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One-on-One CV Review

Need some help with a cover letter, CV, resume, statement on teaching philosophy, or other document for the next step in your career? Members of the ASCB Education Committee are willing to help. Just fill out a short form, and we’ll put you in touch with the right reviewer. Then the two of you can decide which digital collaboration tool to use (email, Google docs, Skype, Wikispaces, etc.)

Apply here for review.

2012 ASCB Award Winners

2012 ASCB Award Winners

Bruce Alberts: L. C. Cameron, Federal University of State of Rio de Janeiro
Early Career Life Scientist Awardees: Iain Cheeseman, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Gia Voeltz, University of Colorado, Boulder
E.B. Wilson: Susan L. Lindquist, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
E.E. Just: Georgia M. Dunston, National Human Genome Center and Howard University College of Medicine
Keith R. Porter: Ari Helenius, ETH Zurich
WICB Junior Awardee: Sophie G. Martin, University of Lausanne
WICB Senior Awardee: Marianne Bronner-Fraser, California Institute of Technology

Election Results

2014 ASCB President

Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH

2013-2015 Council Members

Martin Chalfie, Columbia University
Daniel P. Kiehart, Duke University
Ruth Lehmann, New York University School of Medicine/HHMI
Laura M. Machesky, Glasgow University

Call for Papers

CBE—Life Sciences Education (CBE-LSE) is pleased to announce a call for manuscripts for a special issue on the integration of physics and biology education. Please see the Call for Papers for additional information on the topics and approaches that fit this issue. Deadline for submissions: September 1, 2012.

ASCB Executive Director Search

The American Society for Cell Biology is currently engaged in the search for its next Executive Director. The Search Committee is leading an inclusive process committed to identifying the best candidates for this position on behalf of the Society. The search firm of Spencer Stuart has been retained and, in collaboration with the committee, has developed an official position description for the role of Executive Director of the ASCB, available here. If you feel you are a qualified candidate for this position, we encourage you to submit your resume to EDsearch@ascb.org.

The Cell: An Image Library™

The Cell: An Image Library

CIL: 40968

Description: Fluorescent micrograph of epithelial cells from the bladder wall. (Read more)

Visit The Cell: An Image Library and learn how to submit your images.

2012 Annual Meeting Website Open

Abstract Submission and
Registration Now Open

Keynote Speakers

Steven Chu U.S. Secretary of Energy	Arthur D. Levinson Chair, Genentech, Inc. and Apple Inc.

View our 2012 ASCB Annual Meeting Site

New Jobs Posted

Postdoc, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester NY, USA
Stem Cell Scientist, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Research Specialist/Science Writer, HHMI, Lindquist Lab, WIBR, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Structure-Function Scientist, Novus International, St. Charles, MO, USA

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ASCB members posting jobs receive a 50% discount.

New CellTweets!

CellTweets #6 - Pulling the Plug on Glioblastoma Signaling

With the death from brain cancer of Senator Ted Kennedy in 2009, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), made a brief but frightening appearance in the news. GBM is a bitter diagnosis with a poor prognosis. More than half the patients will die within one year and the five-year survival rate is approximately five percent. (Read more)

Educational Resource

Members of the Education Committee have recently updated the BioEducate website, which contains resources for teachers and students at the K-12, undergraduate, and graduate levels. View BioEducate.