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2011 Nominees for Council (Vote for Seven) Robert H. Chow MD, PhD Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California Research Interests: Molecular control of exocytosis and endocytosis, synaptic transmission, amperometry, membrane capacitance measurements, single-molecule techniques, total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy, super-resolution microscopy. Education: BA Biology, Brown University, 1981; MD, PhD Physiology, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1988; Internal Medicine Residency, Univ. of Colorado, 1988-1990; Postdoc Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany, 1990-1995. Summary of Professional Experience: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Univ. of Edinburgh, Dept of Physiology, 1996-1999; Associate Professor, Univ. of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, 2000-present. Special Accomplishments: Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship, 1981-1988; Grass Foundation Fellow, 1984; Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 1991–1992; Howard Hughes Physician Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993–1995; Sir Henry Wellcome Innovative Research Award, 1997–1999; Human Frontiers Science Program Research Grant, 2001–2003; Founded and served as first Head of the Membrane Biology Interdisciplinary Research Group (IDG) at Univ. of Edinburgh; Founded the Junior Academics Meeting on Exocytosis and Endocytosis at Univ. of Edinburgh. Biophysical Society Activities: Society member since 1987; founded and served as first Chairman of the Exocytosis and Endocytosis Subgroup, 2003; Editorial Board of Biophysical Journal, 2005–2008. Other Scientific Societies: American Diabetes Association. Candidate’s Statement: The Biophysical Society annual meeting has always been the most important venue for the work from my own laboratory. I have been active in promoting our Society to the broader community by creating a subgroup on the topic of exocytosis and endocytosis, and I have served on the editorial board of the Society journal. The subgroup has grown each year since its founding about eight years ago, and it continues to attract both junior and senior scientists in the field, some of whom started to come regularly to the meeting only after the start of the subgroup. Each year, we also recognize the accomplishments of a senior scientist in the field by awarding the Sir Bernard Katz Award. I offer my energy and my vision to help maintain our Society as one of the best places to share and enjoy the fruits of our scientific endeavors. Gaudenz Danuser PhD Professor, Department of Cell Biology Harvard Medical School Research Interests: Mechanochemical regulation of cell and tissue morphogenesis, quantitative live cell imaging and computational modeling of cell dynamics. Education: Diploma, Measurement Sciences, 1993; PhD Electrical Engineering, 1997, both at ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Postdoctoral Fellowship, MBL, Woods Hole, 1997–1999. Summary of Professional Experience: Instructor in Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, 1999–2001; Assistant Professor of Cellular Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, 2001–2003; Assistant, Associate, Full Professor (2003–2009) of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA; Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2009–present; Faculty of the Physiology Course (2009– 2010), Founding Course Director, Computational Image Analysis in Cellular and Developmental Biology (2011– present) MBL. Editorial Boards, IEEE Transaction on Image Processing (2004–2008), J. Cell Biology (2010– present), J. Cell Science (2011–present). Special Accomplishments: HFSP Young Investigator Award, 2002–2005; Appointed Member NIH study sections MI and EBIT, 2008–present; Nikon Fellow, MBL, 2008; Michael and Kate Bárány Award, Biophysical Society, 2009. Transformative R01 Award by NIH Director’s office, 2009–2014. Biophysical Society Activities: Society member since 2002; Editorial Board, Biophysical Journal, 2004–2008. Candidate’s Statement: If elected, I will bring to the Society’s agenda three topics that I feel are important for our community: First, the Society should more actively promote interdisciplinary team science. All too often decisions on graduation, hiring, or tenure appointments rely on antiquated views that intellectual leadership is reflected by work as an individual rather than participation in teams. I would like to help launch initiatives that advocate the recognition of collaborations, joint authorships and multi-investigator grants. Second, the Society should more actively communicate the value of science as the ultimate generator of innovation. I would like to participate in committee work that increases the visibility of science in the public and promotes science as a target for economic investment. Third, science is a great vehicle to integrate people across the boundaries of nationality, ethnicity, and religion. I would like to help launch initiatives that make use of the Society’s broad membership to reach out to scientists in politically, economically, and socially strained regions of the world. Biophysical Society 2011 Ballot
2011 Nominees for Council Nathan Dascal PhD Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel Michael A. Ferenczi PhD Professor of Physiological Sciences, National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College London, UK Research Interests: Signal transduction via G protein coupled receptors and G proteins; ion channel biophysics; modulation of neuronal and cardiac K + and Ca 2+ channels by G proteins and protein kinases. Methodologies: electrophysiology, protein biochemistry, imaging and FRET, kinetic modeling. Educational Experience: B.Sc., St. Petersburg University, Russia, 1974; M. Sc., Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1979; Ph. D., Tel Aviv University, 1983; Postdoctoral Fellowship, California Institute of Technology, 1984–1985. Professional Experience: Lecturer, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1983–1987; Senior Lecturer, 1987–1991; Associate Professor; 1991–1996; Professor, 1996-present. Special Accomplishments: Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship (1984–1985); Myron R. Bantrell Postdoctoral Fellowship (1984–1985); The Juludan Prize (1994) Biophysical Society Activities: Society member since 1984; yearly participation (usually with members of my group) in the Society meetings. Participated in the organization of self-assembled sessions and chaired several sessions. Member of the Membrane Biophysics subgroup. Other Scientific Societies: Society for Neuroscience, USA; Israel Society of Physiology & Pharmacology; Israel Society for Neuroscience. Candidate’s Statement: I am a veteran member of the Society, watched it grow and participated in almost all meetings since 1984. The Society stands out in the excellent quality of its meetings and its Journal, and the high percentage of participants of the young generation. I would like to contribute from my experience to maintain and further improve these qualities, aid in future developments and progress. In particular, I would like to promote the widening of the range of issues featured at the Society’s meetings and satellite meetings, toward a tighter interplay of biophysics with physiology and cell biology, such as application of novel biophysical techniques to address important, long-standing and unresolved issues in cell and membrane signaling and regulation. As a member of the Council, I will be committed to the maintenance of quality and widening of the range of the scientific program of the Annual Meetings, support and education of young scientists, as well as to all other aspects of Society’s activity. Research Interests: Mechanism of muscle contraction in skeletal and cardiac muscle. Development of biophysical techniques for time-resolved measurements of chemical change in organised cellular systems. Application of fluorescence methods for exploring structural changes during contraction. Timeresolved low-angle X-ray diffraction techniques for cross-bridge movement. TIRF, Fluorescence life-time and FRET imaging. Disease-induced changes in muscle function. Education: B.Sc., Physiology, University College London (UCL), 1974; PhD UCL, 1978. Summary of Professional Experience: Beit Memorial Fellowship, UCL, 1979-1980; Fellow of the American Muscular Dystrophy Association, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1981-1982, then Research Assistant, 1982-1983; Scientific Staff, National Institute for Medical Research, London, 1983-2001; Professor of Physiological Sciences, Imperial College London, 2001-present; Head of Section, Molecular Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, 2007-present. Special Accomplishments: British Biophysical Society Executive Committee, most years since 1984; Editorial Board, Journal of Physiology, 2002–2009; European Biophysical Societies’ Association (EBSA) Executive Committee since 1996; Honorary Treasurer, 1997–2003 and 2009–present; Vice- President, then President, 2005-2009; Chairman, Organising Committee, 6th European Biophysics Congress, London 2007. ESRF Review Committee, 2007–present. Publications Committee of the European Biophysics Journal since 1997. Biophysical Society Activities: Society member since 1978. Other Scientific Societies: Member of the Physiological Society since 1976. As shown above, heavily involved in the European Biophysical Societies’ Association. Candidate’s Statement: The interface of physics and biology provides wonderful opportunities for technology-led scientific progress. Although basic, blue-sky biophysics provides intellectual freedom, the potential application of the research for medicine and the environment adds pleasure and excitement. I am passionate to share the joys and challenges of biophysics with others, in my teaching, and foremost in EBSA, where, by means of bursaries, we bring young biophysicists from less favoured European and East European countries to EBSA Congresses and schools, for inspiration from world-famous biophysicists. I will foster greater interaction between biophysics organisations across the continents, to promote the highest quality biophysics world-wide. Biophysical Society 2011 Ballot
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