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Member profile: Alissa Armstrong

April 27, 2022

Developmental biologist Alissa Armstrong says we can learn a lot from fat fruit flies. Armstrong, an assistant professor in the…

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Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards additional funding to PAIR-UP network for Black imaging scientists

April 25, 2022

Recently, the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) launched Partnering to Advance Imaging Research for Underrepresented Minority Scientists Program (or…

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Discounted lab leadership training for new PIs

April 22, 2022
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Most scientists love science, and they love their research. But love for leading other scientists in a lab isn’t universal.…

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Cell Bio Virtual 2021: A Retrospective

March 1, 2022

One of the hardest articles for me to write each year is the review of the ASCB annual meeting. How…

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Cell Forces Play an Important Role

March 1, 2022

“We live in a physical world and every single molecule within your cells and every tissue is subjected to some…

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Council Reflects on Achievements, Setbacks
in 2021

March 1, 2022
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ASCB’s Council met virtually on Sunday, December 5, 2021. ASCB’s President for 2021, Ruth Lehmann, welcomed Martin Chalfie as the…

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Watch ASCB’s 2021 year-in-review video

February 18, 2022

At the virtual December Council Meeting, Interim Co-CEOs Kevin Wilson and Thea Clarke listed the many accomplishments of ASCB in…

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ASCB launches Emerging Researcher Talk series

January 19, 2022
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Beginning in February 2022, the American Society for Cell Biology launches the inaugural edition of the Emerging Researcher Talk Series.…

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Termini and Cook Win 2021 ASCB Porter Prizes for Research Excellence

December 15, 2021
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Postdoctoral fellow Christina Marie Termini and doctoral candidate Katelyn Camille Cook have been named as the recipients of the 2021…

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Ananthanarayanan Chosen for 2021 WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research

December 15, 2021
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The Women in Cell Biology (WICB) Junior Award for Excellence in Research for 2021 goes to Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan from the…

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