Argentina Adhering Body: Biophysical Society of Argentina National Society: Biophysical Society of Argentina Dr. José María Delfino-President Dra. María Soledad Celej- Vice President Secretary Dr. Ernesto Ambroggio (e-mail:secretariat.sab@gmail.com (SABiofisica Secretary)) Web Site: http://biofisica.org.ar/ Armenia Adhering Body: All Armenian Biophysical Society (Observer) National Society: All Armenian Biophysical Society Secretary: Dr. Naira Ayvazyan Faculty of Biology, Biophysics, Yerevan State University A. Manookyan 1, Yerevan, Armenia Tel: +37410571061; Fax: +37410554641 Email: taipan@ysu.am Adhering Body: Asian Biophysics Association President: Prof. Danny M. Hatters Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute The University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC 3010 Australia Ph: +61 3 8344 2530     Fax: +61 3 9348 1421 Email: dhatters@unimelb.edu.au http://www.biochemistry.unimelb.edu.au/research/res_hatters.html Secretary General: Professor Renae Ryan Academic Director, Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Program Chair, Sydney Medical School Gender Equity Committee School of Medical Sciences (Pharmacology) | Faculty of Medicine and Health THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 509, Molecular Biosciences Bldg (G08) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006          T +61 2 9351 2669  | E renae.ryan@sydney.edu.au  | W http://sydney.edu.au | T @renaemryan1 Australia Adhering Body: Australian Academy of Science Contact: ICSU Liaison Officer Australian Academy of Science Ian Potter House, Gordon Street, Acton ACT 2601, Australia E-mail: icsu@science.org.au Website: https://www.science.org.au/ Postal address: GPO Box 783, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia Phone: + 61 2 6201 9400 Fax: + 61 2 6201 9494 National Society: Australian Society for Biophysics (ASB)
President – A/Prof Elizabeth Hinde, University of Melbourne, elizabeth.hinde@unimelb.edu.au
Vice President – Dr Lisanne Spenkelink, University of Wollongong, lisanne_spenkelink@uow.edu.au
Treasurer – A/Prof Toby Bell, Monash University, Toby.Bell@monash.edu
Secretary – Dr Donna Whelan, Latrobe University, Bendigo, D.Whelan@latrobe.edu.au
Past President – Dr Matthew Baker, University of New South Wales, matthew.baker@unsw.edu.au Austria Adhering Body: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ Associate Professor Dr. Georg Pabst Institute of Molecular Biosciences University of Graz Humboldtstrasse 50/111, 8010 Graz, Austria Tel: +43/316/380-4989 Email: georg.pabst@uni-graz.at National Society: Austrian Biophysical Society http://www.biophysics-austria.at/ Azerbaijan Adhering Body: Azerbaijan Biophysical Association (Observer) National Society: Azerbaijan Biophysical Association Prof. Niftali Godjaev, President Tel.+994124390305 Email: nifbiophys@yahoo.com Website: http://azbiophys.aznet.org/azbiophys/index-eng.html Belarus Adhering Body: Belarus Society for Photobiology and Biophysics (Observer) National Society: Belarus Society for Photobiology and Biophysics Professor Igor D Volotovski, Chairman Institute of Photobiology National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Academitcheskaja str. 27 Minsk 220072 Belarus Fax: (+375) 172 842359 Email: volot@biobel.bas-net.by Belgium Adhering Body: The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium http://www.interacademies.net/?id=4322 Laurent Hansen Scientific Counselor Hetogsstraat 1 rue Ducale, B-1000 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM Tel (+32) 2 550 22 47 Fax (+32) 2 550 23 78 Email: laurent.hansen@rasab.be Website: www.rasab.be Brazil Adhering Body 1: Brazilian Biophysical Society/Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica (SBBf) National Society 1: Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica (SBBf) Antonio José da Costa Filho, PhD Brazilian Biophysical Society President Professor at University of São Paulo – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Email: ajcosta@usp.br Website: http://www.sbbf.org.br/ Adhering Body 2: Brazilian Society of Nuclear Biosciences (SBBN) National Society 2: Brazilian Society of Nuclear Biosciences (SBBN) President: Prof. Sílvia Maria Velasques de Oliveira, Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria (IRD/RJ) Rio de Janeiro – Brazil Email: presidencia@sbbn.org.br Webpage: http://sbbn.org.br/ Bulgaria Adhering Body: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Observer) Prof. Stefan Hadjitodorov, Director of Center for National Security and Defence Research, 1, “15 Noemvri” Str. 1040 Sofia Bulgaria e-mail: sthadj@bas.bg sthadj@cu.bas.bg Tel: +359 2 979 2014 Canada Adhering Body: National Research Council of Canada http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ Geoffroy Lambrecht International Program Officer, International Relations Office International Innovation Office National Research Council Canada / Government of Canada Geoffroy.Lambrecht@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca / Cell: 343-552-0954 Agent aux Programmes Internationaux, Bureau des relations internationales Bureau international de l’innovation Conseil national de recherches Canada / Gouvernement du Canada Geoffroy.Lambrecht@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca / Tél. cell. : 343-552-0954 National Society: The Biophysical Society of Canada Contact: Professor Zoya Leonenko University Research Chair Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Biology Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo zleonenk@uwaterloo.ca https://uwaterloo.ca/leonenko-research-group/ President of the Biophysical Society of Canada https://biophysicalsociety.ca/ Chile Adhering Body: Biophysics Section, Chilean Biological Society (Observer) National Society: Biophysics Section, Chilean Biological Society Professor Alan Neely Dept of Physiology Avda Gran Bretana 1111 Playa Ancha – Valparaiso, Chile Fax: (+56) 32 283320 Email: alan.neely@uv.cl, alan.neely@cinv.cl, phyan@physiology.ttuhsc.edu China – Mainland Adhering Body: Biophysical Society of China Professor Tao Xu, President Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Email: xutao@ibp.ac.cn National Society: Biophysical Society of China Professor Hong Zhang, Secretary General Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences hongzhang@ibp.ac.cn China – Taiwan Adhering Body: Biophysics Society located in Taipei Dr. Woei-Jer Chuang, President Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology National Cheng Kung University No. 1, Ta-Hsueh Road, Tainan, Taiwan 70101 TEL: +886-6-2353535 ex5515 FAX: +886-6-2741694 Email: wjcnmr@mail.ncku.edu.tw Dr Ping-Chiang Lyu Institute of Bioinformatics Structural Biology National Tsing Hua University No. 101, Section 2, Kuang-Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013 TEL: +886-3-5742762 FAX: +886-3-5715934 Email: pclyu@mx.nthu.edu.tw China – HK Adhering Body: Biophysical Society of Hong Kong (Observer) Professor Guang Zhu Email: gzhu@ust.hk Czech Republic Adhering Body: Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Eva Bártová, Ph.D., DSc., Director Institute of Biophysics of the CAS, v. v. i. Královopolská 135 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic Email: bartova@ibp.cz Website: https://www.ibp.cz/en/ Phone: +420 – 541 517 141 (501) National Society: Czech Biophysical Association Chairwoman: Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Eva Bártová, Ph.D., DSc. Institute of Biophysics of the CAS, v. v. i. Královopolská 135 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic Email: bartova@ibp.cz Website: https://www.ibp.cz/en/research/Biophysics Association/about-us Phone: +420 – 541 517 141 (501) Deputy Chairman: Prof. RNDr. Vojtěch Mornstein, CSc. Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic Email: vmornst@med.muni.cz Phone: +420 – 549 491 335 Colombia Adhering Body: Sociedad Colombiana de Física, Capítulo Biofísica (Observer) National Society: Sociedad Colombiana de Física, Capítulo Biofísica Professor Carlos A Rojas Avellaneda Laboratorio de Bioísica 304 Universidad Javeriana Edificio Carlos Ortiz (No 52) Carrera 7 N 40 – 62 Bogota D. C., Colombia Email: carojas@javeriana.edu.co Denmark Adhering Body: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters Professor Mogens Høgh Jensen, President The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters H C Andersens Boulevard 35 DK 1553 Copenhagen V, Denmark Tel: (+45) 33 43 53 00 Email: mhjensen@nbi.ku.dk Website: www.royalacademy.dk National Society: National Committee of Biophysics Professor Daniel Otzen, Chairman Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) Aarhus University Gustav Wieds Vej 14 DK – 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Email: dao@inano.au.dk EBSA – European Biophysical Societies Association (Adhering Body) President: Prof. Anthony Watts Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK Tel: +44 1865 275 268 Fax: +44 1865 275 234/275 259 E-mail: anthony.watts@bioch.ox.ac.uk Secretary: Prof. John M. Seddon Theoretical & Experimental Physical Chemistry, Imperial College London South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK Tel.: +44 20 7594 5797 Fax: +44 20 7594 5801 E-mail: j.seddon@imperial.ac.uk Egypt Adhering Body: Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Sakar, President of Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Prof . Mohamed Abd El-Harith Chairman of the National Committee for Physics Prof. Dr. Sameh Soror Supervisor of scientific relations (ASRT) Dr. Osama Marzouk Acting Director General of scientific societies and international UNIONS (ASRT) Academy of Scientific Research & Technology ( ASRT) 01223880267 Email: eg.comm@asrt.sci.eg National Society: Egyptian National Committee of Biophysics Professor M I El Gohary, Chairman Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University Nasr City, 11884, Cairo, Egypt Fax: (+20) 2 3562820 Email: mohelgohary@yahoo.com Finland Adhering Body: Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae National Society: Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae Secretary: Elina Pietilä, MSc Address: University of Helsinki, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland. Email: secretary@biobio.org Website: www.biobio.org France Adhering Body: Académie des Sciences, Comité National de Biophysique Prof. Dr. Eric Dufourc Comité National de Biophysique IBPC, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie 75005 Paris FRANCE Email: e.dufourc@cbmn.u-bordeaux.fr National Society: Société Française de Biophysique Dr. Eric Ennifar, President Societé Française de Biophysique Institut Curie, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 110 91405 Orsay FRANCE Email: e.ennifar@unistra.fr Germany Adhering Body and National Society: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biophysik Prof. Dr. Helmut Gubmüller Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department Am Fassberg 11 D-37077 Göttingen Tel.: +49 551 201-2301 Fax: +49 551 201-2302 hgrubmu@gwdg.de Prof. Dr. Thomas Gutsmann, Secretary General Head of Division of Biophysics Leibniz-Unit Biophysics at University of Lubeck Priority Area Infections, Research Center Borstel Parkallee 10 23845 Borstel, GERMANY Tel: +49 (0)4537 188-2910 Fax: (+49) 4537 188 6320 Email: tgutsmann@fz-borstel.de Website: http://www.fz-borstel-de Greece Adhering Body: Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Observer) National Society: Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Website: http://www.eebmb.gr/ Laboratory of Cell Proliferation Ageing Institute of Biology, NCSR “Demokritos” 153 10 Athens, Greece Tel: +30 210-6503565 Fax: +30 210-6511767 Email: dkletsas@bio.demokritos.gr Hungary Adhering Body: Hungarian Academy of Sciences Represented by the National Society: Hungarian Biophysical Society Professor László Mátyus, President Dept. of Biophysics Cell Biology University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine H-4012 Debreen, Nagyerdel krt. 98, Hungary Tel/Fax: +36-52 412 623 Fax: +36-1-466 5465 Email: lmatyus@med.unideb.hu Website: http://www.mta.hu/index.php/english India Adhering Body: Indian National Science Academy President: Prof. Chandrima Shaha, President. Contact Person: Sh. SP Mishra, Deputy Executive Director – I (Scientific), Email: dedsc@insa.nic.in National Committee for IUPAB Prof. K. V. R. Chary, FNA, Chairman chary@tifr.res.in National Society: Indian Biophysical Society Prof. Jayan Udgaonkar, President Prof. Sudipta Maiti, Secretary http://www.indianbiophysicalsociety.org/index.html Israel Adhering Body: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Irit Sagi (Israel National C’tee for IUPAB) Dept. of Chemical Regulation, Weizmann Institute 234 Herzl Street Rehovot 76100, Israel Email: irit.sagi@weizmann.ac.il Website: http://www.academy.ac.il/ Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Mr. Bob Lapidot, Director, International Division P.O. Box 4040 Jerusalem 91040 Israel Tel: (972 2) 567-6221 Fax: (972 2) 566-6059 Email: boblap@academy.ac.il National Society: Israel Biophysical Society Prof. Elisha Haas Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University Ramat Gan 52900, Israel Tel.:+ 972-3-531-8210 E-mail: haas@mail.biu.ac.il Italy Adhering Body: CNR – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR Delegate to IUPAB Dr. Michael PUSCH CNR – Istituto di Biofisica Via De Marini, 6 16149 Genova Email: pusch@ge.ibf.cnr.it CNR Vice-Delegate to IUPAB: Dr. Mauro DALLA SERRA CNR – Istituto di Biofisica Via della Cascata 56/C 38100 Povo TN Email: mauro.dallaserra@cnr.it CNR Contact Person Dr. Cecilia LALLE National Research Council of Italy (CNR) European and International Relations Office International Relations P.le Aldo Moro, 7 00185 Rome – Italy Phone: +39 06 4993 7827 E-mail: cecilia.lalle@cnr.it National Society: Società Italiana di Biofisica Pura e Applicata (Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics) Prof. Alberto Diaspro Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso, 33, 16146 Genova, Italia. Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Campus Erzelli, Via Enrico Melen 83, 16152 Genova, Italia. Tel. +39 3335895780 SIBPA institutional email: presidente@sibpa.it Web site: https://www.sibpa.it/ Japan Adhering Body: National Committee of Biophysics, Science Council of Japan Prof. Hiroyuki Noji Dept. of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo Tokyo 113-8656, Japan Tel: +81-3-5841-7252 Fax: +81-3-5841-1872 Email: hnoji@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp Secretariat: International Affairs Division 7-22-34, Roppongi, Minato-ku Tokyo 106-8555 Japan Tel: +81-3-3403-5731 Fax: +81-3-3403-1755 Email: scjiad.group.n02@cao.go.jp National Society: The Biophysical Society of Japan Professor Hiroyuki Noji Dept. of Applied Chemistry, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan Tel: +81-3-5841-7252 Fax: +81-3-5841-1872 Email:hnoji@appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp Website: http://www.biophys.jp/index-e.html New Zealand Adhering Body: Royal Society Te Apārangi  Ms. Michelle Wickens, International Contracts Coordinator 11 Turnbull Street, Thorndon P.O. Box 598, Wellington 6140, NEW ZEALAND Tel: +64 4-470 5756 Email: International.Unions@royalsociety.org.nz Website: http://www.rsnz.org/ Poland Adhering Body: Polish Academy of Sciences Professor Grzegorz Bartosz Department of Molecular Biophysics University of Lodz Banacha 12/16 90-237 Lodz, Poland Fax: (+48) 42 6354473 Email: gbartosz@biol.uni.lodz.pl National Society: Polish Biophysical Society President: Professor Zbigniew Wieczorek University of Warmia and Mazury Department of Physics and Biophysics 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland E-mail: zbyszek@uwm.edu.pl Secretary: Dr Mariusz Szabelski University of Warmia and Mazury Department of Physics and Biophysics 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland E-mail: mariusz.szabelski@uwm.edu.pl Portugal Adhering Body: Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofisica President: Dr. Nuno Correia Santos PORTUGAL Email: nsantos@medicina.ulisboa.pt Dr. Armindo J. Salvador, Secretary UC-Biotech, Biocant Park, nucleo 04 lote 8 3060-197 Cantanhede Chemistry Department, Office G35 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal Tele: +351-231-249219 Fax: +351-231-249179 Email: armindo.salvador@gmail.com Romania Adhering Body: Romanian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics President of RSPAB: Prof. Dan Mihailescu Faculty of Biology University of Bucharest Spl. Independentei 91-95 040095, Bucharest, Romania E-mail: dan.mihailescu@bio.unibuc.ro phone: +40213181569 and +40727659728 Secretary of RSPAB: Monica Florescu, PhD “Transilvania” University of Brasov, Faculty of Medicine, Colina Universitatii nr 1, Corp C, room CI30, 500068 Brasov, Romania E-mail: florescum@unitbv.ro Website: www.biophysicsnet.ro Russia Adhering Body: Russian Academy of Science Professor A B Rubin, Chairman, National Committee for Biophysics Department of Biophysics Faculty of Biology Lomonosov Moscow State University Leninskie Gory 1, bld. 12 119991, Moscow, GSP-1, Russia Tel/Fax +(495) 939 1116 Email rubin@biophys.msu.ru Serbia Adhering Body: Biophysical Society of Serbia National Society: Biophysical Society of Serbia Prof. Ksenija Radotic, President Email: xenia@imsi.rs Dr. Jelena Repac, Secretary Research Associate Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade Address: Studentski trg 3, 11000 Belgrade Phone: +381 11 3033356 Email:  jelenag@bio.bg.ac.rs Slovak Republic Adhering Body: Slovak Committee for IUPAB Dr Ivan Zahradnik, Chairman Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics Slovak Academy of Sciences Vlarska 5, 83334 Bratislava, Slovak Republic Fax: (+421) 7 373 666 Email: ivan.zahradnik@savba.sk National Society: Slovak Biophysical Society President: Assoc. prof. Daniel Jancura Department of Biophysics, Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences Safarik University Jesenna 5, 041 54 Kosice Slovakia Tel:+421552342246 Mobil:+421 915482838 E-mail: daniel.jancura@upjs.sk Secretary: Dr. Gabriela Fabriciova Department of Biophysics, Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences Safarik University Jesenna 5, 041 54 Kosice Slovakia Tel: +421 552342248 Mobil: +421 904322922 E-mail: gabriela.fabriciova@upjs.sk Slovenia Adhering Body: Slovenian Biophysical Society National Society: Slovenian Biophysical Society Professor Matej Praprotnik, President National Institute of Chemistry Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Hajdrihova 19 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia Tel: +386 1 47 60 370 Fax: +386 1 47 60 300 Email: praprot@cmm.ki.si Dr Ales Fajmut, Secretary University of Maribor Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Koroska cesta 160 2000 Maribor, Slovenia Fax: +386 2 251 81 80 Email: ales.fajmut@um.si South Africa Adhering Body: South African Institute of Physics Brian Masara, Executive Officer Building 42, CSIR North Gate Entrance Postnet Suite 165, Private Bag X025 Lynnwood Ridge, 0040, South Africa Phone: +27 (0)12 84 12627 Cell: +27 73 737 2562 Fax: +27 86 605 0871 Email: brian.masara@saip.org.za Website: www.saip.org.za Spain Adhering Body: Sociedad de Biofísica de España Website: http://www.sbe.es Professor José María Valpuesta Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC) Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.  C/Darwin 3 28049 – Madrid. E-Mail: jmv@cnb.csic.es  Academic Secretary: Douglas Vinson Laurents Research Scientist Institute of Physical-Chemistry Rocasolano (CSIC) Serrano 119, 28006 Madrid, Spain Email: dlaurents@iqfr.csic.es Sweden Adhering Body: The Swedish National Committee for Molecular Biosciences Chair/President: Professor Ruth Palmer Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg Medicinaregatan 9 a-b 41390 Göteborg E-mail: ruth.palmer@gu.se Thérèse Tietjen, Academy Secretary Kungl. Vetenskapsasademien The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Box 50005, SE -104 05104 05 Stockholm, Sweden Email: Therese.tietjens@kva.se Switzerland Adhering Body: IUPAB Committee of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) Website: https://www.ls2.ch/sections/biophysics President: Prof. Beat Fierz LS2 Section Biophysics Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Institut des sciences et ingénierie chimiques EPFL SB ISIC LCBM CH B3 485 (Bât. CH) Station 6 CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland Phone: +41 (0)21 693 71 53 Fax: +41 (0)21 693 61 90 Email: beat.fierz@epfl.ch Contact person at LS2: LS2 scientific officer: Adela Calvente Arroyo, PhD Email: info@ls2.ch The Netherlands Adhering Body and National Society: The Netherlands’ Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering President: Dr. Frans W. Cornelissen Laboratorium voor Experimentele Oogheelkunde Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen Postbus 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands Tel.: +31 50 361 4173 E-mail: voorzitterBIOPM@gmail.com Secretary John Klaessens: secretarisBIOPM@gmail.com Treasurer Huib Versnel: penningmeesterBIOPM@gmail.com Website: www.biopm.nl Turkey Adhering Body: Turkish Biophysics Society Professor Dr. Beki Kan, President School of Medicine Dept. of Biophysics Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Kayisdagi Cad No 32 Atasehir, 34752-Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 216 500 4006 Email: beki.kan@acibadem.edu.tr Website: https://turkbiyofizikdernegi.org/ National Society: Turkish Biophysics Society Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pinar MEGA TIBER General Secretary Marmara University, School of Medicine, Dept. of Biophysics Maltepe, Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 216 421 2222 Email: pinar.tiber@marmara.edu.tr Ukraine Adhering Body: Ukrainian Biophysical Society (UBPS) (Observer) National Society: Ukrainian Biophysical Society President: Prof Igor. Y. Kotsan Rector of Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University 13 Voli Avenue 43025 Lutsk, Ukraine Tel.: +38(0332)241007 Fax: +38(0332)720123 E-mail: rector@univer.lutsk.ua WWW: http://eenu.edu.ua/en Secretary: Professor Alexander V. Zholos, Department of Biophysics, Educational and Scientific Centre “Institute of Biology” Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University 2 Academician Glushkov Avenue, Room 224 Kiev – 022 03022, Ukraine Tel.: +380 44 521 3299 ext. 2760 Fax: +380 44 521 3598 Email: a.zholos@althenia.org http://biology.univ.kiev.ua/en/ United Kingdom Adhering Body: British Biophysical Society National Society: British Biophysical Society President: Prof. Olwyn Byron, The School of Life Sciences, Bower Building, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Tel: +44 1413303752 E-mail: Olwyn.Byron@glasgow.ac.uk Secretary: Dr. Tharin Blumenschein, School of Chemistry University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K. Tel: +44(0)1603-59-2963 Fax: +44(0)1603-59-2003 Email: T.Blumenschein@uea.ac.uk United States of America National Society and Adhering Body: Biophysical Society Jennifer L. Pesanelli, CAE, Executive Director 11400 Rockville Pike, Suite 800 Bethesda, MD 20852, USA Tel: (+1) 240-290-5600 Fax: (+1) 240-290-5555 Email: jpesanelli@biophysics.org Website: http://www.biophysics.org/ Uruguay Adhering Body: Seccional Biofisica de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Biociencias Professor R. Daniel Peluffo Director, Group of Biophysical Chemistry CENUR Litoral Norte Universidad de la Republica Rivera 1350, CP:50000 Salto, Uruguay Fax: (+598) 473 22154 Email: dpeluffo@unorte.edu.uy Venezuela Adhering Body: Sociedad de Biofisicos Venezolanos (Observer) Professor Guillermo Whittembury Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC) P O Box 21827 and 20632 Caracas 1020.A, Venezuela Tel: (+58) 212 504 1120 Fax: (+58) 212 504 1093 Email: guillermo.whittembury@gmail.com Vietnam Technology Institute of Biotechnology (Observer) Nghia-Do, Duong Hoang Quoc Viet Hanoi, Vietnam