ASCB Staff

On Careers and 42

June 6, 2016

“What is the secret to a successful career in science?” is a question that I often encounter when meeting with…

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The Minority Report—When Simply Adding Numbers Is Not Enough

May 4, 2016

The 2015 ASCB Annual Meeting included a Special Interest Subgroup entitled “Increasing Diversity in a Changing Research Landscape.” This session…

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Seen on THE CELL

May 4, 2016

Looking for big data cellular images? Check out the Data Sets tab at the Cell Image Library. Don’t forget, if…

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The Shaming of Basic Research: Scientists Defend Themselves on Capitol Hill

May 3, 2016
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For politicians, they were wastrels of public money. For talk show hosts, they were the subjects of can’t-miss jokes. They…

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iBiology for Improving Our Science Communication Skills

May 3, 2016

Throughout your career in science, the ability to communicate effectively is essential. Whether you’re interacting with peers, students, administrators, funding…

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On Preprints, and Beer and Tacos

May 2, 2016

A meeting (ASAPbio) was held on February 16–17 to discuss the role of preprints in biology, which sparked a New…

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Round Two of House Fetal Tissue Hearings Opens with Partisan Fisticuffs

April 26, 2016

With a bang of the gavel, round two of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Investigatory Committee on Infant Lives…

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Targeted by Wastebooks, Basic Researchers Fight Back on Capitol Hill

April 14, 2016

Last December, Sheila Patek, a Duke University biologist who studies the mechanics of movement in, among other organisms, the Panamanian…

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Fetal Tissue Vital to Medical Research, ASCB Tells House Panel

April 4, 2016
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Noted stem cell researcher and former chair of the ASCB Public Policy Committee Larry Goldstein told a politically charged congressional…

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Consensus Grows on Preprints in Biology

April 4, 2016

On February 16–17 at Howard Hughes Medical Institute headquarters outside of Washington, DC, 70 attendees (junior and senior scientists, representatives…

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