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The sound of science: How hearing impacts scientists

April 12, 2021

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS)

I am a third-year PhD student at the University of Michigan in the Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology program. I am also a hard-of-hearing (HOH) student. HOH refers to difficulty hearing caused by many disorders that range from mild to…

COMPASS Outreach Grant awardees adapted creative ways to deliver virtual science outreach

April 7, 2021

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Science Outreach, Committee for Postdocs and Students (COMPASS)

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Early-Career Editors to join MBoC in 2021

Early-Career Editors joining MBoC board

April 1, 2021

Society News

Introducing the 2021 MBoC Early-Career Editors The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is proud to announce the selection of…

March 2021 Newsletter

March 31, 2021

Publications & Columns, Council, Member, Members, Regular Member

This issue reviews the exiting science presented at Cell Bio Virtual 2020, introduces the 2021 candidates for ASCB Council, and…

ASCB leadership condemns attacks on Asian-American community

March 23, 2021

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Society News

Attacks on Asian-Americans have increased all across the United States. On March 16, a gunman in the Atlanta-area shot and…

How Cell Biologists Work

How Cell Biologists Work: Megan King, Yale School of Medicine

November 6, 2020

This installment of ASCB’s “How Cell Biologists Work” features the career of Megan King, associate professor of Cell Biology and Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology at Yale School of Medicine. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the King lab works to discover the mechanistic relationships that exist at the interface of cell biology and biophysics to explain…

Dear Labby

Caught in a Conflict between Labs

April 5, 2021

Dear Labby, I’ve recently moved to a second postdoc after a couple of pretty successful years that have led to some good publications. I switched to another lab at the same university because of funding issues and because of family obligations that make it hard for me to move right now. The PI of my…

Career Navigator

Can cluster hires move the needle to advance faculty diversity?

April 1, 2021

Importance of Faculty Diversity and Rationale for a Different Approach The inherent relationship between the diversity of participants and excellence in outcome is apparent in all human endeavors. However, despite efforts by many institutions to increase the participation of underrepresented students and postdocs in scientific research and academia, faculty diversity, particularly in senior positions, has…

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