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Grant writing mentors and mentees gather in California
Funding drives research. To that end, the American Society for Cell Biology seeks to develop scientists with superior grant writing skills. The most recent cohort of trainees for the Society’s Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC) guided mentoring program for grant funding success, known as FRED, met in late July at the Oceano Hotel and Spa in…
Eighteen distinguished scientists recognized as 2022 ASCB Fellows
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to present its cohort of 18 new Fellows for 2022. “The 2022 ASCB Fellows are individuals who have contributed broadly and significantly to the cell biology community and to the Society. We honor their scientific achievement and their role in furthering ASCB’s mission of advancing scientific…
ASCB announces 2022 honorific awards and recognition
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) recognizes 18 remarkable individuals for their various achievements in the realm of life sciences. “ASCB honorific awards recognize individuals making important contributions to our community,” said ASCB CEO Rebecca Alvania. “The society honors those whose research significantly advances our understanding of the cell, whose dedication to cell biology…
A long and winding road to transform federally funded science
The planets in the U.S. policy universe never fully lined up as predicted by one pundit over a year ago. Still, when the dust finally settled, and the CHIPS and Science bill was signed into law by President Biden on August 9, 2022, significant steps forward had been made in U.S. federally funded science. In…
Summer Musings: Wonder and Questions
I was very fortunate to do my postdoctoral training at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. In addition to having wonderful colleagues, excellent equipment, and seemingly unlimited supplies, the Laboratory had an atmosphere where science—all science, not just the topics being studied—was valued. When a new scientific book came out (I particularly…
August 2022 Newsletter
About the Issue ASCB President Martin Chalfie asks us not to fear asking questions because there is still so much for us to know. On the ASCB website in June, we featured several blogs related to Pride Month. This month the ASCB Newsletter asked members of our LGBTQ+ Committee to reflect on the impact of…
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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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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