The Biomedical Spectroscopy Taskforce has released its 2007-2008 report – read it.
New ICSU Executive Board 2008-2011
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 […]
New Liaison Contact with IUPAP
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
IUPAB Capacity Building Taskforce report
The Capacity Building and Education Taskforce has released its report – read details.
Release of Funding for Schools in Biophysics
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 […]
Contacting the IUPAB
Notices of News and Events, and all queries regarding the IUPAB should be sent to: mail@iupab.org
Computational Biophysics
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 […]
Biophysics Schools Funding
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
16th International Biophysics Congress
The joint 16th International Biophysics Congress (IUPAB) and Biophysical Society 52nd Annual Meeting (USA) February 2-6, 2008, Long Beach, California, USA Brief report on the congress by Fritz Parak, former Secretary General of IUPAB The International Biophysics Congress is the major public activity of IUPAB. The Congress is triennial, the 2005 Congress being in Montpellier, […]