Rethinking Course Design and Assessments for Undergraduate Cell Biology in Online Learning
In response to the COVID19 pandemic, many classes in the Spring of 2020 were forced into an online modality. Rather than try to mold online teaching to the traditional lecture format let’s rethink how to structure our course design, assess student lear…
Learning from our Mistakes: Designing, Implementing, and Assessing Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are high impact practices in biology education. Although there are numerous published, inquiry-based exercises as well as dedicated CURE training networks, these resources sometimes lack descripti…
Reimagining Publishing, Networking, and Mentoring
Feeling like your lab isn’t taking advantage of new technology or advancements? Failed to convince your labmates or PI to modernize? This session is for you! Learn strategies to use technology and online networking to maximize lab and career developmen…
Raising Mental Health in the CellBio Research Community: Sidestep Stigma and Learn Peer and Trainee Support
Sponsored By: COMPASS and Dragonfly Mental Health Maintaining mental health among academic researchers has become increasingly urgent. Mental illness among academics has reached epidemic proportions with approximately 50% of graduate and professional s…
Careers in Science Writing, Editing, and Communication
Scientific writing skills gained during training can be applied in several ways, from the more conventional scientific editing and medical writing aspects, to newer media such as podcasts and science illustration. We are inviting panelists whose career…
Careers in Management and Business Development
This session will be a panel discussion focused on careers in administration, business, product management and marketing. The interactive Q&A style of this panel will allow attendees the opportunity to gain new insight into non-traditional careers…
Bench Based Industry Careers
This session will be a panel discussion focused on research careers in industry. For academic scientists who enjoy the bench but are interested in opportunities outside of academia. Research careers in industry are an exciting but often poorly understo…
Organizing Inclusive and Effective Science Outreach
Sponsored by: COMPASS Science outreach is an important component of ASCB and an effective way to communicate our research with the public. It is also important for inspiring future scientists and increasing diversity in science. It can be difficult e…
Emerging Trends at the Intersection of Research Publishing, Open Science, and Academic Reward and Recognition Systems
Efforts to improve scholarly publishing are closely tied to the academic reward and incentive system, in large part because journals where researchers publish are often used as proxy measures of success. Since its 2013 release, the San Francisco Declar…