ASCB
JANUARY
2009
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME
Staying
Motivated and
Energized
32,
NUMBER
1
Scientific Citizenship Urged at ASCB
Annual Meeting
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Weaving through the 48th ASCB Annual Meeting was a common
thread: the importance of scientific citizenship. With eloquence and
passion, a variety of speakers emphasized the need for scientists—
and scientists in training—to proselytize for basic science.
Where to champion the message? In the halls of academe and
the halls of power. In lecture halls, university-wide colloquiums,
company boardrooms, and representatives’ offices. To students,
administrators, elected officials, neighbors, family and friends,
scientists have an obligation.
Education begins in the classroom…but it doesn’t end there.
We need to reach the public and our elected officials, urged
Keynote speaker Francis Collins, former director of the National
Human Genome Research Institute. Institutional
Responses to
Dual-Career
Families
Page 7
Science vs.
Disease in
Tanzania
Scientific Citizenship, continued on page 4
Francis Collins
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Inside
President’s Column
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WICB Column
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International Affairs
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Dear Labby
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InCytes from MBC
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Public Policy Briefing
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Half-Century Fund Donors
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Update Contact Info
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Biology Scholars Program
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Members in the News
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Member Gifts
29
ELSO-EMBO Merger
29
New ASCB Members
32
ASCB Emeritus Members
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Grants & Opportunities
38
Calendar
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Coverage of the 48th ASCB Annual Meeting will be featured in the
February 2009 ASCB Newsletter.
Cossart
Named 2009
ASCB Council
Member
The ASCB Council
has approved Pascale
Cossart of the
Pasteur Institute to
finish the remaining
one-year term of
Timothy Mitchison
on the ASCB Council, for 2009.
Mitchison is the 2009 ASCB
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PRESIDENT’S Column
New Year’s Resolutions
It is a great honor and pleasure to greet you as
the new President of your Society. I know that
you expect a great deal from me. Past presidents
have all served you with outstanding vision and
dedication. They have tirelessly promoted the
core missions of the ASCB, helped balance the
needs of different constituents with the resources
available, and found ways to grow the Society
and increase its influence. In the
year ahead I will try to live up to
their examples.
I also will have to take
on another challenge—to
try to help everyone, and
particularly young members,
maintain a sense of optimism
and enthusiasm in the face of
the huge economic setbacks
the world is experiencing.
These economic problems will
likely last several years. They
will affect us all, whether we
Brigid Hogan
are chairs trying to balance
department budgets, investigators resubmitting
National Institutes of Health (NIH) or other
grants, postdoctoral fellows applying for jobs in
an ever-tightening market, or teachers trying to
support families on a low income.
One of the greatest driving forces to keep
us motivated in the face of these difficulties is
a burning passion for science. The joy to be
gained from scientific inquiry and discovery
was in evidence throughout the 2008 Annual
Meeting in San Francisco. It was just as
forcefully conveyed by students and postdoctoral
fellows at their posters as by winners of awards
at their special lectures.
So how can we maintain our enthusiasm
for science, and stay innovative and creative
when there is so much to discourage us? I
would like to propose two scientific “New Year’s
Resolutions” that may help us stay motivated
and energized. These resolutions are, of course,
in addition to the others that we have made,
such as to exercise more, reduce our carbon
footprint, and support our local communities!
Resolution 1: Think Outside
the (Cell Biology) Box
When faced with reduced funding or a decline
in resources, it is easy to “hunker down” and
to concentrate more and more on a few ideas.
You feel too pressed to learn about something
new, or you tell your students to focus on one
particular project. Of course, focus is a good
thing—especially for students and postdocs! But
there is a great deal to be gained from thinking
outside the box and viewing issues from a
different perspective.
By taking time to learn
about other people’s research,
you may suddenly recognize
an unexpected link between
your problem and one that has
just been solved. Or you may
discover a new technique that
could be applied to your own
material. Alternatively, you may
realize that your experimental
approach could help solve a
completely different question
being studied by someone else.
So I would like to encourage
you all to take time to learn
about a topic that is very different from your
own. Go to a seminar by an outside speaker
that you would normally pass over and, what’s
more, take a student with you. Read a paper
or commentary in a journal that you would
otherwise ignore, and then discuss it with your
colleagues afterwards. Another approach would
be to follow a link in PubMed from a paper in
your field and then see where it takes you.
For members attending the ASCB Annual
Meetings, the rich selection of talks and
posters provides many opportunities for such
lateral thinking. In addition, for the past two
years the meeting has included “Working
Groups.” At these sessions a few leaders in a
field present different aspects of a problem
and then open the session to discussion from
the audience. Organizers choose topics to be
either controversial or particularly amenable
to new and collaborative approaches. These
sessions have been very successful. There is no
reason why a similar approach could not be
tried in a much smaller venue, for example in a
departmental or institutional retreat.
One of the goals of these groups is to
introduce the idea that lively discussion and
arguments can be fun. Unfortunately, young
scientists from some cultures or backgrounds
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may not feel comfortable arguing with senior
people or presenting alternative ideas in formal
seminars. Informal “working groups” can help
to overcome these reservations and introduce
the idea that discussing science and challenging
experts can be fun and very stimulating for
everyone.
Another way to think outside the box is to
ask how your research might relate to complex
biological questions such as organ development
or repair after injury, or to a human disease.
There have been some outstanding examples
over the past few years of quite unexpected
connections between cell biology, developmental
biology, and disease processes. Two that come
immediately to mind are the link between
nuclear lamins and progeria, and between cilia
and the multiple developmental defects seen in
patients suffering from disorders such as BardetBiedl and Meckel-Gruber syndromes, known
collectively as ciliopathies. (See the July and
December 2008 ASCB Newsletter stories on this
research for more information.)
The ASCB is highlighting these examples in
stories disseminated to community newspapers
and to legislators and their staff to bring
attention to the need for more NIH funding for
basic research. (If you’d like to help disseminate
such stories at your institution and to your
elected officials, visit www.ascb.org/progeria and
download and forward this example.) Sharing
such stories with your colleagues can also help
highlight how unexpected interconnections
bring together scientists working in different
fields, inspiring and invigorating their research.
Resolution 2: Communicate More
about Our Research
An excellent way to become re-energized and
regain the child-like enthusiasm we once had
is to explain to someone who works in another
field, or who is not a scientist, why we find our
work so interesting. This can be a real challenge,
but the effort also has the potential to be
very energizing. I find that people are usually
fascinated to know about what cell biologists do,
and they crave to learn more about the mysteries
of life.
There are many ways in which we can
communicate our excitement about cells, and
the ASCB is here to help. For example, at the
ASCB Annual Meeting, sessions focused on
talking about science to our neighbors and
discussed outreach to legislators. In addition, a
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workshop showed how we can make or correct
Wikipedia entries. (The February 2009 ASCB
Newsletter will feature more information about
these sessions.) Wikipedia is now widely used
by young people to learn about science, but
the information related to cell biology is often
inadequate and out of date.
Another example of how the ASCB promotes
science communication in unconventional ways
is the decision to place the winning Celldance
contest videos, premiered at the ASCB Annual
Meeting, on YouTube. There they have the
potential to reach a huge audience, including
people who might never open a newspaper or
even watch TV.
Indeed, we as scientists need to think much
more about the changing face of journalism
and take advantage of the new and alternative
routes to communicate science to the public.One
example of this was the video placed last year
onYouTube by neurobiologists at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The video was
made in response to the criticism by Alaska
Governor Sarah Palin, then a vice presidential
candidate, of federal funding for fruit fly research.
Her comments implied that money spent on
studies on flies could have “little or nothing”
to do with human health problems such as
autism. The video showed how basic research
using Drosophila was illuminating the function
of neurexins, proteins localized in neuronal
synapses. Abnormalities in neurexins have been
implicated in cognitive disorders in people,
including autism. This video was an effective
way for scientists to defend and explain their
work to a much larger audience than they could
otherwise reach without extensive resources. In
addition, 2008 E.B. Wilson Medalist Martin
Chalfie explained the importance of the research
on http://airamerica.com.
In future columns I hope to feature members
of the ASCB on how they stay enthusiastic
about science, and how they help communicate
this to others. I will also showcase examples
of how we as a Society can help scientists
and scientists in training from disadvantaged
communities, who are particularly vulnerable to
economic downturns, to stay motivated about
their work and build their careers. Working
together, and keeping our resolutions, we can
make 2009 a fantastic year for everyone in the
ASCB. n
Comments are welcome and should be sent to
president@ascb.org.
By taking time
to learn about
other people’s
research, you may
suddenly recognize
an unexpected
link between your
problem and one
that has just been
solved. Or you may
discover a new
technique that
could be applied to
your own material.
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Burns noted. Often, the courses are, in effect,
“ASCB does a great job of staying interactive
“terminal” science classes, as Jay Labov of the
with policy,” Collins told ASCB Annual
National Academy of Sciences has observed.
Meeting attendees at the conclusion of his talk.
It doesn’t have to be that way. So Oates
That’s critical because “good science requires
posed the question: Why did she and others
good science policy,” he added. Collins advised
become scientists? “It wasn’t because we liked
persistent public and policymaker outreach.
to memorize vocabulary words or definitions
“You’ve got to keep at it,” he emphasized.
or run experiments with known results,
U.S. attendees were particularly appreciative
predictable reactions, and all we had to do is
of Collins’ remarks that in the Obama
follow instructions someone else provided,” she
administration “we’ll have an administration
answered. “We had questions about things that
that’s actually interested in science.” Collins
mattered to us.”
serves on an Obama transition team. He called
In recognition that students want to
attention to the Obama-Biden
“apply what they know,” “use
platform’s call for increased
knowledge,” “know why they
investment in science. “I think
should learn more,” and “be
you’ll see that science will be
let into our intellectual world,”
Teaching science,
at the table when important
as Oates put it, she and Burns
decisions are made. So I
developed SENCER courses.
like teaching
encourage you to take action
They embraced the following
democracy, involves
when exhorted to do so,” he
lofty, intertwined goals:
concluded.
n Create scientific citizens
teaching important
n Teach science that’s relevant
concepts...
to contemporary problems
Promoting Relevance
like scientific
n Promote social justice
“Democratic process is akin
n Foster civil engagement
in many respects to scientific
citizenship.
Targeting an area of
practice,” according to 2008
interest—such
as cancer or
ASCB Bruce Alberts Award for
climate change—offers a lens
Excellence in Science Education
for viewing how science works.
recipient Wm. David Burns.
Problems may lie at the “edges of academic
It’s “a process for dealing with problems which
disciplines,” Burns noted because, as Woody
acknowledges uncertainty, sees its results as
McKenzie said, “‘life is not parsed like the
provisional, subjects its practices to a degree
undergraduate curriculum.’”
of public inspection, is socially mediated, and
Not surprisingly, many courses for science
involves hard work and cooperation.”
majors have now been “SENCERized.” Burns
Teaching science, like teaching democracy,
noted that SENCER courses began with HIV
involves teaching important concepts…like
scientific citizenship. And when science is tied to and a focus on cell biology; they have expanded
real issues, learning is improved, Burns observed. to embrace climate, nanotechnology, obesity,
traffic, and more. There are 38 model courses,
What do students learn in undergraduate
and faculty design and teach new courses, apply
classrooms about the importance and relevance
of what scientists do and how to apply scientific new pedagogies, and employ new assessment
concepts? In many classrooms, the answer is not techniques. Kelly Wentz-Hunter of Roosevelt
much. Instead students are “sprayed with 10,000 University was recognized at the ASCB Annual
Meeting for her course on cancer. More are sure
definitions,” noted Burns. He is at the National
to follow as assessment of SENCER courses
Center for Science and Civic Engagement at
Harrisburg University. He and fellow awardee
Karen K. Oates developed a better way to teach
science. Oates is currently affiliated with the
Division of Undergraduate Education at the
U.S. National Science Foundation.
Interestingly, Burns and Oates didn’t
initially focus their program, Science
Education for New Civic Engagements and
Responsibilities (SENCER), on scientific
majors. Instead they targeted nonmajors
enrolled in introductory science courses; such
courses were “true bridges to nowhere,” as
Left to right: Tim Stearns, Karen Oates, Wm. David Burns
Scientific Citizenship, continued from page 1
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Bob Goldman (center) with Roger Y. Tsien (left) and
Martin Chalfie (right) as they display their 2008 ASCB
E.B. Wilson Medals.
offers further evidence that Burns and Oates are
on to something.
For more information on SENCER courses,
visit www.sencer.net.
Recognizing Basic Science
Another ASCB Annual Meeting highlight was
the presentation of the E.B. Wilson Medal to
two of the 2008 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry,
longtime ASCB members Martin Chalfie and
Roger Y. Tsien. On the heels of their Nobel
acceptance in Sweden, the Nobel Laureates
arrived in San Francisco, jet-lagged but happy
to be honored at the ASCB Annual Meeting.
As then ASCB President Bob Goldman noted,
the E.B. Wilson Medal selection was announced
months before the Nobel.
Chalfie noted his pleasure in receiving the
award, “in addition to the obvious reasons for
feeling so honored. First, this award is a prize
for basic science. GFP was discovered by Osamu
Shimomura in a quest to answer a fascinating
question: How can some organisms produce
light? And the tools that Roger Tsien and I have
developed enable additional investigations in cell
biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, in
fact, throughout the life sciences.”
At a time when a U.S. vice presidential
candidate failed to recognize the connection
between the study of nonhuman organisms and
human disease, Chalfie’s words were particularly
resonant:
“I would also add that the study of C.
[Caenorhabditis] elegans, a soil nematode,
has also taught us so much about life. These
days one hears much talk about how science
should be directed more toward translational
research, research that applies understanding
gained in the laboratory to problems in human
health. Although the application of knowledge
to human health and well-being is obviously
important, I feel that many statements urging
a switch from basic to translational research are
based on two false premises.”
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Chalfie continued, “The first is that
scientists are either uncaring or ignorant of
the implications of their research for human
disease. I find this attitude ironic and false, since
virtually every scientist I know thinks deeply
about the meaning and implications of his or
her research. Second, I feel that some people
promoting translational research act as if we
have already learned all that we need to know to
cure human diseases.”
As Chalfie added, this is far from the
case: “We have so much more to learn. Not
only what these proteins do, but also how
they all interact together to sustain life and
development. As many people have said, one
needs to have material to translate to have
translational research. And when we consider
how few organisms scientists have studied, the
mystery that surrounds us becomes even greater.
What will be the Aequoria victoria and C. elegans
of the future? Indeed, what will be the GFP of
the future?”
The past, present, and future of cell biology
were showcased in San Francisco last month.
So too was the need for advocacy by scientific
citizens. If not us, then who?
—Joan R. Goldberg
“We have so
much to learn....
[O]ne needs to have
material to translate
to have translational
research.”
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WOMEN in Cell Biology
Women and Men Together in the
Academy: Institutional Implications
individuals can find the particular supports that
As more women receive Ph.D.s and set out to
matter to them.
forge lives that include commitments to both
career and family, universities must consider the
implications of this shift for the resources and
Expanding Support as Families
supports they provide. In addition, more men
Change
want to add commitments to their families to
Universities are strongly committed to
their traditional commitments
having productive faculty. To
to their careers, and this has
accomplish this, they provide
similar implications. A recent
[U]niversities must
resources designed to help
survey of Princeton University
faculty be as accomplished as
understand that
faculty highlights the fact that
possible in their research and
they have always
the dual-career family has
teaching. Much of this support
become the norm rather than
has focused on the professional
provided resources
the exception:
lives of faculty (e.g., laboratory
and support for the
n Eighty-two percent of
space, equipment, etc.), but
tenured women and 92% of
personal lives of
supports for family life have
tenured men are married or
traditionally been provided as
faculty. The shift
in a domestic partnership.
well. For example, universities
n Seventy percent of tenurein work/family life
have for many years provided
track women and 82% of
health insurance, life insurance,
configurations...
tenure-track men are married
housing, and tuition grant
simply changes
or in a domestic partnership.
programs. This traditional
n Of those who were married
configuration of resources
the range and
or in a domestic partnership,
served everyone well for many
specifics of what
98% of tenured women and
decades, but a different (and
75% of tenured men have
must be provided.
expanded) configuration is
working spouses or domestic
needed now that the prevailing
partners.
norm is no longer men who
n Among younger faculty, 96% of tenure-track
concentrate on their careers and women who
women and 81% of tenure-track men have
concentrate on their families.
working spouses or domestic partners.
I believe the prevalence of dual-career
Graduate Students and Postdocs
families means that universities must revise
Have Families Too
their thinking in three ways. First, universities
Since many assistant professors are already
must understand that they have always
part of dual-career families, for many people
provided resources and support for the
the juggling that is an inevitable aspect of
personal lives of faculty. The shift in work/
commitments to both career and family life
family life configurations outlined above simply
must have begun during the graduate student
changes the range and specifics of what must
or postdoc years. This suggests that universities
be provided. Second, universities in recent
need to consider the kinds of supports they
years have focused their support efforts on the
provide for graduate students and postdocs
assistant professor years when the competition
beyond the traditional supports that have been
between work and family life seems most acute.
provided for career formation.
Now universities must also pay attention to
The need may be quite urgent. At Princeton,
graduate students and postdocs, in whose lives
we find that the percentage of women among
career and family formation are often taking
the applicants for assistant professor positions
place simultaneously. Third, as the family
is substantially lower than the percentage of
configurations of graduate students, postdocs,
women receiving Ph.D.s. Similar data have been
and faculty become more variable, the range
reported at other research universities. There
of programs provided must increase so that
are many possible reasons for this consistent
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It is important to
remember that the
early years of an
academic career,
which are full of
uncertainty and
which often require
several household
moves, are the
years when the
decision is made
whether (or not)
to proceed to a
faculty career
disparity. One hypothesis is that many
women, daunted by the prospect of dealing
simultaneously with family demands and career
demands in the intense setting of establishing a
tenurable record at a research university, opt for
other professional venues.
Some support for this hypothesis can be
found in an exceptionally interesting article in
EMBO Reports that reported data from a survey
of 1,300 intramural postdoctoral fellows at the
National Institutes of Health.1 Two-thirds of
the male survey respondents but only one-half
of the female survey respondents said that they
were considering a PI position, and the disparity
between men and women was even greater
among respondents who were married with
children. The survey asked respondents to rank
15 factors that could influence their decision
to pursue a position as a PI. Across the board,
the largest differences between men and women
occurred on items that related to children,
spending time with children, and spending time
with other family members. (It is important to
note that there were no significant differences
between men and women in how they rated
factors such as competition, managerial duties,
or the need to obtain tenure.)
These data suggest that universities must find
ways to help graduate students and postdocs,
as well as faculty, balance the demands of
professional and family life if they hope to
take advantage of the full range of available
scientific talent. It is important to remember
that the early years of an academic career, which
are full of uncertainty and which often require
several household moves, are the years when the
decision is made whether (or not) to proceed to
a faculty career.
Want to Discuss
Career and Life Issues
Online?
A moderated blog, established by the Women in Cell Biology
(WICB) Committee offers you an opportunity to discuss
career, family, and other “life” issues. You’ll find the blog at
www.ascb.org. Click on “Committees,” “Women in Cell
Biology,” “WICB Blog.” To join the conversation, simply
click on “create an account” at the top right of the page.
Then respond to an ongoing thread or start your own. If
you have questions, feel free to contact moderator Deepti
Pradhan (deepti.pradhan@yale.edu). Looking forward to your
participation! n
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Meeting Varied Needs
Families come in many different shapes
and sizes, and indeed the configuration of
individual families can change over time.
Thus, the resources and supports that people
need vary a lot. (This is of course also true for
the professional resources and supports that
people need— think, for example, of laboratory
fittings versus library needs—but universities
are accustomed to taking these differences
into account.) Such varied needs suggest that
universities should try to provide a panoply of
policies and programs. At Princeton, where we
have tried to do this, the programs include:
n For each new child in the family, automatic
one-year extensions of the pre-tenure period
for assistant professors and one-semester
extensions of support for graduate students
n Grants for childcare when people are
traveling to conferences and workshops
n Subsidized back-up care when any member
of the family is ill
n Income-based grants to subsidize the cost of
daily childcare
To learn more about the programs for
Princeton faculty visit www.princeton.edu/
dof/policies/family_friendly. To learn more
about those for graduate students, visit http://
gradschool.princeton.edu/studentlife/childcare.
A Final Point
Especially in the current economic climate, many
university administrators feel that they cannot
afford to provide all the personal and family
supports for graduate students, postdocs, and
faculty that are now needed. This is undoubtedly
true. I would urge two things. First, it would
be exceedingly helpful if every university would
publicly acknowledge the importance of a range
of policies and programs to support the new
family configurations that impact the work of
faculty, postdocs, and graduate students, and
declare its intention to provide these supports
when and if it can. Second, it would also be
helpful if every university undertook to design
and implement one or two low-cost policies or
programs as a clear signal to its graduate students,
postdocs, and faculty that it is determined to take
advantage of all the available talent and to provide
what is needed to do so. n
—Joan S. Girgus, Princeton University
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TM, Kolla SS, Olivera A, Qiu Y, Rayasam GV,
Stavreva DA, Cohen-Fix O. (2007). Falling off
the academic bandwagon: Women are more likely
to quit at the postdoc to principal investigator
transition. EMBO Reports 8, 977–981.
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An allied Genome Science Center (GSC) at
Sokoine University of Agriculture (focused
on microarrays and bioinformatics studies of
global infectious diseases)
In 2007, the GSC, led by Professor Paul
Gwakisa, fabricated the first DNA microarrays
ever produced in East Africa. The GSC is
now focusing on transcriptional studies of
Plasmodium falciparum parasites
that cause severe malaria.
Launching, Supporting
MOMS
A key element of the MOMS
Project has been an integrated
program of graduate training
for young African scientists
interested in molecular and
cell biology studies related
to malaria pathogenesis and
immunity. The training
program provides long-term
support to young Tanzanian
scientists conducting their
graduate thesis or postdoctoral fellowship
research. This is supported in part by funds
from the Fogarty International Center at NIH,
and through the GCGH award administered by
the Foundation for NIH. The training program
also organizes annual regional workshops for
short-term intensive training opportunities,
with a distinct theme each year. The program’s
primary focus is on malaria in pregnant women
and young children. However, it trains in other
diseases such as trypanosomiasis, which also
afflict humans and animals in the East African
region.
In 2008, the program joined forces with the
American Society for Cell Biology to focus its
annual workshop on the theme “Cell Biology
of Protozoan Pathogens.” Illustrious Society
members, such as Dick McIntosh, Keith Gull,
and David Roos, guided 24 young scientists
from Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania through an
intensive foray into the basics of cell biology.
Other faculty members led modules on
immunology and vaccine development, parasite
genomics and drug discovery, and functional
genomics and bioinformatics. The workshop
emphasized student participation through
journal clubs, ethics discussions, group problemsolving exercises, hands-on laboratory sessions,
and informal interactions. As a highlight of
Launched by T. K. Mutabingwa
of the National Institute for
Medical Research in Tanzania,
and Michal Fried and Patrick
Duffy of Seattle Biomedical
Research Institute and
University of Washington, the
international partnership was
Patrick Duffy
initiated in 2002. The clinical
research project known as the Mother-Offspring
Malaria Studies (MOMS) Project began in
a small, 600-square-foot laboratory. The lab
was erected at the relatively isolated Muheza
district hospital in northeastern Tanzania.
Within this small footprint, MOMS Project
scientists brought in everything they needed
to perform detailed studies of parasites and
immune cells. This included power generators,
back-up water supplies, and a VSAT (very
small aperture terminal) connection to the
Internet. Initially supported by a grant from
the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH),
the scientists installed facilities for cell culture,
parasite biology, and molecular biology, as well
as a routine clinical laboratory to support the
medical care provided to study participants.
Since that small beginning, the MOMS
Project has received major funding awards from
the Grand Challenges in Global Health (GCGH)
program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
and NIH. Over the ensuing six years since its
inception, MOMS has grown in to a regional
center of excellence. It now includes:
n The original clinical research laboratory in
Muheza
n A second clinical research laboratory at the
Morogoro Regional Hospital (a six-hour
drive from Muheza)
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A horrifying statistic—malaria is said to kill an
African child every 30 seconds. Many of these
deaths occur in populations with little access
to healthcare, and beyond the reach of research
efforts that might find new solutions. Tanzanian
and American scientists are working together
to turn the tide against this deadly disease, by
focusing on basic aspects of parasite biology and
host-parasite interactions, and
by training the next generation
of scientists.
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Research activities
of all stripes have
visibly increased
in Tanzania over
recent years.
the workshop, the students also worked in
small groups under the mentorship of two
to three faculty scientists to develop research
proposals. Students then took proposals back
to their research stations. Graduates of previous
workshops have used these proposals to obtain
competitive funding, to complete their theses,
and to produce publications.
Training is a fundamental element that
defines the MOMS Project. It creates an
atmosphere of mutual benefit, extends the
scientific resources of the project, attracts
the participation of additional partners, and
develops the cadre of African researchers who
can translate scientific advances into public
health interventions in the future. Of note,
a successful training program for molecular
sciences and cell biology requires a sophisticated
infrastructure that will attract and engage
bright young minds. The MOMS Project
infrastructure includes substantial laboratory
capabilities at surprisingly remote locations.
These include facilities as diverse as quantitative
PCR, flow cytometry, malaria diagnostics,
fluorescent microscopy, parasite culture, and
microarray fabrication and analysis. Computer
networks and Internet connections link the
different laboratories in the MOMS network.
They also provide the Web-based resources that
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response to maternal malaria can influence
fetal outcomes. In another study he showed
that mothers with iron deficiency are protected
from malaria for unknown reasons. University
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Scientist Susan Francis used microarrays and
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genes are now being assessed as potential vaccine
candidates to protect pregnant women from
malaria.
Research activities of all stripes have visibly
increased in Tanzania over recent years. The
MOMS Project foresees a continuing role for
itself as a partner and catalyst for studies of
pregnancy and childhood malaria, emphasizing
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cellular studies. Its success will ultimately
be judged according to the degree to which
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In the anonymous words of one MOMS
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DEAR Labby
Dear Labby,
I am a professor at an East Coast university where we are revising our Ph.D.
thesis guidelines. (The Dean asked me to undertake this process.) Now a
key issue has arisen on which I need information: Namely, to what extent
is it proper to allow students to insert text into their thesis identical to
that in papers they have or are publishing during their graduate work? We
presently take a very liberal stance on this, but some faculty members have
questioned our position occasionally. In the course of seeking information
from our counterparts at other institutions, and benchmarking our practices,
it occurred to me—as an ASCB member—to seek Labby’s thoughts as well.
—Thesisologist
Dear Thesisologist,
We have come a long way from the time when the thesis was the only publication expected by
the guild or needed by the student, from an era when the entire text was generated ab initio and
expected to appear nowhere else. Policies today vary but, in general, it has become the custom to
allow students to insert the text of a published, accepted, or submitted manuscript as a chapter
of the Results section. Various issues loom however. In the simplest case, a student plays a major
role in writing the paper and is the sole author other than the faculty member. (Note that we have
also “progressed,” at least in certain quarters, past the time when the professor was not a coauthor; the late Hewson Swift was particularly generous in this regard). In such cases, it seems
acceptable for the student to put the very same text into the thesis, in whatever transfer of sections
the format requires (e.g., Materials and Methods to Materials and Methods, etc.), as long as this is
acknowledged. Such an acknowledgment might read: “The following chapter is taken from the Results
section of the paper by Smith and Jones, Mol. Biol. Cell 19: 5604–5618, 2008.” (Note the authors’
good taste in choosing a journal for publication.) After all, if in the published paper the student had
written “Figure 4A shows the sucrose gradient profile of the complex,” it would seem silly to require
this to be written in the thesis as: “The chromatin remodeling complex displayed a sedimentation
coefficient of ~23S (Figure 4A),” since nothing is being taught to the student by this harassment.
Moreover, the verbatim text is rendered legitimate by the acknowledgment of its source.
However, it is a dicier matter when the student’s publication has been co-written with other
authors, including the faculty adviser. If a co-author has written a paragraph (in any section), with
no input into that paragraph by the student, then in Labby’s view, it should not be inserted into the
thesis. The point being made can certainly be conveyed easily enough in a paragraph written de novo.
From here, there is an ascending staircase of severity of misuse of text. On one “step” there could
be for example a brilliant insight into the findings made solely by a co-author in the published article.
In such a case, the thesis sentence would need to state: “Notwithstanding the aforementioned
interpretations, we ultimately have concluded that the most plausible one is that developed by Ida
Bean Feynman in our laboratory, as further developed in our recent publication Jones, Feynman, and
Smith (2009).”
One caution should be noted even in the acceptable case where a student uses verbatim text
mentioned above. Labby knows of a recent case in which a faculty member plagiarized herself,
i.e., used identical text (Introduction and Discussion) in multiple publications. The motive was not
to deceive but resulted from sheer intellectual laziness (precipitating due wrath by the institution’s
investigative committee). So if we allow our students to use verbatim text in their theses, we should
mentor that this is actually a statutory exception to the standard doctrine about publications. Other
publications will not be governed by this relaxed standard. n
—Labby
Correction: Labby’s reply in the December column contained two errors: “refracting” should have
read “diffracting” and the name of the company’s hopeful cancer therapeutic protein should have
read “curein.”
Direct your questions to labby@ascb.org. Authors of questions chosen for publication may indicate
whether or not they wish to be identified. Submissions may be edited for space and style.
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5. Identification and Analysis of Distant
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6. Identifying cis-Acting DNA Elements
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7. Identification of DNA-Binding Proteins
and Their Genes
8. Confirming the Functional Importance
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Sterols Are Mainly in the Cytoplasmic Leaflet of the Plasma Membrane and the Endocytic
Recycling Compartment in CHO Cells
Mousumi Mondal, Bruno Mesmin, Sushmita Mukherjee, and Frederick R. Maxfield
Transbilayer asymmetry is a general feature of most lipids in the plasma membrane and other post–
endoplasmic reticulum organelles. This asymmetry has important consequences for membrane physical
properties and cell signaling. Although cholesterol is a major lipid in these membranes, its transbilayer
distribution is not well understood. Using fluorescent sterols (dehydroergosterol and cholestatrienol) and a
variety of fluorescence quenchers, the authors determined that the majority of sterol is in the cytoplasmic
leaflet of the plasma membrane and endocytic recycling compartment of CHO cells. Quenchers that are
restricted to the exofacial leaflet of the plasma membrane reduce the fluorescence intensity by about
20%–30%, whereas microinjection of quenchers into the cytosol quenched the fluorescent sterols
associated with the plasma membrane and endocytic recycling compartment by about 60%. The presence of high amounts of cholesterol in the
cytoplasmic leaflet might have important implications for intracellular cholesterol transport and for membrane domain formation.
Genetic Hypervariability in Two Distinct Deuterostome Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase
Genes and Their Early Embryonic Functions
Trystan B. Wells, Guanglei Zhang, Zenon Harley, and Homayoun Vaziri
Within a species of complex animals, genes for functional proteins are rarely variant. This
constancy is thought to be required for the function of essential proteins. One such crucial protein
is telomerase reverse transcriptase catalytic subunit (TERT). To study the function of TERT during
early development, the authors cloned SpTERT from purple sea urchin embryos. Unexpectedly,
they discovered two distinct telomerase genes named SpTERT-S and SpTERT-L. By cloning
SpTERT from several individuals, they further discovered regions, especially exon 11 of SpTERT-S,
with intraspecific germline hypervariability. Although the variant enzymes remained catalytically
active, there were significant amino acid variations in multiple regions, including those involved
in binding of TERT to its RNA component. The authors also uncovered a noncanonical essential function for telomerase that is required for
embryo polarity at the mesenchymal blastula stage. These results suggest the presence of an active diversity-generation mechanism that
has neofunctionalized telomerase throughout evolution.
The Aspergillus nidulans Kinesin-3 UNCa Motor Moves Vesicles along a Subpopulation of Microtubules
Nadine Zekert and Reinhard Fischer
The microtubule cytoskeleton is not as rigid and uniform as the name implies, but is characterized by its dynamic
instability. In addition, microtubules can be made up of different tubulin isoforms and—to make a eukaryotic
cell even more complex—of different posttranslationally modified tubulins. Microtubule modifications, such as
acetylation or polyglutamylation, are evolutionarily old “inventions” and occur in primitive eukaryotes such as
Giardia lamblia, whereas detyrosination appeared later during evolution. Although many modifications were
discovered more than 20 years ago, their cellular functions are not well understood. Here, the authors show
that in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans at least two different microtubule populations exist. This
discovery came from studies of an unc-104–related motor protein that preferentially moves along detyrosinated
microtubules and transports vesicles. These microtubules are more stable than the tyrosinated ones and even
remain intact during mitosis when other cytoplasmic microtubules are degraded.
Competitive Nuclear Export of Cyclin D1 and Hic-5 Regulates Anchorage Dependence of Cell
Growth and Survival
Kazunori Mori, Etsuko Hirao, Yosuke Toya, Yukiko Oshima, Fumihiro Ishikawa, Kiyoshi Nose, and
Motoko Shibanuma
Anchorage dependence of cell growth is a critical trait that distinguishes nontransformed from
transformed cells. The authors report a novel mechanism whereby anchorage-independent cell
growth and survival is prevented. Cyclin D1 is a proto-oncogene that exhibits cell cycle– dependent
nuclear localization. Its nuclear export is dependent on CRM1. The authors report that the nuclear localization of cyclin D1 is adhesiondependent and regulated by the focal adhesion protein Hic-5 and its binding partner PINCH, which also cycle in and out of the nucleus.
Hic-5 binds to CRM1 with high affinity and is a competitive inhibitor of CRM1-dependent cyclin D1 export in adherent cells. PINCH interacts
with both cyclin D1 and Hic-5 and enhances the Hic-5–dependent inhibition of cyclin D1 export. Under nonadherent conditions, the cellular
level of reactive oxygen species increases and inhibits the nuclear export of Hic-5, resulting in the nuclear export of cyclin D1. Consequently
cells undergo growth arrest and apoptosis. Ras overexpression led to the anchorage-independent nuclear localization of cyclin D, revealing an
interesting interdependence of the oncogenic potential of two oncogenes. n
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PUBLIC POLICY Briefing
Dingell vs. Waxman: A Battle of
Titans
Only days after the 2008 congressional election,
newly elected House Democrats had to cast
what could be the
toughest vote of
their congressional
careers—who to
support for chair of
the House Energy
and Commerce
Committee. For the
soon-to-be members
of Congress,
supporting the
wrong candidate
Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)
could doom their
legislative careers
before they even start.
The House Energy and Commerce
Committee is the oldest and most powerful
committee in the House of Representatives.
It has jurisdiction ranging from biomedical
research and the
National Institutes
of Health (NIH)
to U.S. energy
policy and travel
and tourism. Rep.
John Dingell (DMI) has served
as the chair or
senior Democrat
on the Energy
and Commerce
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Committee since
1981. As the
longest-serving member of the House, first
elected in 1955, Dingell is also the Dean of the
House of Representatives.
The Challenge
In the days following the 2008 election, Rep.
Henry Waxman (D-CA) announced that he
would challenge Dingell for the chairmanship
of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Waxman, first elected in 1974, currently
serves as chair of the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee. That is the
main investigative committee of the House, but
it has no legislative powers.
Waxman won the battle of congressional
titans 137–122. While Waxman will continue to
be supportive of the NIH in his new position,
he may also continue to use his investigatory
skills in his new oversight role.
NIH-related issues that will confront the
Waxman-led committee include reversal of
the Bush policy on federally funded stem cell
research, NIH reauthorization, and ongoing
congressional concern about scientific conflict of
interest. n
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The ASCB
Appreciates Its
2008 Corporate
Members
Gold
The ASCB Gratefully Acknowledges the
Following 2008 Annual Meeting Supporters
Bristol Myers Squibb
Research and Development
Undesignated
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Minorities Affairs Committee and
Career Discussion Lunch
BD Biosciences
Roche Applied Science
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Cadmus Communications, A CENVEO
Company
MBC Editorial Board Dinner
Chroma Technology Corporation
Undergraduate Student Travel Awards
Biogen/Idec
Chemometec A/S
Chroma Technology
Corporation
Leica Microsystems
Millipore Corporation
Cytoskeleton, Inc.
Minisymposium 20: Cellular Response to
Infectious Agents
The Ellison Medical
Foundation
Translating Progeria: A Benchto-Bedside Story
Elsevier
Childcare Awards
Garland Sciences-Taylor & Francis Group
Undesignated
Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Novare Biologistics
Olympus America, Inc.
Genentech, Inc.
Message Center and Speaker Lounge
JEOL USA, Inc.
Undesignated
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National Institute of
General Medical Sciences
Minorities Affairs Committee Activities
National Eye Institute, NIH
Minisymposium 10:
Cell Biology of the Synapse
Nature Publishing Group
Morning and Afternoon Refreshment Breaks and
Educational Resources/
Minorities Affairs Committee Booth
Nikon Instruments, Inc.
CellSlam 2008: SF Shoutout!
Office of Research on
Women’s Health, OD, NIH
Workshop Offered by the WICB Committee
THE ELSEVIER FOUNDATION
BRONZE
Corning Incorporated
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
Undesignated
Merck Research Laboratories
Minisymposium 16:
Signaling from the Extracellular Matrix
Minisymposium 21:
Genomic Instability and Cancer
Olympus America, Inc.
Lanyards
Optical Imaging Association
Subgroup B: At the Limits: Optical Methods for
Single Molecules, Cells, and Organisms
Roche Applied Science
Notepads
The Rockefeller University Press/
The Journal of Cell Biology
Norton B. Gilula Memorial Award
Worthington Biochemical Corporation
Predoctoral Student Travel Awards
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MEMBERS in the News
Mina Bissell of Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, an ASCB member
since 1973 and 1996-97 ASCB
President, and Susan Band Horwitz of
Albert Einstein Medical College, an ASCB
member since 1980, are two of the
Mina Bissell
Susan Band
four recipients in 2008 of the American
Horwitz
Cancer Society’s highest honor, the
Medal of Honor. Bissell received the Medal of Honor for Basic Research;
Horwitz received the Medal of Honor for Clinical Research.
Michael D. Ehlers of Duke University Medical Center/
HHMI, an ASCB member since 2000, won the 2008
Life Sciences Achievement Award for Breakthrough
Research. The award is given jointly by the North
Carolina Biotechnology Center and the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society.
Joachim Frank of Columbia University/HHMI, an ASCB
member since 1998, was one of the recipients of the
2008 George E. Palade Gold Medal from Wayne State
University for his research with Thomas A. Steitz on
ribosome structure and function.
Alfred Goldberg of Harvard Medical School, an ASCB
member since 1993, was awarded the 2008 Jacob
Heskel Gabbay Award for Biotechnology and Medicine by
Brandeis University.
Susan Lindquist of the Whitehead Institute for
Biomedical Research, an ASCB member since 1983,
is the recipient of the 2009 Ralph and Helen Oesper
Award from the American Chemical Society.
Sandra Mayrand of the University of Massachusetts
Medical School (UMMS), who first joined ASCB in
1982, was one of the recipients of the 2008 Manuel
Carballo Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public
Service. Mayrand, who is director of the UMMS’s
Regional Science Resource Center, received the award
for her extraordinary contributions to science and math
education in Massachusetts.
Correction: In the November 2008 Members in the News, Peter Novick’s
affiliation was incorrect. He is in the Department of Cellular and Molecular
Medicine at the University of California, San Diego.
Treasurer’s Report Correction
The total printed for ASCB’s audited expense in Short Year
2007 (the nine-month fiscal year ending December 31,
2007) in the December ASCB Newsletter was incorrect. The
correct total is $4,930,276.
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MEMBER Gifts
The ASCB is grateful to the following members and applicants
who have recently given a gift to support Society activities:
Richard L. Blanton
Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue
Rebecca S. Boston
W. James Nelson
Ann Hart Erickson
Thomas D. Pollard
Harrison W. Farber
Edward D. Salmon
Marvin J. Fritzler
David R. Samols
Susan A. Gerbi
Lindsay Susan Shopland
Walter N. Hittelman
Edwin M. Uyeki
Lynne Ann Lapierre
Clare M. Waterman
R. John Lye
David A. Weisblat
Michael J. Matunis
Keith R. Yamamoto
Carrie J. Merkle
MariaElena B. Zavala
John R. Merriam
The ASCB wishes to express deep
appreciation to all the exhibitors who
attended the 2008 Annual Meeting
and helped ensure its success.
JANUARY 2009 ASCB NEWSLETTER
ELSO Fuses with
EMBO
For the past 10 years, ELSO, the European Life
Scientist Organization, has hosted an annual
international congress. The 2008 ELSO Meeting,
organized jointly by ELSO and the European
Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), in Nice last
summer was the 7th and last ELSO meeting. ELSO is
now being incorporated into EMBO. “We now need a
structure that is more sustainable to carry the meeting
forward into a new era,” says Kai Simons, ELSO
President.
Established in 1964, EMBO has focused on
recognizing and fostering talented scientists,
disseminating knowledge, and stimulating cooperation
across borders. The fusion of ELSO and EMBO
sets the stage for the EMBO Meeting in 2009, in
Amsterdam. n
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UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
FACULTY POSITION
VERMONT IMMUNOBIOLOGY / INFECTIOUS DISEASES CENTER
The Vermont Immunobiology / Infectious Diseases Center is undergoing significant expansion and is seeking an outstanding
tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level to contribute to the Center’s research and teaching
programs. Candidates appointed at the level of Assistant Professor may be eligible for research funding from a recently awarded NIH
Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Award. We are seeking a scientist with a demonstrated research track record
and an innovative research program in the areas of microbial/viral pathogenesis or immune response to infectious agents. Extensive
opportunities for collaborative research exist within and outside the Center in cell, molecular and structural biology. Primary
appointment will be in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Details about the Center, the Department, the
University and the Burlington area may be accessed at http://www.med.uvm.edu/vcii and http://www.uvm.edu/microbiology/
mmg_home.php. A curriculum vitae, a summary of research interests and three letters of reference should be sent electronically (if
possible) to: Search Committee Chair, c/o Ms. Debra Stern (Debra.Stern@uvm.edu), 201 Stafford Hall, University of Vermont, 95
Carrigan Drive, Burlington VT 05405, or apply online at: https://www.uvmjobs.com/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.
jsp?time=1170944834156. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a suitable candidate is identified.
The University of Vermont is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and under represented minorities are
encouraged to apply.
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New Members
The ASCB Council admitted 1,635 new members and granted Emeritus status to 8 members of the Society last month:
Monika Abedin
Maria Abramow-Newerly
Elliott Warren Abrams
Seyda Acar
Melanie R. Adams
Georgina Boakyewaa Addae
Ruth Oluwatoyin Adekunle
Eric Kwabena Afoakwah
Qurratulain Aftab
Shivangi Agarwal
Shivani Agarwal
Jin Hyun Ahn
Juhyun Ahn
Molly J. Ahrens
Yoshikatsu Aikawa
Adebunmi B. Akinkuotu
Adewonuola Adelodi Alase
Kurt H. Albertine
Mistre Alemayehu
Irina Alexandar
Adrian Douglas Allen
Shabeen Ally
Anisah Alyahya
Sunitha T. Ambikapathi
Jaejin An
Graham A. Anderson
Johnathon David Anderson
Michael Andrew Anderson
Meghan Andes-Koback
Mihaela Anitei
Quintabella Fri Anjeh
Sarah Daniela Appel
Tomas Aragon
Delphine Arcizet
Thomas Armel
Julia Arpino
Cristina R. Artalejo
Nick Asbrock
Marc P. Ascione
Christopher Ashwell
Andrea Asimoglou
Chaitanya Anil Athale
Nicanor Austriaco
Petri Auvinen
Junya Awata
Daniel Aydin
Behrad Azimi
Juliette Celine Azimzadeh
Atya Aziz
Joanne Robyn Babb
David Bader
Munsook Bae
Yong Ho Bae
Eun Jung Baek
Felix Baerenz
Julie E. Baggs
Clive Richard Bagshaw
Shirin Bahmanyar
Bingxue Bai
Galina Baibakov
Charvann Khamille Bailey
Kanika Bajaj
Sundaravadivel
Balasubramanian
Cristiani Baldo
Eric Balzer
Debarshi Banerjee
Mithu Banerjee
Masaki Bannai
Somesh Baranwal
Rebecca S. Bart
Sadie Rae Bartholomew
Anupama Barua
Martine Bassilana
Lance A. Batchelor
Ammon Hansen Bayles
Kimberley Anne Beaumont
Matthew Edward Bechard
Natalya Belkina
Khadija Ben-Aissa
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Jennifer Benanti
Kfir Ben-Harush
Federica Benvenuti
Svitlana Berezhna
Sarah Elizabeth Bergeron
Kiflu Berhane
Dan Richard Beriault
Laura A. Berkowitz
Anne Bernheim
Jessica Bessler
Ioanna Bethani
Gev Singh Bhabra
Prem L. Bhalla
Ruchi Bhalla
Ashima O. Bhan
Kavita Purnanda Bhat
Purnima Bhat
Nidhi Bhutani
Rea Erika Biacsi
Shengjie Bian
Kirsten Adele Bielefeld
Prabath Gopalakrishnan Biju
Daniel D. Billadeau
Luis Santos Bimbo
Lacramioara Bintu
Alexander W. Bird
Stephen Lucien Bird
Nicholas Holdaway Bishop
Julie Suzanne Biteen
Ronnie Blazev
Leo S. Bleicher
Christopher Boehlke
Ralph Thomas Boettcher
Erich T.A. Boger
Hana Lee Bohmer
Stephen Raymond Bond
Carine Bonnon
Dustin L. Boothe
Terri Borree
Pinaki Bose
Francesca Bottanelli
Beth Bouchard
Rajaa Boujemaa-Paterski
Rachel Victoria Bowie
Anna Marina Brachet
Niels Bradshaw
Jennifer Jean Brady
Sharon Clare Braunagel
Javier Bravo
Dennis Breitsprecher
Audrey Brenot
Daniel Stuart Brereton
Laura Marie Breshears
Patricia A. Bresnahan
Christopher L. Brett
Laurie H. Brier
Alison Bright
Jelena Brkljacic
John Brognard
Steve G. Brohawn
Eric R. Brouzes
Frank Curtis Brown
Kanika Z. Brown
Scott Brown
Carlo Brugnara
Julie Buchheim
Abigail L. Buchwalter
Kenneth Buck
Richard Buckholz
Sadna Budhu
Annika Budnik
Matthew Buechner
Catherine Bui
Duyen (Amy) Kieu Bui
Johanna Buisson
Feliksas Bukauskas
Thomas Allen Bunch
Patricia Andressa De Almeida
Buranello
Tessa Burch-Smith
Patrick Gary Burgon
Jason L. Burkhead
Christopher Buser
DeMario Montez Butts
Amber R. Buz’Zard
Na Cai
Giusi Caldieri
Joseph Paul Campanale
Erin McCarthy Campbell
Jian Cao
Mian Cao
Qi Cao
Yang Cao
Daniel Capurso
Wendy Cristina Carcamo
Juan Manuel Cardenas-Mora
Sandra Morais Cardoso
Michael Carlsson
Marc Julian Carmichael
Elysia M. Carnagey
Lucinda Carnell
Meredith Lauren Carpenter
Letizia Carramusa
Michael D. Carrithers
Christopher Carroll
Susheela Carroll
Lucy Cassar
Barbara Jones Cassin
Luis Alberto Castro-Sanchez
Luis Andrés Cea
Fabiola Cecchi
Steven Joseph Celetti
Silvia Cermelli
Shawn Chafe
Mathilde Chaineau
Annie Chamberland
Chi Ping Chan
Manasa Chandra
Vidya Chandrasekaran
Kshama Chandrasekhar
Ching-Fang Chang
Jeremy Chang
Robert C. Chang
Wei-Tien Chang
Belle Chang-Ileto
Mark P. Chao
Tzu-Yuan Cindy Chao
Hannah Cole Chapin
Alanna Mary Chaudhry
Gautam Chaudhuri
Anne Chauveau
Cheng-Nan Chen
Jennifer A. Chen
Jichao Chen
Jing Chen
Jue Chen
Kuan-Yu Chen
Liangyi Chen
Lixiang Chen
Meng Chen
Nan Chen
Pan Chen
Ping-Hung Chen
Po-Cu Chen
Ruey-Hwa Chen
Siyu Chen
Tzu-Chi Chen
Wan-Chun Chen
Yiliang Chen
Aaron Cheng
Tsai-Chen Chiang
Satyarebala Chilaka
Brian Chin
Der-Hang Chin
Pei-Ju Chin
Irene Chiolo
Nion Chirapongsatonkul
Cathleen Chiu
Kyongshin Cho
Kyu-Suk Cho
Kwang-Min Choe
Byung-Kwon Choi
Chang-Hoon Choi
Chang-Soon Choi
Eun Young Choi
Hye Jin Choi
Jin-Ok Choi
Kyoung-Han Choi
Min Sik Choi
Ray Sung Choi
Seonkyu Choi
Wen-Hai Chou
Jacqueline Chretien
Calvin Chu
Patrick Y.W. Chu
Peiying Chuan
Carol Chuang
Han-Yu Chuang
Sean Chun
Chin Ha Chung
Murat Cirit
Ami Citri
Dennis Reed Clayton
Cristina Corina Clement
Leah Jean Clemmer
Robin Annette Cline
Kimberly Cochrane
Miguel Costa Coelho
Mary Cole
Diane Colello
Catherine A. Collins
Richard Frederick Collins
Pamela F. Colosimo
Paul Thomas Conduit
Barbara Elizabeth Coons
Elizabeth Corpuz
Matthias Corrotte
Brett Charles Couch
Catharina Irene CrammBehrens
Jonathan Crane
Viviana Cremasco
Justin Crest
Stephanie Denise Crockett
Laure Croisille
Alison Crowe
Narcisa L. Cunha-e-Silva
Kevin Enda Cunningham
Erin Currie
Ian Cushman
Daniel Czerny
Claudia Dall’Armi
Vesna Damljanovic
Erich William Damm
Andrew John Darr
Madhumita Das
Maitreyi Das
Satyabrata Das
Shreyasi Das
Sutirtha Datta
Cori Ann D’Ausilio
Daryl J. David
Alex E. Davies
Aaron Patrick Davis
Emily A. Davis
Toni Renee Dawson
Damon Nino De La Cruz
Flavia De Paoli
Valérie De Rop
Debabrita Deb-Basu
Erik Werner Debler
Mark A. DeCoster
Maika Sherone Deffieu
Catherine R. Degnin
Susana Del Olmo Aguado
Ryan William Demers
Phillip Dennis
Angela DePace
Dmitry N. Derkach
Jigar R. Desai
Rachel Marie DeVay
Bob Andrew Deziel
Sascha Dho
Rohini P. Dhulipala
Vikram Dhuna
Valeria Elisabetta Di Giovanni
Joshua Dias
Jessica Diaz
Daniel J. Dickinson
Martina Dieber-Rotheneder
Michael Diehl
John T. Dimos
Colin Jelinek Dinsmore
Serge Dmitrieff
Ryan Doan
Iveta Ivanova Dobreva
Hartmut G. Doebel
Anne Paulus Doeskeland
Stein Ove Doeskeland
Nicholas James Dolman
Simona Donatello
Erin Wynter Donovan
David Bagon Doroquez
Christine Doucet
Max Douglas
David Patrick Doupé
Josette Douville
William Eric Dowdle
Daniela Drummond-Barbosa
Zhou Du
Erning Duan
Yuan Yuan Duan
Evemie Dubé
Andrew Thomas Dudley
Stanimir Dulev
Julien Dumont
Alexander Robert Dunn
Joanne Durgan
Vincent Duronio
Gennaro D’Urso
Jordan Eboreime
Karen Echeverri
Maria C. Edman
Sara Edwards
Ayaka Eguma
Sarah Ehses
Roselyn J. Eisenberg
Tzipora-Sara Karin EisingerMathason
Candice Antionette Elam
Gerard Elberg
Amr Eldakak
Marina Lyn Ellefson
Imogen A. Elsum
Mary Williard Elting
Kimberly A. Elwood
Amber Rex English
David M. Engman
Herve Enslen
Elizabeth A. Erickson
Vivian Russell Ericson
Albert J. Erives
Nika Erjavec
Christopher Esk
Jeffrey J. Essner
Carlene Sheree Eteveneaux
Holly Evans
Timothy Martin Evans
Amy S. Fabritius
Oliver Till Fackler
Isabelle Anne Claire Faglin
Jennifer Fang
Shengyun Fang
Ali Farkhondehpour
Claire Ann Fassio
Christian Herbert Faul
Vincenzo Favaloro
Rodolfo Ribeiro Favaro
David Feder
Martina Fellner
ASCB NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2009
Alicia Felthauser
Jue Feng
Rebecca S. Fenn
Norvin Fernandes
David Michael Ferrari
Priscila Santos Ferreira
Morgan Kimberly Fields
Peter Filipcik
Aristotelis Filippidis
NiCole Ann Finch
Kari Leigh Fine
Darren Finlay
Kenneth John Finn
Elif Nur Firat
April Fischer
Robert S. Fischer
Elizabeth Suzanne Fisher
Michael Fiske
David Flores
Marina E. Fomin
Edward A. Fon
Catherine Foo
Amy Beth Foraker
Tetyana Forostyan
Farshad Forouzandeh
Lina Emilia Fortelius
Rebecca M. Fox
Fouad Francis
Heather Lee Francis
Juan Francisco
Christian Ray Francom
Anna Franz
Michael Fraser
Alexandra Fridkin
Jonathan Friedman
Jianping Fu
Min Fu
Xueyao Fu
Morihisa Fujita
Masayuki Funaba
Chloe Marie Funkhouser
Leon A. Furchtgott
Marian Gaballah
Maytal Gabay
Cheryl Ann Gale
Manuel Galinanes
Timothy Galitski
David Gan
Vidyaramanan Ganesan
Karuna Ganesh
Anutosh Ganguly
Yong-Guang Gao
Elvin L. Garcia
Mariel Alexandra Garcia
Lisbeth Libertad García
Alicia Garcia De Galdeano
Emily Gardel
Stéphane Gasman
Alexis Gautreau
Gerhard Geipel
Rita Gelin-Licht
Cristy Lee Gelling
Luciana Boffoni Gentile
Maria-Magdalena Georgescu
Angela Ghatnekar
Shervin Ghorab
Prachi N. Ghule
Elizabeth M. Gibbs
Renee M. Gilberti
Julia K. Gilden
Ciara Chantel Gimblet
Claudiu Giurumescu
Carlotta A. Glackin
Lyudmyla P. Globa
Nathan Goehring
Keryn Gold
Aaron Robert Goldman
Claire Goldsbury
Alexandra M. Goldyn
Javad Golji
Christopher R. Gomez
Esther Winter Gomez
Timothy S. Gomez
Veronica Gomez
Yanira Gonzalez-Berrios
Miranda Elizabeth Good
Kenneth Eugene Goodell
Radhika Gopal
Matthew P. Gordon
Roman Gorelik
Michael Gotesman
Tetsuya Gotoh
Douglas B. Gould
Ellie Graeden
Amy C. Graham
Jacob S. Grange
Lisa Diane Grantham
Emily Sarah Grau
Amelie Gravel
Marcia Lynn Graves
Diane Renee Gray
Gary Owen Gray
Erin Green
Mary Elisabeth Greene
Mary Gregory
Genevieve S. Griffiths
Karlheinz Grillitsch
Paula Marie Grissom
Angela Lynn Groehler
Kathryn Marie Gronlund
Line Groth-Pedersen
David Gruenwald
Oliver Johannes Gruss
Bingnan Gu
Marc-Jan Gubbels
Radhika Raghunath Gudi
Adrian Dilan Gunaratne
Teresa M. Gunn
Chin-Lin Guo
Jiayan Guo
Elizabeth Christel Gutierrez
Natasha Gutierrez
Jeff Habig
Saori Haigo
Somer Hall
Stephen G. Hall
Peter Hamm
Joo-Seok Han
Sungwon Han
Alison Jean Hanson
Manoj Hariharan
Hans Harn
Nicola Harper
Adam John Harrington
Kenneth D. Harrison
Sean Michael Hartig
Camila Arantes Hartmann
Jill Shizuko Harunaga
Toshiyuki Hatano
Zachariah J. Hawkins
Jennifer Haynes
Yungui He
Brian Head
Nastaran Heidari
Doris Marianne Heinrich
Paul Glenn Held
Scott Dylan Henderson
Anastasia Henry
Jonathan V. Henzel
Carmen Isabel Hernandez
Sergio Hernandez
Mary Elizabeth Herndon
Thomas Heuser
Christopher Higgins
Michelle D. Hines
Masaki Hiramoto
Akinori Hishiya
Chin Yee Ho
Chin-Min Ho
Li-Lun Ho
Lynda Mai Hoang
Courtney Hodges
Carsten Hoege
Maja Beate Hoegg
Oliver Hoeller
Andre Hoelz
Piper Lee-Wycoff Hollenbeck
James Hollenhorst
Nancy Marie Hollingsworth
Julie Holsclaw
Peter Hornbeck
Babak Hadji Hosseini
Takashi Hotta
John E. Houghton
JANUARY 2009 ASCB NEWSLETTER
Edward C. Hsiao
Chung-Hsi Hsing
Guoku Hu
Qicong Hu
Xiaoxiao Hu
Bo Huang
Carol Huang
Hsiao-Chun Huang
Juan Huang
Kerwyn Casey Huang
Lily Huang
Yue-wern Huang
Helen Hughes
Won-Ki Huh
Elliot E. Hui
Keren Isaac Hulkower
Greta Hultqvist
Julie Hunkapiller
JoAnn G. Hunter
Michael Hunter
Moonsun Hwang
Yoo-Seok Hwang
Richard Tonye Ibitamuno
Yoshikazu Imanishi
Evan Ingley
Luke A. Ingraham
Jamie L. Inman
Kenji Irie
Nurzian Ismail
Mikako Ito
Takashi Itoh
Olena Ivashyna
Joanne S. Jacob
Roland Jacob
Frank Jacobs
Christian B. Jacobson
Jana Marcette Jacobson
Benoit V. Jacquet
Lionel Francis Jaffe
Fereshteh Jahaniani
Sandhya Jain
Emma Jakobsson
Farid Jalali
Prasad Jallepalli
Yousef Jamali
Swadhin Chandra Jana
Jin Sun Jang
Mihue Jang
Divyang Jani
Swaathi Jayaraman
Karthikbabu Jeganathan
Devon Jensen
Pernille Linnert Jensen
Se Jin Jeon
Min Seop Jeong
Kristin Jernigan
Baohua Ji
Erin Alisa Jimenez
Fang Jin
Fengzhi Jin
Hua Jin
Huajun Jin
Jing Jin
Natsuko Jin
Yui Jin
Zheng-Gen Jin
Lili Jing
Christopher David Jingle
Katerina Jirsova
Jeanne Nicole Jodoin
Jennifer Linda Johnson
Kristen E Johnson
Stephanie Lynn Johnson
Anna-Karin Erika Johnsson
Aaron David Johnstone
Scott Robert Johnstone
Kristen Allen Jones
Raisa E. Jones
Steven Robert Jones
Martin Casimir Jonikas
Tijana Jovanovic-Talisman
Marilyn Juarez
Daria Julkowska
Juan E. Jung
Yajima Junichiro
Krista Kaasik
Hiroaki Kajiho
Rieko Kanda
Dong Soo Kang
Ho Jin Kang
Jihee Lee Kang
Sang Hyeon Kang
Gregory Kanhai
Fumi Kano
Hung-Ying Kao
Richard Kao
Yuan-Chung Kao
Jana Karbanova
Jennifer A. Karcz
Feridoun Karimi-Busheri
Thommie Karlsson
Marcela Karpuj
Roshni Kasad
Susan Kasper
Hiroshi Katayama
Junko Kato
Yoko Kato
Gurpreet Kaur
Bwarenaba Bareta Kautu
Takayuki Kawachi
Nanako Kawaguchi
Hiornori Kawahara
Taisuke Kawamoto
Aynur Kaya
Brian Keady
Michael G. Kearse
Jamie Keck
Yee Seir Kee
Andras Miklos Kengyel
Ronald Kern
Albert Jun Qi Keung
Kirstin Keusekotten
Mohammed Abdul Sattar Khan
Hemant Khanna
Marianna Kharchenko
Davitte Khauv
Rustam Khodjayev
Andrei Khokhlatchev
Shariq Khwaja
Antje Kiesewetter
Bok-Geon Kim
Cho Hee Kim
Haesun A. Kim
Hong Seok Kim
Hyung-Do Kim
Ki Chan Kim
Kyeong Kyu Kim
Si Wan Kim
Soya Kim
Tae Young Kim
Won Ho Kim
Young-Myeong Kim
Jonathan M. King
Viktor Kirik
Takuma Kishimoto
Ophir David Klein
Jonathan Knight
Markus Knop
Agnieszka Kobielak
Krzysztof Kobielak
Thorsten Michael Koch
Eva Koegler
Stefan Andreas Koestler
Cheng-Gee Koh
Takao Kohno
Kevin Sohail Kolahi
Justin M. Kollman
Zhaosheng Kong
Cornelia König
Masha Kononov
David L. Kooyman
Till Korten
Hidetaka Kosako
Chitra Kotwaliwale
Robert Kovelman
Jessica Lee Kowal
Susanne Kramer
Dragomir Blazhev Krastev
Rachel Susan Kraut
Jeremy Kreher
Barbara Ballard Kreutzer
Moorthy Krishnan
Stine Gry Kristensen
Vanja Krneta-Stankic
Cornelia Kroeger
Brooke Krovic
Irene Kuhn
Neeraj Kulkarni
Ashok Kumar
Deepti Lava Kumar
Ambarish Kunwar
Cheng-Hsiang Kuo
Dian-Han Kuo
Jeremy Keith LaBarge
Carole LaBonne
Sylvain Lacomble
Markus Ladwein
Cary Lai
Chunfai Lai
Zhenyang Lai
Zhong-Fang Lai
Vibor Laketa
Danielle Lalimar
Vinh Lam
Kyle Evan Landgraf
Peter Ronald Langford
Jason Lanman
Deborah A. Lannigan
Davin Larsen
Matthew H. Larson
Yee Ling Lau
Jane Elizabeth Lauckner
Brigitte Denise Lavoie
Yuen Kwan Law
Ana Lazic
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HHMI Postdoctoral Fellowships. Howard Hughes Medical Institute will partner with the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial
Fund, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, and Life Sciences Research
Foundation to fund 16 annual fellowships to help advance young scientists.
www.hhmi.org/news/20070604postdoc.html.
National Centers for Biomedical Computing (R01). This funding opportunity is for projects from individual
investigators or small groups to collaborate with the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research National Centers for
Biomedical Computing (NCBCs). Collaborating projects are intended to engage researchers in building an excellent
biomedical computing environment, using the computational tools and biological and behavioral application drivers of
the funded NCBCs as foundation stones. Expiration: September 8, 2011.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-184.html.
NIGMS Grants. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences is accepting applications for funding research in
which several interdependent projects offer significant advantages over support of these same projects as individual
research. Standard NIH application dates apply. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-030.html.
NIH Administrative Supplements for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Research. The National Institute of General
Medical Sciences, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and the National Eye
Institute announce the availability of one-year administrative revisions (also referred to as supplements) for funded
grantees to encourage research into the derivation, characterization, and/or utilization of induced pluripotent stem cells
(iPS) from non-embryonic sources. Application receipt date: April 1, 2009.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-GM-08-136.html.
NIH CSR Marcy Speer Award. The Marcy Speer Award recognizes scientists who demonstrate extraordinary
commitment to NIH Center for Scientific Review peer review groups, making it possible for NIH to fund the best
applications and, ultimately, improve public health. The next nomination deadline is April 16, 2009.
http://cms.csr.nih.gov/AboutCSR/SpeerAward.htm.
NIH OPASI Transformative R01 Program. The NIH Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives, which houses
the NIH Director’s Roadmap for Medical Research, has announced a new Transformative R01 Program in support of
investigator-initiated research that proposes to disrupt currently existing paradigms or create new ones where none
exist. Application receipt date: January 29, 2009. http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/T-R01.
NIH Administrative Supplements for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Research. The National Institute of General
Medical Sciences, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and National Eye Institute
announce the availability of one-year administrative revisions (also referred to as supplements) for funded grantees to
encourage research into the derivation, characterization, and/or utilization of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from
non-embryonic sources. This opportunity replaces NOT-NS-08-013, NIH Administrative Revisions for Human Pluripotent
Stem Cell (hPSC) Research Using Non-Embryonic Sources, which was announced January 17, 2008. Formal requests
must be received on or before April 1, 2009.
NRSA Awards. The NIH Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is accepting applications for the Ruth L.
Kirschstein National Research Service Awards. The predoctoral fellowships promote diversity in health-related research.
Application deadlines are May 1 and November 15 through 2009.
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-481.html#SectionI.
NRSA Research Training Grant. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences will award MARC U-STAR National
Research Service Act grants to minority-serving institutions that support undergraduate biomedical and behavioral
research. Application deadline is May 25, 2009. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-337.html.
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-related Research. These supplements are intended to
promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences research workforce. Expiration: September
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Research Supplements to Promote Re-entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers. These
supplements are intended to encourage individuals to re-enter research careers within the missions of all NIH program
areas. This program will provide administrative supplements to existing NIH research grants to support full-time or
part-time research by individuals in a program geared to bring their existing research skills and knowledge up-to-date.
Expiration: September 30, 2011. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-191.html.
RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) and RISE Professional Programs. The German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers scholarships to American and Canadian students to work on cutting-edge
research projects at top research institutions (e.g., Max-Planck-Institutes) and universities in Germany. 2009 deadline
for undergraduates: January 31, 2009. www.daad.de/rise.
SCORE Awards. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences is accepting applications for its Support of
Competitive Research (SCORE) developmental awards designed to increase faculty research competitiveness at
minority-serving institutions. Multiple deadlines through May 18, 2010. The program announcement, as well as three
other program announcements (PAR-06-491, PAR-06-492, PAR-06-493), can be found at http://grants1.nih.gov/
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December 5–9
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December 11–15
2011
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December 3–7
2012
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December 15–19
2013
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December 14–18
2014
Philadelphia
December 6-10
February 28–March 4, 2009.
Boston, MA
Biophysical Society 53rd Annual
Meeting. www.biophysics.org/
2009meeting.
March 4–8, 2009. Chicago, IL
Genetics Society of America:
50th Annual Drosophila Research
Conference. www.drosophila-conf.
org/2009.
March 7–11, 2009. Charleston, SC
American Society for Neurochemistry
2009 Annual Meeting. http://
asneurochem.org/2009Meeting/
ASN2009.htm.
March 17–22, 2009. Pacific Grove,
CA
Genetics Society of America: 25th
Fungal Genetics Conference. www.
fgsc.net/25thFGC/FGC25.htm.
April 13–24, 2009. Biopolis,
Singapore
European Molecular Biology
Organization and Institute of Medical
Biology Course: FRET, FLIM, FCS,
FRAP and 3-D Imaging—Application
to Cell and Developmental Biology.
http://cwp.embo.org/wpc09-01.
8120 Woodmont Avenue
Suite 750
Bethesda, MD 20814-2762
May 3–7, 2009. Fort Lauderdale, FL
Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology 2009 Annual Meeting:
Reducing Disparities in Eye Disease
and Treatment. www.arvo.org/eweb/
startpage.aspx?site=AM2009.
July 4–9, 2009. Prague, Czech
Republic
34th Congress of the Federation of
European Biochemical Societies:
Life’s Molecular Interactions.
www.febs2009.org.
May 24–27, 2009. Xiamen, China
Wnt Signaling, Organogenesis, and
Stem Cells Conference. http://life.
xmu.edu.cn/wntmeeting/index.htm.
July 19–24, 2009. New London, NH
Gordon Research Conference, Cell–
Cell Fusion. www.grc.org/programs.as
px?year=2009&program=cellcell.
May 27–29, 2009. Charlottesville,
VA
4th Biennial Morphogenesis and
Regenerative Medicine Symposium
www.morphogenesis.virginia.edu/
index.htm.
July 23–27, 2009. San Francisco, CA
Society for Developmental Biology
68th Annual Meeting. www.sdbonline.
org/2009Mtg/Webpage.htm.
June 4–6, 2009. Toronto, Canada
Organization for the Study of Sex
Differences Third Annual Meeting.
www.ossdweb.org/mc/page.
do?sitePageId=64130.
June 14–18, 2009. Zürich,
Switzerland
VIII European Symposium of The
Protein Society. www.proteinsociety.org.
August 29–September 1, 2009.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The EMBO Meeting 2009.
www.the-embo-meeting.org.
September 3–7, 2009. Cambridge,
England
Strategies for Engineered Negligible
Senescence (SENS), 4th Conference.
www.mfoundation.org/sens4.
September 5–8, 2009. Visegrád,
Hungary
12th European Meeting on
Complement in Human Disease.
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