American Society for Cell Biology@ASCBiology

Inclusive, international community of life scientists. Home to @MBoCjournal @CBELifescied.

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Joined February 2010
Happy Saturday!
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Kizzmekia Corbett Named 2021 E.E. Just Award Winner and Lecturer ow.ly/GQql50GwwIm
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Congratulations to @NeedhiBhalla, the recipient of ASCB's Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity for 2022. Watch this excellent profile on her and discover why we think she is so special. 🎦 piped.video/Dz1fgCs5A3c
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This morning, ASCB and the entire cell biology community mourns the loss of Angelika Amon was a long time ASCB member, a Council member, and dedicated to the Society, who pushed us to think carefully about what we should be doing. A more thorough tribute is forthcoming
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Sept 6 is #ColorBlindness Awareness Day. Are your scientific images accessible to those with different vision abilities? ow.ly/hORT50vZwGL
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This week we highlight Dr. Needhi Bhalla, @NeedhiBhalla @ucsc an expert in chromosome structure and function in meiosis and @ASCBiology council member. She is also well known for her scholarship and advocacy for equity and inclusion in academia. #WICB50 mcd.ucsc.edu/faculty/bhalla.…
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Mary Munson has been elected to serve as President of ASCB in 2025. Munson, a Professor in the Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology at UMass Chan Medical School, will serve as President-Elect on the ASCB Executive Committee beginning in 2024. R ascb.org/society-news/mary-m…
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Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz wins ASCB's E.B. Wilson Medal newswise.com/articles/jennif…
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Prachee Avasthi Honored with 2020 WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research ow.ly/2N7g50CotVu
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Embroidery. Greetings from The Reykjavik Art Museum
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Our 2022 winner for the Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity is Needhi Bhalla @NeedhiBhalla of UC, Santa Cruz @ucsc Congratulations! ⭐ascb.org/society-news/ascb-a…
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This morning, ASCB President Eva Nogales @NogalesLab sent a letter to President-elect Biden asking that, once he is in office, he rescind current harmful policies that are putting U.S. biomedical research leadership at risk. ow.ly/4Nog50CptzI
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Pietro De Camilli Selected for 2021 E.B. Wilson Medal -- read full profile here----->ow.ly/SleB50Gu6M4

Pietro De Camilli Selected for 2021 E.B. Wilson Medal - ASCB

Pietro De Camilli is professor of Neuroscience and Cell Biology at Yale University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

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Mary Munson, Professor, University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine has been name a 2022 ASCB Fellow. Congratulations! @UMassChan @mary_munson4 ⚛️ascb.org/society-news/eighte…
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This week we highlight Dr. Jodi Nunnari @jodi_nunnari, a pioneer in the field of mitochondrial cell biology, @theNASciences member, editor-in-chief of @JCellBiol and past President of @ASCB. Her impactful science and commitment to mentorship and science advocacy are 🔥. #WICB50
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Needhi Bhalla chosen for 2022 ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity -- full profile ascb.org/member-news/needhi-…
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This week's #WICB50 highlight is Prof. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz @JLS_Lab of @HHMIJanelia. She is a leader in organelle organization, trafficking and cutting-edge fluorescence microscopy. We thank her for her contributions to ASCB as a past president janelia.org/lab/lippincott-s…
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For #WICB50 we highlight Dr. Samantha Lewis @SamLewisPhD of @UCBerkeley. Dr. Lewis is an expert in Mitochondrial DNA integrity and inheritance. You can learn more about her research at thelewislab.org/
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The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is pleased to present its cohort of 14 new Fellows for 2021. ascb.org/society-news/fourte…
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For her national leadership and outstanding public service in support of biomedical research or advocacy of sound research policies, Sarah McAnulty, @SkypeScientist will be given ASCB's Public Service Award at #cellbio2023. Congratulations! @SarahMackAttack
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Congratulations to Rebecca Heald on the Sandra Masur award from WICB!
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From the 2021 ASCB Image and Video Contest - 3rd Place. Form and fate in the embryonic chameleon lung, by Katharine Goodwin, Princeton University
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After careful consideration, the ASCB Council unanimously voted to cancel our in-person meeting scheduled to be held in Philadelphia in December and instead hold Cell Bio 2020 Virtual-an Online ASCB|EMBO Meeting. Read more here! ascb.org/meetings/annual-cel…
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ASCB election results are in and Ruth Lehmann from @SkirballNYUSoM will be our president in 2021. Congrats also to new council members @NeedhiBhalla Bill Bement @BementLab @stephgupton1 and @JordanRaff ow.ly/hmcl50u6z3F
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Meet the 19 distinguished scientists recognized as 2023 ASCB Fellows! ascb.org/society-news/ninete…
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Sandra Murray elected ASCB President for 2024. Read all the election results! ascb.org/society-news/sandra…
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Have you seen the new animated cover of @MBoCjournal designed by @janetiwasa ?
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Sandra Schmid @slschmid_CZB serves as Chief Scientific Officer of @czbiohub building on her many discoveries in the field of endocytosis. From leading as Chair of Cell Bio at Scripps and UTSW to mentoring the next generation of scientists, she is a role model for #WICB #IWD
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Out of heartbreaking tragedy, comes a memorial fund that will provide opportunities for young researchers. ascb.org/member-news/suzanne…
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona Named Winner of 2021 Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity ascb.org/publications-column…

Omar A. Quintero-Carmona Named Winner of 2021 Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity - ASCB

Omar A. Quintero-Carmona, associate professor of biology at the University of Richmond, has been named the recipient of the 2021 ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity. The prize is an annual award...

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Avengers got nothing on these guys! Check out this clip of T-Cells fighting and killing cancer from the 2014 Celldance Video "Cytotoxic T-Cells on Patrol" by Alex Ritter. Submit a proposal for your own #Celldance film--deadline is June 1! ow.ly/EBJX30jXoeR
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The FY20 federal budget signed into law last night includes $41.7b for NIH, $2.6b more than FY19, $7.5b above President’s request. Each IC will see at least a 3.3% increase. The NSF budget will be $8.28b, $203.3m above the FY19 budget, $1.2b more than the President’s request.
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Antentor Hinton, Jr., Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences, will present the Mentoring Keynote at #cellbio2023. Congratulations! @phdgprotein86 @VandyBasicScDEI
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Exciting update! Starting December 2, 2023, all ASCB member submissions to MBoC are ensured a thorough peer review. Simply ensure the corresponding author is an ASCB member to qualify.
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ICYMI at #cellbio2022 Shirin Bahmanyar named 2022 WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research ascb.org/member-news/shirin-…
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Anne Carpenter and Daniela Nicastro Receive @ASCBiology WICB Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Research ow.ly/eIHI50CoioA
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ASCB is pleased to announce the winners of its third image and video contest. ow.ly/1jhl50H02Lm Watch a video with the winners here --> ow.ly/btNx50H02Ln
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This week for #WICB50 we highlight Prof. Soni Lacefield @LacefieldLab from @IUBiology. Soni is a fantastic mentor and prolific researcher investigating how regulatory pathways control chromosome segregation in mitosis and meiosis. lacefieldlab.bio.indiana.edu…
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Shirin Bahmanyar of @Yale will receive the WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research during #cellbio2022 in Washington, DC. Congratulations! 📚ascb.org/society-news/ascb-a…
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ASCB expresses condemnation of racist violence and our solidarity with the Black community. We reaffirm our commitment to make our world more just, equitable, and safe for everyone. Read our full statement: ow.ly/jBJ350zW3ru
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This week's #WICB50 highlight is Prof. Erin Goley @goleylab of @HopkinsMedicine. Erin is well recognized for her research on bacterial cell division and growth, and her contributions as a council member, mentor, and advocate for DEI efforts at ASCB. bs.jhmi.edu/goleylab/
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This week's #WICB50 highlight is Prof. EVA Nogales @NogalesLab of @UCBerkeley, a leader in cytoskeleton dynamics, gene expression, and cryo-EM. Along with her stellar research, we also appreciate her contributions to @ASCBiology as its current president cryoem.berkeley.edu/research…
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ASCB calls Trump Administration decision to freeze important U.S. visa programs that allow future scientists to come to the United States to learn reprehensible. ow.ly/wJua50AfDsA
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Congratulations to our 2020 ASCB Fellows! ow.ly/SYzX50BA3qE
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.@cterminiPHD will help lead a discussion on being a good lab citizen at Let’s talk diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia Dec 6 11:15 am. @Betsabel11 @nj_setiawan @fredhutch #Mentoring #WomenInCellBio #StemCells #Regeneration #HemeQueen #Hematopoiesis #cellbio2022
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Researchers have been fascinated with crawling cells since the 1600s. A new #perspective from Lillian @FritzLaylin & Titus examines how the #actin cytoskeleton diverged to facilitate various modes of cell migration across the evolutionary tree. molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10.…
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Former ASCB president Peter Walter exhibiting proper meeting attendee form. #ASCBEMB2O18
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Collaboration and discussion happening everywhere at #cellbio2022
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100 inspiring black scientists in America. Worth a repost! Many ASCB members listed here. #blackinSTEM crosstalk.cell.com/blog/100-…
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Coming Soon! Twenty ASCB postdocs and grad students who submitted high-ranking abstracts (through a concealed review) to #CellBio2021 have been invited to give a series of talks from February-November, every third Thursday at noon EDT. More info TBA.
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ASCB member Eric Lander to lead Biden Office of Science and Technology Policy!
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ASCB is highlighting Raghu Padinjat @RPadinjat, Professor and Dean of Research @NCBS_Bangalore for this edition of How Cell Biologist Work. Click thru to meet him, and see what inspires his work in cellular neuroscience - a new blog post from @docbowie ow.ly/QGo550J5GHC
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Congrats to Erin Goley @goleylab who will present at the Ben Barres LGBTQ+ Diversity Session today at 3:15 pm in Room 151B at #cellbio2022 in Washington, DC. Come check it out!
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Congratulations to longtime ASCB member @AngelikaAmon on winning the 2019 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science! ow.ly/Xr3W30nzx5C
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Erika L.F. Holzbaur Chosen as 2020 Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Awardee newswise.com/articles/erika-…
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Ben T. Larson selected for Porter Prize for Research Excellence (Postdoctoral Fellow) Read all about him here: ascb.org/member-news/ben-t-l…
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The @Senate has just confirmed the nomination of Monica Bertagnolli to be the next Director of the @NIH by a vote of 62 - 36.
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Meet Crystal Rogers in this How Cell Biologists Work from 2021. She is also co-chairing the symposium on Cellular and Organelle Movement during Health and Disease at #cellbio2022 @RogersLabUCD ow.ly/jG8u50IfxCH
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What's the fate of plasmid DNA after #transfection? Laura Schenkel & coll. (@ETH) show #plasmid DNA is segregated in comps., termed #exclusomes, which are distinct from nucleus & allow mammalian cells to dist. between self- & extra-chromosomal material. molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/…
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This week we highlight Dr. Beronda Montgomery @BerondaM, an expert on photomorphogenesis and AAAS Fellow. She is a leader and author of scholarship on strategies for mentoring the next generation of scientists, particularly those underrepresented in STEM. #WICB50
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Join us in congratulating 18 remarkable individuals for their various achievements in the realm of life sciences! 🎬Watch: piped.video/GcbNPG_7XJQ 📚Read: ascb.org/society-news/ascb-a…
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Welcome to Iain Cheeseman, Professor, Whitehead Institute -- named a 2023 ASCB Fellow! Congratulations! ascb.org/society-news/ninete… @iaincheeseman @WhiteheadInst
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Today we highlight Dr. Joann Trejo @joann_trejo of @UCSDMedSchool for #WICB50. Her accolades as a scientist, educator and mentor include the E.E. Just Award, the ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity and being named a Fellow of ASCB. Learn more: tinyurl.com/3tbpsc84
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The E.E. Just Award Lecture at #cellbio2023 will be presented by Kandice Tanner, Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute. Congratulations! @Tanner_Lab @theNCI
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Rebecca Heald to Deliver 2021 Keith R. Porter Lecture ascb.org/publications-column…
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The LGBTQ+ Keynote 🏳️‍🌈at #cellbio2022 will be given by Erin Goley, @goleylab Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine @BCMB_JHMI Congratulations! 🏆ascb.org/society-news/ascb-a…
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To promote transparency in scientific research, the basic research journal of the American Society for Cell Biology, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), will begin publishing peer review reports along with articles beginning in early 2019. ow.ly/RTN730lAGXQ
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Congrats to our Image and Video Contest winners! Check out this video of all the top prize winners! 🔗ow.ly/9xHU50CyUer And also check out this gallery of ALL entries. So hard to choose! 🔗ow.ly/VQds50CyUep Read more here: 🔗 ow.ly/EXSe50CyUeq
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Congratulations to Fred Chang, Professor, @UCSF on becoming a 2022 ASCB Fellow! 👍ascb.org/society-news/eighte…
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We highlight Dr. Swathi Arur @sarur2 of @MDAndersonNews for #WICB50. She investigates female meiosis I in vertebrates and tumor progression upon metabolic signaling. She is a @aaas fellow and is also recognized for her mentorship and teaching. ow.ly/lhgM50GtdIS
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We highlight Sadie Wignall @swignall @monospolarpindl of @NorthwesternU for #WICB50. She is an expert in acentrosomal spindle assembly. We thank her for her work with @ASCBiology as a past membership committee member. Learn more about her research here sites.northwestern.edu/wigna…
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Introducing Cell Bio 2020 –a new name for the ASCB|EMBO meeting. We believe it captures the essence of our meeting as well as the exciting changes to the program, including scientific tracks. Book mark ascb.org/cellbio2020/ and plan to attend in Philadelphia this December.
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ASCB writes to Congress asking it to properly fund @NIGMS, the @NIH institute solely dedicated to supporting basic research and explains the important role of basic biomedical research in treatments and cures. ow.ly/yKcl50Nxs5C
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We highlight Dr. Veronica Segarra @SegarraVeronica of @HighPointU for #WICB50. She is well known for her innovations in pedagogy for cell biology, research on autophagy, and mentoring. We thank her for her extensive contributions to @ASCB including her role as a past MAC co-chair
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Mark your calendars and start planning your trip to join us this year --- IN PERSON! Dec 3-7 in Washington, DC #cellbio2022 ascb.org/cellbio2022/
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Let’s talk diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia on Dec 6 111:15 am MAC member @drstarbird helps lead a discussion on being a good lab citizen. Visit her poster B488 Dec 5 1:45 pm . Also, she's hiring! shorturl.at/dhDI7 #signaling #receptors #cellbio2022
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Cell Bio 2022 kicks off Saturday in Washington, DC. This is the world's largest gathering of cell biologists. We know you have serious #FOMO if you are not here. ascb.org/society-news/cell-b…
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For her research innovation that significantly impacts progress in advancing the field of cell biology Sara Wickström of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine will receive ASCB’s Innovation in Research Award. Congratulations! @WickstromLab @MPI_Biochem
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In 2021 we celebrate 50 years of Women in Cell Biology! The current WICB committee will be highlighting a woman from our diverse, international community each week. If you have a suggestion for a woman to highlight, please DM @LuskingL OR @DasLab_Pombe. #WICB50 #womeninscience
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Dorothy Lerit to receive the 2022 Günter Blobel Early Career Award. Read more about her: ascb.org/member-news/dorothy…
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Happy 90th birthday to David D. Sabatini-pioneering molecular cell biologist, '78 ASCB president, EB Wilson & Keith Porter awards winner, Frederick L. Ehrman Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology at New York University School of Medicine, and promoter of science in Latin America!
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We have an ethos around here that “teaching is research is teaching,” so blurring these lines can help better prepare students to think like real scientists. ASCB Fellow Derek Applewhite @ApplewhiteDerek ascb.org/careers/cell-biolog… #blackexcellence #blackhistoryisnow #blackinSTEM
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Welcome new 2023 ASCB Fellow Samara Reck-Peterson, Professor at the University of California, San Diego. Congratulations! ascb.org/society-news/ninete… @SamReckPeterson @UCSanDiego
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Welcome to the last full day of #cellbio2022. Make the best of it. And don’t forget that we’re here tomorrow with fill programming until noon.
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A big thank you to ASCB's incoming, current, and outgoing Committee Chairs and Council Members for all that you do for the Society and the cell biology community! We appreciate you all.
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ASCB awarded $1.3M NIH grant to enhance academic #biomedical #workforce #diversity ow.ly/qFoT50APqCt
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ASCB announces 2021 honorific awards and recognition: EB Wilson, Porter Lecture. EE Just Lecture, Bruce Alberts Award, Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity and many more! ascb.org/society-news/ascb-a…
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Congrats to our newly elected leaders! From left, clockwise: Erika L.F. Holzbaur, 2023 ASCB President; Council Rong Li (at large), Beata Mierzwa (trainee), Lesley Nicole Weaver (at large), and Verónica Segarra (education). ASCB looks forward to working with you all!
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ASCB Fellow Sandra Murray will be ASCB’s first Black President. Her term begins in 2024. Listen to an interview about her research on NPR’s Shortwave. npr.org/2022/12/07/114131991… #blackexcellence #blackhistoryisnow #blackinSTEM
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Come to Building and Leveraging Mentoring Networks to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cell Bio Dec 6 1:45 pm at #cellbio2022 @drstarbird will lead discussion on using mentorship to build inclusive cultures. Her lab is also hiring shorturl.at/dhDI7
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Rong Li Elected 2026 ASCB President Rong Li has been elected by ASCB members to serve as President of the Society in 2026. Li is Director of the Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore. View info on all the new Council members here: ascb.org/society-news/rong-l…

Rong Li Elected 2026 ASCB President - ASCB

Rong Li has been elected by ASCB members to serve as President of the Society in 2026. Li is Director of the Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore, and she will serve as...

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Read ASCB's feature story on JoAnn Trejo, selected for 2020 ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity ow.ly/omqv50BsWQ0
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VOLUNTEERS! Write short blogs about life science topics for ASCB! We are always looking for undergrads, grads or postdocs who might want to try science writing and add a few clips to their #scicomm portfolio. Send an email of interest to ascbinfo@ascb.org and we will reply!
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Dr. Anita Quintana @AnitaQuintana20 of @UTEP in our latest #WICB50 highlight. Seen here with her favorite model system, zebrafish, Dr. Quintana applies live cell imaging to define how & why birth defects arise. See her winning ASCB elevator talk here! tinyurl.com/y478x78x
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In @lab_waterman I decipher mechanisms behind establishing front-rear polarity during bleb based migration under confinement in melanoma See the dancing blebs! I love crushing cells, imaging them under fancy microscopes and analyzing gradients! #twittertakeover @Ankita_13Jha
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Congratulations to Tom Misteli of the National Cancer Institute on winning ASCB’s 2023 E.B. Wilson Medal--presented at #cellbio2023 to distinguished researchers for their far-reaching contributions to cell biology over a lifetime in science. @NCITomMisteli @theNCI
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Seventeen distinguished scientists have been named 2024 ASCB Fellows! This honor is given by peers to ASCB members. The new cohort will be recognized at Cell Bio 2024 in San Diego. For more details, visit: ascb.org/society-news/sevent…
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Do you have an @NIH grant app waiting to be reviewed in Oct? A long govt shutdown could cancel study sections and require you to resubmit in Jan. with review in June. Call your Representative and tell them what a shutdown would mean to your lab. ow.ly/IaxT50PP9pw
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Sonya Neal of the University of California San Diego will receive the WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research during #cellbio2023 in Boston. Congratulations! @Neal_Lab @UCSanDiego
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Welcome to Soni Lacefield, Professor, Dartmouth -- named a 2023 ASCB Fellow! Congratulations! ascb.org/society-news/ninete… @LacefieldLab @dartmouth
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