General Information

The LI Annual Meeting of the Argentinian Biophysical Society (SAB) will take place from November 29 to December 1, 2023 in the city of Córdoba, Argentine.

Every year SAB organizes a meeting where the Argentinian biophysics community discusses recent advances in all fields of Biophysics. Attendance at the conference is not restricted to Argentinian citizens. SAB meetings always receive international experts who are leaders in their respective fields and students and researchers from other Latin American Countries.

This meeting, through plenary conferences. Symposiums, posters and oral communications under the "Lightning talks" format will address the following major thematic areas:

- Proteins and nucleic acids: Structure, conformation and dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids. Condensed phases of biomolecules.

- Lipids and biomembranes: Self-organization of lipid systems in aqueous and cellular media. Model membranes (micelles, vesicles, nanofilms, etc) and natural membranes. Theory and modeling. Physical bases of molecular, cellular and systemic processes.

- Transport, signaling and intracellular dynamics: Membrane transporters and exchangers. ion channels. Transporter ATPases. Membrane receptors and signal transduction. Regulation of cell volume. Cell mechanics and mobility.

- Water structure. Confined and overcrowded environments. Effects on protein activity and aggregation. Inclusion bodies. Interface hydration.

- Methodological and biotechnological developments: New techniques or quantitative methods for the study of biological systems. Biophysics of drug-carrying nanosystems.

annual meeting of the society provides a space (Round Table) for discussion on evaluation criteria in science and technology, including aspects related to scholarships, income and promotions in the CIC of Conicet, projects and critical analysis on the effect of the cost of publication in open access journals trying to provide proposals for local and regional actions. This symposium, open to the academic community, will take place on the last night of the Annual Meeting.

We are sure that the plenary lectures and symposia will lead to fruitful discussions that will spill over into the poster sessions. These discussions will allow researchers of all ages to develop collaborations that will promote development and broaden the perspective of their research.

SAB encourages initiatives by students and young researchers and sponsors the Youth Initiative in Biophysics (YIB), which is a group of students and young researchers founded in 2015 with the spirit of building a network of undergraduate students, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers working in the diverse and rich fields of Biophysics to share ideas, inspiration and practical advice. These activities will foster collaborations and networking among young researchers, as well as strengthen ties of camaraderie and friendship.

Programme

The scientific program will include plenary talks and symposiums that will cover various thematic areas of interest in our Society. Topics include:

- Proteins and nucleic acids: Structure, conformation and dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids. biomolecular condensates.

- Lipids and biomembranes: Self-organization of lipid systems in aqueous and cellular media. Model membranes (micelles, vesicles, nanofilms, etc) and natural membranes. Theory and modeling. Physical bases of molecular, cellular and systemic processes.

- Transport, signaling and intracellular dynamics: Membrane transporters and exchangers. ion channels. Transporter ATPases. Membrane receptors and signal transduction. Regulation of cell volume. Cell mechanics and mobility.

- Water structure: Confined and overcrowded environments. Effects on protein activity and aggregation. Inclusion bodies. Interface hydration.

- Methodological and biotechnological developments: New techniques or quantitative methods for the study of biological systems. Biophysics of drug-carrying nanosystems.

CONFIRMED NATIONAL AND FOREIGN SPEAKERS:

🇪🇦 Jesús Perez Gil 🇧🇷 Eneida de Paula 🇧🇷 Luciano Caselli 🇩🇪 Agustin Mangiarotti 🇦🇷 Mario R. Ermácora 🇦🇷 Dante Beltramo 🇦🇷 Manuel Velasco 🇦🇷 Candelaria Camaria 🇦🇷 Valeria Boeris 🇦🇷 Silvia Antollini 🇦🇷 Diego Masone 🇦🇷 Marcelo Puiati 🇦🇷 Natalia Paulucci 🇦🇷 Rafael Oliveira	🇦🇷 Virginia Miguel 🇦🇷 Natalia Paulucci 🇦🇷 Diego Masone 🇦🇷 Eder Romero 🇦🇷 Jorge Montanari 🇦🇷 F. Luis González Flecha 🇦🇷 María A. Perillo 🇦🇷 Darío Estrin 🇦🇷 Carla Giacomelli 🇦🇷 Javier Santos 🇦🇷 Ismael Bianco 🇦🇷 Jorge Osvaldo Gallardo 🇦🇷 Cynthia Jeppesen 🇦🇷 Anibal Disalvo

Registration

Registration for the Annual Meeting will be enabled from June 9 to November 3 through the Society webpage or by clicking here. No payments or registrations will be accepted after the closing date or during the event, without exception.

The Board of Directors and the Organizing Committee of SAB 2023 are working hard in order to offer our members the possibility of participating in the Annual Meeting with reasonable costs within the current economic context.

It is recalled that the payment of the 2023 fee/registration enables SAB members to participate directly or indirectly in activities organized by SAB, as well as to enjoy benefits provided by the Society. People who do not participate in the congress or do not wish to receive said benefits during this year do not pay the fee/registration.

The fee/registration fees for the year 2023 are as follows:

Category	Early Registration 6/9-7/29	Late registration I 7/30-9/10	Late registration II 10/1-11/3
Active/Honorary Member/ Corresponding SAB	ARS $ 20000	ARS $ 25000	ARS $ 35000
SAB Adherent Member Active Member (With postdoctoral fellowship) PhD or Postdoctoral fellows (director SAB, AFA, AAIFQ) Undergraduate student (director SAB, AFA, AAIFQ)	ARS $ 12000	ARS $ 17000	ARS $ 25000
Partner (researcher) AFA, AAIFQ	ARS $ 20000	ARS $ 25000	ARS $ 35000
No Socio/a	ARS $ 40000	ARS $ 50000	ARS $ 60000

IMPORTANT: For the registration of undergraduate students, adherent members and scholarship holders at differential prices, the responsible SAB/AFA/AAIFQ director must pay the corresponding fee.

Adherent partners who have obtained a PhD must request their promotion to the category of active or corresponding member, as appropriate, if they wish to continue participating in the Society and thus receive corporate benefits. Otherwise, they must request their withdrawal as an adherent member. Requests should be addressed to secretariat.sab@gmail.com.

Those researchers who are not members of SAB, AFA or AAIFQ, may request their affiliation prior to registration, by entering our portal.

Account details to make the transfer:

Destination Account Holder: SOCIEDAD ARGENTINA DE BIOFISICA

CBU: 0170332820000030068782

CUIT: 30653187021

Entity: BBVA FRANCES

Account Characteristic: Current Account

Account Description: SAB

Bank Current Account No.20-332-300687/8

Branch: 0332

Abstracts and posters

The presentations will be in poster mode. The Organizing Commission will select from among all the contributions, and presentations for oral communications in symposiums. Those interested in being considered for this last option, select the "oral communication" option when submitting.
The submission of abstracts will be made through the electronic platform available in the member's section of the SAB website and will be enabled from 9/11/2023 to 10/27/2023. The summaries will be in English and the thematic area must be indicated at the time of submission, respecting the format indicated for each section:

Title (in English, 200 total characters)
Summary (in English, 2000 total characters)
Acknowledgments (in English, 300 total characters)

Posters must be in vertical format 90 cm (wide) x 120 cm (high)

IMPORTANT: the deadline for sending abstracts to the LI Annual Meeting of the Argentine Society of Biophysics has been extended until Friday, November 3.

The summary book of the LI SAB Annual Meeting is now available

V YIB meeting

The VII Meeting of Young Biophysicists will be held on November 28, organized by the Young Initiative on Biophysics (YIB). The conference is aimed at undergraduate and doctoral students and postdocs, and its main objective is to promote collaboration and strengthen professional relationships among our young biophysicists, in addition to strengthening ties of camaraderie and friendship. It will consist of selected oral presentations, short communications, discussion panels and tutorials. YIB also organizes the Young Biophysicists Symposium within the main scientific program of 2023 SAB congress.

Registration for the VII Meeting of Young Biophysicists will be enabled from June 19 to October 20, 2023. The following link contains the registration form, preliminary program and more information about the Conference.

For more information and to join the YIB community please contact to secretaria.yib@gmail.com

Venue

The meeting will take place in the Aula Magna of the Facultad de Derecho of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), located in the centre of the City of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, accessed through Caseros 51 Street.

The Facultad de Derecho can be also accessed through Duarte Quirós street, right in front of the entrance to the Historical Rectorate, which is part of the Jesuit Block, along with the National College of Monserrat, the Church of the Company of Jesus and the Centro Cultural de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba “Paseo Córdoba de la Nueva Andalucía”. This site has been the winner of the “Award for the Best Intervention in Works Involving the Built Heritage”. The Jesuit Block, declared a National Historical Monument, is part of the series of Jesuit Manzana and Estancias complexes of Córdoba, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.

The meeting will take place at the  Centro Cultural de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba “Paseo Córdoba de la Nueva Andalucía” located in the City of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina. This centre has more than 3,000 square meters, an auditorium with 380 seats, capable of hosting multiple events. It also has an archaeological site and a museum. This centre is part of the Manzana Jesuítica, declared a National Historic Monument, it integrates the series of blocks and Jesuit Estancias of Córdoba, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 2000. This site has been the winner of the national "Award for the Best Intervention in Works Involving the Built Heritage”.

The Young Initiative in Biophysics (YIB) will be held in the PLM Building of the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales in the Campus of the UNC.

TRANSPORTATION AND ACCOMMODATION IN CORDOBA

When you arrive in the city you can purchase a RedBus card and immediately use it on a city bus or trolleybus. Many hotels and hostels offer it as a service to their guests. One RedBus card can be purchased per group. It is not necessary for each passenger to have their own card.
The RedBus card can be purchased and loaded at the Airport (Local Costumbres Argentinas, 1st floor), at the Bus Terminal (4 sales and charging points in Terminal 1 and 1 point in Terminal 2) and other points in the city by geolocation on this map.
From the airport, you can reach the city centre using the AeroBus differential service.
The cost of the AeroBus ticket is AR $740 (day fare) and AR $851 (night fare) per passenger. You can check the schedules at this link.

There are numerous accommodation offers in the vicinity of the conference venue. Some of the recommended hotels can be seen in the following link along with contact information and web pages.

Fellowships

SAB members who are Ph.D. or post-doctoral students who present papers at the Congress may apply for financial aid. The number and amount of the scholarships will be defined opportunely by the Board of Directors. Additional participation in the VII Meeting of Young Biophysicists to be held on November 28 will be valued positively. The economic aid will be made effective by reimbursement by bank transfer "after the event" of the Meeting.

The conditions for applying for scholarships are:

1- Present a paper at the LI Annual Meeting of the Argentine Society of Biophysics. In the case of PhD or post-doctoral students, they must be the first author of the work and their directors must be active members/SAB fees with up-to-date membership fees, including the 2023 fee/registration.

2- Not reside in the city of Córdoba or its surroundings.

3- Apply for financial aid at the time of registration, without exception.

IUPAB SCHOLARSHIPS

IUPAB scholarships will be awarded to selected doctoral or post-doctoral students to partially cover expenses to attend the VII Meeting of Young Biophysicists. All interested parties are invited to apply. The number and amount of the scholarships will be informed in a timely manner. Although it is not an exclusive requirement, applications are for students who have applied for "oral communications during the day" or "your project in two minutes" and who also participate in SAB 2023. IUPAB scholarship applications must be submitted in English and must include the following
information:
1) Personal Information including:
1.1) Full Name
1.2) Scientific degree and academic position (doctoral or post-doctoral)
1.3) Institutional affiliation
1.4) Professional research area
2) Brief curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages per CV).
3) A short statement (less than 250 words) explaining your personal interest in the event.
4) Brief letter with the endorsement of the director or director.
5) In the event that you have applied to be selected for an oral presentation for the conference,
include presentation title, authors and abstract.

Applications must be sent to secretariat.sab@gmail.com, indicating in the subject: "SCHOLARSHIP IUPAB_SURNAME" until October 30 without exception. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Funded applicants must submit a short report (maximum 150 words) and an individual photo for publication in IUPAB News and/or on the IUPAB website.

Organizers

SAB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President: Dr María Soledad Celej

Vice president: Dr Dario A. Estrin

Outgoing president: Dr José María Delfino

Secretary: Dr Axel Hollmann

Treasurer: Dra Irene Mangialavori

Committee members: Dr Natalia Wilke, Dr Diego S. Vazquez, Dr María G. Rivas y Dr Macarena Siri

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - CORDOBA

Sponsors

Contact

For information on the 2023 SAB Anual Meeting: sab2023@cordoba-conicet.gov.ar / secretariat.sab@gmail.com

For information on the VII YIB Meeting: secretaria.yib@gmail.com

For information on fees and billing, Dr. Irene Mangialavori: tesoreria.sab@gmail.com