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August 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to the August 2024 issue of the ASCB Newsletter! In this edition, you’ll find advice on time management when writing a grant, learn about the ASCB Honorific Award Winners and new Fellows, discover more about Cell Bio 2024, hear about #CellSpeak, and more.
Matriculation to Management
While instructors do the teaching and students do the learning, no sizable organization can survive on these two activities alone. All universities require administrators to manage programs and meet institutional goals. These individuals are often recruited from the ranks of faculty. While many professors are content to spend their entire professional careers in the classroom…
#CellSpeak 2024: Cell Biology Public Engagement Week
By Quyen Aoh, Steven Del Signore, Laurie Littlepage, and Barbara Sorkin It is imperative for scientists to engage with all spheres of society to ensure that society trusts, understands, and benefits from scientific discoveries. To this end, ASCB is promoting a Public Engagement Week to encourage, support, and publicize the public outreach efforts of its…
Emerging, Uncommon, and Non-model Organisms Questionnaire #3
Blog series organized by Eric Peterman, Michael Onken, Kristen Verhey, and Daniel M. Suter Syd Sattler, PhD Candidate, University of Washington Genome Sciences Department Briefly describe the model you use.Our lab studies early embryogenesis in the African turquoise killifish (N. furzeri). The African turquoise killifish has adapted to an aquatic habitat which dries completely during…
ASCB Announces John Aitchison as New Editor-In-Chief for its Flagship Journal MBoC
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to announce the appointment of John D. Aitchison, PhD, as the next Editor-In-Chief of its flagship journal—Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)—beginning January 1, 2025. MBoC has served the cell biology community for more than 30 years, providing researchers with constructive feedback and a platform to…
Seventeen distinguished scientists recognized as 2024 ASCB Fellows
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to present its cohort of 17 new Fellows for 2024. Election as a Fellow of ASCB is an honor bestowed upon ASCB members by their peers. The list of Fellow nominees is reviewed and approved by the ASCB Council. The new cohort of ASCB Fellows will…
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is a premier journal for research in all areas of cell biology, from biophysics to genetics to neuroscience. Its 14 online issues per year include Special Issues in the important areas of Quantitative Cell Biology, and Forces on and within Cells. Readers and authors alike benefit from the journal’s review process, which offers authors constructive feedback by working scientists.
CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE)
CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE) is a peer-reviewed journal of life science education research and evidence-based practice published by the ASCB in editorial partnership with the Genetics Society of America and partially funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Online and completely free, LSE emphasizes teaching innovations and evidence of their effectiveness and is designed for educators at all levels and across all life science disciplines.
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