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Minisymposium Co-Chairs are responsible for reviewing abstracts, assigning talks to Minisymposia sessions, and introducing the speakers on the day of the Minisymposium.
Open to Regular ASCB members, EMBO Members, Young Investigators and Installation Grantees
Application deadline extended to April 29
Early-Career Editors joining MBoC board
Introducing the 2021 MBoC Early-Career Editors The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the selection of 24 Early-Career Editors to join the board of Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC). This new group of pre-tenure faculty and postdocs will be responsible for highlighting preprints posted on bioRxiv. Their contributions will alert…
March 2021 Newsletter
This issue reviews the exiting science presented at Cell Bio Virtual 2020, introduces the 2021 candidates for ASCB Council, and includes articles on ASCB’s efforts to improve the diversity of Minisymposia speakers, the effects of the pandemic on research and researchers, approaches to resolving a conflict between past and present mentors, and the use of…
ASCB leadership condemns attacks on Asian-American community
Attacks on Asian-Americans have increased all across the United States. On March 16, a gunman in the Atlanta-area shot and killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent. This incident is the most recent example of increasing racial hatred and violence in the United States. For months, the news reported more attacks on members…
Broadening the award portfolio
The ASCB Awards Task Force has completed its assessment of the ASCB award portfolio (see previous blog) and provided the results of this assessment and recommendations to the ASCB Council. For those who want the short story, it is this: After several modifications, Council accepted the recommendations, some of which were geared toward achieving greater…
ASCB opts for a virtual annual meeting once again
Cell Bio 2021 – an ASCB|EMBO Meeting will be held online after the Council of the American Society for Cell Biology voted unanimously to do so during a February 27th meeting. Although many of us are seeing a cautious return to in-person gatherings, ASCB meeting planners and Council agreed that the protocols needed to create such…
ASCB ends journal subscription experiment
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has concluded its experiment with the Subscribe to Open (S2O) library subscription model. The S2O model did not receive sufficient support from libraries to allow ASCB to reach its goal of making its journal Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) fully open access. Under the model, if all…
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.