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2019 E. B. Wilson Medalist Peter Devreotes tells the story of chemotaxis

October 3, 2019
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Peter Devreotes, the 2019 winner of ASCB’s E.B Wilson Medal, studies chemotaxis—how cells move in response to extracellular cues and…

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Biology education researcher Mary Pat Wenderoth named 2019 Bruce Alberts award winner

September 9, 2019

Mary Pat Wenderoth, a Principal Lecturer in biology at the University of Washington, has been named the 2019 winner of…

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A guide for more effective teaching for scientists

August 9, 2019
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All scientists serve in some capacity as teachers. Whether you are teaching a classroom of students, mentoring a colleague in…

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Ahna Skop: visualizing grants, traveling to increase empathy, the importance of studying the cell’s ‘garbage can’

June 21, 2019
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Ahna Skop is a Professor of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and an affiliate faculty member in…

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Why so serious? The surprising importance of informal seminars

March 15, 2019
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In academia, seminars are the classrooms we never really leave. As a keystone of intellectual exchange, seminars, whether large or…

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How to enjoy feeling stupid after you switch fields

February 28, 2019

Going from a PhD to a postdoc changes almost everyone’s field of research in some big or small way. Perhaps…

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ASCB COMPASS Outreach Grant spotlight: Sharon STEM Talks

February 8, 2019
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It is 6:50 pm on an October evening. Fifty-five 11th and 12th-grade students pile into the Sharon High School (SHS)…

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How to ignore good advice and postdoc in a newly opened lab

February 1, 2019

Once we reach the end of our PhD, grad students interested in an academic postdoc are united by one thing:…

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Five ways to get involved in community science outreach

January 18, 2019
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The start of the new year is often a time for reflection, gratitude, and thinking about new year’s resolutions. Is…

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A Brief MAC History

January 15, 2019
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At the 1980 ASCB Annual Meeting, then-ASCB President William Brinkley met with Winston Anderson to discuss how to increase the…

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