Elizabeth Chen of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has been elected by ASCB members to serve as President of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) in 2027. She will first serve as President-Elect on the ASCB Executive Committee beginning in 2026.

Also elected was Andrew Ewald of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who will begin his term as ASCB Secretary in 2026.

New Council Members for 2026

ASCB members also elected four new members to the ASCB Council beginning in 2026:

• Iain Cheeseman, Whitehead Institute
• Christian Gonzalez-Billault, Universidad de Chile (International Seat)
• Sabine Petry, Princeton University
• Kandice Tanner, National Cancer Institute

ASCB extends its sincere thanks to the members of the 2024 Nominating Committee for their dedication and service: Rafiou Agoro, Derek Applewhite, Daniela Cimini, Kris DeMali, Vivian Gama, Ruth Lehmann, Binyam Mogessie, Celeste Nelson, Eva Nogales, Jordan Raff, Subhojit Roy, Guillaume Thibault, Charlotte Vines, Kevin Wilson, and Sara Wong