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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: asbmb.org/asbmb-today/op….
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#ASBMB26
- 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!
- How to write a killer cover letter for a postdoctoral application: asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/asb… (Pssst -- @wjsullivan, this article never goes out of style! Always on our most-read list. Every. Single. Day. Thanks for helping so many!)
- 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: asbmb.org/minorityaffair…
- 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.
- 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: asbmb.org/asbmb-today/pe…
- 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. policy.asbmb.org/2019/06/28/hou…
- 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: asbmb.org/asbmb-today/op….
- 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.
- 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. asbmb.org/meetings-event…
- Congratulations to Benjamin Garcia at @washumedicine on winning the Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award! @garcialabMS uses quantitative mass spec–based proteomics to characterize modified #proteins & proteomes: asbmb.org/asbmb-today/pe…. #ASBMB2025 #ASBMBAwardWinners
- Congratulations to @JudithSimcox on winning the Shaw Award! Join us in 214A now for her talk! #MassSpec #Lipids #DiscoverBMB asbmb.org/asbmb-today/pe…
- Colors should be used so that they can be perceived by all scientists, colorblind or not: ht.ly/BtY030i4IKj.









