Biophysics at the Cutting Edge: A Report from the 55th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society

Abstract

T he 55th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society held at Baltimore in early March was attended by over 6000 scientists from over 20 different nations. The diversity in nationality was matched by the diversity of science presented at the conference. Over the course of 5 days, more than 30 symposia and over 3000 short platform sessions and posters presented a stunning array of biophysical science. To convey all that was presented is obviously impractical. This article will attempt to cover some of the more cutting-edge research, especially on those topics that are related to chemical biology. Also, rather than describing the talks in chronological order as they happened, the article is arranged under various categories based on broad research topics. Emphasis is also on various techniques, though the biological insights gained by each method are discussed briefly.