Lighting the way to undergraduate research
A team of Albion College students presented their research on light-activated pharmaceuticals at the ASBMB annual meeting.
Laura McCormick
Science communicator | Biochemist & cell biologist | Microscopy enthusiast
Translating the glycosylation code
JBC Herbert Tabor Early Career Investigator Award winner Anabel Gonzalez–Gil will present her research at Discover BMB
Budin dives into the details
The UC San Diego assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry has won the ASBMB’s Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award.
Neurodegenerative disease linked to microtubules
A team at McGill University reports a new role for sacsin, the protein mutated in a rare hereditary ataxia.
Dedicated to sharing science
Introduced to scientific research through her Tufts University ASBMB Student Chapter, Lema Abuoqab works to make sure other students can have the same experience.
Exploring careers in microscopy
During a mini-internship, Laura McCormick shadowed employees at an imaging core facility and a microscope manufacturer.
From the Journals: Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
Understanding the stages of mitophagy. Defining subcellular localization. Read about papers on these topics recently published in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.
Cerebellin-1 leads the way
The cerebellin family of proteins influences synapse formation and function. In this issue of PLOS Biology, Han and colleagues identify a new role for Cerebellin-1 in axon growth and guidance.
A trio of imaging techniques brings new insight into how neurons work
Dating back to the drawings of Ramon y Cajal, neuroscientists have always been fascinated with the striking shapes of neurons. Today, scientists still rely heavily on microscopy—albeit with instruments far more advanced than those in 1900—in hopes of understanding how neurons work by visualizing these fantastic cells. As new imaging techniques and approaches develop, we are able to learn more and more about neurons and the brain as a whole.
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The beautiful shape of a neuron is intrinsically linke
Science Communication, Advocacy and the Federal Budget
Recently, the federal budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2019 (beginning October 1st, 2018) was released. Shockingly, the initial plan called for brutal cuts to basic research funding agencies—slashing the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) by 27% and 29%, respectively. While Congress subsequently lifted spending caps to compensate for these losses, the budgets of both the NIH and NSF will now remain stagnant at levels for FY2017.
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