EBSA Member Societies and Officers

Last updated 17-06-08


Albania
Albanian Biochemistry and Biophysics Society

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Secretary
Prof. Fatbardha Babani
Dept. Biochem. Biophys., Inst. of Biological research,
Tirana, Albania
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E-mail: fbabani@usa.net
Prof. Marenglen Spiro
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Biophysics, University of Tirana
Tirana, Albania
Tel.: +355 42 38873
Fax:
E-mail: mspiro@fshn.tirana.al

Belarus
Belarussian Society for Photobiologists and Biophysicists

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Prof. Dr. Igor D. Volotovski
Institute of Photobiology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 
Akademicheskaya str., 27, Minsk, BY-220072, Belarus
Tel.: +375 17 284 17 49
Fax: +375 17 284 23 59 
E-mail: ipb@biobel.bas-net.by
Dr. Elena Yaronskaya
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E-mail: ipb@biobel.bas-net.by

Belgium
Belgian Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Dr. André Matagne
Laboratoire d'Enzymologie, Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines Institut de Chimie
B6 Université de Ličge, B4000 Ličge (Sart-Tilman)
Tel.: +32 4 366 3419
Fax: +32 4 366 3364
E-mail: amatagne@ulg.ac.be
Prof. Yves Engelborghs
Laboratory of Biomolecular Dynamics, K.U. Leuven
Celestijnenlaan 200G, PO box 2403, B3001 Leuven, Belgium
Tel.: +32 16 32 7160
Fax: +32 16 32 7974
E-mail: yves.engelborghs@fys.kuleuven.be

Croatia
Croatian Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Dr. Vesna Svetlicic
Center for Marine and Environmental Research, Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Bijenicka 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel.: +385 1 4561 185
Fax: +385 1 4680 242
E-mail: svetlicic@rudjer.irb.hr
Dr. Bono Lucic
Department of Physical Chemistry, Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Bijenicka 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel.: +385 1 4680 095
Fax: +385 1 4680 245
E-mail: lucic@rudjer.irb.hr

Czech Republic
Czech Committee for Biophysics

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Secretary
Prof. Stanislav Kozubek
Institute of Biophysics, ASCR
Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 5 41 517 139
Fax: +420 5 41 24 04 98
E-mail: kozubek@ibp.cz
Dr. Vojtěch Mornstein
Institute of Biophysics Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University
Joštova 10, 662 44 Brno, Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 5 42 126 330
Fax: +420 5 42 126 200
E-mail: vmornst@med.muni.cz

Denmark
Danish National Committee for Biophysics

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Chair

Prof. Ole G. Mouritsen
MEMPHYS - Center for Biomembrane Physics
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
Tel.: +45 6550 3528
Fax: +45 6615 4048
E-mail: ogm@memphys.sdu.dk

Egypt
Egyptian Biophysical Society
/Egyptian National Committee of Biophysics

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Secretary
Prof. Mohamed I. El Gohary
Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
101 Kasr El Einy Street, Cairo, Egypt
Tel.: 
Fax: +20 2 356 2820
E-mail: mohelgohary@yahoo.com
Prof. F.M. Tera
National Institute of Standards, Dokki, 
Cairo, Egypt
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Finland
Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae r.y.

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Secretary
Marc Baumann
Biomedicum Helsinki, Protein Chemistry Unit, University of Helsinki
P.O. Box 63 FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
Tel.: +358 9 1912 5200
Fax: +358 9 1912 5206
E-mail: marc.baumann@helsinki.fi
Katri Niemi
Biomedicum Helsinki, Protein Chemistry Unit, University of Helsinki
P.O. Box 63 FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
Tel.: +358 9 1912 5203
Fax: +358 9 1912 5206
E-mail: katri.niemi@helsinki.fi

France
French Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Dr. Catherine Royer
Centre de Biochimie Structurale CNRS UM1 UMR 5048 INSERM U554 
29, rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier Cedex, France
Tel.: +33 4 6741 7902
Fax: +33 4 6741 7913
E-mail: catherine.royer@cbs.cnrs.fr
Dr. Constantin Craescu
Biophysique Moléculaire, INSERM U350, Institut Curie, Université Paris-Sud, 
91405 Orsay Cedex, France
Tel.: +33 1 69 86 31 63
Fax: +33 1 69 07 53 27
E-mail: gil.craescu@curie.u-psud.fr

Germany
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biophysik

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Secretary
Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Hofmann
Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Humboldt-Universität,
Ziegelstraße 5-8, 10098 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 450 524111
Fax: +49 30 450 524952
E-mail: klaus_peter.hofmann@charite.de
Dr. Ulrike Alexiev
Physics Department, Freie Universität Berlin,
Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 838 55157
Fax: +49 30 838 56299
E-mail: ulrike.alexiev@physik.fu-berlin.de

Hungary
Hungarian Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Péter Závodszky
Institute of Enzymology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
Karolina út 29, H-1113 Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: +36 1 2793 100
Fax: +36 1 4665 465
E-mail: zxp@enzim.hu
Prof. Győző Garab
Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
Tel.: +36-62-433-131
Fax: +36-62-433-434
E-mail: gyozo@brc.hu

Israel
Israel Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Israel Pecht
Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot, 76100 Israel
Tel.:+972 8 934 2551
Fax:+972 8 946 5264
E-mail: israel.pecht@weizmann.ac.il

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Italy
Italian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics

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Secretary

Dr. Pier Luigi San Biagio
CNR - Istituto di Biofisica, Sezione di Palermo
Via U. La Malfa 153, 90147 Palermo
Tel.: +39 91 6809 311
Fax: +39 91 6809 312
E-mail: pierluigi.sanbiagio@pa.ibf.cnr.it
Vincenzo Martorana
CNR - Istituto di Biofisica, Sezione di Palermo
Via U. La Malfa 153, 90147 Palermo
Tel.: +39 91 6809 308
Fax:+39 91 6809 349
E-mail: vincenzo.martorana@pa.ibf.cnr.it

Netherlands
Netherlands Society for Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering

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Secretary
Dr. Raymond van Ee
Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Faculty of Science,
Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, the Netherlands
Tel.: +31 30 253 2830
Fax: +31 30 252 2664
E-mail: voorzitter@vvb-bmt.nl
Dr. Frans Cornelissen
Laboratorium voor Experimentele Oogheelkunde
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Postbus 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen
, the Netherlands
Tel.: +31 50 361 4173
Fax:
E-mail: secretaris@vvb-bmt.nl

Norway
Biophysics Section, Norwegian Physical Society

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Chair


Dr. Eirik Malinen
Department of Medical Physics,
Division of Cancer Medicine and Radiotherapy
Rikshospitalet University Hospital
Montebello, NO-0310 Oslo, Norway.
Tel.: +47 22 78 1112
Fax: +47 22 78 1102
E-mail: eirik.malinen@fys.uio.no

Poland
Polish Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Maria Koter-Michalak
Institute of Biophysics, University of Lodz,
Banacha 12/16 90-237, Lodz, Poland
Tel.: +48 42 635 4473
Fax: +48 42 635 4473
E-mail: koterm@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Dr. Aneta Koceva-Chyla
Institute of Biophysics, University of Lodz,
Banacha 12/16 90-237, Lodz, Poland
Tel.: +48 42 635 4477
Fax: +48 42 635 4473
E-mail: koceva@biol.uni.lodz.pl

Portugal
Portuguese Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Dr. Claudio M. Soares
Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Av. da Republica, EAN, Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
Tel.: +351 21 446 9610
Fax: +351 21 441 1277
E-mail: claudio@itqb.unl.pt
Manuela Pereira
Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Av. da Republica, EAN, Apartado 127, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
Tel.: +351 21 446 9321
Fax: +351 21 442 8766
E-mail: mpereira@itqb.unl.pt

Romania
Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics

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Prof. Eugenia Kovacs
Dept. of Biophysics and Cell Biotechnology,
Carol Davila Medical University, Bucharest,
P.O. Box 35-43, 050461 Bucharest, Romania
Tel. +40 21 312 5955
Fax. +40 21 312 5955
E-mail: ekovacs@univermed-cdgm.ro
Dr. Ioan Turcu
National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies
Donath 71-103, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Tel.: +40 264 584037 ext. 104
Fax: +40 264 420042
E-mail:
iturcu@itim-cj.ro

Slovak Republic
Slovak Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Pavol Miskovský
Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Sciences, University of P. J. Šafárik,
Jesenná 5, 04154 Kosice, Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421 55 622 2986
Fax: +421 55 622 2124
E-mail: misko@kosice.upjs.sk
Dr. Gabriela Fabriciova
Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Sciences, University of P. J. Šafárik,
Jesenná 5, 04154 Kosice, Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421 55 622 1926
Fax: +421 55 622 2124
E-mail: gfabrici@seneca.science.upjs.sk

Slovenia
Slovenian Biophysical Society

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Secretary 
Marjeta Sentjurc
"Jozef Stefan"
Institute, 
Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel.: +386 1 477 3689
Fax: +386 1 423 5400
E-mail: marjeta.sentjurc@ijs.si
Marjana Nemec 
Dr. Zoran Arsov
"Jozef Stefan" Institute,
Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel.: +386 1 477 3254
Fax: +386 1 477 3269
E-mail: marjana.nemec@ijs.si

Spain
Spanish Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Alicia Alonso
Unidad de Biofísica y Dpto Bioquímica y Biología Molecular,
Universidad del País Vasco Barrio Sarriena s/n, 
E48940 Leioa (Vizcaya), Spain 
Tel.: +34 94 601 2542/+34 94 601 3354
Fax: +34 94 601 3360 
E-mail: alicia.alonso@ehu.es
Dr. Germán Rivas
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas CIB-CSIC Ramiro de Maetzu,
E28040, Madrid, Spain
Tel.: +34 91 837 3112/+34 91 837 4304
Fax: +34 91 536 0432
E-mail: grivas@cib.csic.es

Sweden
Swedish Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Dr. Mikael Akke
Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Lund University,
P.O.Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Tel.: +46 46 222 8247
Fax: +46 46 222 4543
E-mail: mikael.akke@bpc.lu.se
Dr Maria Berggĺrd Silow
Department of Cell- and Organism Biology, Lund University
Sölvegatan 35, SE-223 62, Lund, Sweden
Tel.: +46 46 222 86 31
Fax: +46 46 222 41 13
E-mail: maria.berggard_silow@cob.lu.se

Switzerland
Sektion Biophysik der Schweizerischen Biochemischen Gesellschaft

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Secretary
Prof. Horst Vogel
EPFL-SB-ISIC-LCPPM, CH B3 (Batiment CH),
Station 6, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 21 693 3155/+41 21 693 6188
Fax: +41 21 693 6190
E-mail: horst.vogel@epfl.ch
Prof. Fritz K. Winkler
Life Sciences, Paul Scherrer Institute,
5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

Tel.: +41 56 310 4258
Fax: +41 56 310 5288
E-mail: fritz.winkler@psi.ch

Ukrain
Ukrainian Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Michael F. Shuba
Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
4 Bogomoletz Str., 252024 Kiev, Ukraine
Tel.: +380-44 293 13 31
Fax: +380-44 293 34 31
E-mail: onmf@serv.biph.kiev.ua
Prof. Mykola S. Miroshnichenko
Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty, Taras Shevchenko Kiev University,
64 Volodymyrska Str., 252017 Kiev, Ukraine
Tel.: +380-44252-0827
Fax: +380-44252-0827
E-mail: mirosh@biocc.univ.kiev.ua

United Kingdom
British Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof A. Watts
Biochemistry Department, University of Oxford,
South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
Tel.: +44 1865 275268
Fax: +44 1865 275234
E-mail: awatts@bioch.ox.ac.uk
Dr. Rob Cooke
GlaxoSmithKline
New Frontiers Science Park, Third Avenue
Harlow, Essex CM19 5AW, UK
Tel.: +44 1279 627981
Fax: +44 1279 622790
E-mail: rob_m_cooke@gsk.com