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Dismantling Silos: Academia, Industry, and a Science Museum Working Together
Thomas Zimmerman,
Kristina Yu,
Dana Carrison-Stone,
Jonathan Erwin,
Joyce Ma,
Zachary Hui He,
Simone Bianco,
Raymond Esquerra, and
Sara Capponi
Article Category: Research Article
Volume/Issue: Volume 5: Issue 2
Online Publication Date: Sep 04, 2024
DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2024.000269
Page Range: 147 – 150

educate the public. The CCC showcases the synergistic benefits of multidisciplinary collaboration among academia, industry, and a science museum while also uncovering the challenges of bringing members of these institutions together. Academic institutions are traditionally organized into separate departments, each with its own staff, funding, and culture ( 2 ). However, interdisciplinary science is vital for addressing complex challenges such as climate change and public health. The CCC works to dismantle these silos with consistent funding, intellectual property

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Fig 1; (Left panel) Rapid Idea Generation (RIG) workshop. (A) Mockup of the cell cycle concept in which visitors use a bicycle to control a microscope, experiencing viscous and contact forces at a cellular scale. (B) Preparing a first-round exhibit mockup with available items. (C) A Cellular Construction Center graduate student and Exploratorium exhibit developer present their concept. (D) Presenting a second-round idea to the group. (Right panel) Seaweed workshop activities. (E) Seaweed sampling site on the California Bay Area coast. (F) Seaweed samples are cultured in the lab. (G and H) Trainees perform histochemistry and microscopy experiments with collected seaweed samples. (I and J) Trainees give oral and poster presentations at local and national research symposiums.
Thomas Zimmerman,
Kristina Yu,
Dana Carrison-Stone,
Jonathan Erwin,
Joyce Ma,
Zachary Hui He,
Simone Bianco,
Raymond Esquerra, and
Sara Capponi
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(Left panel) Rapid Idea Generation (RIG) workshop. (A) Mockup of the cell cycle concept in which visitors use a bicycle to control a microscope, experiencing viscous and contact forces at a cellular scale. (B) Preparing a first-round exhibit mockup with available items. (C) A Cellular Construction Center graduate student and Exploratorium exhibit developer present their concept. (D) Presenting a second-round idea to the group. (Right panel) Seaweed workshop activities. (E) Seaweed sampling site on the California Bay Area coast. (F) Seaweed samples are cultured in the lab. (G and H) Trainees perform histochemistry and microscopy experiments with collected seaweed samples. (I and J) Trainees give oral and poster presentations at local and national research symposiums.

Fig 1; (A) Radar plot of the 5 parts of a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE): science relevance, collaboration, practicing science, iterative approach, and discovery. CURE seeks to create research experiences for students that encompass all these elements (blue). Traditional, “cookbook” labs do not encompass these elements (red). (B) The course presented here encompasses some of the elements of CURE but not all (pink). Images modified from (1).
Rachel Kemp,
Alexander Chippendale,
Monica Harrelson,
Jennifer Shumway,
Amanda Tan,
Sarah Zuraw, and
Jennifer L. Ross
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(A) Radar plot of the 5 parts of a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE): science relevance, collaboration, practicing science, iterative approach, and discovery. CURE seeks to create research experiences for students that encompass all these elements (blue). Traditional, “cookbook” labs do not encompass these elements (red). (B) The course presented here encompasses some of the elements of CURE but not all (pink). Images modified from (1).

Summer School in Computational Physiology: A Collaborative Course in Modeling Excitable Tissues
Kimberly J. McCabe,
Nickolas Forsch,
Andrew G. Edwards, and
Mary M. Maleckar
Article Category: Research Article
Volume/Issue: Volume 5: Issue 2
Online Publication Date: Oct 30, 2024
DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2024.000272
Page Range: 98 – 109

student fellowships and travel are funded by 8 million NOK yearly, 1 million NOK funds the coordinator position, 400,000 NOK is for consultants at UCSD, and 300,000 NOK is used for for additional discretionary travel funds associated with supervisor mobility. The final portion of the SUURPh funding, 800,000 NOK per year, is allocated to SSCP to serve as a strengthening initiative for collaboration between Simula/UiO and UCSD. All SUURPh PhD students are required to take the course as part of their study plan, but the SSCP serves additional functions as an education

A Computer Laboratory for the Calculation of the Heat Capacity of a Peptide Unfolding Transition
Lau Blom Grøndahl,
Fabian Schuhmann,
Dennis Bruhn,
Vikas Dubey,
Ilia A. Solov’yov, and
Himanshu Khandelia
Article Category: Research Article
Volume/Issue: Volume 5: Issue 1
Online Publication Date: Jul 29, 2024
DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2024.000251
Page Range: 67 – 80

Lessons Learned from Organizing a Biophysics Symposium in a Developing Country
Christopher Solís,
José Á. Rodríguez-Corrales, and
Francisco J. Alvarado
Article Category: Brief Report
Volume/Issue: Volume 1: Issue 2
Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2020
DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2019.000144
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scientific communities in developing nations must take advantage of the larger scientific network already in place after decades of investment in research in high-income countries. Some advances have been observed in this area. Chile, for example, has boosted its scientific productivity by establishing strong international collaborations ( 1 ). Overall, internationally coauthored articles in developing countries rose from 10% in 1990 to 25% in 2010 ( 2 ). Nonetheless, further actions must be implemented to bridge the gap between the developing and developed nations. Beyond

An Unexpected Journey
Daniel Khaykelson
Article Category: Brief Report
Volume/Issue: Volume 2: Issue 3
Online Publication Date: Jul 13, 2021
DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2021.000202
Page Range: 103 – 104

organic glasses. I build on my basic training as a biophysical chemist and expand it with new knowledge in organic chemistry to solve these problems. Though the molecules are different, the forces are the same. This new approach to these problems made me somewhat of a rare bird in my department, which resulted in more collaborations. Suddenly, my X-ray proficiency became helpful for my colleagues, and projects they put on hold now became possible. Through the exploration and straying into uncharted territory, I could open possibilities that I could not imagine

National Academies Report and Biophysics Education
Sam Safran (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Article Category: Editorial
Volume/Issue: Volume 3: Issue 2
Online Publication Date: Dec 27, 2022
DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2022.000229
Page Range: 88 – 89

summary of the big questions in the field (e.g., How do macroscopic functions of life emerge from interactions among many microscopic constituents?), the relationship of biological physics to other fields (e.g., physics, chemistry, biology, health, medicine, and technology), and how education, funding, collaboration, and inclusion are important in realizing the full promise of the field. The introduction section discusses the relation between biophysics (and computational biology), often seen to revolve around the development and use of physics “tools” to solve

The Biophysicist: Introductory Editorial
Sam Safran
Article Category: Editorial
Volume/Issue: Volume 1: Issue 1
Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2020
DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2019.000127
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not just biophysicists, but also our chemistry, physics, and biology colleagues interested in promoting collaboration and interdisciplinarity among the next generation of scientists. Wolfgang Losert (University of Maryland): I am delighted to contribute to the start of this exciting new journal. Research at the forefront of biophysics leverages an amazingly broad and interdisciplinary range of new experimental, numerical, and theoretical tools. While this rapid adaptation of new tools enables biophysicists to shed new light on the rules of life, it also requires

Reflections on COVID-19–Induced Online Teaching in Biophysics Courses
Stefan Klumpp,
Sarah Köster,
Anne C. Pawsey,
Yvonne Lips,
Martin Wenderoth, and
Pascal Klein
Article Category: Brief Report
Volume/Issue: Volume 2: Issue 2
Online Publication Date: Jun 29, 2021
DOI: 10.35459/tbp.2021.000183
Page Range: 20 – 22

Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in collaboration with the Max Planck Society. REFERENCES 1. Klein, P., Ivanjek L., Dahlkemper M. N., Jeličić K., Geyer M. A., Küchemann S., and Susac A. 2021 . Studying physics during the COVID-19 pandemic: student assessments of learning