John Fleischman

Fetal Tissue Vital to Medical Research, ASCB Tells Highly Polarized House Panel

March 3, 2016

Noted stem cell researcher and former chair of the ASCB Public Policy Committee Lawrence Goldstein told a politically charged Congressional…

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Cell News—Blocking Prion Proteins at the Source

March 2, 2016

Prion disease is a molecular hall of mirrors, in which a normal cellular protein, PrPC, is refolded by the pathogenic PrP…

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In Memoriam—Howard Green, Alfred Gilman, & Jeff Schatz

February 16, 2016

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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Porter Lecture: What’s True about the Canonical Genome, Except When It’s Not

February 16, 2016

The book world usually provides the metaphors for genomics, likening genes to words or chapters, but in his Keith Porter…

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Celldance 2015 Basks in the Golden Age of Cell Imaging

February 16, 2016

Cell biology research comes in all shapes and methods these days, but a common pursuit unites many labs—they make awesome…

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Tugboat and Motor Protein Metaphor Takes Top Prize at 2015 Elevator Speech Contest

February 16, 2016
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It’s always a short ride, up or down, in ASCB’s 60-second Elevator Speech Contest. For the 2015 judges, it was…

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ASCB’s Public Information Committee Scores Its Outreach Efforts

February 16, 2016

The Public Information Committee (PIC) has been busy assessing its activities—the things that work, the things that don’t, and the…

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Dr. Washington’s Joint Impact Factor (JIF)

February 15, 2016

Once again it is my official birthday (Thanks, Congress) and, as usual, I am celebrating by taking a day off…

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Darwin Day and the Birth Certificate of Cell Biology

February 12, 2016

Today, February 12th, was Charles Darwin’s birthday. On the very same day in 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in a…

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NIH Director Hails Celldance “Bio-Action Flick” as Cancer Espionage Thriller

February 4, 2016

A new ASCB Celldance video has taken NIH Director Francis Collins back to the movies. It’s an espionage thriller, Collins…

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