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12 Introducing….the 2018 BPS Annual Meeting Bloggers! BPS is pleased to have several attendees serving as meeting bloggers during #bps18. For those in attendance, learn about sessions you couldn’t fit into your schedule, consider a different perspective, or get some tips to help you make the most of your time at the meeting and in San Francisco. For those readers that aren’t at the meeting, read the posts to get a taste of some of the great research being presented at Biophysical Society’s 62nd Annual Meeting! | 13 Best spots to view the Golden Gate Bridge As most of you are scouting out the program outline and looking for the talks you would want to attend at the upcoming Biophysical Society Meeting, I am very sure you are also making a list of things you would want to see in San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge, an iconic San Francisco landmark, will most likely be on the minds of many BPS’18 attendees, especially if it is your first time in SF. This breathtakingly beautiful marvel of engineering is number one tourist attraction in SF and is the most photographed bridge in the world. | 14 Just Check the Box! or, Why I Judge Science Fairs In order to maximize the scientific impact of the work we as a community do, it is important to leave the lab occasionally and step out into the great wide world and communicate with non-scientists. This sort of scientific outreach can take many forms, such as in-class demonstrations, interactive presentations at farmer’s markets and libraries, or perhaps an advisory position to governmental decision makers. These types of outreach all take planning and an extensive time commitment for planning and preparation beyond the activities themselves, which depending on your career stage, such as a busy postdoc, may not be feasible. However, in simply checking a box when you renew your BPS membership, BPS will periodically present fun and straightforward opportunities for outreach: judging school science fairs! | 15 New Conference, new poster I’ve lost count of how many times I almost forgot the humble poster tube. Whether it’s a mad dash between train platforms or an addled disembarkment after a red-eye flight, this brain takes its sweet time remembering that something is missing amongst my cellphone, backpack, overnight bag, and during graduate days, a travel guitar plus a brimmed hat. It’s tremendously fortunate that I’ve only needed to purchase one replacement tube so far,* with just my stuff inside. | 16Gearing up for BPS meet: an unscientific story The last few days before a conference pass in a near-nightmarish blur. Schedules turn erratic. The department store people look at you strangely as you desperately wipe out the instant noodles counter. Your disappearance from the canteen is now taken for granted! Also, since they habitually read your mind, your instruments stop working, your gels look like abstract art, your cells decide to go on mass self-destruction, the computer crashes… | 17 | 18 |