Zebrafish model links low omega-3s to eye abnormalities
ASBMB Council roundup: August 2025
News and Ideas
ASBMB to combine Regular and Industry member types
The newly created Professional member type will offer all the current benefits of Regular and Industry membership.
In memoriam: Stuart A. Kornfeld
He was a pioneer in glycobiology and was a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for more than 50 years.
Top reviewers at ASBMB journals
Editors recognize the heavy-lifters and rising stars during Peer Review Week.
Teaching AI to listen
A computational medicine graduate student reflects on building natural language processing tools that extract meaning from messy clinical notes — transforming how we identify genetic risk while redefining what it means to listen in science.
Upcoming opportunities
Register for the free ASBMB webinar on the power of "Yes" and knowing when to use it, coming up on Sept. 30!
Early lipid changes drive retinal degeneration in Zellweger spectrum disorder
Lipid profiling in a rare disease mouse model reveals metabolic shifts and inflammation in the retinal pigment epithelium — offering promising biomarker leads to combat blindness.
How ASBMB elections work — and what’s changing this year
Read about the new election timeline and learn more about the process of nominations and voting.
How sugars shape Marfan syndrome
Research from the University of Georgia shows that Marfan syndrome–associated fibrillin-1 mutations disrupt O glycosylation, revealing unexpected changes that may alter the protein's function in the extracellular matrix.
Cedeño–Rosario and Kaweesa win research award
The award honors outstanding early-career scientists studying cancer, infectious disease and basic science.
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Jessica Desamero
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Courtney Chandler
Computational biosciences illuminate how molecular condensates form
Rohit Pappu will receive the 2025 DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences at the ASBMB Annual Meeting, April 12-15 in Chicago. Read More
Beyond the bench: On a mission to build an inclusive scientific community
Benjamin Garcia will receive the ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award at the ASBMB Annual meeting, April 12–15 in Chicago. Read More
Quantifying how proteins in microbe and host interact
“To develop better vaccines, we need new methods and a better understanding of the antibody responses that develop in immune individuals,” author Johan Malmström said. Read More
Who decides when a grad student graduates?
Courtney Chandler
Careers Columnist
Ph.D. programs often don’t have a set timeline. Students continue with their research until their thesis is done, which is where variability comes into play. Read More
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