Jelly-Rolls-Logo-10-20-23-cropped.jpg   The Jelly Rolls

Wesleyan's Student Chapter of the Biophysical Society hosts social and educational events throughout the year. Please send a message to mreadinger@wesleyan.edu if you would like to be included on event announcements! 

2025-2026 Chapter Leadership:

President: David Kanovich (dkanovich@wesleyan.edu)
Vice President: Brandon Wong (bwong@wesleyan.edu)
Co-Treasurers: Darius Payne (djpayne@wesleyan.edu) & Simbo Bero (sbero@wesleyan.edu)
Secretary: Rania Khan (rkhan01@wesleyan.edu)
Chapter Sponsor, Professor Oriana Fisher (ofisher@wesleyan.edu)

The first Jelly Rolls General Meeting of the 2025-2026 academic year was held on Friday, September 26th, 2025. Please keep an eye open for more upcoming events!

 

The Jelly Rolls Name

The name of the group is an homage to the jelly roll fold protein.

example of a jelly roll fold protein
A canonical example of a jelly roll viral capsid protein, from the satellite tobacco mosaic virus. The individual beta strands are labeled with their traditional designations (for historical reasons, sheet A is not used), highlighting the packing of the BIDG and CHEF four-stranded sheets.
  • View Past Jelly Roll Events

    Please join the Jelly Rolls in Exley 113 from 12pm to 2:30pm on April 4th, 2025 for a Movie Screening featuring Human Nature! . Snacks and drinks will be provided. We hope to see you there!

    Please join the Jelly Rolls for their First General Meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year from 12pm to 1pm on February 7th, 2025 in Exley 113. Donuts and coffee will be provided! We hope to see you there!

    Please join the Jelly Rolls this Friday for "Grad Tales: The Good, the Bad, and the Jelly!". Come ask questions of current Wesleyan Ph.D. students about their experience working towards their graduate degree. Pizza will be provided! 

    Friday, March 29th at 11:40am in Albritton 304. We hope to see you there!

     

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    Save the Date for the Jelly Rolls Club first general meeting on September 29th, from 3-4pm in Woodhead Lounge. Find out what biophysics is all about. Jelly donuts will be provided!

    Jelly Rolls First Meeting. September 29th, 3-4pm, Woodhead Lounge

     

     

    The Jelly Rolls will host a Picnic Social on Friday, Jul 14th from 3pm to 7pm on Citrin Field. Please join us!

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    The Jelly Rolls present Science Trivia Night, April 14th, 5pm-6pm, SCIE058

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    Join the Jelly Rolls Friday, March 24, 12:00-1:00pm EDT for a multilingual biophysics networking event! Contact Justin Nguyen with any questions. 

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    Friday, September 30, 3:00-4:00pm, Hall-Atwater 56

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