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Cast your ballot in this year's ASBMB election! Your participation will help shape the future direction of the ASBMB.
#ASBMBelection
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We are sickened.
We are grieving.
We are exhausted.
We are angry.
We are united.
Together, as scientists and leaders in our communities, we cannot sit silently. Read ASBMB's statement and call to step up, speak out and intervene: .
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AT LAST! Congratulations to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing!
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How to write a killer cover letter for a postdoctoral application: (Pssst --
@wjsullivan
, this article never goes out of style! Always on our most-read list. Every. Single. Day. Thanks for helping so many!)
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The
@ASBMB
will be observing
#BlackHistoryMonth
in several ways. First up, crowdsourcing updates to our timeline of black scientists. Please share your suggestions and/or download a copy of the existing timeline for your classroom or lab here:
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The 2020 Wolf Prize in Medicine will be awarded to Jennifer Doudna & Emmanuelle Charpentier, whose work led to the discovery of the gene-editing tool clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats–CRISPR-associated protein 9, or
#CRISPR
-Cas9.
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We're sad to report that Dr. Herbert Tabor of
@NIH
, who led
@JBiolChem
as editor-in-chief for decades, has died at age 101. He was beloved and will be missed. In memoriam:
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The U.S. House passed a package of funding bills for fiscal year 2020 on June 25 that provides $41.1 billion for the National Institutes of Health, an increase of $2 billion from fiscal 2019 and $6.9 billion above President Donald Trump’s budget proposal.
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In honor of
#BlackHistoryMonth
, let's continue to amplify the voices of Black scientists, starting w/
@KizzyPhD
,
@siggs28
,
@DrHJHenderson
,
@dr_bsquared
,
@KayuntaJ
,
@dr_ohsopretty
,
@J_I_Benjamin
&
@ShellainaGordon
!
@mefeyini
highlights their work & careers: .
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The ASBMB has received a cooperative agreement with
@NIGMS
to develop and execute the MOSAIC program, which will support postdoctoral fellows and new investigators from diverse backgrounds embarking on careers at research-intensive institutions.
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Thread: ASBMB's Women in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Committee is proud to host a free screening of
@PictureaSciFilm
followed by a live Q&A. Register to watch the documentary & join this important conversation about how to make science more inclusive.
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Congratulations to
@JudithSimcox
on winning the Shaw Award! Join us in 214A now for her talk!
#MassSpec
#Lipids
#DiscoverBMB
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Colors should be used so that they can be perceived by all scientists, colorblind or not: .
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Natalia Jura (
@JuraLab_UCSF
), the inaugural recipient of the ASBMB Early-Career Leadership Award, is an associate professor at
@UCSF
who aims to understand how cells communicate with each other and the environment.
#WomenInSTEM
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Congratulations to Natalia Jura (
@JuraLab_UCSF
|
@UCSF
) on winning the 2020 ASBMB Early-Career Leadership Award! The award honors individuals with a strong commitment to advancing the careers of women in biochemistry and molecular biology.
#ASBMB2020
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.
@SusannaLHarris
, a grad student in microbiology and founder of The PhDepression (
@PhD_Balance
), weighs the perils and rewards of being open about one’s “emotional stability.”
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Congratulations to the 2022 class of ASBMB Fellows! These 28 honorees have demonstrated exceptional commitment to the society and have made outstanding contributions to advance the molecular life sciences.
#ASBMBFellows2022
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Many thanks to
@SusannaLHarris
for contributing this important essay to the August issue of
@ASBMB
Today.
#mentalhealth
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Congratulations to William Clemons (
@clemonslab
) on being named a 2022 ASBMB fellow! He studies post-translational processing of membrane proteins, is a member of
@jbiolchem
's editorial board & has served on our annual meeting committee.
#ASBMBFellows2022
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We're very pleased to announce that
@alex_toker
will be the next editor-in-chief of
@JBiolChem
!
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To commemorate Black History Month, the ASBMB created a timeline highlighting some important achievements in the life
#sciences
made by black scientists. Download it here: .
#BlackInSTEM
#BlackHistoryMonth
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We are pleased to announce that
@jbiolchem
,
@molcellprot
and
@jlipidres
will become fully open access beginning in January. Learn more: .
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Congratulations to
@DrLJBrady
, John Jimah,
@_Picazo
, Elizabeth Wasmuth & Velencia Witherspoon, the five postdoctoral scholars in ASBMB's inaugural cohort for the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers, or MOSAIC, program!
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Please join us in congratulating ASBMB members
@CharlesBNader
,
@WendyGScientist
,
@nickingolia
and
@hargrovelab
on receiving awards from the RNA Society (
@RNAJournal
) this year!
#ASBMBMemberNews
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Congratulations to ASBMB member
@Kelly_N_Chacon
at
@Reed_College_
and Joey Cotruvo (
@CotruvoLab
) on receiving the 2022 Stiefel Award from the Gordon Research Conference's Metals in Biology community.
#ASBMBMemberMonday
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Please join us in congratulating the winners of the ASBMB annual awards! Colleagues nominated the winners for making significant contributions to biochemistry & molecular biology & training emerging scientists. Recipients will give talks at
#DiscoverBMB
!
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From physics to structural enzymology — read about the career path of
@nozomi_ando
, winner of the ASBMB Mildred Cohn Young Investigator Award, before her talk at 1:50 p.m. CDT, Tues., March 26, at
#DiscoverBMB
.
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#DiscoverBMB
2024 is a wrap! Thank you SO much to everyone who made it such an incredible meeting. Safe travels home! We'll see you next year in Chicago!
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The ASBMB is proud to invite you to a free screening of the new documentary "Picture a Scientist" & live panel discussion w/
@PictureaSciFilm
's co-director
@SharonShattuck1
. Join us in honoring the perseverance & immeasurable contributions of
#womeninSTEM
!
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Phyllis Hanson spent two decades researching protein–protein and protein–membrane interactions involved in membrane trafficking at Washington Univ. in St. Louis before her becoming chair of biological chemistry at the Univ. of Michigan Medical School.
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(Thread): Today is
#WomenInScience
Day! To celebrate, we're sharing ASBMB Today features that highlight
#womeninSTEM
. To women working in the field, thank you so much for your contributions and for inspiring future scientists!
#InternationalWomenAndGirlsInScienceDay
GIF:
@UNESCO
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A little more than 20 years ago,
@DrBrianStrahl
with his postdoctoral advisor David Allis proposed the idea of a “histone code.” While many features of this model have been borne out, Strahl thinks we still have much to learn.
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Over her pioneering career in RNA biology, Joan Steitz has been known as a generous mentor to young scientists and an ardent voice for inclusion in the scientific community.
@LaskerFDN
@YaleMed
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A model from
@KennyGibbsPhD
at
@NIGMS
showed that it’s possible to diversify the workforce within a single tenure cycle. The solution has to do with hiring decisions.
#BLACKandSTEM
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Congratulations to Catherine Drennan (
@Drennan_Lab
) at
@MITBiology
, who won the William C. Rose Award! Her lab studies the structural biology of metalloenzymes, & her pedagogical work includes research into best practices for active lectures.
#DiscoverBMB
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.
@nozomi_ando
(
@andolab
) won the ASBMB’s 2024 Mildred Cohn Young Investigator Award! Her academic voyage was not a straight path, but rather a winding exploration driven by curiosity.
#DiscoverBMB
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Congratulations to Bruce Stillman of
@CSHL
on winning the ASBMB's Stadtman Award. Join us in Hemisfair Ballroom C2-3 for his award lecture, happening now!
#DiscoverBMB
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Member News | Congratulations to Catherine Drennan (
@Drennan_Lab
), one of 12 faculty at
@MIT
, who received the university’s 2020-2021 Committed to Caring mentorship award in June!
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.
@ASBMB
members
@BookerMan_PSU
,
@girirajan16
and
@LlinasLab
— all at
@penn_state
— received recent honors. Congrats, y’all!
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Today, we’re starting a countdown to the Jan. 1 launch of our journals as GOLD
#openaccess
. Each day, we’ll add to this thread about what this transition means for
@jbiolchem
,
@jlipidres
and
@molcellprot
readers and the broader community.
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The NIH plans to fund national cryo-electron microscopy facilities to give biologists better access to the method.
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“As a Black man, I didn’t think I could comfortably live anywhere in the nation. And with academic jobs, you have to be geographically flexible.” -- Brandon Anjuwon–Foster of
@PPDCRO
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The ASBMB will be expanding its hurricane-relief grant program to biomedical scientists & students in Puerto Rico. Stay tuned for details.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 ASBMB Annual Awards! Colleagues & other leaders in the field nominated the winners for making significant contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology & to the training of emerging scientists.
#DiscoverBMB
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Before
@RockefellerUniv
professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (
@HHMINEWS
) investigator Elaine Fuchs began her groundbreaking work studying skin-derived stem cells, she dreamed of teaching in the Peace Corps — and she still loves an adventure.
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Congratulations to ASBMB members Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna (
@doudna_lab
), who have won the 2020
@NobelPrize
in chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing, CRISPR–Cas9! .
#WomenInSTEM
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#ASBMBelections
| The results are in! Please join us in congratulating ASBMB's newly elected leaders. To our members, thank you for participating in this year's election and helping to shape the future of the society. Learn more about the winners: .
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Hiromi Sesaki and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine write about their work in mitochondrial division and fusion, with a focus on the role of three GTPases; mutations in these enzymes lead to disorders that affect the nervous system.
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Join us in extending congratulations to the 2023 class of
#ASBMBfellows
! We are grateful for their outstanding commitment to the ASBMB & celebrate their accomplishments in research, education, diversity & inclusion, & service to the scientific community.
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.
@ASBMB
Today contributor
@Himanshi16b
wrote about what it's like to work in America as an international postdoc. "Almost all (international postdocs) are stressed out by their uncertain future."
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Careers columnist
@mefeyini
talked to Efraín E. Rivera–Serrano,
@NakedCapsid
, to learn how he made the switch from having one academic job to having several science communication jobs: .
#ASBMBCareers
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"The road to becoming a professor, particularly for people of color and those considered “Other” (LGBTQIA+, low socioeconomic status, first-generation immigrant), is rarely smooth." —
@Kelly_N_Chacon
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Thread: After thoughtful deliberations, the leaders of
@expbio
's host societies (
@ASBMB
,
@ASIPath
,
@AnatomyOrg
,
@APSPhysiology
&
@ASPET
) have made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel
#ExpBio
2020 set to take place April 4–7 in San Diego, California.
#ASBMB2020
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Congratulations to these emerging researchers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain and Urugua! They will receive travel grants to advance their work in laboratories in the United States and Canada.
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Save the date! Evolution & core processes in gene expression, organized by
@JuliaZeitlinger
,
@ArnostiDavid
,
@JustinFay
&
@NicolasRohner
, will be July 21–24, 2022 in Kansas City, Mo. Its focus is on the most recent insights into the cis-regulatory code.
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ASBMB staff & members of our Public Affairs Advisory Committee will be on Capitol Hill today advocating for fundamental science research. To support, write your policymakers here: . Then, retweet this sticker, & invite friends & colleagues to participate!
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ASBMB election results are in. Congratulations to Charles Craik,
@susannagreer
&
@ChemmafiaSumter
(Council);
@BookerMan_PSU
& Susan Buchanan (Nominating Committee); and
@Dunham_Lab
(Publications Committee)!
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Kelly Chacón, a third-year assistant professor at
@Reed_College_
, talks about her nontraditional career path, confronts the stigma surrounding mental health in academia and shares the experiences that fuel her scientific pursuits: .
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Chalk talks are closed to the public, so faculty job candidates generally don't see one before they have to do their own. Here's what
@ASBMB
careers columnist
@E_Stivison
learned from three new principal investigators about in-person and Zoom chalk talks.
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Clinical trials around the world are testing remdesivir, a nucleotide analog, for possible effects against the novel
#coronavirus
.
@LaurelOld
asked some experts what makes the molecule interesting.
#COVID2019
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Johns Hopkins University has announced plans to name a research building on its East Baltimore campus in honor of Henrietta Lacks, whose “immortal cells” have been crucial to biomedical progress over six decades.
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Join us at 2 p.m. on Monday for our "Black in X Movement: Celebrating Black Voices in STEM" Twitter chat with
@AdedipeIfe
of
@BlackInNeuro
,
@drpepperis100
of
@BlackinCMDBio
,
@blackinthelab
of
@BlackInChem
&
@StevensSostre
of
@BlackInBiophys
!
#ASBMBBlackinXChat
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Congratulations to ASBMB award winners Greg Wang, Janet Smith,
@NHEBiochem
, Susan Taylor, Elaine Fuchs,
@alex_toker
,
@TheTracyLab
, Kathleen Collins,
@airola_lab
, Marlene Belfort,
@BobFarese
, Tatyana Sharpee, Lea Vacca Michel,
@TobiWalther
& John Boothroyd!
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In "Mental illness should not disqualify me,"
@SusannaLHarris
, a grad student in microbiology and founder of
@PhD_Balance
, weighs the perils and rewards of being open about one’s “emotional stability.”
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In the first entry of her three-part essay series, Suzanne Barbour spoke with five Black men studying or working in the life sciences. Of the five, all cited mentors as a major factor in their decision to pursue a degree in STEM.
#BLACKandSTEM
(1/2)
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.
@jbiolchem
Virtual Issue:
#Coronaviruses
| We hope this collection of articles, assembled by Craig Cameron (
@CameronLabUNC
), enables and inspires researchers working on SARS-CoV-2 and other deadly viruses, for the good of all.
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Congratulations and welcome to
@jlipidres
's new junior associate editors,
@airola_lab
,
@DrLJEngelking
, Scott Gordon,
@RebeccaHaeusler
,
@RenateSchreibe1
&
@JudithSimcox
!
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Brandon Anjuwon–Foster is an associate research scientist & technical project manager in the vaccine sciences division at
@PPDCRO
. He talked w/
@CourtneyCPhD
about his experience in academia and government and what motivated him to transition into industry.
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Martin Schmeing and other former trainees celebrate the life of Thomas A. Steitz (1940 — 2018), a 2009 Nobel laureate and giant in the field of structural biology who left a legacy of fundamental discoveries.
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Think that a scientific education means you’re limited to working in a lab your entire life? Think again! Here are 10 real-world skills scientists bring to the workplace: .
#ASBMBCareers
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"I’m trying to teach my department and institution how to create an environment that is safe for me and other trans people."
—
@TLJordanScience
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Phospholipids provide the membranes that hold our cells together. Valerie O’Donnell at Cardiff University offers a look at how these diverse lipids and their metabolic products play a vital role in human health and disease.
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Save the date | Our "Transcriptional regulation: Chromatin & RNA polymerase" meeting will be Sept. 29–Oct. 2, 2022 in Snowbird, Utah. Sessions will cover recent advances and new technologies in RNA polymerase II regulation. Check out the speakers lineup!
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We are concerned with
@realDonaldTrump
continued politicization of science.
Science doesn’t care about political agendas or election cycles.
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Craig Cameron (
@CameronLabUNC
), virologist and chair of the department of microbiology and immunology at
@UNC_SOM
, has assumed the presidency of the
@AmerSocVirol
. Congratulations!
#MemberMonday
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Congratulations to ASBMB member
@CarolynBertozzi
and colleagues Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless on receiving today's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in click/bio-orthogonal chemistry!
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"Recently, journals such as
@jbiolchem
have recommended staining membranes with Ponceau S so as to see all proteins rather than just one major protein that could be affected by experimental treatments."
—Peter Lyons
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.
@acorbe2
is the inaugural recipient of the ASBMB Mid-Career Leadership Award. Her research group focuses on understanding the molecular basis for diseases, particularly how missense mutations in proteins lead to distinct disease phenotypes: .
#WomenInSTEM
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Congratulations to ASBMB member
@BerondaM
on being named interim assistant vice president of the
@michiganstateu
office of research and innovation!
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Here are some pointers on how to best prepare manuscript figures for submission: .
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Congratulations to Miami University (
@miamiuniversity
) biochemistry majors Krystina Hird and Matt Morris on being named 2018–2019 Beckman scholars. They each will receive $19,300 to support their undergraduate research.
@BeckmanFnd
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Congratulations to
@RotonyaC
(
@carr_lab
) at
@PennMedicine
, a former
@jlipidres
junior associate editor, on being an inaugural recipient of the International Ceramide Committee's Lina Obeid Award for young investigators!
#ASBMBMemberMonday
@SL_Biology
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Today sixteen ASBMB researchers from 15 states to meet with U.S. senators and representatives on Capitol Hill to advocate for basic science research funding for
@NIH
,
@NSF
, &
@doescience
.
@locke_marissa
has the story: .
#ASBMBHillDay23
#ASBMBadvocates
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.
@beatamierzwa
, a postdoctoral researcher at
@Ludwig_Cancer
at
@UCSanDiego
, works in the lab doing experiments or data analysis. Then, in the evenings & on weekends, she works on art and outreach. Learn more in
@mefeyini
's latest
#ASBMBCareers
article: .
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Encourage members of Congress to support legislation to broaden participation by underrepresented minorities, women and veterans in STEM. Here's Matt Gentry, chair of ASBMB's public affairs advisory committee, with details on how you can participate: .
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Researchers at UCLA show that phospholipid derivatives from a Western diet promote increased levels of gut-derived bacterial toxins, systemic inflammation and atherosclerosis plaque formation.
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Today,
@jbiolchem
announced the third annual JBC Methods Madness tournament! Fill out your bracket by March 6: .
#JBCMethodsMadness
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Congratulations to
@BookerMan_PSU
at
@PSUScience
, on winning the 2023 Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award! Booker is a past chair of the ASBMB’s Minority Affairs Committee and established the ASBMB IMAGE grant-writing workshop.
#DiscoverBMB
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