John Fleischman

Context Is Everything: Mina Bissell to Receive E.B. Wilson Medal

May 10, 2016

  It is not every day that a scientific society gives its top award to a scientist who already has…

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Erika Shugart Named ASCB Executive Director

May 4, 2016

The ASCB Council has named Erika Shugart, PhD, as its new Executive Director, effective June 1. In making the announcement,…

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Mendel’s “Lost” Paper Throws Light on Origins of Reviewer #3

May 4, 2016

It is the ultimate consolation for every researcher who ever published a fabulous paper and got crickets. The paper “Versuche…

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“Our People” Rising: New Academicians, New Dean, New Prize, New Award

May 3, 2016

Five ASCB Members Ascend to American Academy of Arts & Sciences The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has elected…

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Fast Approaching—Fate and the ASCB-KGI Biotech Management Course

April 7, 2016

Two years before he finished his doctorate in molecular biology at the University of Pittsburgh, Venky Raghavan already knew that…

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Cell News—Take me out to the cellular protrusion game

April 4, 2016

Back in the day, vendors working the stands at baseball games hawked scorecards (pencil included) with the cry, “You can’t…

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In Memoriam: Howard Green, Alfred Gilman, and Jeff Schatz

April 4, 2016
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ASCB notes the deaths late last year of three cell biology pioneers—Howard Green, Alfred Gilman, and Gottfried “Jeff” Schatz. All…

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Our People: Schekman Feted in Kansas City, Dermatologists Honor Misteli and Chuong, New Allen Institute Team, Poet Celebrates a Scientific Life

March 22, 2016

Schekman Going to Kansas City, Kansas City, Here He Comes This Thursday and Friday, March 24-25, Nobel laureate and former…

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The “Lost” Paper of Gregor Mendel, the Patron Saint of Low Impact Scientific Publishing

March 10, 2016

  It is the ultimate consolation for every researcher who ever published a fabulous paper and got crickets. The paper,…

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The Minority Report—When Simply Adding Numbers is Not Enough

March 4, 2016
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A few weeks ago, Gary McDowell reported on the “Increasing Diversity in a Changing Research Landscape” subgroup held at the…

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