Register for Cell Bio Virtual 2021
Not sure you will have time to attend enough sessions? All networking and scientific content will be exclusive to the meeting, but some meeting content will be available to registrants on-demand until Jan. 17.
Register by November 30 for the full meeting experience.
ASCB leads network to address persistent challenges to enhance inclusivity in scientific societies
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of more than $701K to establish a collaborative network of experts to identify evidence-based inclusion strategies that can be employed by scientific societies to address persistent cultural challenges that prevent inclusive practices from taking root. This Research Coordination Network (RCN) is…
ASCB names Rebecca Alvania as incoming CEO
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) welcomes Rebecca Alvania as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective January 3, 2022. Alvania comes to ASCB from the American Society for Microbiology, where she served as the Assistant Director of Journals. From 2015 to 2019, Alvania served as the Executive Editor of the Journal of Cell Biology…
Kington, Ginther to receive Public Service Award for reports on racial inequities in federal funding
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to announce that Donna Ginther and Raynard Kington have been selected by the society’s Public Policy Committee to be the recipients of the 2021 ASCB Public Service Award. Ginther and Kington were the lead authors on two important research papers that highlighted the lack of racial…
Omar A. Quintero-Carmona Named Winner of 2021 Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity
Omar A. Quintero-Carmona, associate professor of biology at the University of Richmond, has been named the recipient of the 2021 ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity. The prize is an annual award recognizing a scientist who has a strong track record in research or serves a critical role in fostering cell biology research and has…
Beronda Montgomery to Present Mentoring Keynote
Beronda Montgomery will present the Mentoring Keynote at Cell Bio Virtual 2021. Montgomery is the Michigan State University Foundation Professor and Assistant Vice President for Research & Innovation at Michigan State University (MSU). She is a member of the faculty of the MSU Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics. In…
Kizzmekia Corbett Named 2021 E.E. Just Award Winner and Lecturer
Kizzmekia S. Corbett, well known for her work on the mRNA vaccines used to protect against Covid-19, has been named the recipient of the 2021 E.E. Just Award by the ASCB. Corbett is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health….
Recent Member Profiles
Member Profile: Jeff Schinske
Jeff Schinske is the department chair and professor of biology at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. He is also the co-Editor-in-Chief of ASCB’s education research journal CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE) with Kimberly Tanner at San Francisco State University. He answered a few questions for the…
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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 26 online issues per year include Special Issues in the important areas of Quantitative Cell Biology, and Forces on and within 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.
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