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Meet ASCB’s New Executive Director: Erika Shugart, PhD

June 1, 2016

The road that Erika Shugart took then was definitely the less traveled. At the time, mentors were concerned about her…

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Campbell Steps out, Segarra Steps in as Acting MAC Co-Chair While Search Continues

May 31, 2016
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Veronica Segarra, assistant professor of biology at High Point University, NC, has been named Acting Co-Chair of ASCB’s Minorities Affairs…

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Networking through LinkedIn and in Person: Tips on Getting Started

May 27, 2016
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Most of us have heard some version of the age old adage “it’s not always what you know, it’s who…

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Fair Labor Standards Act—What It Means for Postdocs

May 26, 2016
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New labor regulations from the Obama administration are offering universities a great opportunity to improve working conditions for postdocs—and make…

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Cell News—Liquid separation in cell subcompartments

May 25, 2016

Like vinegar and oil in salad dressing, the cell nucleus and other cell compartments contain liquid subcompartments that don’t mix.…

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NIH Directors Talk Training at ASCB Council Meeting

May 24, 2016

“Science has changed dramatically in the past two decades, but graduate education has not,” Jon Lorsch, Director of the National…

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Preprint’s Greatest Hits

May 23, 2016

For research biologists who have been living under a rock or finishing a grant application for the last six months,…

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The challenges of obtaining a postdoctoral position in a new field and model organism in our current academic climate        

May 20, 2016
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  Those of us who will be earning our PhD in the near future will most likely be facing challenges…

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Cell News—Cells store extra membrane to keep up with supply and demand

May 19, 2016

Cells store extra membrane along pits and protrusions in the cell surface. But how cells regulate those membrane stores is…

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Cell News—Endoplasmic reticulum protein involved in plasma membrane lipid regulation

May 18, 2016

Organelles once thought to be independent are coming to light as allies. Research in the last few years has built…

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