BioPhysics Journal Club

Biophysics Journal Club will begin its second year of scintillating science in October, 2009. Stay tuned for emails from Vickie DeRose and Raghu Parthasarathy, or contact us if you can't wait.

New:

• "Suggested papers" -- see below

What is Biophysics Journal Club? A weekly gathering of graduate students, postdocs, and faculty interested in biophysics. At each meeting, someone will present a talk on a recent journal article on some biophysical topic (not directly related to his or her research) which hopefully leads to discussion and enlightenment. It's a fun and painless way to learn about new developments in biophysics and to interact informally with your colleagues. We'll define biophysics very broadly, encompassing aspects of biomaterials, structural biology, and more. We'll say more about the structure and format at the first meeting.

How do you join? We'll meet Wednesdays at 12.00pm in Willamette 350. Bring your lunch, and your friends! To be put on the email list, email Vickie DeRose (derose [at] uoregon.edu).

Schedule (Fall 2009):

• October 7 - Maire, "Coupling of Pressure-Induced Structural Shifts to Spectral Changes in a Yellow Fluorescent Protein." Biophysical Journal . 2009, 97: 1719-1727. Link
• October 14 -- Raghu. -- Tam, B. K., Shin, J. H., Pfeiffer, E., Matsudaira, P., and Mahadevan, L. "Calcium regulation of an actin spring." Biophys J 97, 1125-1129 (2009) Link
• Oct. 21 – Mike : Tanner et al, "Coherent Movement of Cell Layers during Wound Healing by Image Correlation Spectroscopy ," Biophys. J. 97 (7), 2098-2106 (2009). Link
• Oct. 28 – Chiharu: "Kinesin-8 Motors Act Cooperatively to Mediate Length-Dependent Microtubule Depolymerization" Link
• Nov. 4 – Morgan : Solon, J., Kaya-Copur, A., Colombelli, J., and Brunner, D. "Pulsed forces timed by a ratchet-like mechanism drive directed tissue movement during dorsal closure." Cell 137, 1331-1342 (June 2009). Link
• Nov. 11 – James: "Modeling proteasome dynamics in Parkinson's disease", Sneppen, et. al., Physical Biology, 2009, vol 6. Link
• Nov. 18 – Andrew: "Single-cell response to stiffness exhibits muscle-like behavior," Mitrossilis, D. et al., PNAS October 27, 2009 vol. 106 no. 43 18243-18248 Link
• Nov. 25 (skip, Thanksgiving week)
• Dec. 2 – Jim

Old Schedules: here.

Suggested Journals:

• Science
• Nature
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
(PNAS has a large biophysics section every week.)
• Biophysical Journal
• Journal of the American Chemical Society
• Langmuir
• Physical Review Letters
• Physical Review E
• Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• Journal of Chemical Physics
• Nature Structural Biology
• Physical Biology
• Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research -- a monthly compilation from a variety of journals.

Suggested Papers: Papers others have run across that might make good journal club topics.

• "The role of fluctuations and stress on the effective viscosity of cell aggregates " PNAS October 13, 2009 vol. 106 no. 41 , 17271-17275 . Link (Suggested by Raghu)
• "Cargo binding induces dimerization of myosin VI " PNAS October 13, 2009 vol. 106 no. 41 17320-17324. Link (Suggested by Raghu)
• J.C. Vaughan et al, "Rapid actin-dependent viral motility in live cells," Biophys. J. 97 (6), 1647-1656 (2009). (Suggested by Raghu)
• V. Varga et al. , "Kinesin-8 motors act cooperatively to mediate length-dependent microtubule depolymerization," Cell 138 1174-1183 (18 Sept 2009) Link (Suggested by Ken)
• Braulio Gutiérrez-Medina, Adrian N. Fehr, and Steven M. Block , "Direct measurements of kinesin torsional properties reveal flexible domains and occasional stalk reversals during stepping ," PNAS 106 17007-17012 (Oct 6 2009). (Suggested by Raghu)
• E. Hui et al. , "Synaptotagmin-mediated bending of the target membrane is a critical step in Ca(2+)-regulated fusion ," Cell 138 709-721 (Aug 21, 2009). (Suggested by Raghu)
• Omabegho, T., Sha, R., and Seeman, N. C. A bipedal DNA Brownian motor with coordinated legs. Science 324, 67-71 (2009).