In 2022, our small but passionate team took its first bold step into the world of science outreach, thanks to the support of IndiaBioscience Outreach Grants (IOG). We were excited to be one of five teams across India to win this award and were overjoyed to take science outside the walls of the lab. With…| ASCB
About the SeriesThis blog series highlights ASCB members who have published in Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), showcasing their research and the impact of their work. My Midbody Odessey A Mid What? In the spring of 1968, I looked forward to college graduation, and to graduate school. I had been offered a fellowship at…| ASCB
The White House has proposed the creation of a new federal employee category—Schedule F, or Policy/Career—that would reclassify thousands of existing career civil service positions as policymaking roles. This change would make these positions subject to presidential appointment and removal, rather than being protected nonpartisan roles. Implications for federal science agencies are serious. Under this…| ASCB
Along with supporting important scientific discoveries, federally funded scientific research has significant impact on state and local economies. It is estimated that, on average, every $1 of National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research results in $2.56 of local economic activity. Not only does an NIH grant pay the salaries of lab personnel, who in turn…| ASCB
Amicus Brief Filed in Support of Suit Calling for Immediate Funding Restoration WASHINGTON, DC – Four leading life science organizations, including the ASCB, filed an amicus brief today asking the court to hold recent executive orders resulting in termination of grants supporting young scientists as unlawful and to order the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…| ASCB
Elizabeth Chen of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has been elected by ASCB members to serve as President of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) in 2027. She will first serve as President-Elect on the ASCB Executive Committee beginning in 2026. Also elected was Andrew Ewald of the Johns Hopkins University School…| ASCB
