Biophysical Society announces 2008 International Travel Awards

Per Rigler, University of Basel, Switzerland, “Measuring Interactions between the Antennapedia Homeodomain and DNA using Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy with a Biarsenical Ligand.”

Alexander M. Ryvkin, Ural State University, Russian Federation, “Spark Generating Stochastic Dynamics of Release Unit in a Cardiac Cell.”

Hector Salazar, Instituto de Fisiologia Celular UNAM, Mexico, “The Molecular Basis for TRPV1 Activation by Pungent Compounds.”

Jorge E. Sanchez, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Mexico, “Chloride Ions and the Gating Mechanism of CLC-2 Chloride Channel.”

Gusztav Schay, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, “The Role of Collective, Ms Timescale Dynamics in the Regulation of Multi-domain Proteins: A Phosphorescence Approach.”

Feride Severcan, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, “The Investigation of Ionizing Radiation- Induced Damages on Liver Microsomal Membranes by FTIR Spectroscopy.”

Aytac A. Seymen, Ankara University, Turkey, “Beneficial Effects of Long-term Treatment with Beta-adrenergic Blocker on Depressed Heart Function of Female Rats.”

Alka Shukla, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, “Identification of Early Endocytic Structures After Stimulation of Pancreatic Acinar Cells.”

Meera Singh, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India, “Homology Modeling of Signalling Glycoprotein from Camel (SPU-40) and Its Functional Characterization.”

Chiara Stringari, University of Florence, Italy, “Structural Dynamics of the Skeletal Muscle Fiber in Different Physiological States by Second Harmonic Generation.”

Sanvidhan G. Suke, University College of Medical Sciences and G.T.B. Hospital, University of Delhi, India , “Dose Dependent Effect of Organophasphate Compound on Oxidative Stress and Induction of DNA Damage.”

Rajaram Swaminathan, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, “How Does SDS, CTAB and DTT Affect the Size, Rotational Dynamics and Growth Kinetics of Soluble Lysozyme Aggregates"”

David V. Svintradze, Tbilisi State University, Georgia, Russian Federation, “Entropy Definition of Non-Equilibrium Biological Macromolecules.”

Vladimir Teif, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Belarus National Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus, “Matrix Formalism for Statistical-Mechanical Description of Gene Regulation.”

Judit Toth, Institute of Enzymology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, “The Role of g-phosphate Binding in the Catalytic Mechanism of dUTPase.”