Register for ASCB|EMBO 2019
The 2019 joint meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) will focus on cell biology as the fundamental basis of biology as well as emerging topics in the field.
Winning green fluorescent protein images, videos chosen in ASCB contest
Earlier this year, the call went out to the worldwide scientific community to submit their most beautiful and intriguing images and videos created using green fluorescent protein (GFP), the glowing molecule that revolutionized cell imaging 25 years ago. Now the votes are in, and the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), its Public Information Committee,…
M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti honored with 2019 EMBO Gold Awards
Earlier this year, the 2019 EMBO Gold Medals were awarded to two systems biologists, M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti. Babu, who is based at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK, received the award for his fundamental contributions to the field of computational molecular biology, specifically for his discoveries in the areas of…
Eric T. Hall to receive MBoC Paper of the Year award
Eric T. Hall was named by the Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) Editorial Board as recipient of the 28th annual MBoC Paper of the Year Award. As a graduate student in Esther M. Verheyen’s laboratory at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Hall was first author of the article “Actomyosin contractility modulates Wnt signaling…
MBoC Fourth Special Issue on Forces On and Within Cells
Submit a Paper After positive response to the last special issue, David Drubin, Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), has announced that the journal will publish the fourth special issue of Forces On and Within Cells in summer 2020. MBoC Associate Editor Valerie Weaver of the University of California, San Francisco, will again…
2019 Early Career Life Scientist Award goes to Cigall Kadoch
Cigall Kadoch, assistant professor of pediatric oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, will give the 2019 Early Career Life Scientist Lecture at the ASCB|EMBO Meeting this year. Kadoch is being recognized for opening new frontiers in cancer research through her discoveries of how mutations in chromatin remodeling complexes rewire cells…
Doorstep meeting explores cancer from genome instability to therapy
ASCB’s 2019 Doorstep meeting convenes Saturday, December 7, in Washington, DC, and focuses on “Cancer: from genome instability to therapy.” This full-day meeting is being organized by Karlene Cimprich from Stanford University and David Pellman from Harvard Medical School and Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Limited to just 200 attendees, ASCB’s Doorstep seeks to provide an…
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
Now accepting papers - Fourth Special Issue on Forces On and Within Cells
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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.
