Pandemic Lessons for Research Funding
July 19, 2022 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
ASCB’s Women in Cell Biology (WICB) Committee, decided that it would be important to get together virtually to chat about challenges we’ve faced over the last few years and the changes they have brought to our personal and professional lives. We have a…
How to Start a New Lab: Social Media/Inclusive Hiring
July 7, 2022 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
In this video, speakers discuss how to start a new lab, and how to use different mediums to hire postdocs, lab managers or technicians. During this video, you will learn: how to prepare starting a new lab what mediums you can use to start a new lab, in…
Find Yourself, Find Your Allies: a Trans Scientist’s Journey into Activism
June 23, 2022 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
The LGBTQ+ Committee of the ASCB invites you to join us in our ongoing celebration of Pride Month with a video of a webinar given by Claire Thomas, Associate Professor of Biology and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State Univ. Claire is a…
How Institutions Can Make a Difference: Rethinking Job Applications, Promotions/tenure, and Careers
June 22, 2022 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
This panel discussion focused on the current situations and challenges related to job applications, promotions, careers, and retention in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, focusing particularly on the policies and best practices from institutions…
What Do You Need? Challenges and Solutions for Individual Scientists
May 16, 2022 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
You don’t have to wait until the annual meeting in December to hang out and talk with ASCB’s Women in Cell Biology (WICB) committee! We decided this year that it would be important to get together virtually to chat about challenges we’ve faced over the…
How to Approach New Collaborations
June 22, 2022 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
In this video, we will hear about the right practices to navigate the collaboration landscape. You will learn: How to start a collaboration How do end a collaboration Best practices for successful collaborations Moderator: Pratik Kumar is an HHMI postd…
Applying to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP): A Student-Perspective
May 17, 2022 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) supports outstanding students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in NSF-supported STEM fields in the U.S. The program aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of scien…
Quantitative Cell Biology
May 18, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
During this video, you will learn about cutting-edge research and new methods in the field of quantitative cell biology. Specific topics to covered include: “Cell painting predicts impact of lung cancer variants”; “Load adaptation by endocytic actin ne…
Online with LSE: A Framework of College Student Buy-in to Evidence-Based Teaching Practices in STEM: The Roles of Trust and Growth Mindset
May 20, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
In this webinar, you will learn about a validated framework of social-cognitive factors that helps explain student buy-in to evidence-based teaching practices in the undergraduate STEM classroom. In this webinar, LSE author Cong Wang will discuss findi…
Transitioning from Academia to Industry
April 27, 2022 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
After a PhD, scientists choose the path of industry or academia, often at the perceived exclusion of one to the other. In this video, we learn about the experience of one academic professor and founding member of a new research and development company,…