The Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting
Saxapahaw, NC. September 12, 2016
The 2016 edition of the Triangle Cytoskeleton Meeting brought over 200 scientists to the beautiful and tranquil town of Saxapahaw, NC, for a retreat-like day of cell biology. With attendees from diverse research and academic backgrounds, the meeting proved to be an ideal venue to share exciting and often unpublished work with peers, mentors, old friends, and potential collaborators. To conclude the meeting, two outstanding attendees were awarded travel awards based on scientific merit and financial need to attend the ASCB’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco this December.
The organizers thank the ASCB for helping graduate students and postdocs provide new and exciting venues to discuss research and support their local communities.
Northeast Nuclear Envelope Regional Meeting
New Haven, CT. September 16, 2016
The inaugural Northeast Nuclear Envelope regional meeting was held on September 16 at Yale University. This meeting brought together local New England researchers focused on unique aspects of the nuclear periphery—across diverse model organisms with unique experimental approaches—to promote the exchange of new ideas. Scientists from six different states attended the meeting, representing a range of institutions from Yale and Harvard to Clark University and the National Institutes of Health. After hearing presentations on a range of topics, from nuclear integrity in Caenorhabditis elegans to the protein composition of the Xenopus nucleus, and a lively poster session, the meeting concluded with a keynote address from Thomas Schwartz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
