

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

The Biomolecular Discovery Dome, which was featured at the BPS Annual Meeting in Philadelphia in February, made a return trip to the East Coast on April 27 as part of the University of Maryland’s Biophysics Program Exhibit at Maryland Day, … Continue reading →

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Roadblock Molecules on the BiophysJ Cover

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

The cover image for the 104th volume of Biophysical Journal aims to illustrate the complexity of proteins approaching and associating with DNA as they execute their regulatory genomic tasks. The question of how molecules that bind the DNA and block … Continue reading →

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Building a New Biophysics Network in Wisconsin

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

The BPS-supported Wisconsin Networking Event, which took place on March 23, was the first student organized biophysics conference held at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). The conference had about 45 attendees, including professionals, graduate students and undergrads from MSOE … Continue reading →

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A Practical Guide to Winning the BPS Video Contest

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

When the Biophysical Society announced that they were having a video contest, I felt very excited. The challenge was to explain what biophysics is and what it means to me. I thought that it was an interesting task because it … Continue reading →

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BPS Video Conest: There’s More to it than Prize Money

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Last year, our video about the structure of collagen across the length scales won the Biophysical Society video contest. A wonderful honor, particularly for the folks at the animation studio that put a huge amount of time and effort into … Continue reading →

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2013 National Lecture Now Available on YouTube!

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

One of the highlights of the Biophysical Society’s Annual Meeting is the National Lecture, the highest award given each year. National Lecturers, who are selected by the Society’s President, have the opportunity to talk about their science to the Society … Continue reading →

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New Perspective on Gene Regulation Highlighted on BiophysJ Cover

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Author Sahand Hormoz describes the work represented on the latest cover of the Biophysical Journal, based on her recent paper, “Cross-talk and interference enhance information capacity of a signaling pathway.” This image is a visual representation of a new perspective … Continue reading →

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Imaging revolutionized the way we look the cells

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

Microscopes let us shoot the fascinating mciro-world normally invisible to human eye. The scopes help us to bring small things at bigger scale. They have completely transformed cell biology, uncovering an array of complex internal structures and emphasising biological differences … Continue reading →

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“Our job is to be interesting, if it happens to be true… great!”

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

Provoking words that set the scene for a wonderful and educating debate on the how to (and how not to) communicate science to the media. Speakers in this session included Paul Offit, Derrick Pitts and Maiken Scott. Paul Offit, a … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 3, 2013 by

So, our little group of Danish vikings finally got re-united Friday evening, which was celebrated with a beer and our first Philly Cheese steak… So thick and nice that we all met in the gym next morning to clear our … Continue reading →

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