Introducing Cell Bio Virtual 2020-An Online ASCB|EMBO Meeting
Annual cell bio meeting goes virtual
After careful consideration, the ASCB Council unanimously voted to cancel the in-person meeting scheduled to be held in Philadelphia in December and instead hold Cell Bio Virtual 2020-An Online ASCB|EMBO Meeting. The health and safety of our members remains paramount during this ongoing global pandemic. The abstract submission system for Cell Bio Virtual 2020 is…
ASCB calls visa freeze reprehensible
The decision by the Trump Administration to freeze through 2020 important U.S. visa programs that allow future scientists from around the world to come to the United States to learn is reprehensible. It goes against everything the United States stands for and violates the principle that scientific excellence requires collaboration, regardless of nationality. Contrary to…
ASCB to take action on diversity, equity, and inclusion
The last few weeks strongly brought into focus the longstanding issues of police violence toward the Black community, as well as broader concerns over the structural racism against Black people in all sectors of society, including science. ASCB condemns racist violence and stands in solidarity with the Black community now and in the future. We…
Strike for Black Lives
Last week, ASCB leadership pledged that “We must do better and look at our own practices and culture to do more to combat systemic racism.” Today, the ASCB Council is meeting and will begin the development of a plan to turn this pledge into action. This Wednesday, June 10th, there is a movement to #ShutDownSTEM,…
A response to the George Floyd demonstrations
Written on behalf of the American Society for Cell Biology’s LBGTQA+ Task Force Every June for Pride we celebrate a riot: Stonewall was a key event that gave birth to the queer rights movement and was started by two trans women of color, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. The LGBTQA+ community is inherently tied…
ASCB adds topical tracks to meeting
Beginning this year, the American Society for Cell Biology will organize all the sessions and subgroups for Cell Bio 2020-an ASCB|EMBO Meeting by seven scientifically themed tracks plus one track on education and professional development. Abstract submissions will open the week of June 8, 2020. Some folks may be wondering, why the change? “Modern cell…
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 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.