Nov 16, 2009 --The ASBMB Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Honor Society (ΧΩΛ) online nominations page is open!  More...

Nov. 9, 2009--The November issue of ASBMB Today explores advocating for science. You’ll find articles on a musical performance by Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins; a meeting between ASBMB Public Affairs Advisory Committee members and several NIH directors; and the recent ASBMB Graduate Student/Postdoc Hill Day. The November issue also offers a brief look at ASBMB’s two latest Nobel laureates: Carol Greider and Thomas Steitz. Go to the new issue. Visit the AToday archive.

November 30, 2009--Scientists writing in the JBC have crystallized a protein that may help gut bacteria bind to the gastrointestinal tract. The protein could be used by probiotic producers to identify strains that are likely to be of real benefit to people. More...

November 30, 2009--It's a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate (4-HB). Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug. Now, a team of Ohio and Michigan scientists writing in the JBC have determined new routes by which 4-HB is metabolized by the body. More...

November 5, 2009--Ray Trievel, Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan Medical School, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Etter Early Career Award from the American Crystallographic Association. More...

November 2, 2009--With $4.8 million in ARRA funding, ASBMB members Steven Carr of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Leigh Anderson, founder and chief executive officer of the Plasma Proteome Institute, are collaborating with Amanda Paulovich of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to determine the feasibility of the Human Proteome Detection and Quantitation initiative, or hPDQ. More...