Argentina

Adhering Body:  Biophysical Society of Argentina
National Society:  Biophysical Society of Argentina
IQUIFIB
Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Junin 956
1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Telephone (+5411) 4962-5457
FAX (+5411) 4964-8289, ext. 132
email (Secretary, Dr. Alejandro Vila):  sab()ibr.gov.ar

Armenia

Adhering Body: All Armenian Biophysical Society
Professor Tsovak M. Avakian, President of the Pan-Armenian Biophysics Armenia
375036 Yerevan, 36
Alikhanyan Brothers st. 2
Yerevan Physics Institute
Department of Biophysics, Armenia
FAX (+374 1) 512 512
email tsovak@mail.yerphi.am

National Society: All Armenian Biophysical Society
please see above

Asian Biophysics Association

Professor Kuniaki Nagayama, Ph.D, President
Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience
National Institutes of Natural Sciences
5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho
Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8787, JAPAN

Australia

Adhering Body: Australian Academy of Science
Contact: Ms Connie Berridge
Australian Academy of Sciences, International Secretary
GPO Box 783
Canberra ACT 2601
Telephonehone +61-62019448
Email: connie.berridge@science.org.au

National Society: Australian Society for Biophysics
Contact: Adele Coster, Secretary-Treasurer
School of Mathematics
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052

Website: http://www.biophysics.org.au/
Email: treasurer@biophysics.org.au
Fax: 02 9385 7123

Austria

Adhering Body: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Prof Peter Laggner

Email: peter.laggner@oeaw.ac.at

Azerbaijan

Adhering Body: Azerbaijan Biophysical Association
Prof. Niftali Godjaev, President
Res. Lab. of Molecular Biophysics
Azerbaijan Baki-370073
Str. Zahid Xalilov-23
University of Baki Room -320
FAX (+99412) 98 14 87
email: niftaligodjajev@yahoo.com

National Society: Azerbaijan Biophysical Association
please see above

Belarus

Adhering Body: 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

National society: Belarus Society for Photobiology and Biophysics
please see above

Belgium

Adhering Body: The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium
Sofie Vanthournout
Scientific Counselor
Hetogsstraat 1 rue Ducale,
B-1000 BRUSSELS,    BELGIUM
TEL;  (+32) 2 550 23 32
FAX: (+32) 2 550 23 78
Email: sofie.vanthournout@kvab.be
www.rasab.be

Brazil

Adhering Body: Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica
National Society: Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica

Bulgaria

Adhering Body: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Dr Stefan Hadjitodorov, Scientific Secretary General
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1, 15 Noemvri Street
Sofia 1040,  Bulgaria
FAX (+359 2) 988 0448    Telephone (+359 2) 986 2397
email:  sthadj@bas.bg

Canada

Adhering Body: National Research Council of Canada
Ms Starlene Buchanan
Manager, International Programs Management and Operations
International Relations Office
100 Sussex Drive, Room 1038D
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OR6, CANADA
Tel: +1 (613) 949-9674;     Fax:  _1 (613) 952-9696
email:  starlene.buchanan@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

National Society: Biophysical Society of Canada

Chile

Adhering Body: Biophysics Section, Chilean Biological Society
Professor Alan Neely
Dept of Physiology
Avda Gran Bretana 1111
Playa Ancha – Valparaiso, Chile
FAX (+56) 32 283320
email aneely@uv.cl or phyan@physiology.ttuhsc.edu
National Society: Biophysics Section, Chilean Biological Society
please see above

China

Adhering Body:  Biophysical Society of China
Professor Zihe Rao, President
Nankai University
94 Weijin Road, Nankai District
Tianjin 300071, China
FAX: (+86) 22 23501631
email: raozh@nankai.edu.cn

National Society: Biophysical Society of China
Professor Xiyun Yan, Secretary General
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
15 Datun Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100101, China
FAX (+86) 10 6488 8584
email: yanxy@.ibp.ac.cn

China

Adhering Body: Biophysics Society located in Taipei
Dr Tai-huang Huang, President
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
128 Academia Road, Section 2
Nankang, Taipei 115,  China
FAX (+886) 2 2788 7641
email bmthh@ibms.sinica.edu.tw

Dr Chi-fon Chang, Secretary General (for all correspondence)
The Genomic Research Center
128 Academia Road, Section 2
Nankang, Taipei 115,  China
FAX (+886)2 2788 7641
email: cfchang@ibms.sinica.edu.tw

China

Adhering Body:  Biophysical Society of Hong Kong
Professor D C Chang
Department of Biology
H K University of Science & Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
Hong Kong
FAX (+852) 2358-1559
email:  bohang@usthk.ust.hk

Colombia

Adhering Body: 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

National Society: Sociedad Colombiana de Física, Capítulo Biofísica
please see above

Croatia

Adhering Body: Croatian Biophysical Society
Dr Sanja Tomic, President
Division of Physical Chemistry
Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Bijenicka 54
HR-1000 Zagreb, Croatia
FAX (+385) 1 468 0245
email tomic@irb.hr

National Society: Croatian Biophysical Society
please see above
Dr. Tomislav Vuletic, Secretary
Laboratory for Biological Physics
Bijenicka 46
HR-1000 Zagreb,    Croatia
FAX  (+385) 1 469 8889
email:  tvuletic@ifs.hr

Czech Republic

Adhering Body: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
RNDr Stanislav Kozubek, Chairman
Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences
Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno
Czech Republic
FAX (+42) 541 240 498
email <reditel@ibp.cz>

National Society: Biophysics Section, Czechoslovak Biological Society
Prof. RNDr. Vojtech Mornstein, Secretary
Dept. of Biophysics, Masaryk University
Kamenice 126/3, 625 00 Brno
Czech Republic
email vmornst@med.muni.cz

Denmark

Adhering Body: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Mrs Pia Gruner, Chief Executive, MA
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
H C Andersens Boulevard 35
DK 1553 Copenhagen V,  Denmark
Telephone (+45) 33 43 53 00
email: pbg@royalacademy.dk
www.royalacademy.dk

National Society: National Committee of Biophysics
Professor dr Ole G Mouritsen, Chairman
MEMPHYS – Center for Biomembrane Physics
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55
5230 Odense M,   Denmark
FAX +45 6615 4048
email ogm@memphys.sdu.dk

Egypt

Adhering Body: Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
Professor Mohsen M. Shoukry, Supervisor of Scientific & Cultural Relations
101 Kasr El Einy Street
Cairo, Egypt
FAX 202 5941270
email not yet available

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

Mervi Kuronen, Secretary General
Biomedicum Helsinki Protein Chemistry Unit
P.O. Box 63
00014  Helsingin yliopisto, Finland
Tel: +358 9 19125618
FAX: +358 9 19125073
email Katri.Niemi@helsinki.fi
www.biobio.org

National Society: Societas Biochemica, biophysica et microbiologica Fenniae
please see above

France

Adhering Body: Académie des Sciences, Comité National de Biophysique
M. Jean-Francois Gibrat, Secretary
Committee National de Biophysique
INRA, Domaine de Vilvert
78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex   FRANCE
email: jean-francois.gibrat@jouy.inra.fr

National Society: Société Française de Biophysique
Dr. Bruno Robert, President
Societe Francaise de Biophysique
DSV-LBMS
CEA Saclay, Batiment 532
91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex     FRANCE
email Gil.Craescu@curie.u-psud.fr

Germany

Adhering Body: National Society: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Biophysik
Prof. Dr. Gerd Ulrich Nienhaus, President
Institute of Applied Physics and Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1
D-76131 Karlsruhe,   GERMANY
TEL:  +49-721-608-3401
FAX:  +49-721-608-8480
Email: uli at uiuc.edu

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Alexiev, Secretary General
Fachbereich Physik
Institut für Experimentalphysik
Freie Universität Berlin
Arnimallee 14
14195 Berlin
FAX: (+49) 30 838 56299
email: alexiev@physik.fu-berlin.de

Greece

Adhering Body: Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
National Society: Hellenic Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Dr Dimitris Kletsas
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
National Society: Hungarian Biophysical Society
Professor Pál Ormos, President
Institute of Biophysics
Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
P.O. Box 521
Szeged, Hungary, H-6701
FAX (+36) 62 433 133
email: pali@nucleus.szbk.u-szeged.hu

India

Adhering Body: Indian National Science Academy
Dr (Mrs) Brotati Chattopadhyay
Assistant Executive Secretary, Indian National Science Academy
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110002      India
Telephone(+91) 11 2322 1931
email icsu@insa.nic.in

National Committee for IUPAB and IUCr

Professor R.V. Hosur
Senior Professor, Dept. of Chemical Sciences
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Homi Bhabha Road
Mumbai 400005,    India
Telephone (+91) 22 2278 2488
email: hosur@tifr.res.in

Israel

Adhering Body: Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Prof. Elisha Haas

Email: haas@mail.biu.ac.il

Italy

Adhering Body: CNR – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Signora Cecilia Tribuzio
Dipartimento per le Attivita’ Internazionali
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
P.le Aldo Moro 7
00185 Roma, Italy
FAX (+39) 6 446 1954
email cecilia.tribuzio@cnr.it

CNR delegate to IUPAB
Dottore Pier Luigi San Biagio
Instituto di Biofisica
Via Ugo la Malfa 153
90146  Palermo
Tele: 091 6809311       Email: pierluigi.sanbiagio@ibf.cnr.it

National Society: Società Italiana di Biofisica Pura e Applicata
National Society: Societa Italiana di Biofisica (Italian Society of Biophysics)
Prof Silvia Morante
Dipartimento di Fisica
Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”
Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1
00133 ROMA,   ITALIA
TEL: (+39) 06 72594554;    FAX (+39) 06 2025259
email:  morante@roma2.infn.it

Japan

Adhering Body: National Committee of Biophysics, Science Council of Japan

Prof. Masahiro Sokabe
Dept. of Physiology, Nagoya Univ. Grad. School Med.,
Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan
Phone: +81-52-744-2051
Fax: +81-52-744-2057
Email: msokabe@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

National Society: The Biophysical Society of Japan

Korea

Adhering Body: Korean Biophysical Society
Dr. Myeong-Hee Yu, President
Functional Proteomics Centre
39-1 Hawolgok-dong, Seongbuk-gu
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
SEOUL 136-791, KOREA
TEL: (+82) 2-958-6911
FAX: (+82) 2-958-6919
email: mhyu@kist.re.kr
National Society: Korean Biophysical Society
Dr.Julian Lee, Secretary General
Department of Bioinformatics and Life Science
Soongsil University
1-1 Sangdo5 – dong, Dongjak-gu
Seoul 156-743
Korea
FAX: (+082) 2812 5762
email jul@ssu.ac.kr

LAFEBS (Latin American Federation of Biophysical Societies)
Professor Marcelo M. Morales, President
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Centro de Ciencias da Saude, bloco G, sala 52, seg andar
Cidade Universitaria, CEP: 21949900
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL

The Netherlands

Adhering Body: Vereniging voor Biofysica en Biomedische Technologie
National Society: The Netherland Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Technology (Vereniging voor Biofysica en Biomedische Technologie)
Dr. Raymond van Ee, President
Contact: Dr. Frans Cornelissen, Secretary
Laboratorium voor Experimentele Oogheelkunde
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Postbus 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen,   The Netherlands
Tel: (1): +31 (0) 50-3614173/3612510 (secr)
Tel: (2): +31 (0) 50-3634793/3635111 (secr)

New Zealand

Adhering Body: The Royal Society of New Zealand
Dr. Jez Weston, Policy Analyst
P.O. Box 598,
Wellington 6140,  NEW ZEALAND
Telephone: 04-472 7421     FAX:  04-473 1841
email:  jez.weston@royalsociety.org.nz

Norway

Adhering Body: Norwegian Norwegian Biophysical Society

Dr. Eirik Malinen
Department of Medical Physics,
Division of Cancer Medicine and Radiotherapy
Rikshospitalet University Hospital
Montebello,
NO-0310 Oslo
Norway.
e-mail: eirik.malinen@fys.uio.no
phone: +47 22781112
fax: +47 22781102

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 Maria Koter
Department of Biophysics of Environmental Pollution
University of Lodz
Banacha 12/16
FAX (+48) 42 6354473
email: koterm@biol.uni.lodz.pl

Portugal

Adhering Body: Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofisica
Chair
Dr. Manuela M. Pereira
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Av. da República – EAN,
2780-157 Oeiras
PORTUGAL
email: mpereira@itqb.unl.pt

Romania

Adhering Body: Romanian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics
Dr Mihaela Moisescu, Secretary General
Department of Biophysics and Cell Biotechnology
“Carol Davila” Medical University
P.O Box 35-43, 050461 Bucharest, Romania
Tel:  (+40)21 312 5955
FAX (+40) 21 312 59 55
email: rspab@biophysicsnet.ro ;  mgmoisescu@umf.ro

http://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

Saudi Arabia

Adhering Body: King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST)
National Society: King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST)

Mr Fahad Sultan Bin Huraib, Director
Directorate of International Cooperation
P.O. Box 6086 Riyadh 1442
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tel:  +966 1 4813309
Fax:  +966 1 4813441
Email: int_coop@kacst.edu.sa

Serbia

Adhering Body: Biophysical Society of Serbia
Dr Miroslav Zivic, Secretary
email: mzivic@np.ac.rs

National Society: Biophysical Society of Serbia
Institute for Physiology & Biochemistry
Faculty of Biology; University of Belgrade
P.O. Box 52, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel:  (+38111) 3032-356
Fax: (+38111) 3032-356 or 2638-500

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

Slovenia

Adhering Body: Slovenian Biophysical Society
Dr Zoran Arsov, Secretary
“Jozef Stefan” Institute
Jamova 39
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
FAX (+386) 1 477 3191
email: zoran.arsov@ijs.si

National Society: Slovenian Biophysical Society
please see above

Spain

Adhering Body: Comision Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia
Dr. Jose Lopez Carrascosa
Departamento de Estructura de Macromoleculas
Centro Nacional de Biotenologia-CSIC
C/- Dawin no. 3
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
28049 Madrid,  Spain
Tel:  +34 9158 54509
email:  jlcarras@cnb.csic.es

National Society: Sociedad de Biofísica de España

Sweden

Adhering Body: The Swedish National Committee for Molecular Biosciences
Professor Lennart Nilsson, chairman
Karolinska Institutet,
Department of Biosciences & Nutrition,  NOVUM
SE-141 57 Huddinge, Sweden
FAX (+46) 8 608 9290
email: Lennart.Nilsson@ki.se

National Society: Swedish Biophysical Society
Dr. Mikael Akke, chairman
Department of Biophysical Chemistry
Lund University
P.O. Box 124
SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
FAX (+46) 46 2224543
email Mikael.Akke@bpc.lu.se

Switzerland

Adhering Body: IUPAB Committee of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)
Professeur Tilman Schirmer, President
University of Basel
Klingelbergstr. 70
CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Tel:  ++41 (0) 61 267 20 89
FAX ++41 (0) 61 267 2109
email tilman.schirmer@unibas.ch

Turkey

Adhering Body: Turkish Biophysics Society
Professor Dr. M. Salih Celik, President
Department of Biophysics
Medical Faculty of Dicle University
21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey
Tel:  +90 412 2488096
Fax: +90 412 2488440
email mscelik@dicle.edu.tr;  mscelik21@gmail.com

National Society: Turkish Biophysics Society
Prof. Dr. Necla Ozturk, General Secretary
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Physics
06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey
email: nozturk@hacettepe.edu.tr

Ukraine

Adhering Body: Ukrainian Biophysical Society (UBPS)
Professor Michael F Shuba, President
Bogolometz Institute of Physiology
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
4 Bololometz Str., 252024 Kiev, Ukraine
FAX (+380) 44 293 34 31
email onmf@serv.biph.kiev.ua

National Society: Ukrainian Biophysical Society
please see above

United Kingdom

Adhering Body: British Biophysical Society

Professor John M. Seddon,
Head, Theoretical and Experimental Physical Chemistry,
Chemistry Department,
Imperial College London,
South Kensington Campus,
London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Tel: +44(0)20-7594-5797
Fax: +44(0)20-7594-5801

National Society: British Biophysical Society
please see above

United States of America

Adhering Body: National Academy of Sciences
Katherine Bowman, Ph. D.
Program Officer, U.S. National Committee to IUPAB
Board on International Scientific Organizations
The National Academies
Keck Building, Room 505
500 5th Street, N. W.
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (+1) 202-334-2638
FAX (+1) 202-334-2231
email kbowman@nas.edu

United States of America

National Society and Adhering Body: Biophysical Society
Rosalba Kampman, Executive Director
1140 Rockville Pike, Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
PHONE (+1) 240-290-5600
FAX (+1) 240-290-5555
email rkampman@biophysics.org

Uruguay

Adhering Body: Seccional Biofisica de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Biologia
Professors Elia Nunes and Gustavo Brum
Dpto. Biofisica, Facultad de Medicina
CP11 800, Montevideo, Uruguay
FAX (+598) 2 924 8784
email enunes@fmed.edu.uy,gbrum@fmed.edu.uy

Venezuela

Adhering Body: Sociedad de Biofisicos Venezolanos
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
Nghia-Do, Duong Hoang Quoc Viet
Hanoi, Vietnam

Regional Organizations

European Biophysical Societies Association (EBSA)
Dr. M�tyus L�szl�, Secretary
Dept. of Biophysics and Cell Biology
University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center
H-4012 Debrecen, Nagyerdei krt. 98., Hungary
FAX (+36) 52-412-623
email lmatyus@jaguar.dote.hu

Sociedad de Biof�sicos Latinoamericanos (SOBLA)
Dr Esperanza Recio-Pinto, Secretary
Dept of Anesthesiology, Hosp. Spec. Surg.
Cornell University
535 E 70th St. New York, NY 10021, U.S.A
FAX (+1) 212 517-4481
email reciope@hss.edu