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Special Issue of Biophysics & Physicobiology – expected publication date March, 2016

This is the announcement of the special issue on “Protein-Ligand Interactions” in Biophysics and Physicobiology. On behalf of the editorial board members of Biophysics and Physicobiology, which is the official on-line journal (e-journal) of the Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ), I would like to invite you to contribute to this special issue. As a campaign […]

CODATA: Editorial Board nominations and applications for the Editorial Board of the Data Science Journal

The following message has been received from Dr. Sarah Callaghan, Editor -in- Chief of this journal: Dear Colleagues, CODATA International Scientific Union Members, The Data Science Journal http://datascience.codata.org is currently accepting nominations and applications for membership of its Editorial Board. The main role of a board member is to act as an advocate  of the […]

Royal Society Discussion Meeting, London, October 12-13, 2015

The topic of this meeting is SOFT INTERFACIAL MATERIALS: FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO FORMULATION. For more details, including session titles and confirmed speakers, and free registration, please visit https://royalsociety.org/events/2015/10/soft-interfacial-materials/. The deadline for poster abstracts is Friday, July 13.  Registration will remain open until capacity is reached, but to avoid disappointment early booking is suggested. The convenors […]

Funding applications for 2016 Schools and Workshops

Applications for IUPAB funding for 2016 Schools will be accepted from June 1 – July 31, 2015. All allocations will be in Euros, with the maximum 10,000 Euros. We plan to advise applicants of the funding results by end November, 2015. The following documents can be downloaded from the IUPAB website:  Funding Application;    Sponsorship Agreement. […]

Future Earth new Executive Director

In Paris on February 13, 2015 ICSU announced, on behalf of the Science & Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, the appointment of Paul Shrivastava as Executive Director of Future Earth. Currently he is the David O’Brien Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and the Director of the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, at the John […]

Grants for 2015 Biophysics Schools

Applications closed at the end of September 2014 for assistance in funding biophysics , the IUPAB provided funding for six advanced schools in biophysics to be held during 2015: Grenoble, France, February 2-5, 2015: Advanced isotopic labelling methods for integrated structural biology Dresden Germany, July 15-17, 2015: Spectroscopies in biology – Recent advances Singapore, July […]

Information for Young Scientist Travel Awards

YOUNG SCIENTIST TRAVEL AWARDS Early Career Travel Grants are to assist young biophysicists, especially from developing countries, and applications are now open. These IUPAB awards are intended to supplement, rather than to fully pay travel expenses. Maximum award is US$1000 and minimum is US$250.00  The awards are not intended to cover the cost of registration to the Congress. Application […]

IUPAB President Professor Gordon Roberts visits Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

When IUPAB President Roberts visited Beijing recently, on April 25 he gave a seminar entitled “Redox-linked domain movements in the catalytic cycle of cytochrome P450 reductase”.  There followed a discussion with Chinese biophysicists.  During his visit, Professor Roberts also had a meeting with council members of the Biophysics Society of China and Professor Zi-He Rao, […]

Obituary: Dame Louise Napier Johnson, 1940-2012

Louise Johnson was born in 1940 at Worcester. She studied physics at University College London between 1959 and 1962, moving to the Royal Institution to work with David Phillips, completing her Ph.D. in 1966. For the first time, we began to understand how an enzyme – lysozole – works; in this case, we had strong […]

Obituary: Ivano Bertini (1940-2012)

Ivano Bertini died of lung cancer on July 7, 2012, whilst still fully scientifically active.  He was at the crossroad of many scientific communities, encompassing chemistry, biology, biophysics, spectroscopy and biomedicine.  Academia and society as a whole have lost a unique personality, one that will not be easily forgotten. As many scientists, Ivano did not […]

Applications for Funding for 2013

Applications for funding for Workshops and Schools in 2013 will be open from July 2, and close on August 31, 2012 at midnight, Sydney, Australia time. Council will then assess the applications, and decisions on the allocation of funds will be made as soon as possible. All applicants will be notified of the results, we […]