Biophysics I

Presentations

• Bacterial biofilms actively bolster mechanobiological resilience via matrix production and sporulation

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 8:30 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 8:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Nicolas A Ducharme

    • Boston University

  Authors

  • Nicolas A Ducharme

    • Boston University

  • Joseph Larkin

    • Boston University

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• New evolutionary dynamics emerge from phenotypic noise

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 8:42 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 8:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Anna Sappington

    • Harvard Medical School/MIT

  Authors

  • Anna Sappington

    • Harvard Medical School/MIT

  • Vaibhav Mohanty

    • Harvard University and MIT

  • Bonnie Berger

    • MIT

  • Eugene I Shakhnovich

    • Harvard University

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• Low dimensional ecology of microbiomes: niche dimensionality drives microbial community structure

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 8:54 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 9:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Karthik Srinivasan

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Karthik Srinivasan

    • Yale University

  • Purushottam D Dixit

    • Yale University

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• Broadband quantum spectroscopy for biophysics and beyond: a single-measurement approach to capturing stochastic dynamics

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 9:06 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 9:18 AM

  Publication: Voce, N. and Stevenson, P., 2025. Efficient Radiofrequency Sensing with Fluorescence Encoding. arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.07510.

  Presenters

  • Nicole Voce

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Nicole Voce

    • Northeastern University

  • Paul Stevenson

    • Northeastern University

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• Biophysical Fitness Landscape Design: Reshaping Protein Evolution

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 9:18 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 9:30 AM

  Publication: PREPRINTS (*Indicates corresponding author(s). ^Indicates (co)-first author(s).)
  1. *^Mohanty, V. and *Shakhnovich, E.I. "Phase diagrams for biophysical fitness landscape design." bioRxiv:2025.09.10.675274.
  2. *^Mohanty, V. and *Shakhnovich, E.I. "Biophysical fitness landscape design traps viral evolution." bioRxiv:2025.03.30.646233. Undergoing revisions.
  3-5. Several planned papers.
  PRESENTATIONS
  Oral
  1. Harvard Program for Research in Science and Engineering Distinguished Speaker Series (jointly with A. Sappington), Harvard University, 2025. Invited.
  2. ChemTalks, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 2025
  3. American Physical Society Global Summit 2025 DBIO Early Career Prize Session [1st Prize for Graduate Students]
  Poster
  1. (upcoming) Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Protein Folding Dynamics, 2026 (accepted)
  2. (upcoming) Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Protein Folding Dynamics, 2026 (accepted)

  Presenters

  • Vaibhav Mohanty

    • Harvard University and MIT

  Authors

  • Vaibhav Mohanty

    • Harvard University and MIT

  • Eugene I Shakhnovich

    • Harvard University

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• Collective Vortex Dynamics in a Monolayer Swarm of Enterobacter sp. SM3

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 9:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Xilai Xiao

    • Columbia University

  Authors

  • Xilai Xiao

    • Columbia University

  • Danielle A Germann

    • Brown University

  • Jay X Tang

    • Brown University

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• Energy Partitioning Between Mechanical and Chemical Processes Prior to Cell Division

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 9:42 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 9:54 AM

  Publication: Chen, Sheng, et al. "Energy partitioning in the cell cortex." Nature Physics 20.11 (2024): 1824-1832.

  Presenters

  • Sheng Chen

    • Yale University, Biomedical Engineering

  Authors

  • Sheng Chen

    • Yale University, Biomedical Engineering

  • Daniel Seara

    • University of Chicago

  • William Bement

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Michael P Murrell

    • Yale University

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• Quantifying Ruggedness and Navigability in SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Binding Landscapes

  ORAL

  Nov. 8, 2025, 9:54 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 10:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Saadi El-Saadi

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Saadi El-Saadi

    • Harvard University

  • Vaibhav Mohanty

    • Harvard University and MIT

  • Eugene I Shakhnovich

    • Harvard University

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  Nov. 8, 2025, 10:06 AM – Nov. 8, 2025, 10:18 AM

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