Gail McConnell, John Seddon, and Andrew Turberfield are announced as the 2023 BBS Honorary Members.
The BBS is delighted to announce the recipients of its 4 Biennial Awards which will be presented at the BBS Biennial Meeting (29 Jun – 1 Jul 2022) in Galway.
The BBS Elspeth Garman Prize for Public Engagement will be presented to Professor Lorna Dougan for her pioneering work in developing and delivering creative public engagement resources to diverse communities. Lorna will present a public lecture on her work at 13:30 on 1 Jul 2022 at the BBS Biennial Meeting.
The BBS Kendrew Doctoral Thesis Prize is awarded to Dr Ália dos Santos for her work in applying advanced microscopy and cell mechanics assays to the study of genome organisation and transcriptional regulation. Ália will present a lecture on her work at the BBS Biennial Meeting on 1 Jul 2022.
The BBS Louise Johnson Early Career Award will be presented to Professor Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer for outstanding contributions in the field of unconventional lithographic micronano-structuring of functional biomaterials and devices for optical nano-spectroscopy. Pola will present a lecture on her work at the BBS Biennial Meeting 2022.
The BBS Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics will be presented to Professor Philipp Kukura in recognition of his work on the development and impact of mass photometry. Philipp will present a lecture on his work at 12:10 on 1 Jul 2022 at the BBS Biennial Meeting.
We are planning a new large-scale conference Physics of Life 2023 representing the wide diversity of the UK biological physics community. Organised jointly by the Physics of Life Network (PoLNET3), IoP Biological Physics, the BBS, Physics of Living Matter and Physics meets Biology, this in-person meeting will project the excitement of science at the interface between physics and biology. In addition to keynote lectures, the conference will feature parallel sessions on a full breadth of topics, with many contributed talks, thereby ensuring a wide focus and inclusion of the most exciting science.
Nominations are invited for the 4 prizes awarded by the British Biophysical Society: The BBS Kendrew Doctoral Thesis Prize, The The BBS Louise Johnson Early Career Award, BBS Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics, and the BBS Elspeth Garman Prize for Public Engagement.
BBS Biennial Meeting: from Molecular Machines to Materials, 29 June - 01 July 2022
This year, the BBS biennial meeting will be held in Ireland for the first time. Peter Crowley is organizing the meeting at NUI Galway. The main focus will be on proteins as machines, providing a basis for functional materials.
One of the goals of this meeting is to increase the participation of Ireland-based researchers in the Biophysics domain, as well as to enhance international collaboration.
