Volume 96 Issue 1: January 7, 2009
On the Cover
Raman spectroscopy monitors the changes in the oxygenation state of a single human red blood cell while it is placed under mechanical stress with optical tweezers. See the article by Rao et al. on page 209. Credits: ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences.
The 53rd Annual Meeting will be held on Feb. 28 - Mar. 4, 2009, in Boston, Massachusetts. With over 6,000 attendees, the annual meeting is the largest gathering of biophysicists around the world. More than 3,000 abstracts are submitted each year, which are programmed into poster and platform sessions. The meeting includes Symposia, Workshops, Minisymposia, Subgroup programs, and the National Lecture, as well as Educational Exhibits, Exhibitor Presentations, and Committee Events.
Cell Press is proud to become responsible for publishing the Biophysical Journal with the first issue of 2009. To facilitate the transition from the journal's previous web site, all content will be freely accessible for the first three months. Members of the Biophysical Society will receive an email in late March explaining how to set up their online access to the journal.