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The Biophysical Society's Subgroups hold symposia that allow attendees to meet and interact within focused areas. The Saturday Subgroup programs are heavily attended and include exciting scientific symposia, awards presentations, student and postdoc talks, and business meetings, which are open to members of each Subgroup. Subgroup symposia will be held on the first day of the Annual Meeting, Saturday, February 15, 2025, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

To view a Subgroup's 2025 symposium program, click on the Subgroup's name. Subgroup programming details will be posted as they become available. 

In 2025, the Subgroup symposia will be divided into the following sessions:

Morning Sessions (8:30 AM - 12:30 PM) Afternoon Sessions (1:30 PM - 5:30 PM)
Bioengineering Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Metabolism
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Biological Fluorescence
Macromolecular Machines and Assemblies Biopolymers in Vivo
Mechanobiology Channels, Receptors, and Transporters
Membrane Structure and Function Membrane Fusion, Fission, and Traffic
Membrane Transport Nanoscale Approaches to Biology
Motility and Cytoskeleton Physical Cell Biology
Multiscale Genome Organization Cryo-EM
Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation and 
Visualization
Theory and Computation

 

For more information on Subgroups and how to join, click here

Bioenergetics, Mitochondria, and Metabolism

Subgroup Co-Chairs: Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Pensylvania State University College of Medicine, USA and Ildikò Szabò, Università di Padova, Italy

Symposium Time:  1:30-5:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  103C

Business Meeting:  5:15 - 5:30 PM EST

Symposium Title: Multifaceted Role of Mitochondria in Health and Disease

Co-Chairs: Drs. Alicia Kowaltowski and Nuno Raimundo

Bioengineering

Subgroup Chair: Mark Uline, University of South Carolina, USA

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  204C

Business Meeting:  10:30 - 10:40 AM EST

Biological Fluorescence

Subgroup Chair: Hugo Sanabria, Clemson University, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30-5:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  201AB

Business Meeting:  3:15 - 3:25 PM EST

Biopolymers in vivo

Subgroup Chair: Robert Best, National Institutes of Health, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30-5:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  113C

Business Meeting:  5:20 - 5:30 PM EST

Channels, Receptors, and Transporters

Subgroup Chair: Hiro Furukawa, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30-5:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  113AB

Business Meeting:  5:00 - 5:30 PM EST

Cryo-EM

Subgroup Chair: Michael Cianfrocco, University of Michigan, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30-5:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  204AB

Business Meeting:  5:15 - 5:30 PM EST

Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

Subgroup Chair: Sarah Shammas, University of Oxford, UK

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  201AB

Business Meeting:  12:00 - 12:30 AM EST

 

Macromolecular Machines and Assemblies

Subgroup Chair: Eric Galburt, Washington University, St Louis, USA

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  113AB

Business Meeting:  12:15 - 12:25 AM EST

 

Mechanobiology

Subgroup Chair: Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie, France

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  113C

Business Meeting:  10:25 - 10:40 AM EST

 

Membrane Fusion, Fission, and Traffic

Subgroup Chair: Michelle Knowles, University of Denver, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30-5:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  204C

Business Meeting:  3:20 - 3:35 PM EST

Membrane Structure and Function

Subgroup Chair: Elizabeth Kelley, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA

Symposium Time:  9:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  103AB

Business Meeting:  12:20 - 12:30 PM EST

Membrane Transport

Subgroup Chair: Wei Lu, Van Andel Research Institute, USA

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  204AB

Business Meeting:  12:20 - 12:30 PM EST

Motility and Cytoskeleton

Subgroup Co-Chairs: Stuart Campbell, Yale University, USA and Sarah Heissler, Ohio State University, USA

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  201C

Business Meeting:  8:30 - 8:40 AM EST

Multiscale Genome Organization

Subgroup Co-Chairs: Catherine Musselman, University of Colorado Anschutz, USA and Jeff Wereszczynski, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  103C

Business Meeting:  12:00 - 12:30 PM EST

Nanoscale Approaches to Biology

Subgroup Chair: Meni Wanunu, Northeastern University, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30-5:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  201C

Business Meeting:  5:00 - 5:30 PM EST

Physical Cell Biology

Subgroup Chair: Stefanie Redemann, Northeastern University, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30-5:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  202AB

Business Meeting:  2:25 - 2:50 PM EST

Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation, and Visualization

Subgroup Co-Chairs: Nils Walter, University of Michigan, USA and Neva Caliskan, Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infecttion Research, Germany

Symposium Time:  8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  202AB

Business Meeting:  12:10 - 12:30 AM EST

Theory and Computation

Subgroup Chair: Rommie Amaro, University of California, San Diego, USA

Symposium Time:  1:30-5:30 PM EST

Symposium Room:  103AB

Business Meeting:  5:00 - 5:30 PM EST

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