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Finding Our Way

November 30, 2015

Dear Labby, We receive mentoring of all kinds, but many of my fellow students and I find it granular: helpful…

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Did You Know…?

November 30, 2015

It’s THAT Time of Year… Time to renew your ASCB membership for 2016,* update your journal subscriptions, and make your…

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Why Scientists Must Communicate with the Public

November 30, 2015

Shirley Tilghman This semester I have been teaching an undergraduate course at Princeton on the topic of modern genetics and…

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The Extraordinary Life of ASCB Founding Member Susumu Ito

November 30, 2015
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A sharp-eyed witness and self-effacing participant in many of the terrible historical and great scientific events of the last century,…

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Students and Postdocs: We want to hear your voices and see your faces!

November 27, 2015
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The 2015 COMPASS Open Forum is ready for you in San Diego!   It sounds like a long time ago:…

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ASCB 2015—Ants Self-Organize, Just like Cells in Nervous Systems and Embryos, Says Deborah Gordon

November 24, 2015

Stanford biologist Deborah M. Gordon has spent much of the last 30 years studying the self-organization of ant colonies. Forget…

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Professional Development Events at the 2015 ASCB Annual Meeting

November 20, 2015
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Not only is the annual meeting a time to hear about the latest science and technology advancements in cell biology,…

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Our People—Former ASCB President Liz Blackburn to Head Salk Institute

November 18, 2015

Elizabeth Blackburn, a winner of the Nobel Prize and former ASCB President, will become the next President of the Salk…

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A Climate Change Pause? The Science Behind the Debate

November 13, 2015
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Within the scientific community empirical acceptance of anthropogenic climate change is by far the prevailing view, with scientific dissent comprising…

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Half the Population but Are Women Half the Population in Clinical Trials?

November 9, 2015

Anniversaries are supposed to be Good Times events. This year marks the 25th anniversary of a landmark report by the…

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