The Biophysical Society has announced the winners of its Education Committee travel award to attend the Biophysical Society's 57th Annual Meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, February 2-26, 2013. The recipients of this competitive award, all of whom are students and postdoctoral fellows, are selected based on scientific merit. Each awardee will be presenting their research during the meeting, will receives a travel grant, and will be recognized at a reception on Saturday, February 2.
The 2013 recipients of the Education Committee Travel Award are:
Rayna Addabbo , University of Wisconsin, Madison, "EXPLORING THE KINETICS OF PROTEIN BIRTH"
Ruchika Bajaj, Purdue University, "STRUCTURAL MECHANISM OF ACTION OF BINDING PROTEIN INDEPENDENT MUTANT MALG511 OF ESCHERICHIA COLI MALTOSE TRANSPORTER"
Nicholas Bellono, Brown University, "ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT PHOTOTRANSDUCTION ACTIVATES TRPA1 TO MEDIATE MELANIN SYNTHESIS IN HUMAN MELANOCYTES"
Lauren Bittner, Eastern Virginia Medical School, "ENGINEERING OF THE MYOSIN VIIA NUCLEOTIDE-BINDING POCKET TO CREATE SELECTIVE SENSITIVITY TO N6-MODIFIED ADP ANALOG"
Joan Bleecker, University of Washington, "TERNARY MODEL MEMBRANE SYSTEM WITH THICKER LIQUID DISORDERED PHASES, CONFIRMED WITH ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY AND FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY"
Sofya Borinskaya, University of Connecticut, "CLUSTERS OF ARP2/3 ACTIVATORS MIMIC PATHOGENIC ACTIN COMETS AND PEDESTALS"
Irena Bronshtein, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, "STUDY OF NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION THROUGH THE DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF CHROMATIN"
Sherry-Ann Brown, Mayo Clinic, "POETIC SCIENCE: ENRICHING THE BIOPHYSICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY EXPERIENCE"
Ping Cao, Stony Brook University, "TOXIC INTERMEDIATES IN ISLET AMYLOID FORMATION: ANALYSIS OF IAPP MUTANTS REVEALS A CORRELATION BETWEEN LAG TIME AND TOXICITY"
Stephanie Cope , Arizona State University, "EFFECT OF PROLINES
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