EBSA Member Societies and Officers

Last updated 06-04-10


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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Fax:
E-mail: fbabani@yahoo.com
Prof. Marenglen Spiro
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Biophysics, University of Tirana
Tirana, Albania
Tel.: +355 42 38873
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E-mail:

Armenia
All-Armenian Biophysical Association

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Secretary
Prof. Tsovak M. Avakian
375036 Yerevan 36, Alikhanyan Brothers st. 2
Yerevan Physics Institute, Department of Biophysics, Armenia
Fax: +374 10 512 512
E-mail: tsovak@mail.yerphi.am
Dr. Naira Ayvazyan
Faculty of Biology, Biophysics, Yerevan State University
A. Manookyan 1, Yerevan, Armenia
Tel: +374 10 571 061
Fax: +374 10 554 641
E-mail: taipan@ysu.am

Austria
Austrian Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Dr. Martin Hohenegger
Institute of Pharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology,Medical University Vienna, Austria
Waehringerstrasse 13A, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 1 4277 64158
Fax: +43 1 4277 64158
E-mail: martin.hohenegger@meduniwien.ac.at
Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Schmid
Institute of Vascular Biology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Austria
Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 1 4277 62555
Fax: +43 1 4277 9625
E-mail: johannes.schmid@meduniwien.ac.at

Belarus
Belarussian Society for Photobiologists and Biophysicists

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Secretary
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
Tel.:
Fax:
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), Belgium
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. Sanja Tomic
Department of Physical Chemistry, Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Bijenicka 54, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel.: +385 1 457 1251
Fax: +385 1 468 0245
E-mail: tomic@irb.hr
Dr. Tomislav Vuletic
Laboratory for Biological Physics, Institute of Physics
Bijenicka 46, HR-1000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tel.: +385 1 469 8887
Fax: +385 1 469 8889
E-mail: tvuletic@ifs.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

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Secretary
Prof. Fadel M. Ali
Radiation and Medical Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Tel.: +20 2 35693189
Fax: +20 2 24016178
E-mail: fadelali@biophysicsegypt.org
Prof. El-Sayed A. Gaafar
Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Biophysics Department, Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Tel.: +20 2 25676830
E-mail: eagaafar@biophysicsegypt.org

Finland
Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fenniae r.y.

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Secretary
Dr. 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
Mervi Kuronen
Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki
Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki, Finland
Tel.: +358 9 1912 5618
Fax: +358 9 1912 5073
E-mail: mervi.kuronen@helsinki.fi

France
French Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Bruno Robert
Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique, Institut de Biologie et de Technologie de Saclay
F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Tel.: +33 1 6908 9015
E-mail: bruno.robert@cea.fr
Dr. Alain Laigle
21 Rue de la convention, 75015 Paris, France
Tel.: +33 1 7713 7991
E-mail: laigle_sfb@me.com

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, Germany
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, Germany
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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Prof. Elisha Haas
Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan 52900, Israel

Tel.:+972 ...
Fax:+972 ...
E-mail: haas@mail.biu.ac.il

Italy
Italian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics

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Prof. Silvia Morante
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitŕ degli Studi di Roma " Tor Vergata"
Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Tel.: +39 06 72594554
Fax: +39 06 2025259
E-mail: morante@roma2.infn.it
Dr. Vincenzo Martorana
CNR - Istituto di Biofisica, Sezione di Palermo
Via U. La Malfa 153, 90147 Palermo, Italy
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
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




Manuela M. 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
Andreia S. Fernandes
Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Porto
Rua do Campo Alegre, 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
Tel.: +351 226 074 900
Fax: +351 226 099 157
E-mail: afernand@ibmc.up.pt

Romania
Romanian Society of Pure and Applied Biophysics

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Secretary
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
Dr. Mihaela Moisescu
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: mgmoisescu@umf.ro

Russian Federation
National Scientific Council on Biophysics of Russian Federation

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Prof. Andrey B. Rubin
Biophysics Department, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Leninskie gory, 1/12, Moscow, Russia 119991
Tel.: +7 495 939 1116
Fax: +7 495 939 1115
E-mail: rubin@biophys.msu.ru
and krupenina-n@biophys.msu.ru
Ivetta G. Shtrankfeld
Vavilova street 32, Moscow, Russia 119991
Tel: +7 499 135 1537
Fax: +7 499 135 1537
E-mail: bioph2@imb.imb.ac.ru

Slovak Republic
Slovak Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Tibor Hianik
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics Comenius University Mlynska dolina F1
842 48 Bratislava. Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421 2 6029 5683
Fax: +421 2 6542 5882
E-mail: tibor.hianik@fmph.uniba.sk
Dr. Marta Gaburjakova
Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics Slovak Academy of Sciences Vlarska 5
833 34 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421 2 5477 3800 ext. 313
Fax: +421 2 5477 3666
E-mail: marta.gaburjakova@savba.sk

Slovenia
Slovenian Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Janez Strancar
Jozef Stefan Institute,
Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel.: +386 1 477 3226
Fax: +386 1 477 3191
E-mail: janez.strancar@ijs.si
Dr. Zoran Arsov
Jozef Stefan Institute,
Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel.: +386 1 477 3648
Fax: +386 1 477 3191
E-mail: zoran.arsov@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

Ukraine
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@bigmir.net

United Kingdom
British Biophysical Society

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Secretary
Prof. Elizabeth F Hounsell
School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Birkbeck University of London,
Malet St., London WC1E 7HX.
Tel.: +44 20 7079 0753
Fax: +44 20 7631-6238
E-mail: e.hounsell@bbk.ac.uk
Prof. John M. Seddon
Theoretical & Experimental Physical Chemistry, Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Tel.: +44 20 7594 5797
Fax: +44 20 7594 5801
E-mail: j.seddon@imperial.ac.uk