Looking for a way to support DBIO (and meet other biophysicists) at the APS Global Physics Summit?
Sign up to volunteer at the DBIO membership table. All volunteers get a DBIO t-shirt 👕
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Panelists: Alex Mogilner (NYU), Elizaveta Dubrovina (Nature Physics), Jelena Stajic (Science), & Josh Shaevitz (Princeton)
Moderator: Ajay Gopinathan (UC Merced)
Please join us for our next online workshop focused on demystify publishing! We'll hear from an expert panel of professors and editors at top physics journals.
Date: February 26, 11-12 ET
Registration: engage.aps.org/dbio/resourc...
Invest in the future of biological physics! The DBIO Early Career Award Endowment Drive is live, with a 5-year sponsorship from PRX Life.
Every contribution makes a difference. Help us sustain the award in perpetuity by contributing here: www.aps.org/about/suppor...
Final chance to submit to the DBIO image contest!
Send us a striking image of your biophysics research and win DBIO swag and publicity at the upcoming APS Global Physics Summit.
Submit here by January 16: forms.aps.org/t/1p1reg3ZeXus
We'll discuss how to leverage research skills and navigate the transition, with time for questions and discussion.
Panelists: Alexander Karabadzhak (Illumina), Connah Johnson (PNNL), Alex Khang (Allen Institute), Daniel Koslover (Captihue).
Moderator: Elena Koslover
Considering a career outside academia?
Join us Jan 21 at 2:30pm ET for a virtual panel “Non-academic career paths in biological physics” to hear from panelists working in national labs, startups, and industry
Register here: apsphysics.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
APS DBIO invites you to submit a striking image representing diverse research in biological physics. The winning images will be advertised at the 2026 Global Physics Summit, and the winners will receive free DBIO t-shirts!
Submit here by January 16: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have a striking image of your biophysics research? 🐭🐍🪼🪰🐛🐒
Submit it to the DBIO Image Contest! 📸
Winners will have their photos advertised at the APS Global Physics Summit 2026 and receive free DBIO swag.
Submit here by January 16: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Abstracts for the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit are due October 23! Consider submitting to one of the many exciting DBIO-sponsored Focus Sessions.
Submit your abstract here:
Apply now for the Early Career Award for Biological Physics (due 10/13)!
Winner receives: $2,000 grant, travel reimbursement and registration wavier for APS 2026, and an invited talk!
Apply here: engage.aps.org/dbio/honors/...
Biological physics bridges the complex phenomena of life with minimal quantitative models from physics. How should we teach biophysics?
Join us for an online panel on "Teaching and Learning Biological Physics" (Sep 17, 5:30pm ET).
Registration:
Have a striking image of your biophysics research? 🐭🐒🐛🪰🦠Submit it to the DBIO Image Contest!
The winning images will be advertised on shirts and other media at the 2026 Global Physics Summit.
Submit here:
Interested in organizing a session at the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit? It's pain free and a great way to get involved in organizing! We're taking nominations for invited DBIO Symposia through August 24:
Panelists: Andrew Leifer (@andrewleifer.bsky.social), Andrea Liu, and Sid Nagel.
Moderator: Chris Lynn (@chriswlynn.bsky.social).
Science is built on public trust, federal funding, and academic freedom. All of these are currently being eroded, but what can we do?
Join us for an online panel on "Being a Voice for Science" (June 11, 2-3pm ET).
Info and registration: engage.aps.org/dbio/resourc...
Here are the relevant links:
APS Fellowship: aps.org/funding-reco...
Max Delbrück Prize: aps.org/funding-reco...
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis: aps.org/funding-reco...
Apply or nominate for DBIO awards by June 2! Awards include:
APS Fellowship
Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics
Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics