Dos Remedios Cristobal, Cranfield Charles, Whelan Donna, Cox Charles, Shearwin Keith, Ho Joshua, Allen Toby, Shibuya Risa, Hibino Emi, Hayashi Kumiko, Li Amy
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW Australia.
School of Life Science, Faculty of Science, University of Technology, Sydney, Ultimo, NSW Australia.
Biophys Rev. 2022 Feb 23;14(1):1-2. doi: 10.1007/s12551-022-00936-8. eCollection 2022 Feb.
On behalf of the Australian Society for Biophysics (ASB) and the Editors of this Special Issue, I would like to express our appreciation to Editor-in-Chief, Damien Hall, for arranging the publication of this Special Issue. The ASB is about five times smaller than our sister the Biophysical Society for Japan (BSJ) and tenfold smaller than the US Biophysical Society (USBS), but our meetings are notable because of the encouragement the Society gives to emerging biophysicists. It can be a terrifying experience for a PhD student to have to face a roomful of professors and senior academics, but invariably they appreciate the experience. Another feature of the ASB meetings is the inclusion of contributions from the Asian Pacific region. We now have formal ties with our New Zealand colleagues and our meetings with the BSJ contain joint sessions (see below). In 2020, despite the impact of COVID-19 (see Adam Hill's Commentary), there is a joint session with the University of California Davis. This Special Issue comprises 2 Editorials, 3 Commentaries, and 25 reviews.
我谨代表澳大利亚生物物理学会（ASB）以及本期特刊的编辑们，向主编达米安·霍尔表示感谢，感谢他促成了本期特刊的出版。澳大利亚生物物理学会的规模约为我们的姊妹学会——日本生物物理学会（BSJ）的五分之一，是美国生物物理学会（USBS）的十分之一，但我们的会议很值得关注，因为学会对初出茅庐的生物物理学家给予了鼓励。对于一名博士生来说，不得不面对一屋子的教授和资深学者可能是一次可怕的经历，但他们总是很珍视这段经历。澳大利亚生物物理学会会议的另一个特点是纳入了来自亚太地区的投稿。我们现在与新西兰的同事建立了正式联系，并且我们与日本生物物理学会的会议设有联合会议环节（见下文）。2020年，尽管受到了新冠疫情的影响（见亚当·希尔的评论文章），但仍与加利福尼亚大学戴维斯分校举办了联合会议。本期特刊包括2篇社论、3篇评论文章和25篇综述。
