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Call for IUPAB Congress 2030 Nominations

The IUPAB holds a triennial Congress, the next one will take place in Kyoto (Japan) in 2024 and in Berlin in 2027. https://www.biophys.jp/org/org01-e.html The IUPAB General Assembly will consider nominations for future congresses (2030) and voting on the location will be made at the General Assembly (in Kyoto in 2024). According with IUPAB sponsorship policy : IUPAB […]

British Biophysical Society 60th Anniversary Meeting

British Biophysical Society 60th Anniversary Meeting   The British Biophysical Society Biennial meeting is the largest national meeting of the UK biophysics community and this edition is particularly special as it celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the creation of the society. ‘Biophysics through time and space: The BBS@60’ will be on ZOOM 14-17 September 2020 […]

International Science Council – Document on Scientific Publications

Opening the Record of Science: making scholarly publishing work for science in the digital era. Executive Summary: Executive Summary Science1 is indispensable to the human endeavour as a fundamental part of its intellectual infrastructure. Its distinctive value derives from open scrutiny of concepts based on evidence and tested against reality, logic and the scepticism of […]

Science at the service of humanity: the challenge with the novel Coronavirus, by the President of IUPAB

At this moment, when the world is looking to science to provide solutions to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the speed with which the public authorities invest in research and innovation will be decisive for facing this crisis. The governments of different countries must cooperate strategically in a coordinated manner to provide the best way to […]

Postponement of the 2020 IUPAB Congress to October 4th-8th, 2021

We are all dealing with difficult times due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The situation has worsened significantly in Europe and USA, as well as elsewhere. Some of you may be in the rush to find new solutions to the pandemic and we wish all the success in your efforts. Although our event is still […]

Interesting Document about the Coronavirus Threat from the Biophysical Society

We reproduce due to his interest of this document from the Biophysical Society   Responding to the Coronavirus Threat through Investments in Fundamental Biomedical Research.   From the Public Affairs Committee of the Biophysical Society   The Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak is putting enormous strains on our hospitals, health care providers and public health system. The […]

The first edition of the Avanti Polar Lipids-IUPAB Medal and Prize has been awarded to Prof. Anthony Watts

  The first edition of the Avanti Polar Lipids-IUPAB Medal and Prize has been awarded to Prof. Anthony Watts for his pioneering contributions to biophysical research on membranes especially with the use of novel NMR techniques.   Tony Watts graduated from Leeds University, UK with a BSc and PhD in biophysics. After 5 years working […]