from Jean Garnier Bioinformatics has become a discipline in itself and is well integrated into Biophysics. This is not because biologists need to digitalized their data and analyze them with computers but because this discipline needs to apply algorithms which come from concept or techniques developed in Physics or in Mathematics or to implement rigorous […]
Biophysical Reviews publishes short and critical reviews from key figures in the field. Authors are encouraged to discuss with the Editor the possibility of contributing a review. Biophysical Reviews covers the entire field of biophysics, generally defined as the science of describing and defining biological phenomenon using the concepts and the techniques of physics. This […]
The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) was created in 1966 as an interdisciplinary Scientific Committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU). Its seat is located in Paris, 5, rue Auguste Vacquerie at the ICSU headquarters where their secretariat is housed. We may note that it is also the legal seat for […]
The Biomedical Spectroscopy Taskforce has released its 2007-2008 report – read it.
The 29th General Assembly of ICSU in Maputo, Mozambique elected the follwoing new office bearers: President: Catherine Bréchignac (3 year term) Past-President: Goverdhan Mehta (18 month term) President-Elect: Yuan-Tseh Lee (18 months from early 2010) Vice-President, Scientific Plannning: Kari Raivio (3 year term) Vice-President, External Relations: Reiko Kuroda (3 year term) Secretary-General: Maurice Tchuente (3 […]
IUPAP, on its 26th General Assembly in Tsukuba, Japan, earlier this month, has appointed Uli as the official IUPAP Liaison to IUPAB (see below). This is good news because IUPAB has been considering how best to go about improving relations with this large and powerful union. Congratulations Uli
The Capacity Building and Education Taskforce has released its report – read details.
President Nagayama has authorized the 2009 awards for Schools in Biophysics. A total of US$40,000 has been allocated for this purpose. The awards were decided on the basis of the votes received from members of the IUPAB Council. Funding for the following Schools has been approved: (1) Croatia 10th International Summer School, 19 – October […]
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The Union is in the process of forming a web-based network to facilitate communication between graduate students and early career computational scientists. The network is primarily intended to assist scientists from developing countries. We hope to be able to offer advice and possibly other assistance such as network and PC assistance. For example, the following […]
Application for funding to assist Schools in Biophysics have closed. The applications are currently being reviewed. We expect to make a decision by mid-September (or earlier) and the results will be posted on this website. Cris dos Remedios Secretary General
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