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How Cell Biologists Work ‘at Home’ featuring Paul Bump
Paul Bump is a graduate student in the Lowe Lab at the Stanford Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey, CA, where he uses the indirect development of the hemichordate worm Schizocardium californicum as a model for how one organism can develop entirely different body forms under the regulation of the same genetic code. During the COVID-19…
Even COVID-19 can’t stop graduate students from defending their theses
COVID-19 may have temporarily shuttered universities and laboratories, but this is not deterring graduate students from defending their thesis. With social distancing norms being enforced throughout the country, graduate students are turning toward a virtual thesis defense. Colleges and universities have started adapting to the work-from-home culture. They have begun using remote learning tools and…
Co-editors chosen for CBE—Life Sciences Education journal
Kimberly Tanner and Jeffrey Schinske will become co-Editors-in-Chief of CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE) on August 1, 2020. The two will succeed Erin Dolan after her second term as Editor-in-Chief. Tanner, professor of biology at San Francisco State University (SFSU), joined the editorial board when LSE was founded in 2002. She served as guest editor for…
Managing social distancing as a scientist in training
Ed. Note: Scott Wilkinson is the current co-chair of the ASCB Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS). Social distancing. By now we all know the term that emerged in the American lexicon within the past 10 days. You know the rules… Stay at home unless it’s essential to leave, telework if at all possible, and…
Honorific awards acknowledge established scientists in the cell biology community
Honorific awards acknowledge established scientists who have made significant contributions to the discipline and community of cell biology. The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) created several honorific awards to recognize established life scientists who, over their careers, have made significant contributions to the discipline of cell biology and to the community of cell biologists….
ASCB offers awards for life scientists just starting out
The American Society for Cell Biology wants to encourage scientists who have exhibited great promise early in their professional journeys with a variety of honorific awards. Below are several awards available to life scientists who are just beginning their careers—from graduate school through the first few years as a new investigator. Applications for all these…
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is a premier journal for research in all areas of cell biology, from biophysics to genetics to neuroscience. Its 27 online issues per year include Special Issues in the important areas of Quantitative Cell Biology, Forces on and within Cells, and the Cell Biology of Stem Cells. Readers and authors alike benefit from the journal’s review process, which offers authors constructive feedback by working scientists.
CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE)
CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE) is a peer-reviewed journal of life science education research and evidence-based practice published by the ASCB in editorial partnership with the Genetics Society of America and partially funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Online and completely free, LSE emphasizes teaching innovations and evidence of their effectiveness and is designed for educators at all levels and across all life science disciplines.