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June 2022 Newsletter
Read about the Cell Bio 2022 Symposia speakers and their fascinating research, as well as the NEW networking program at the annual meeting, Cell Bio Connect. You will also read reflections from the LGBTQ+ Committee discussing the origins of events remembered during pride month and a new perspective on the word “minority,” and more columns…
Meet Your Cell Bio 2022 Symposium Speakers
Cell Bio 2022 – an ASCB|EMBO Meeting will be here before you know it. We are excited to introduce you to this year’s symposium speakers. We reached out to each of them and asked them to share some highlights of their science and what they plan to talk about. They responded and here’s what they…
Pride 2022 activities at ASCB
Happy Pride, everyone! This is the time of the year we celebrate diversity and equality for LGBTQ+ people across the nation and the entire world! The achievements reached by the LGBTQ+ community in the last several years did not come easily. Some LGBTQ+ rights are still threatened in specific states in the United States. In…
I’m Just in Conference
Devotees of Saturday morning cartoons in the 1970s and 1980s may recall Schoolhouse Rock, a series of short cartoons covering math, grammar, American history, and science. Included in the series was one called, I’m Just a Bill, which describes how a local concern becomes a bill in Congress and later, a law. For a 3-minute…
Women in Cell Biology Committee to host online panel discussions
The American Society for Cell Biology’s Women in Cell Biology Committee has created a collection of online panel discussions called “Navigating science, life, and careers in a (post) COVID world.” Each session will be two hours long, with the first hour featuring talks from panelists and a general discussion. The second hour will include breakout…
Sandra Murray elected ASCB President for 2024
Sandra A. Murray was elected by ASCB members to serve as ASCB President in 2024. Murray is a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. She will serve as President-Elect on the Executive Committee in 2023. The four at-large candidates elected to Council include Derek Applewhite, Reed College; Elizabeth…
Recent Member Profiles
Member profile: Alissa Armstrong
Developmental biologist Alissa Armstrong says we can learn a lot from fat fruit flies. Armstrong, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina, uses obese Drosophila melanogaster to investigate the signaling pathways between their fat tissue and their ovaries. She…
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