The International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) is a member of the ICSU (International Council for Science) family. Affiliated to it are the national adhering bodies of 50 countries. Its function is to support research and teaching in biophysics. Its principal regular activity is the triennial International Congresses and General Assemblies, which was last held in Long Beach, USA, in 2008.

There are four classes of membership to IUPAB:

Category 1 : 4,500 – €uro; 

Category 2: 2,250 – €uro;

Category 3: 750 – €uro;

Observer: 100 – €uro.

IUPAB has task forces concerned with major areas of biophysics: on Bioinformatics, NMR in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Spectroscopy and Capacity Building and Education. The task forces also arrange specialist meetings either associated with the Congresses or, more commonly, in the intervals between Congresses.

The Union has funds that it uses to support conferences, schools and workshops; these funds are very limited and are normally used to provide `pump-priming’ support to meeting organisers.

The current President of the Union is Professor Kuniaki Nagayama (Japan) and the Secretary General, to whom enquiries should be addressed, is:

Professor Cris dos Remedios
Bosch Institute
Anderson Stuart Building F13
The University of Sydney 2006
AUSTRALIA
Phone: + 61 2 93513209
Fax: + 61 2 93516546
Email: crisdos@anatomy.usyd.edu.au

Legal address:

Union Internationale de Biophysique Pure et Appliquée
51, boulevard de Montmorency 75016 Paris, France

IUPAB is registered in France according Loi du 1er juillet 1901-Art.5, n^o d’ordre 03/000309, n^o dossier 00158190