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Cato Laurencin is 2019 E.E. Just Lecturer

October 8, 2019
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ASCB’s Minorities Affairs Committee presents the E.E. Just Award to memorialize the early 20th-century biologist and to recognize the outstanding…

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Jorge Torres named recipient of 2019 Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity

October 7, 2019
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Jorge Torres has been named the 2019 recipient of the ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity. Torres is an associate…

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The ultimate dilemma of graduate student committee meetings: to bring food or not?

October 4, 2019
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Committee meetings are a common occurrence for graduate students and a great opportunity to share your data, gather feedback, work…

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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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Black and white photograph of Shinya Inoue in his laboratory with one of his microscopes.

In Memoriam: Biophysicist, cell biologist Shinya Inoué, 98

October 1, 2019
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Emeritus ASCB member Shinya Inoué died September 30, 2019, at the age of 98 in East Falmouth, MA. Inoué was…

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Non-academic career paths for PhDs

September 27, 2019
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About two decades ago, PhDs often chose the traditional academic career route, where one started with a postdoc and later…

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Successful grants achieved with some help from FRED

September 25, 2019
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ASCB’s Faculty Research and Education Development (FRED) program—designed to promote grant-funding success—has come full circle. Both the inaugural cohort that…

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Scholarship of Diversity abstracts sought for annual meeting

September 18, 2019
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UPDATE: Scholarship of Diversity abstracts sought for Cell Bio Virtual 2020 — An ASCB|EMBO Meeting. The meeting will take place…

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Jennifer Bagwell balances lab manager and research scientist responsibilities

September 13, 2019
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Our featured cell biologist this month is Jennifer Bagwell, a lab manager in the Department of Developmental Biology in the…

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How mindfulness can help you take control in grad school

September 11, 2019
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As I placed my 96-well plate in the plate reader, I could feel my peripheral vision fading, my heart racing,…

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