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2019 ASCB|EMBO Meeting?
ASCB is now accepting abstracts to for talks/posters. On average, 30% of first-deadline abstracts are selected for talks. Submit by Aug. 1 for consideration.
Biotech East PhD students relish insights into business of science
When considering commercializing a scientific discovery, always ask: What’s possible? That was the advice from guest speaker Anjan Mehta, expert in innovative business and president of Trident Consulting Group. Mehta was speaking to the graduate and postdoc biological science students attending the first-ever Biotech East program held June 2-8, 2019, at the Manning School of…
Biology educators share ideas, inspiration at regional meeting
ASCB’s first regional meeting, Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists, was held on May 31, 2019, at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. The day-long conference was targeted for biology educators. It included education research and scientific plenaries, a poster session, networking lunch, workshops, and a mixer. Monica Lewis, a postdoc at the University of Alabama at…
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…
New ASCB toolkits help scientists with outreach
The term “science outreach” implies different things to different people. To some, it could mean creating a snazzy science video. To others, it could mean scientists engaging with the public at events like festivals or in museums. To science writers like me, it means explaining science in clear and simple terms in a written form…
The impact of green fluorescent protein after 25 years
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Martin Chalfie’s seminal paper on the use of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a tagging tool for bioscience. GFP has become known by its many derivatives and uses to which it has been applied: EGFP, sfGFP, YFP, RFP, CFP, mCherry, tdTomato, Split GFP, GFP reporters, GFP-binding proteins, and…
MBoC solicits papers for second special issue on the Cell Biology of Stem Cells
Submit a Paper Submission deadline extended to August 15 Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) Editor-in-Chief David Drubin has announced plans to publish a second Special Issue on an important emerging area of cell biology, the Cell Biology of Stem Cells. Yukiko Yamashita will oversee the evaluation and selection of manuscripts. While much attention has…
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
Volume 19, Number 17, August 15, 2018
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)
Volume 17, Fall 2018
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.
