Anthony Fauci, MD, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has received the 2020 American Society for Cell Biology Public Service Award.
The American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting will occur virtually December 2 through 16 and include two special sessions on COVID-19.
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is assembling an editorial board of early-career researchers dedicated to curating and classifying the impact of new articles published in MBoC and preprints posted on bioRxiv. Supported by a Learned Society Curation Award from the Wellcome Trust and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute awarded to MBoC’s publisher, the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), this new board of diverse, young editors will contribute to curation and recognition of research works across the subjects covered by MBoC.
The American Society for Cell Biology is pleased to present the Keith R. Porter Award to Anthony Hyman, given to an eminent cell biologist in memory of one of ASCB’s founding members. The Porter lecture will be presented on Wednesday, December 9 at 11:30 am ET in the virtual meeting platform.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) hosted its second image and video contest, and we could not be more delighted with all entries that were submitted this year. We received 55 submissions in total, and they represent some of the most stunning cell biology visualizations and imaging techniques you can imagine.
Prachee Avasthi was selected by the Women in Cell Biology (WICB) of the American Society for Cell Biology for the WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research. Avasthi is an associate professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, though she noted that the work recognized by this award was done at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she was until recently.
Erika L.F. Holzbaur, William Maul Measey Professor of Physiology at University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, was chosen by the Women in Cell Biology Committee (WICB) of the American Society for Cell Biology as the recipient of the 2020 Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award for her mentorship, teaching, leadership, and science.
The Award Selection Committee of the American Society for Cell Biology has chosen Matthew Akamatsu, the Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley; Gwendolyn Beacham, a PhD candidate at Cornell University; and Kate Cavanaugh, a PhD candidate from University of Chicago, as the 2020 winners of the Porter Prizes for Research Excellence. Akamatsu will receive $4,000, and Cavanaugh and Beacham will each receive $2,000. Each winner will give a talk in a Minisymposium relevant to her or his research. Also recognized as Honorable Mentions are Jui-Hsia Weng, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School; and Hawa Racine, a postdoctoral research fellow in The Cell and Developmental Biology Center at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health.
Michael N. Trinh, an MD/PhD student at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, has been selected as the recipient of the Merton Bernfield Memorial Award by the American Society for Cell Biology. In the lab of Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein, Trinh studies cellular cholesterol homeostasis using genetics and cell biology.
MariaElena Zavala, professor of biology at California State University, Northridge, has been invited to present the 2020 Mentoring Keynote at Cell Bio Virtual 2020–an ASCB|EMBO online meeting. The title of her talk will be “Changing the Face of Science.” The talk will premiere on December 2 at 11:45 am on the virtual meeting platform.
James Olzmann, an associate professor at University of California, Berkeley, and investigator at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, will give a talk on the challenging scientific frontier of “Lipid Droplet Proteome Dynamics and Regulation” at Cell Bio Virtual 2020 as this year’s winner of the Günter Blobel Early Career Award, previously the Early Career Life Scientist Award.
ASCB is pleased to announce that Lovell Jones, Emeritus Professor at both the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston will present the 2020 E. E. Just Awards Lecture at Cell Bio Virtual 2020–an ASCB|EMBO online meeting.
The American Society for Cell Biology is pleased to announce that Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz will present this year’s E.B. Wilson Award Lecture at Cell Bio Virtual 2020–an Online ASCB|EMBO Meeting. The talk will be presented online on December 10, 2020, at 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM ET.
The 2020 Women in Cell Biology Mid-Career Award of the American Society for Cell Biology is being shared by Anne Carpenter, Institute Scientist and Senior Director of the Imaging Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; and Daniela Nicastro, a professor in the Department of Cell Biology at University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center.
“Inclusive Science and Institutional Change” will be the title of the Diversity Keynote presented by invited speaker Sylvia Hurtado for Cell Bio Virtual 2020–an ASCB|EMBO online meeting. Hurtado is a professor in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Diversity Keynote will premiere on December 3 at 11:45 am ET in the Cell Bio Virtual 2020 online platform.
The ASCB Fellows program is committed to recognizing the breadth and diversity of the Society’s membership.
Since 2002, BioEYES has shared the wonder of scientific discovery with more than 155,000 children across the United States and as far away as Melbourne, Australia. ASCB is pleased to recognize the creators of BioEYES, Steven Farber of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Baltimore and Jamie Shuda of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), with the 2020 Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education.
The ASCB has named JoAnn Trejo as the 2020 recipient of the Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity. Trejo is a professor of Pharmacology and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Faculty Affairs at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) where she has made significant contributions to the understanding of cell signaling by protease-activated G protein-coupled receptors.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is holding a contest to find amazing images and videos that show the beauty of cell biology. Winning entries will be featured during Cell Bio Virtual 2020 - An Online ASCB|EMBO Meeting in December.
The American Society for Cell Biology will experiment with innovative approaches to categorize the scientific significance of reported research without dependence on journal “name brands.” ASCB was one of three organizations selected by the Wellcome Trust and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to receive the first Learned Society Curation Awards, which are designed for organizations that “want to explore new ways of signaling the significance of published research outputs in an open and transparent manner.”
The grants will be made available to members who fall under NIH’s Interest in Diversity Notice and are underrepresented within the Society. Through its Innovative Programs to Enhance Research Training (IPERT) grant, ASCB can offer funding to ensure access to the meeting for undergraduate, graduate, postdoc, and junior faculty who identify as underrepresented minorities.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is launching a new library subscription model for its peer-reviewed basic research journal—Molecular Biology of the Cell—making it the first research journal to experiment with Subscribe to Open (S2O). With S2O, all MBoC readers may have open access in 2021, while the author's cost will remain low.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) was awarded a first-of-its-kind National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to enhance diversity in the academic biomedical workforce.
After careful consideration, the ASCB Council unanimously voted to cancel the in-person meeting scheduled to be held in Philadelphia in December and instead hold Cell Bio Virtual 2020-An Online ASCB|EMBO Meeting.
The seven winners of the American Society for Cell Biology’s 2020 Public Engagement Grant Awards have created programs that share the wonder of science with vulnerable populations, such as people experiencing homelessness, the incarcerated, or refugees.
Nobel laureate Martin Chalfie was elected by members of the American Society for Cell Biology to serve as ASCB President in 2022. He will serve as President-Elect on the Executive Committee in 2021.
Kimberly Tanner and Jeffrey Schinske will become co-Editors-in-Chief of CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE) on August 1, 2020. The two will succeed Erin Dolan after her second term as Editor-in-Chief. LSE is the peer-reviewed, open access journal on life science education research from the American Society for Cell Biology.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) created several honorific awards to recognize established life scientists who, over their careers, have made significant contributions to the discipline of cell biology and to the community of cell biologists. Applications for all these awards are now open and close May 15.
The American Society for Cell Biology wants to encourage scientists who have exhibited great promise early in their professional journeys with a variety of honorific awards. Below are several awards available to life scientists who are just beginning their careers—from graduate school through the first few years as a new investigator. Applications for all these awards open March 15.
The 2020 American Society for Cell Biology Regional Meeting, Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists, will be held May 30 at Soka University of America in Alisa Viejo, California. This day-long conference for a teaching-intensive audience of life scientists will include plenaries, a poster session, networking lunch, afternoon workshops, and a mixer.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is offering grants ranging from $10,000 to $35,000 to support new proposals, as well as ongoing programs that engage communities with science. Applications are open now through March 31, and applicants must be members of ASCB.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) offers two, week-long, hand-on courses to help current or recent PhDs transition into biotechnology, medical technology, or pharmaceutical careers.
To help new investigators become effective and productive PIs and group leaders, the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Missouri have partnered to offer a discount on the intensive laboratory leadership courses created by the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).
Check out this day-by-day rundown of events and sessions of interest to media at the 2019 ASCB|EMBO Meeting taking place Dec. 7-11 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) once again have teamed up to produce the largest gathering of cell scientists in the world. The 2019 ASCB|EMBO Meeting takes place Dec. 7-11, in Washington, DC, and is expected to attract more than 6,000 cell scientists. Those interested in attending can visit the meeting website for a complete program, a full listing of abstracts, and registration. https://www.ascb.org/2019ascbembo/
Earlier this year, the call went out to the worldwide scientific community to submit their most beautiful and intriguing images and videos created using green fluorescent protein (GFP), the glowing molecule that revolutionized cell imaging 25 years ago. Now the votes are in, and the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), its Public Information Committee, and the public have determined the winners in each category.
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is one of the first journals to participate in a new platform that enables journal-independent, “portable” peer review.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to present its cohort of 16 new Fellows for 2019.
Jorge Torres has been named the 2019 recipient of the ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity. Torres is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He will receive $5,000, will be recognized at the 2019 ASCB|EMBO Meeting in Washington, DC, in December, and will contribute an essay to the Society’s basic science journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell.
Peter Devreotes, the Isaac Morris and Lucille Elizabeth Hay Professor of Cell Biology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has been selected as the winner of the American Society for Cell Biology’s (ASCB) E.B Wilson Medal for 2019.
A new general poster session topic called “Scholarship of Diversity” has been added to the 2019 ASCB|EMBO meeting in Washington, DC. This new topic is sure to foster conversations around diversity and inclusion in the life sciences.
Mary Pat Wenderoth, a Principal Lecturer in biology at the University of Washington, has been named the 2019 winner of ASCB’s Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education.
The deadline to enter the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) image and video contest to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the development of green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a tagging tool for bioscience is October 15.
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) seeks abstracts for its Sixth Annual Special Issue on Quantitative Cell Biology until September 15. MBoC is the peer-reviewed journal of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB).
A one-day biotechnology mini-course, presented by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), offers a quick peek into this burgeoning industry for those seeking new career pathways.
ASCB’s 2019 Doorstep meeting convenes Saturday, December 7, in Washington, DC, and focuses on “Cancer: from genome instability to therapy.”AS
Send your beautiful images or videos to ASCB’s contest to honor the 25th anniversary of green fluorescent protein used as a bioscience tool.
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