Adhering Bodies, National Societies and Regional Organizations
Last modified on May 8th 2009
Argentina
Adhering Body: Biophysical Argentinean Society
National Society: Biophysical Argentinean Society
Email: silviadelvalle@gmail.com
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
Australia
Adhering Body: Australian Academy of Science
National Society: Australian Society for Biophysics
Contact: Adele Coster, Secretary-Treasurer
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
Céline Dessaucy Van Vaerenbergh
Executive Secretary
Kuleuven Afd.
Chem. en Biol. Dynamica
Celestijnenlaan 200D
3001 Heverlee,
Belgium
FAX: (+32) 16 327974
Email: celine.dessaucy@kvab.be
Brazil
Adhering Body: Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica
National Society: Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica
Bulgaria
Adhering Body: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Dr A Boyanov, Executive Secretary
Institute of Biophysics
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
G. Bonchev Str. bl.21
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
FAX (+359) 2 9712493
email boyanov@obzor.bio21.bas.bg
Canada
Adhering Body: National Research Council of Canada
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, Beijing
Adhering Body: Biophysical Society of China
Professor Zihe Rao, President
Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
15 Datun Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100101, China
FAX: (+86) 10 6277 3145
email: raozh@sun5.ibp.ac.cn; raozh@xtal.tsingua.edu.
National Society: Biophysical Society of China
Professor Xiyun Yan, Secretary General
15 Datun Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100101, China
FAX (+86) 10 64877837
email: yanxy@sun5.ibp.ac.cn
China, Taipei
Adhering Body: National Committee of Republic of China for IUPAB
Dr Tai-huang Huang, President
Institute of Biomedical Sciences
Academia Sinica
128 Academia Road, Sec 2
Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, The Republic of 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, Sec2
Nankang, Taipei,Taiwan 11529, The Republic of China
FAX (+886)2 2788 7641
email: cfchang@ibms.sinica.edu.tw
National Society: Biophysics Society of the Republic of China
please see above
Colombia
Adhering Body: Sociedad Colombiana de Física, Capítulo Biofísica
Professor Carlos A Rojas Avellaneda
Departamento de Física
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Carrera 7 N 43 - 83
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 Vesna Svetlicic, President
Center for Marine and Environmental Research
Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Bijenicka 54
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
FAX (+385) 1 468 0242
email svetlicic@rudjer.irb.hr
National Society: Croatian Biophysical Society
please see above
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 kozubek@ibp.cz
National Society: Biophysics Section, Czechoslovak Biological Society
Dr Jana Slotova, Secretary
Institute of Biophysics
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno
Czech Republic
FAX (+42) 5 4121 1293
email slotova@ibp.cz
Denmark
Adhering Body: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Mrs Pia Gruner
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
H C Andersens Boulevard 35
DK 1553 Copenhagen V
Denmark
FAX (+45) 33910736
email: pbg@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
Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
101 Kasr El Einy Street
Cairo, Egypt
FAX (+20) 2 3562820
email: elgoharybio@yahoo.com
Finland
Adhering Body: Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica
Fenniae Katri Niemi, Secretary General
Biomedicum Helsinki Protein Chemistry Unit
P.O. Box 63
00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
FAX: +358 9 19125206
email Katri.Niemi@helsinki.fi
Markus Linder, Treasurer
VTT Biotechnology
P.O. Box 1500
02044 VTT, Finland
email: markus.linder@vtt.fi
National Society: Societas Biochemica, biophysica et microbiologica Fenniae
please see above
France
Adhering Body: Académie des Sciences, Comité National de Biophysique
Jean-Francois Gibrat, Secrétaire
INRA, Domaine de Vilvert
Unite Mathématique, Informatique et Génome
78352 Jouy-en-Josas cedex
FAX (+33) 1 34 65 29 01
email: gibrat@jouy.inra.fr
National Society: Société Française de Biophysique
Constantin Craescu, Secrétaire
Institut Curie Bat. 110-112.
Université Paris Sud 91405 Orsay cedex
FAX (+33)1 69 07 53 27.
email Gil.Craescu@curie.u-psud.fr
Germany
Adhering Body: National Society: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Biophysik
Prof. Dr. Gerd Ulrich Nienhaus, President
Abteilung für Biophysik
Albert-Einstein-Allee 11
89081 Ulm
Tel.: 0731 - 50 23050
Fax: 0731 - 50 23059
email: uli@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 G. Panayotou11
Soufliou Street11257
AthensGreece
Tel: +30 210-6503565
Fax: +30 210-6511767
Email: panayotou@fleming.gr
Hong Kong
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 bochang@usthk.ust.hk
National Society: Biophysical Society of Hong Kong
please see above
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 Alok Moitra, Assistant Executive Secretary-ICSU
Indian National Science Academy
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
New Delhi 110 002
India
FAX (+91) 11 3235648
email insa@delnet.ren.nic.in
National Committee for IUPAB and IUCr
Professor M. Vijayan, FNA
Professor of Molecular Biophysics Unit
& Associate Director
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012
India
FAX: (+91) 80 360 0683
email: mv@mbu.iisc.ernet.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
National Society: Società Italiana di Biofisica Pura e Applicata
National Society: Societa Italiana di Biofisica (Italian Society of Biophysics)
Prof Damiano Gustavo Mita
Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale
Seconda Università di Napoli
Via Costantinopoli 16
80 138 Napoli, Italy
FAX (+39) 81-5665822
email mita@unina2.it
Japan
Adhering Body: National Committee of Biophysics, Science Council of Japan
Email: info@scj.go.jp
National Society: The Biophysical Society of Japan
Korea
Adhering Body: Korean Biophysical Society
Professor Young Kee Kang, President
Department of Chemistry
Chunbuk National University
Cheongju, Chungbuk 361-763
Korea
FAX: (+82) 43 273 83 28
email: ykkang@chungbuk.ac.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
The Netherlands
Adhering Body: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Society: The Netherland Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Technology (Vereniging voor Biofysica en Biomedische Technologie)
Dr. R des Bouvrie
Email: Roy.des.Bouvrie@bureau.knaw.nl
New Zealand
Adhering Body: The Royal Society of New Zealand
P.O. Box 598, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
Dr.Jez Weston
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, President, Committee of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Head, 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
Professor Krystyna Michalak
Head, Department of Biophysics
Medical University of Wroclaw
ul. Chalubinskiego 10
50-368 Wroclaw
FAX (+48) 717840088
email: michalak@biofiz.am.wroc.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 Eugenia Kovacs, Secretary General
Biophysics Research Department
“Carol Davila” Medical University
P.O Box 35-43, 76200 Bucharest 35, Romania
FAX (+40) 21 312 59 55
email: ekovacs@univermed-cdgm.ro
Russia
Adhering Body: Russian Academy of Science
Professor A B Rubin, Chairman, National Committee for Biophysics
Department of Biophysics
Faculty of Biology
Moscow State University
Moscow 119899, Russia
FAX (+7) 095 939 1115
email: rubin@mars.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 S. Huraib
Email: int_coop@kacst.edu.sa
Serbia
Adhering Body: Biophysical Society of Serbia
Dr Miroslav Zivic, Secretary
email: mzivic@iofh.bg.ac.yu
National Society: Biophysical Society of Serbia
please see above
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
Prof. Severino Falcón Morales, Treasurer
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Subdirección General de Programas y Organismos Internacionales
C/ Albacete 5, Segunda Planta Este
28027 Madrid, Spain
email: severino.falcon@mec.es
National Society: Sociedad de Biofísica de España
Sweden
Adhering Body: The Swedish National Committee for Pure and Applied Biophysics
Professor Lennart Nilsson, chairman
Karolinska Institutet,
Department of Biosciences at NOVUM
SE-141 57 Huddinge, Sweden
FAX (+46) 8 608 9290
email: Lennart.Nilsson@biosci.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
Professeur Tilman Schirmer, President
Abteilung Strukturbiologie
Biozentrum
University of Basel
Klingelbergstr. 70
CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
FAX (+41) 61 267 2109
email tilman.schirmer@unibas.ch
Turkey
Adhering Body: Turkish Biophysical Society
Professor M. Salih Celik, President
Department of Biophysics
Medical School of Dicle University
21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey
email mscelik@dicle.edu.tr
National Society: Turkish Biophysical Society
please see above
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
National Society and Adhering Body: Biophysical Society
Rosalba Kampman, Executive Director
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
FAX (+1) 310-530-7133
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
Caracas 1020.A, Venezuela
FAX (+58) 212 504 1093
email gwhitt@ivic.ve
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