Thanks to its success last year, the Herman R. Branson Summer Mini Course in Biophysics will be offered annually. Sponsored by the Biophysical Society and the National Society of Black Physicists and aimed at attracting minority students, the course is available, all expenses paid, to a dozen junior and senior college majors in math, science, and engineering.
This year’s course takes place from 12 June to 17 July at Boston University. It will emphasize present-day societal and medical relevance with topics spanning energy and thermodynamics of life; mathematical tools in biophysics; neurons; and cell makeup, membranes, and movement. Starting next year, the plan is to expand the course to 15 students and to arrange and pay for research assistantships for a semester afterward. More information is available at http://www.biophysics.org.
