From Organoids to Assembloids: Building Better Models of Human Disease — Session 2
September 14, 2026 10:00 am ET
Standard organoid cultures have transformed disease research — but they still struggle to capture the multi-cell-type architecture that drives disease progression in vivo. What You’ll Learn Join Dr. Meritxell Huch and Didarul Bhuiyan, PhD, as they walk…
From Organoids to Assembloids: Building Better Models of Human Disease
July 29, 2026 10:00 am ET
Standard organoid cultures have transformed disease research — but they still struggle to capture the multi-cell-type architecture that drives disease progression in vivo. What You’ll Learn Hear directly from Prof. Hans Clevers, the pioneer who built t…
MBoC Highlight: Quantitative Cell Biology With Keynote by Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
June 22, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
Hosted by ASCB’s Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) journal, this special event highlights cutting-edge research from the MBoC Special Issue “Quantitative Cell Biology,” which features more than 200 publications in this rapidly advancing field. The p…
Beyond the Dish: Unlocking Tumor Microenvironment Biology with 3D Tissue Models and Antibody-Based Strategies
June 17, 2026 1:00 pm ET
Your organoid or 3D model captures tumor architecture, but are you seeing the full picture? The signaling circuits between cancer cells, stroma, and immune compartments often go undetected in standard culture systems. What You’ll Learn See how advanced…
Phase Separation & Biomolecular Condensates: From Mechanism to Medicine
June 3, 2026 11:00 am ET
Condensates are everywhere in cell biology – yet predicting when they form, how they’re structured, and how to target them therapeutically remains elusive. This webinar closes the gap. What You’ll Learn Gain a mechanistic understanding of how condensat…
3D Human Multi-cell Type Neurospheres from iPSCs
March 25, 2026 12:00 pm - 12:00 am ET
Three-dimensional (3D) human brain tissue models derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have significantly advanced the study of human neural development and neurological disease in vitro. While cerebral organoids provide high structural c…
Bridging Cellular and Structural Biology Through Cryo-electron Tomography
February 10, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 am ET
Cellular cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) holds the grand promise of integrating cellular architecture with molecular structure. Yet, for many cell biologists, this method can seem technically daunting or limited in scope compared to other imaging ap…
Cellular Insights Series: Exploring Cellular Dynamics with Advanced Microscopy
December 2, 2025 12:00 pm
Featured Session: Exploring Cellular Dynamics with Advanced Microscopy Fluorescence microscopy offers insights into subcellular dynamics, yet is often restricted by a limited photon budget. We developed “Event Driven Acquisitions,” a microscope…
Cellular Insights Series: Innovations and Ethics in Stem Cell Research
October 23, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
Featured Session: Bridging Innovations and Ethics in Stem Cell Research The stem cell field stands at a transformative crossroads where breakthrough technologies are rapidly advancing from laboratory discovery to clinical reality. This webinar b…
Cellular Insights Series: Unlocking Cancer Insights with Extracellular Vesicles in Liquid Biopsy
September 24, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
About This Series Wiley and the American Society for Cell Biology are partnering together to bring you an engaging webinar series on the latest innovations in cellular biology, leading up to the highly anticipated annual Cell Bio 2025 in-person…
Inclusive Illusions: LGBTQ+ Realities in the Biological Sciences
June 18, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET
While scientific environments have been described as unwelcoming to the LGBTQ+ community, and fields like physics have systematically documented these challenges, the climate in biology workplaces has not been assessed. In this webinar, we will highlig…
Meet the Funders: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research & Development
October 31, 2024 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet the Funders, An ASCB Virtual Meeting Series One of the most stressful parts of being a scientist is waiting for grant applications to be reviewed and, hopefully, approved for funding. Getting to know your program officer can provide you with valua…
Talking About Cell Biology Effectively with Different Audiences: What I Wish I’d Known Sooner
October 22, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET
In this webinar, five experts will share practical strategies to engage people from diverse contexts in cell biology. This roundtable is part of #CellSpeak, a weeklong initiative led by ASCB’s Science Communication, Outreach, and Public Engagement (SCO…
Meet the Funders: NIH Center for Scientific Review
August 29, 2024 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet the Funders, An ASCB Virtual Meeting Series Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a Scientific Review Officer (SRO) and a Program Officer and which can help you at different points in the NIH grant process? Are you curious about ho…
MBoC Office Hours
August 22, 2024 11:30 am - 12:00 pm ET
Are you thinking about submitting a manuscript for publication in ASCB’s journal Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)? If so, we’d like to invite you to join our Author Hour online discussion with Matthew Welch, MBoC Editor-in-Chief. During this discus…
High-content Label-free Imaging: Spotlight on Applications for Live Phenotypic Analysis
August 20, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
Discover the unique data gained from studying cell and organelle dynamics live and label-free. Holotomography is an innovative imaging technique which combines a rotating light source and the intrinsic refractive properties of cellular structures to pr…
Meet the Funders: National Science Foundation – BIO Directorate
June 27, 2024 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet the Funders, An ASCB Virtual Meeting Series One of the most stressful parts of being a scientist is waiting for grant applications to be reviewed and, hopefully, approved for funding. Getting to know your program officer can provide you with valua…
Meet the Funders: National Cancer Institute
May 30, 2024 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Meet the Funders, An ASCB Virtual Meeting Series Did you know that in 2023 the National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded 2,100+ grants supporting basic cancer research? Want to find out how you can be one of those grant recipients? One of the most stressf…
Webinar: MBoC Research Highlights from special issue on Cell Biology of the Nervous System
May 22, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
This webinar will be moderated by lead editors Stephanie Gupton (University of North Carolina) and Avital Rodal (Brandeis University) and will feature 3 lighting talks highlighting new research and methodologies published in the special issue Cell Biol…
Emerging Concepts: Cellular Rejuvenation
April 11, 2024 11:15 am EST
Cells possess intrinsic health monitoring systems that endow them with the means to ensure physiological optimality. As organisms age, these systems become insufficient and can become dysfunctional or corrupted in disease. The sequelae of improper cell…
Meet the Funders: NIGMS
March 28, 2024 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Meet the Funders, An ASCB Virtual Meeting Series One of the most stressful parts of being a scientist is waiting for grant applications to be reviewed and, hopefully, approved for funding. Getting to know your program officer can provide you with valua…
Emerging Concepts: Structural Cell Biology in the Nervous System
March 19, 2024 11:00 am Eastern
An emerging body of work indicates that intrinsically disordered proteins in neurons are essential building blocks of membraneless organelles like RNA granules and subcellular compartments like synapses. In this one-day virtual symposium, we will explo…
MBoC Research Highlights from special issue on Forces On and Within Cells
January 10, 2024 1:00 pm EST
This webinar will be moderated by lead editors Valerie Marie Weaver, (University of California, San Francisco), Dennis Discher, (University of Pennsylvania), Alex Dunn, (Stanford University), Michael Murrell, (Yale University). and will feature 3 ligh…
Burgess Award Presentation
September 19, 2023 10:00 am - 11:00 am ET
This is a virtual award that celebrates and recognizes a scientist with a track record of excellence in research or serves a critical role in fostering cell biology research and has demonstrated the importance of inclusion and diversity in science thro…
Art in Science: From volumetric data sets to 3D models
September 14, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
In this on-demand video, Dr. Igor Siwanowicz discusses their process of generating 3D models from volumetric imaging data using free software: ImageJ and Blender. Dr. Siwanowicz presented several examples of their work, such as musculoskeletal models o…
Connecting Outreach and Science through Art
September 13, 2023 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm ET
In this video, Jaye talks about her outreach projects and how it informs her science and science informs her outreach. She discusses her creative team building and how they work together to lead an overall project called “In their eyes: Conservation +…
MBoC Early Career Paper Award
September 7, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
This webinar will be moderated by our Editor-in-Chief Matthew Welch and will feature 4 lighting talks highlighting new research and methodologies published in the Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC). In this webinar, you will learn about cutting-edge…
Embracing ChatGPT: ChatGPT Strategies to Support Student Learning
August 9, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
In this video, speakers discuss the implications of ChatGPT for teaching. Like many other technological advances – slide rule, calculator, internet – we may initially see only the negative consequences for our classrooms. However, during this session,…
Reimagining Meat: Pathways for Cell Biologists in the Cultivated Meat Field
June 28, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
In this video, presenters discuss how cultivated meat, also known as cultured meat, is genuine animal meat produced by cultivating animal cells directly. The video showcases cutting-edge career and research opportunities for cell biologists in the prom…
Cellular Dynamics
November 17, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Join Emerging Researchers Taylor Medwig Kinney, Stony Brook University, and Daniel Cortes, UNC Chapel Hill, for their talks in the Cellular Dynamics track. Speakers submitted top-scoring abstracts to the Cell Bio 2021 meeting that were not selected for…
Communicating Scientific Concepts Through Art
November 16, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Creativity is an integral part of both science and art, and using it to combine these two seemingly different disciplines creates unique and effective ways to communicate scientific information, both inside and outside the scientific community. Along m…
International Research and Training Exchange, Session 3
November 15, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
In this webinar, representatives from India, Switzerland, and the United States will discuss research, training, and funding opportunities in their respective countries. In this webinar you will learn about specific graduate programs, postdoctoral oppo…
STEM Society Town Hall Discussion
October 26, 2022 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
Join us October 26-28, 2022, for the hybrid Town Hall event from Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)! Help us crowdsource solutions to three persistent challenges preventing inclusive scientific societies. Lack of membership demographic data Lack of int…
Online with LSE: Understanding and Perceptions of Evolution by Students in Community College and Other Institutions
October 24, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
In this webinar you will learn, factors that impact student acceptance and understanding of evolution in community college, and how these compare to such factors at other colleges and universities. In this webinar, CBE–LSE author Elizabeth Barnes will…
Specialized Cell and Evolution
October 20, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Join Emerging Researchers Kristin Dahl, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Juliet Girard, University of California Los Angeles, for their talks in the Specialized Cell and Evolution track. Speakers: Kristin Dahl University of Colorado…
Tips for a Killer Scientific Poster Presentation
October 19, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
In this on-demand video, experts talk about the tips and tricks to prepare the best poster and pitch it perfectly to the audience. You will learn ways to prepare a catchy scientific poster and tips for a killer speech for the targeted audience. And, yo…
Research Highlights from the MBoC Sixth Special Issue on Forces on and Within Cells
October 12, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
This webinar will be moderated by Valerie Weaver, Dennis Discher and Michael Murrell. It will feature three short talks highlighting new research published in the MBoC Sixth Special Issue on Forces on and Within Cells. In this webinar, you will learn a…
How to Manage a Lab
October 11, 2022 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
In this video, panelists discuss the topic of how to manage an academic research lab. The panel of distinguished PIs at different career stages will share their perspectives and opinions on lab management through an audience-led Q&A session. You wi…
International Research and Training Exchange, Session 2
October 11, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
In this webinar, representatives from Brazil, Jordan, and Portugal will discuss research, training, and funding opportunities in their respective countries. In this webinar you will learn about specific graduate programs, postdoctoral opportunities, an…
From Microscope to Figure
September 28, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Doing cell biology experiments can be tough. Weeks of pilot work, failed attempts, and finally one day, getting a nice result. Having done the hard work, how do you make your data shine? In this video, focusing on microscopy experiments, we will cover…