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The Path to Graduate School Should Include a Ramp (Part 1)
Reflections on the Accessibility of the Biomedical Sciences PhD Admissions Process Having been physically disabled since birth, I quickly had…
Court Blocks White House Visa Limit
One day before the rule was scheduled to go into effect, the U.S. Federal District Court in Massachusetts placed a…
Congress Blocks White House Research Regulations—For Now
Congress has finally passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) that will fund the federal government through December 11, 2026. The CR…
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Ahna Skop is a Professor of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and an affiliate faculty member in Life Science Communication and the UW-Madison Arts Institute. Ahna Skop’s lab is focused on understanding the processes of cell division and cytokinesis at the cellular and molecular level. They are specifically interested in the roles…
Dear Labby
Dear Labby, I am in the third year of my first faculty position as an Assistant Professor. I have established what I believe is a good beginning research lab by recruiting a lab technician, a graduate student, and a postdoc. Regrettably, I just learned that my third application for an NIH grant was “Not Discussed”…
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Discover insights from members of ASCB’s Women in Cell Biology (WICB) Committee on the essential role ASCB and WICB play in fostering career growth and professional development.
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In its latest swipe at the American life science community that it leads, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has…
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the election of 15 outstanding scientists as 2026 ASCB…
Editor’s Note: ASCB’s COMPASS Outreach Grant program supports projects that engage the public in science and create opportunities for students…
Rong Li, ASCB’s President, sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate…
ASCB and its research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), are proud to recognize the outstanding scientific achievements of…