John Fleischman

Shuffle Round the House with Your Nobel Jibe Leads to CellSlam Tie-Breaker in Philly

December 17, 2014

It came down to a one-joke showdown. The Zombie CellSlam, ASCB’s juried stand-up, science slam, back from the Undead for…

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ASCB Council Broadens Diversity Mandate for LGBT Scientists

December 11, 2014
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It’s encouraging, says Bruno Da Rocha-Azevedo, a postdoc at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas about the…

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What Goes Up—Elevator Speech Ends on Triumphant Note

December 10, 2014

In 60 second intervals, ASCB’s one-minute, mostly-selfies, elevator speech video contest came down to its final round Tuesday afternoon at…

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A Little Night Music, A Lot of Cell Biology—The Two Lives of Larry Goldfinger

December 8, 2014

Saturday night, Larry Goldfinger was wailing on his clarinet, punching out Bulgarian wedding music and Romanian ballads with his Balkan…

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Celldance 2014

December 8, 2014

“Killing Cancer, Cytotoxic T-Cells on Patrol” by Alex Ritter, NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program, is one of three “Tell Your Own…

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A Long Way to Give a Lecture—Avery August’s Road to the E.E. Just Lecture at ASCB/IFCB 2014

December 7, 2014
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Avery August who will give the E.E. Just Lecture at 3:00 pm at the 2014 ASCB/IFCB meeting has traveled a…

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The End of the Line—ASCB/IFCB Meeting Opens Saturday in Philadelphia

December 4, 2014

Railroad buffs and out-of-towners who attended the 2010 ASCB Annual Meeting will take note when their SEPTA train from the…

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The Big Time and the Small Scale—ASCB’s Celldance Studios Unveils Three Microscopic Blockbuster Films

December 2, 2014

A very tiny red carpet is ready. The paparazzi are gathering as a daring experiment in communicating cell biology comes…

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Use Your Science and Your Cell Phone In ASCB’s One-Minute Elevator Speech Contest

November 24, 2014

The premise is simple: The elevator door closes and you’ve got a trapped audience–a U.S. Senator, your dean, or Taylor…

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Held Over by Popular Demand—DC’s Dulles Airport Extends ‘Life: Magnified’ Run

November 20, 2014

Travelers through Terminal C at Washington’s Dulles International Airport have another month to catch their planes and “Life: Magnified,” the…

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