One of the first things you’re taught in biology is the basic components of a cell. You learn how cells function and that they can specialize or differentiate to serve specific purposes. You have heart cells, kidney cells, bone cells,…
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Scientific horde descends on DC
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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…
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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…
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