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May 2020 Newsletter

May 2020 Newsletter

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Highlights from this month.

Thank You to All Who Participated Virtually in Biophysics Week 2020 Thank You to All Who Participated Virtually in Biophysics Week 2020

Thank You to All Who Participated Virtually in Biophysics Week 2020

Biophysics Week, started in 2016 and is held annually, is a global effort to increase awareness of the field of biophysics, raise the visibility of biophysicists around the world, including those who are not members of BPS, and to connect them with the global biophysics community. The importance of collaboration across boundaries is critical in science, especially in a highly interdisciplinary field such as biophysics.

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Biophysics and the COVID-19 Pandemic Biophysics and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Biophysics and the COVID-19 Pandemic

As I write this contribution to the May BPS Bulletin, I am (like most of you) working from home, with no expectation that the situation will change for at least a month, maybe more. As I read about the projections of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths due to this virus, I am increasingly horrified.

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Science and Research in the Global Political Landscape: The US and China

Although the BPS Annual Meeting occurred just a short time ago, the intervening events and accompanying dramatic changes to our daily lives make it feel like a distant memory. However, the messages conveyed in the BPS Public Affairs Committee (PAC) session on the intersection of global science and research and US-China relations are acutely relevant at this moment.

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Biophysicist in Profile Biophysicist in Profile

Biophysicist in Profile

Patricia Soto

Patricia Soto grew up in Bogotá, Colombia, the daughter of an elementary school teacher and a salesman. The family believed in the importance of education, a value that she took to heart and continues to prioritize as an associate professor in the physics department at Creighton University, a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI).

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