Register for the ASCB/EMBO Meeting by Oct. 3 for discounted rates
The 2019 joint meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) will focus on cell biology as the fundamental basis of biology, and will offer sessions on emerging topics.
One-day biotech mini-course offers behind-the-scenes look at industry
A one-day biotechnology mini-course, presented by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), offers a quick peek into this burgeoning industry for those seeking new career pathways. The course will be held Friday, December 6 (the day before the 2019 ASCB|EMBO Meeting) at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, 1201 Maryland Ave….
Congress Does Science, Hands On
Where can members of Congress, congressional staff, and members of the public go to videotape live water bears, get pictures of their own cheek cells, and test the latest in robotic limbs? The second annual Capitol Hill Life Science Fair and Reception, hosted on June 20, 2019, by the Coalition for the Life Sciences and…
UPDATED: Important new regulations on foreign financial connections
Recent media attention has focused on reported espionage by foreign nations in research laboratories in the United States. U.S. intelligence agencies and Congress are addressing the matter. It has also highlighted important issues that researchers funded by U.S. science agencies, including the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), need…
Scientific horde descends on DC
If we sported tattoos that said things like “Cells Rule” and “I’m Dynamically Unstable” and we rolled into Washington on a vast phalanx of Harley-Davidsons, this might be the headline greeting this year’s ASCB|EMBO meeting in Washington DC—Cell Biology for the 21st Century. Instead, we’ll quietly take trains, fly, and drive into town with nothing…
MBoC solicits papers for Sixth Special Issue on Quantitative Cell Biology
Submit a Paper The American Society for Cell Biology announces that its journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is seeking submissions for the Sixth Annual Special Issue on Quantitative Cell Biology. This issue will build on the successes of five previous issues published in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019, and will provide an opportunity for researchers whose work crosses…
Help grow your professional society’s membership
Members of the American Society for Cell Biology are our greatest strength. What better way to bolster your Society than by growing its membership? From July 1 to September 30, ASCB will host our first-ever Member-Get-A-Member Program. Here’s how it works: Tell your colleagues why ASCB—the preeminent international community for cell biologists—is your professional home….
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
Now online - Third Special Issue on Forces on and Within Cells
Volume 30, Number 16, July 15, 2019
Click here to navigate to the special issue
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.
