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Julie Theriot to Give 2019 Keith Porter Lecture

October 9, 2019
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Julie Theriot, a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington, has been selected to present the…

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Cato Laurencin is 2019 E.E. Just Lecturer

October 8, 2019
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ASCB’s Minorities Affairs Committee presents the E.E. Just Award to memorialize the early 20th-century biologist and to recognize the outstanding…

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Jorge Torres named recipient of 2019 Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity

October 7, 2019
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Jorge Torres has been named the 2019 recipient of the ASCB Prize for Excellence in Inclusivity. Torres is an associate…

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2019 E. B. Wilson Medalist Peter Devreotes tells the story of chemotaxis

October 3, 2019
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Peter Devreotes, the 2019 winner of ASCB’s E.B Wilson Medal, studies chemotaxis—how cells move in response to extracellular cues and…

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Biology education researcher Mary Pat Wenderoth named 2019 Bruce Alberts award winner

September 9, 2019

Mary Pat Wenderoth, a Principal Lecturer in biology at the University of Washington, has been named the 2019 winner of…

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A guide for more effective teaching for scientists

August 9, 2019
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All scientists serve in some capacity as teachers. Whether you are teaching a classroom of students, mentoring a colleague in…

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Ahna Skop: visualizing grants, traveling to increase empathy, the importance of studying the cell’s ‘garbage can’

June 21, 2019
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Ahna Skop is a Professor of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and an affiliate faculty member in…

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Why so serious? The surprising importance of informal seminars

March 15, 2019
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In academia, seminars are the classrooms we never really leave. As a keystone of intellectual exchange, seminars, whether large or…

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How to enjoy feeling stupid after you switch fields

February 28, 2019

Going from a PhD to a postdoc changes almost everyone’s field of research in some big or small way. Perhaps…

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ASCB COMPASS Outreach Grant spotlight: Sharon STEM Talks

February 8, 2019
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It is 6:50 pm on an October evening. Fifty-five 11th and 12th-grade students pile into the Sharon High School (SHS)…

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