ASCB Staff

Peer mentoring: colleagues as a resource for your career development

October 12, 2017
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“Find a good mentor.” At each level of our career, this is the advice we receive from well-meaning advisors.1 Professional…

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Will Congress set back fetal tissue research?; Congress poised to reject Trump cuts to NIH, NSF budgets

October 4, 2017
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Will Congress Set Back Fetal Tissue Research? In the weeks before Congress adjourned for its August recess, the House of…

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Celebrating outstanding Cell Biologists at distinct career stages: The WICB recognition awards, past and present

September 19, 2017

Women in Cell Biology Committee Awards Each year, the Women in Cell Biology Committee (WICB) honors three investigators at distinct…

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PhDs explore the leap from research science to commerce

September 14, 2017
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As life science PhD students and postdocs scan the horizon for possible careers, many are turning to the one-week ASCB­–Keck…

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ASCB fights to protect H1-B Visas; Science funding faring better in Congress than in the Trump budget

September 13, 2017
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Public Policy Briefing ASCB fights to protect H1-B Visas Since taking office, the Trump Administration has agitated for immigration reform,…

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MAC Holds 2017 Faculty Research and Education Development Program

September 12, 2017
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On July 13, 2017, the ASCB Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC) kicked off its annual Faculty Research and Education Development (FRED)…

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Understanding nature through description

September 8, 2017
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I had the good fortune to have an exceptionally good anatomy teacher during my first year of medical school. One…

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IWISE: The New York Stem Cell Foundation's strategies for advancing women in science

July 12, 2017
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The mission of the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) is to accelerate cures for the major diseases of our…

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Building bridges: coming together for the joy of discovery

July 11, 2017
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This President’s Column is by guest columnists Laura M. Machesky and Tobias C. Walther, co-chairs of the Program Committee for…

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Marchers raise your hands!; ASCB leadership visits capitol hill; FY18 budget proposal calls for massive cuts to NIH, NSF

July 6, 2017
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Marchers Raise Your Hands! Even before the individual March for Science marches were finished, everyone was asking the same question:…

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