ROCKVILLE, MD – The Biophysical Society (BPS) is pleased to announce the winners of its student poster competition at the 14th European Biophysical Societies’ Association (EBSA) Congress in Stockholm, Sweden, July 31-August 4, 2023.
This was the eigth EBSA Congress during which BPS sponsored a poster competition. Of the 129 students participating, 13 winners were selected to receive a $500 award, membership to the Biophysical Society, and complimentary meeting registration to the 68th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 10-14, 2024.
The 2023 winners, along with their home institution and poster title, are:
Matilde Accorsi, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
Calcium as a Protein-Free Fusogen in GUVs: An Elusive Effect
Elena Ackermann, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Stay Viscoelastic: Mechanical Properties of Minimal Actin Cortices Accessed by Atomic Force Microscopy
Nicoletta Braidotti, Università Degli Studi Di Trieste, Italy
Piezo1 Channel Investigation in Cardiac Fibrosis Precursor Cells Mechano-Physiology
Debanjana Das, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India
Metal-Binding and Circular Permutation-Dependent Thermodynamic and Kinetic Stability of Azurin
Eduarda Fernandes, Centre of Physics from Universities of Minho and Porto, University of Minho, Portugal
Biophysical Insights of an Innovative Lipid-Engineered Stratum Corneum Model for Compound permeation Studies
Cenk Gurdap, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
High-throughput biophysical Mapping in Health and Disease
Julia Valderas Gutiérrez, Lund University, Sweden
Optical Biosensing and Single-Molecule Detection Enhanced with Aerotaxy Lightguiding Nanowires
Vilmantas Pupkis, Vilniaus Universitetas, Lithuania
Electrical Excitability-Enhancing Action of Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphosphate (IP3) on macroalgae Nitellopsis Obtuse
Ellen Sjule, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
A Guideline for Quantitative Characterization and Application of Environment-Sensitive Probes
Anna Stoib, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
Investigating the pH Dependent Solute Permeabilities of Helicobacter Pyloris Urea Channel UreI
Ana-Maria Udrea, National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Romania
Laser Irradiated Chlorpromazine - Application in Breast Cancer Treatment
Yagmur Balim Urem, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
A Guideline for Quantitative Characterization and Application of Environment-Sensitive Probes
Jip Wulffele, Institut de Biologie Structurale, France
Single Particle Tracking PALM Provides Insight into Nucleoid Remodeling in Deinococcus Radiodurans
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