A doorstep meeting is an arrival and a departure in one, so the name suits the ASCB’s first-ever “doorstep” meeting…
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The road that Erika Shugart took then was definitely the less traveled. At the time, mentors were concerned about her…
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Academic faculty jobs are difficult to come by, and science graduates are increasingly taking positions outside of academia. Recognizing this…
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Research now rarely happens in silos, and cell biology is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary with physics, math, and larger-scale biology. However,…
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The use of the Journal Impact Factor as a measure of the quality of scientific research may undervalue precisely the…
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Kai Simons, the man who launched the lipid raft on the cell membrane and who helped re-invigorate modern cell…
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FlyBase, WormBase, Saccharomyces Genome Database, ZFIN, Mouse Genome Database, and Rat Genome Database—these are all model organism databases (MODs). Essential…
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Lately graduate students and postdocs in the life sciences have been bombarded by articles, infographics, seminars, and blog posts describing…
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The ASCB has received a nearly $1 million Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) grant from the National Institute…
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The largest unrestricted cash prize for an early career scientist—$250,000—was awarded Tuesday to ASCB member Michael Rape of the University…
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