British Biophysical Society

2023 Honorary Members

Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Gail McConnell, John Seddon, and Andrew Turberfield are announced as the 2023 BBS Honorary Members.

BBS Awards 2022

Tue, 03 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

2022 Elspeth Garman Prize for Public Engagement

Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

2022 Kendrew Doctoral Thesis Prize

Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

2022 Louise Johnson Early Career Award

Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

2022 Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics

Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

IUPAB/BSC The biophysics of ligand-gated ion channels: from structures to drug discovery, Ottawa, 23-25 May 2022

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This Focused Meeting will run from May 23 to 25, 2022 and will overlap with the 7th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Canada from May 25 to 27, 2022. Both meetings have an outstanding list of invited speakers, including keynote lectures by Eric Gouaux and Henry Lester. For more information on the meeting, including a list of invited speakers, please visit the joint BSC-IUPAB website.

Physics of Life 2023, Harrogate UK

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Call for prize nominations

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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 2022: from Molecular Machines to Materials

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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.

2021 Honorary Members

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Elspeth Garman, Julia Goodfellow DBE and Tony Lee are announced as the 2021 BBS Honorary Members.

2020 Honorary Members

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 09:38:27 +0000

Steve Harding, Simon Phillips, and Alison Rodger are announced as the 2020 BBS Honorary Members.

60 years of Biophysics in Britain

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The British Biophysical Society (BBS) is 60 years old this year. We are celebrating with the BBS 60th Anniversary Meeting, the inauguration of a new prize (the BBS Kendrew Doctoral Thesis Prize) and this - a brief history of our roots and progress as a learned society.

2020 Kendrew Doctoral Thesis Prize

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The 2020 BBS Kendrew Doctoral Thesis Prize is awarded to Daniel Hurdiss (Utrecht University) for his structural studies of non-enveloped viruses associated with human diseases.

2020 Louise Johnson Early Career Award

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The BBS Louise Johnson Early Career Award is awarded to Séamus Holden (University of Newcastle) for his work applying ground-breaking concepts in optical microscopy to study bacterial cell biophysics.

2020 Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

The BBS 2020 Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics is awarded to John Christodoulou (University College London, Birkbeck College London, and The Francis Crick Institute); for his original and influential contributions to the advancement of biomolecular NMR and the biophysical analysis of protein folding on the ribosome.

Peptide-membrane interactions Faraday Discussion, September 7 – 9 2020

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The meeting will cover all aspects of how peptides as macromolecules interact with membranes; from basic theoretical considerations embodied in computational models, wet experimental studies of model systems through to living membranes and synthetic biology applications.

In Memory of Chris Dobson

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

We are sad to note the BBS Honorary member Chris Dobson has passed away after a relatively short illness with cancer. The London NMR forum meeting on the 26th Sept will be held in his memory.

2019 Honorary Members

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 09:38:27 +0000

Cait MacPhee, Chris Tate, and Malcolm Weir are announced as the 2019 BBS Honorary Members.

Live Cell Single Molecule Tracking, Ulm, 8-9 Nov 2019

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Live Cell Single Molecule Tracking Symposium taking place at Ulm University on November 8-9, 2019. The meeting will focus on single molecule tracking in living systems. Topics are open to include developments in instrumentation and fluorophores, analysis and modeling approaches and applications to physical, biological or medical questions.

S4SAS 2019, Diamond Light Source, June 6 – June 7 2019

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

This is the annual Diamond conference for all Small Angle Scatterers (SAS). It aims to reach out to all users of the technique providing a forum for technological advancement, as well as showcasing the current state-of-the-art in experimentation and data analysis for SAS users. By highlighting leading scientific research in the field alongside technological advancements, both at synchrotron and laboratory sources, this conference aims to provide a forum for discussion all users of Small Angle Scattering (SAS).

2019 Biophysics Week

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Biophysics Week is an annual event started in 2016 by the Biophysical Society to celebrate and raise awareness of the field. A series of events are planned across the UK.

EBSA/IUPAB Biophysics Congress, Madrid, 20-24 July 2019

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The joint 12th EBSA and 10th ICBP-IUPAP Biophysics Congress will take place 20-24th July 2019 in Madrid.

2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in enzyme research.

2018 Honorary Members

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 09:38:27 +0000

Tony Watts and Rob Cooke are the 2018 BBS Honorary Members.

2018 Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Professor Elspeth Garman, University of Oxford is the first recipient of the 2018 Sosei Heptares Prize for Biophysics from the BBS. Elspeth is being awarded the prize for her outstanding contributions to our understanding of radiation damage, which has contributed to the improvement of X-ray crystallography and structural biology. The Prize will be presented to Professor Garman after her Prize Lecture at the British Biophysical Society Biennial Meeting at University of Southampton (11-13 July, 2018)

2018 BBS Young Investigator

Sat, 12 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Lorna Dougan will be presented with the 2018 BBS young investigator award during the BBS Biennial meeting at Southampton for her research on the physics of living systems, including single molecule manipulation, life in extreme environments and the physics of cryopreservation.

Symposium on Current Trends in Soluble and Membrane Protein Biophysics

Wed, 03 Jan 2018 12:22:19 +0000

The British Biophysical Society and the Belgian Biophysical Society are organising a joint two-day Meeting at the Palais des Académies, Brussels. Thursday 22nd – Friday 23rd February 2018.

2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for CryoEM

Sat, 16 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 was awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson "for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution". The British Biophysical Society is delighted with the announcement that Richard Henderson in one of the recipients for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year. The revolution in cryo-electron microscopy has really excited biophysicists in the last few years, and it’s great to see it recognised by the Nobel committee.

2017 Honorary Members

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:38:27 +0000

Richard Cogdell, FRS, Paul Engel, Andrew Millar, FRS are the 2017 BBS Honorary Members.

Physics of Life Town meeting, Royal Society, London, 2 October 2017

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:40:16 +0000

The first Physics of Life Town meeting, which will be held at the Royal Society in London. This interdisciplinary meeting will showcase the second phase of the Physics of Life network (2017-2020). The event will highlight the opportunities available when working across Biology and Physics as experienced by researchers, funders and industrial partners. There will be plenty of information available on future PoLnet2 plans, how best to engage with the network’s funding and events planned over the next 3 years.

Teaching maths to biologists using non-digital games

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:30:56 +0000

University of Sheffield, Friday 30th June 2017 This free hands-on workshop facilitated by Andrew Walsh (http://innovativelibraries.org.uk/) will examine how games and play can help us teach the more numerical parts of the bioscience curriculum. This day is aimed at everyone involved in teaching these subjects in Higher Education settings; post-docs and PhD students with an interest in teaching are also very welcome. Participants will reflect on elements of game design and on how non-digital games could be integrated into their own practice, before having the chance to prototype an educational game of their own.

PoLNet2 announces objectives.

Fri, 31 Mar 2017 12:25:11 +0000

PoLNet2, the second phase of an EPSRC (and now BBSRC) Grand Challenge research theme on the Physics of Life (PoL), commenced in 2017. Its aims are to shape research programmes, new topics, and continue to grow interdisciplinary connections at the Biology-Physics interface in a sustainable way. There are 6 PoLNet2 objectives and associated activities: Develop research questions from PoLNet1 into active research programmes. Continue to create a pipeline of new PoL research challenges.

Wellcome Trust/BBS/MGMS bursaries for BBS Members only (join now).

Mon, 13 Mar 2017 10:12:10 +0000

To apply for a bursary to attend the IUPAB/EBSA/BBS/IoP Congress in EDINBURGH 2017, (http://www.iupab2017.org/284142), please send to our meeting secretary (guy.grant@study.beds.ac.uk), your cv, supervisor details (name, email and web page), estimate of costs (include registration fee which will form part of the bursary award) and your abstract for the congress. Deadline for applications 24 March 2017. To join the BBS to be eligible for a bursary and get reduced registration fee, please see here (http://www.

Wellcome Trust/BBS bursaries

Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:41:22 +0000

10 NEW STUDENT BURSARIES FROM THE WELLCOME TRUST/BBS HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE FOR THE 2017 EDINBURGH CONGRESS. Please contact our meeting secretary (guy.grant@study.beds.ac.uk) to apply. Deadline for applications 24 March 2017.

2017 Joint IUPAB & EBSA Meeting

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:03:00 +0000

The 19th IUPAB congress and 11th EBSA congress is open for registration. Edinburgh, 16–20 July “ On behalf of the biophysics community in the UK, we would like to invite you to participate in the joint 19th International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) congress and 11th European Biophysical Societies’ Association (EBSA) congress in Edinburgh, Scotland in July 2017. The British Biophysical Society (BBS), together with the Biological Physics Group of the Institute of Physics (IOP), will be the local hosts and are taking on the task of assembling an outstanding scientific programme for this major international biophysics event.

EPS Workshop. Biology for Physics Conference: is there new physics in living matter

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:06:45 +0000

Barcelona, 15-18 January 2017. The contents of the workshop are organized under the umbrella of a few selected themes which all share the underlying playground of nonequilibrium physics which is at the core of living matter. Topics will include Physical principles of mechanochemical networks: new challenges for soft matter physics Systems biology and self-organization: from active matter to cells and tissues Stochastic thermodynamics: from single molecules to complex machinery Physics of biological evolution: from the second law to the selection of structures

Self-assembled peptides: from nanostructure to bioactivity

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:45:10 +0000

Kavli Royal Society Centre, Chicheley Hall, UK The meeting, organised by Professor Ian Hamley, Professor Dek Woolfson, Professor Louise Serpell, Dr Alberto Saiani and Professor Raffaele Mezzenga, takes place on 24 – 25 October 2016 will discuss exciting emerging themes enhancing our understanding of self-assembly of peptides. Recent research into the control of peptides has allowed the creation of unique structures that have enhanced or targeted bioactivity. By controlling their self-assembly, their usage can be expanded into fields such as drug development, tissue engineering and combating antimicrobial resistance, and more can be learnt about their role in diseases such as Alzheimers and Diabetes, with potential therapeutic gains.

2016 Honorary Members

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:38:27 +0000

Prof. Dennis Noble, Prof. Bonnie Wallace, Prof. John Helliwell are the 2016 BBS Honorary Members.

British Biophysical Society’s position post-BREXIT

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:17:10 +0000

The British Biophysical Society wishes to reassure its members that our close association with the the European biophysics communities, will not change post-BREXIT. The BBS also endorses the statements issued by other learned Societies, such as the joint statement from the Royal Society and Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Biochemical Society, especially with respect to the right of EU nationals already in the UK, to stay and work in the UK.

New Horizons for British Biophysics

Thu, 02 Jun 2016 11:16:28 +0000

This document is a summary review of Biophysics capability in the UK conducted by the British Biophysical Society in response to the EPSRC Balancing Capability call 2016. A pdf version is available for download. Background The BBS was founded in 1960 to promote the application of physical and chemical concepts to biological systems. Our biennial meeting is the largest national meeting of the UK biophysics community. We represent a membership of approximately 450 UK researchers.

2015 BBS Honorary Members Announced

Wed, 02 Mar 2016 15:32:00 +0000

Prof Tom McLeish FRS, Professor Eleanor Dodson FRS, Prof. Jane Clarke FRS are the new 2015 BBS Honorary Members.

Membrane pores: from structure and assembly, to medicine and technology

Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:37:27 +0000

A Royal Society Discussion Meeting is taking place in London 27 and 28 June 2016, organised by Robert Gilbert, Hagan Bayley and Gregor Anderluh. Registration is free and now open and poster abstract submissions are welcome. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers: Helen Saibil, Rudolf Glockshuber, Dek Woolfson, Bill DeGrado, Jose Caaveiro, Ana-Jesus Garcia-Saez, Ruth Kluck, Themis Lazaridis, Doryen Bubeck, Michelle Dunstone, John Brumell, Gabriel Waksman, Susan Buchanan, Hendrik Dietz, Alex Noy, Mark Wallace, and Carol Robinson.

The Astbury Conversation, a new biennial biophysics meeting in the UK

Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:00:19 +0000

On April 11-12th 2016 Astbury Centre at the University of Leeds The Astbury Conversation is a new biennial event for the field of structural molecular biology and biophysics, promoting discussions of the latest innovations in the field, including the highlight plenary lecture, along with a public display of the emerging integrated technologies available for structural molecular biology research in the 21st century. The focus of the Astbury Conversation research conference for 2016 is ‘Understanding Complex Macromolecular Systems from Sparse Data” and will also include public displays and a public lecture, this year given by Nobel Laureate, Michael Levitt, FRS.

2016 BBS Young Investigator

Mon, 04 Jan 2016 21:52:08 +0000

Adam Perrimanwas presented with the 2016 BBS young investigator award during the BBS Biennial meeting at Liverpool for his work on the construction and study of novel hybrid biomolecular systems.

Biophysics Week, March 7-11 2016

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:40:00 +0000

March 7-11 is the Biophysical Society's ' Biophysics Week. The BBS has organised a range of events across the UK to support this initiative and help raise awareness of our discipline. Biochemistry Department Lecture with speaker Achillefs Kapanidis, University of Oxford, UK. Hosted by the Graduate Student Society (Oxford University Biochemical Society) and supported and sponsored by the British Biophysical Society. When: March 7, 13:00-14:00 Where: Biochemistry Building, Main Seminar Room, off South Parks Road OX1 3QU http://www.

21st International Picoquant Workshop

Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:28:17 +0000

written by Anne Plochowietz Many thanks to the British Biophysical Society for awarding me with a travel grant to present my research at 21st International Workshop on “Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy in the Life Sciences” at the beginning of September in Berlin. I am in my final year of DPhil studies in Biophysics in Achillefs Kapanidis group (University of Oxford) and I was presenting my work on the “mobility and spatial distribution of tRNA in live bacteria using single-molecule tracking”.

Peter F. Knowles

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Peter F. Knowles (Emeritus Professor of the Astbury Centre, University of Leeds), Honorary Member of the BBS and previous committee member for many years, tragically died in a car accident on Thursday 3rd September 2015. He will be remembered for his boundless energy and enthusiasm in promoting biophysics, as an outstanding scientist, as well as a wise mentor and friend with an impish sense of humour. A genuinely “good person”, who will be sadly missed.

Pattern Formation and Morphogenesis

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:23:18 +0000

September 10-11, 2015. This meeting is the sixth of a series of focussed workshops in the EPSRC NetworkPlus ‘Understanding the Physics of Life’. Sheffield, UK.

BBS Hon. Member Frances Ashcroft DBE

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:55:07 +0000

Congratulations to Fran Ashcroft, who was awarded a DBE this June 'for services to Medical Science and the Public Understanding of Science'.

IUPAB News December 2014

Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:01:35 +0000

The IUPAB have published an updated newsletter.

RJP Williams (1926 - 2015)

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:45:51 +0000

We note that RJP 'Bob' Williams died on the 21st of March 2015. Bob Williams was a pioneer of the field of Bioinorganic Chemistry, especially concerned with the role of metal ions as biological messengers, in electrolyte control and in enzyme catalysis, and contributed substantially to our understanding of the evolution of life.

Advanced School in Soft Condensed Matter "Solutions in the Spring"

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:02:04 +0000

13-16 April 2015. IOP Liquids and Complex Fluids Group.

Teaching physical aspects of the molecular biosciences

Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:33:16 +0000

The aim of this free highly interactive workshop will be to share ideas and practice in teaching concepts that lie right towards the physics end of the molecular biosciences curriculum. By “molecular biosciences” we mean courses with a strong focus on biochemistry and broader molecular cell biology: courses where Stryer, Voet and Voet, or Alberts would often be core textbooks. By “physical aspects” we mean things like kinetics, binding, thermodynamics, interaction forces, structural biology, physical methods, and aspects of computing and modelling.

Novel tools and Technologies for Studying Cells and Tissues

Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:21:16 +0000

Friday 3rd of July 2015. British Academy, London.

Edinburgh Biodynamics workshop

Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:17:13 +0000

15-17 April 2015. <a href="http://www.bio-dynamics.org"> BioDynamics Workshop

2014 BBS Honorary Members Announced

Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:32:17 +0000

Alan Cooper, Helen Saibil, Robin Leatherbarrow, Sheena Radford were announced as the new 2014 BBS Honorary Members at our Warwick meeting.

High Throughput Protein Expression Screening

Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000

11-15 May 2015. Research Complex at Harwell

American Biophysical Society’s 60th Annual Meeting

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:23:18 +0000

February 27 - March 2 2016. American Biophysical Society’s 60th Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, California.

Biophysics of Proteins at Surfaces: Assembly, Activation, Signaling

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:23:18 +0000

October 13-15, 2015. Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting “Biophysics of Proteins at Surfaces: Assembly, Activation, Signaling”. Madrid, Spain.

55 Years of British Biophysics

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:33:16 +0000

20th May 2015. Weston Library, Oxford University. The British Biophysical Socety was founded in 1960 to promote interdisciplinary research accross the sciences. Nobel laureate John Kendrew helped found the BBS and this one day meeting will mark the archiving of the minutes of the society into the Kendrew archive by the Bodleian Library. This meeting will reflect on the early days of the society and make a link with cutting edge British Biophysics.

Minischool on Biophysics of Protein Interactions

Sun, 18 Jan 2015 16:23:08 +0000

9-13 March 2015. UNESP São Paulo, Brazil.

Protein-protein interactions, self-assembly and aggregation

Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:02:58 +0000

15th December 2016. After the successful 2014 event on "Complementary Non-diffraction Techniques in Structural Biology", the BBS has planned another one-day symposium on "Protein-protein interactions, self-assembly and aggregation" -The event will take place at the Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BE. Click here for more info.

BBS2014 Plenary Talks

Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:02:12 +0000

Watch the four plenary talks from our 2014 meeting in Durham. Wolfgang Baumeister Gabriel Waksman Ernst Bamberg John Walker

2014 BBS Young Investigator

Sat, 04 Jan 2014 21:52:08 +0000

Tuomas Knowles, from Cambridge University is the 2014 BBS medal winner. He was presented with the medal during the BBS Biennial meeting at Warwick this year for his work on the kinetics and thermodynamics of biopolymers.

2013 Honorary Members Announced

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:09:14 +0000

Carol Robinson, DBE FRS and Athene Donald, DBE FRS

2012 BBS Young Investigator

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:52:08 +0000

Marina Kuimova, from Imperial College, London, was awarded the 2012 BBS Young Investigator's Medal and Prize at the Durham BBS Meeting in July 2012, which attracted almost 200 participants. Professor Judith Howard, FRS, CBE, and Honorary Member of BBS, presented the medal and award certificate after the Plenary Lecture from Marina.

2010 BBS Young Investigator

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:52:08 +0000

Mark Leake from Oxford receives the 2010 BBS Young Investigators Award from the BBS Chair, Tony Watts. Mark presented a lecture at the 50th Anniversary meeting in Cambridge entitled “Illuminating the biochemistry of living cells one molecule at a time”. (Photo courtesy of Mike Ferenczi)

2008 BBS Young Investigator

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:52:08 +0000

Robert Gilbert received his 2008 BBS Medal at the Bio-nanotechnologies Meeting at Durham University which took place on 26th and 27th March. He presented a lecture entitled “Taking it apart and putting it back together: biophysics and the bionanotechnology of life.”

2006 BBS Young Investigator

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:52:08 +0000

Dr Lars Jeuken (University of Leeds) presented his 2006 award lecture entitled ‘Electrodes for redox-active membrane proteins’ at the 6th European Biophysics Congress of the European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA) held at Imperial College London in association with the British Biophysical Society.

2004 BBS Young Investigator

Sun, 04 Jan 2004 21:52:08 +0000

Dr Mark Szczelkun from the University of Bristol receives his 2004 BBS Medal from David Trentham at the Response to DNA Damage: Insights from Chemical, Biological, Structural Biology and Cellular Studies meeting at the University of Sussex which took place between 19-21 September. He presented a lecture entitled “A molecular motor that introduces double strand breaks into DNA”. What are Mark’s thoughts about receiving the BBS Medal? “It’s nice to know your peers think you are doing the right thing!

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Fri, 03 Jan 2003 23:51:12 +0000

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2002 BBS Young Investigator

Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:53:46 +0000

Dr Julea Butt, from the University of East Anglia received her 2002 BBS Medal during the Biophysical Complexity meeting in Southampton. Her Award lecture was given after the ceremony and was titled ‘Resolving Natures Electric Circuitry in the Time and Electrochemical Potential Domains'

Archive of BBS minutes

Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:53:46 +0000

Meeting 01a 04-feb-1960. Meeting 01b 21-feb-1962. Meeting 02a 04-may-1960. Meeting 02b 09-may-1962. Meeting 03a 28-july-1960. Meeting 03b 18-july-1962. Meeting 04a 27-sept-1960. Meeting 04b 15-nov-1962. Meeting 05a 08-dec-1960. Meeting 05b 09-jan-1963. Meeting 06a 19-dec-1960. Meeting 06b 13-march-1963. Meeting 07a 03-feb-1961. Meeting 07b 22-may-1963. Meeting 08a 25-apr-1961. Meeting 08b 30-sept-1963. Meeting 09a 05-may-1961. Meeting 09b 15-nov-1963. Meeting 10a 26-july-1961. Meeting 10b 05-feb-1964. Meeting 11a 04-oct-1961. Meeting 11b 21-may-1964. Meeting 12a 18-oct-1961. Meeting 12b 01-oct-1964.

Privacy Notice

Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:20:56 +0000

Draft This notice provides you with information regarding your rights and our obligations and explains how, why and when we process your personal information. Who we are The British Biophysical Society (BBS) is a scientific membership society working to advance biophysics for the benefit of all. The British Biophysical Society was founded in 1960: “For the application of physical and chemical concepts to biological systems”. Today the BBS reaches around 500 members organising and sponsoring specialist events and a major biennial meeting along with prizes and bursaries to promote biophysics in Britain.

Rules of the society

Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:20:56 +0000

Approved at the General Meeting of December 1988; Amended at the General Meeting of December 2001; Amended at the General Meeting of May 2015; Approved at the Annual General Meeting of July 2021. This Society shall be called the ‘British Biophysical Society’. The Society is instituted solely for the advancement of the science of biophysics and of education in this field. Scientists who are, or have been, engaged in research or teaching connected with biophysics and related subjects, and other persons whose election the Committee shall consider would be in the interests of the Society, shall be eligible for election as Ordinary Members.

Bursaries

Sun, 18 Mar 2001 15:01:43 +0000

BBS Travel Bursary Submission Deadline: Rolling deadline, application must be submitted at least 1 month before the meeting of interest. BBS can provide funds of up to £400 for travel support to UK-based early career BBS members (undergraduate, postgraduate, or first three years postdoc) who are attending meetings associated with biophysics. Students/Postdocs wishing to be considered for a travel bursary should complete the application form and return with a letter of recommendation from your supervisor and a copy of the abstract of your poster/oral presentation.

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