NEW in 2022—Emerging Researcher Talks
Twenty ASCB postdocs and grad students who submitted high-ranking abstracts (through a concealed review) to Cell Bio Virtual 2021 have been invited to give a series of talks from February-November, every third Thursday at noon EDT.
ASCB launches Emerging Researcher Talk series
Beginning in February 2022, the American Society for Cell Biology launches the inaugural edition of the Emerging Researcher Talk Series. Speakers were selected from a review of the high-ranking abstracts that were submitted for the Cell Bio Virtual 2021 meeting but were not chosen for talks. Twenty ASCB members were selected to present in the…
December 2021 Newsletter
In this issue we celebrate ASCB’s many accomplishments in 2021, the awesome beauty of cells as seen in the winning entries from this year’s ASCB Image & Video Contest, and the recipients of ASCB’s many awards and honors. Looking toward retirement? Learn why “re-wirement” may be a better term in the Career Navigator column. Read…
ASCB Weighs-in on DARPA-like Agency at NIH
It’s been seven months since it was first proposed in President Biden’s State of the Union address yet significant unknowns1 still remain surrounding the administration’s plan to create the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). ARPA-H would be modeled after the existing Defense Advanced Research Projects…
A Year of Challenges and Silver Linings
The year 2021 may be remembered by many to be a year of challenges and silver linings. After we spent most of 2020 in our homes, afraid to get close to others for fear of contracting, or worse spreading, COVID-19, basic research into the use of mRNA technology that had been under development for decades…
ASCB receives grant to foster collaborative network of Black imaging scientists
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has received a grant for more than $1.4 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to implement a new inclusivity model and develop a more diverse scientific workforce. The grant title—Partnering to Advance Imaging Research for Underrepresented Minority Scientists Program (or PAIR-UP)—will specifically help to build and…
Cell bio images and videos stun contest judges
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to announce the winners of its third image and video contest. ASCB’s Public Information Committee (PIC) had the daunting task of choosing the winning entries. “We were delighted with all entries submitted, which represent some of the most stunning cell biology visualizations and imaging techniques available,”…
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.