Seddon John M, Watts Anthony
Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, 82 Wood Lane, London, W12 0BZ, UK.
Biochemistry Department, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK.
Eur Biophys J. 2025 Feb;54(1-2):1-20. doi: 10.1007/s00249-024-01730-y. Epub 2025 Jan 11.
The European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA) is an association of 32 biophysical societies in Europe dedicated to the promotion of excellence in biophysics. Through cooperation and collaborative activities, EBSA makes a major and positive impact on the European and International biophysics community. Biennial congresses at various European locations, organized by host societies, are a major activity that engages biophysicists with the wider international scientific community. The European Biophysics Journal, EBJ, is owned by EBSA and publishes high-quality biophysics contributions from around the Globe. The inception of EBSA can be dated to 1984. Peter Bayley, President of EBSA 1990-1993 and Managing Editor, European Biophysics Journal 1984-1999, wrote a history of 'EBSA- the early days', which was published in the Abstract book of the 2007 EBSA Congress. In the present article we aim to update and expand the history to 2024, the 40th anniversary of EBSA, highlighting some developments and achievements of EBSA and the communities it represents.
欧洲生物物理学会协会（EBSA）是一个由欧洲32个生物物理学会组成的协会，致力于推动生物物理学领域的卓越发展。通过合作与协作活动，EBSA对欧洲和国际生物物理学界产生了重大而积极的影响。由主办学会在欧洲各地举办的两年一次的大会是一项主要活动，使生物物理学家能够与更广泛的国际科学界互动。《欧洲生物物理学期刊》（EBJ）由EBSA拥有，发表来自全球的高质量生物物理学论文。EBSA的成立可以追溯到1984年。1990 - 1993年担任EBSA主席、1984 - 1999年担任《欧洲生物物理学期刊》主编的彼得·贝利（Peter Bayley）撰写了一篇“EBSA的早期岁月”的历史，该文发表在2007年EBSA大会的摘要集中。在本文中，我们旨在将历史更新并扩展到2024年，即EBSA成立40周年，突出EBSA及其所代表的团体的一些发展和成就。
