Apply for a 2021-2022 Public Engagement Grant
The ASCB Public Engagement Grants will provide funding, mentoring, and project assessment directly to ASCB members interested in engaging with their community and gaining experience in public outreach.
Deadline to Apply: March 31
ASCB’s biotech course offers practical info for job seekers
It can be daunting to try to find a job outside academia if that’s all you know about. Let ASCB help! We have teamed up with Keck Graduate Institute and the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Manning School of Business to offer a one-week course to give you the confidence and the tools to find a…
Updates from the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Taskforce
That 2020 was a hard year is an understatement. The coronavirus locked down our labs and schools, ravaged our nation, and shined a spotlight on racial and economic disparities in access to healthcare, jobs, education, and so much more. The continued murdering of Black people at the hands of police and the violent pushback and…
ASCB opens program committee to volunteers
As part of its efforts to boost diversity and inclusion at its annual meeting, the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is opening its Program Committee to volunteers for the first time. In the past, committee members were selected by the Program Co-Chairs and then approved by the Executive Committee. The Program Co-Chairs were selected…
ASCB offers funding of up to $35K for science outreach projects
It’s vitally important for scientists to engage in public outreach, and the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is delighted to be able to offer its members up to $35,000 to fund bold ideas that engage local communities with the process of science and increase public scientific literacy. The program is supported by Science Sandbox,…
December 2020 Newsletter
The theme for the December issue is Technology and the issue includes a Feature Article on focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy, the winning entries from ASCB’s annual Image and Video Contest, and an article on lung cell organoids and how they can be used to explore possible treatments for COVID-19. Also in the issue…
A year, fast and slow
The year 2020 is coming to an end and this will be my last column as ASCB President. It has been a year to remember, or many would say, a year to try to forget. For probably most of us, the last nine months have given us a strange sense of time. They seem to…
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
- Submit a Paper to MBoC's Seventh Special Issue on Quantitative Cell Biology - Deadline Oct. 30
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.