Special Interest Subgroups

On Saturday, December 11, from 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm, facilities will be available for groups with common interests to organize and hold informal meetings.

View 2010 Special Interest Subgroups

Note: All Subgroup participants and speakers must be registered for the Annual Meeting.

The ASCB will provide a room with chairs set theater–style and the following audiovisual equipment:

Screen
LCD
Projectionist
PC and MAC, both with a mouse
Confidence monitor
Video switcher
Laser pointer
Speaker timer
Lighted lectern with microphone
Aisle microphone

Organizers, please read the Financial and Organizational Guidelines for Special Interest Subgroups.

Important Deadlines

Abstract Deadlines

October 14: Submit late abstract

Exhibitor Deadlines

August 13: Pay balance of booth fee
August 13: Submit 50-word description for the Annual Meeting Program
October 1: Submit final hotel room list to onPeak
November 12: Submit contractor registration and insurance forms
Nov. 9-Dec. 2: Send advance shipments to warehouse
December 9: Send shipments to Pennsylvania Convention Center

Other Important Deadlines

October 7: Register for meeting to receive discount
September 8: Apply for childcare Grant
November 1: Apply for 2010 ASCB membership to receive meeting discount
November 19: Apply to share room
December 1: Make hotel reservation
November 18: Cancel registration/event ticket

2010 Meeting Supporters

89 North – Hanging Aisle Banner

Aquatic Habitats – K–12 Education Workshop

Chroma Technology Corporation – Undergraduate Travel Awards

Elsevier Foundation – Childcare Grants

Eppendorf North America – Neuronal Development and Degeneration Minisymposium

Minorities Access to Research Careers Grant, NIGMS, NIH – Minorities Affairs Committee Activities

National Center for Research Resources, NIH - Host-Pathogen Interactions Minisymposium and Nuclear Cell Biology Minisymposium

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH –Organelle Structure and Biogenesis Minisymposium

Nature Publishing Group – 50th Anniversary Meeting Bags

Office of Research on Women’s Health, OD, NIH – WICB Workshop and WICB Career Discussion and Mentoring Roundtables

Olympus America – Lanyards

Park Systems - Hanging Aisle Banner

Q'Imaging - Celldance

Roche Applied Science - Hotel Keycards

The Scientist - Hanging Aisle Banner

Sigma Life Science – Notepads

Worthington Biochemical Corporation – Predoctoral Student Travel Awards

New This Year

"One Job Title, Many Tracks: How to Prepare for the Academic Career That Best Suits Your Interests"
Tuesday, Dec. 14
10:30 am–11:30 am

Not all professor positions are created equal...American colleges and universities vary widely in terms of the research, teaching, and service responsibilities a professor is expected to balance. Graduate students and postdocs are invited to join ASCB Education Committee members from research university, liberal arts college, and community college settings to discuss how to prepare for these diverse careers. Discussion topics will include: how job candidates can best consider and select among these varied career paths, what to do to prepare to be successful even before applying, what goes into an application for each type of position, and strategies for a successful application.