Science and Society
Trump administration proposes another hurdle for international students
In what has been viewed by many in the scientific community as just another attack on science and foreign students,…
Read MoreYou may have noticed that ASCB’s basic science journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), has recently featured short explanatory…
Read MoreHighlights of ASCB’s diversity, equity, and inclusion town hall
In late September, ASCB held an online town hall to present and discuss its developing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion action…
Read MoreWith glutamate receptors, it’s all about location and timing
Shigeki Watanabe, associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, recently received a 2020…
Read MoreHouse hearing recognizes role of basic research in recovery
In early July, the House Budget Committee, whose role is to oversee the entire budget process and watch federal spending…
Read MoreIn the most recent chapter of the Trump administration’s anti-immigration campaign, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tried to make…
Read MoreThe need for science to enhance the participation of students and faculty from historically underrepresented minority (URM) backgrounds, and the…
Read MoreIn the first few days of the COVID-19 quarantine, as many of us were figuring out where we would set…
Read MoreThe ability of international trainees and scientists to continue to work in the United States has been one of the…
Read MoreAs the COVID-19 virus made its way around the world, members of the American biomedical research community rushed to react,…
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