Cover of the January 2013 issue of ASBMB Today

January   2013


The cover story of the January 2013 issue of ASBMB Today reports on the results of a recent ASBMB survey of young biochemists and molecular biologists. In a sidebar, Fred Maxfield of Weill Cornell Medical College, who leads the ASBMB committee focused on mentoring, writes about what the respondents had to say regarding the advice they receive. Also in this issue are preview articles about the 2013 ASBMB Special Symposia lineup. And, for those of you uncertain about how using certain social media tools can benefit you personally and professionally, Rajini Rao of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine offers a testimonial on the value of Google Plus.

Cover of the February 2013 issue of ASBMB Today

February   2013


In the February 2013 issue of ASBMB Today, our personal essay series “Derailed but Undeterred” launches with a piece by Wendy Knapp Pogozelski called “The uses of metabolic adversity.” For the cover story, “The other malaria parasite,” we talked to researchers studying the ill-understood parasite that causes most malaria cases outside of Africa. Meanwhile, in the mentoring column, Jim Keen offers some advice for those just embarking upon a life of academic research. And contributor Cristy Gelling interviews artist and science student Maja Klevanski, who sees structures in the Protein Data Bank in very unique ways.

Cover of the March 2013 issue of ASBMB Today

March   2013


In the March 2013 issue of ASBMB Today, the second installment of our personal essay series, “Derailed but Undeterred,” is by Martha Lewis, who fled Sierra Leone as a child and now is pursuing a career as a physician–scientist. You’ll also find the first part in our two-part coverage of the society’s annual award winners. Look for others in the April issue. In the minority affairs column, Squire J. Booker writes about making careers in science accessible for those with disabilities. And we have news items from the ASBMB journals.

Cover of the April 2013 issue of ASBMB Today

April   2013


In the April 2013 issue of ASBMB Today, the third installment of our personal essay series, “Derailed But Undeterred,” is by Aditi S. Iyengar, who writes candidly about the highs and lows of graduate school. You’ll also find the second part in our two-part coverage of the society’s annual award winners. Our cover story reviews what is known about the molecular underpinnings of Alzheimer’s disease and offers perspectives from two women caring for their declining mothers. In an online exclusive article, contributor Connor Bamford talks to scientists studying triple-negative breast cancer, an area of research that will be given special attention at the ASBMB annual meeting later this month.

Cover of the May 2013 issue of ASBMB Today

May   2013


In the May 2013 issue of ASBMB Today, we explore what we know — and what we need to know — about sperm and how it relates to male infertility. The fourth and fifth installments of our personal essay series, “Derailed but Undeterred,” are by Christine Guthrie, who candidly tells how she prevailed through a particularly dark period when she was a young investigator, and by Jonathan Gitlin, who recalls the challenges he experienced as a noncitizen forging a career in U.S. science policy. You’ll also find a Retrospective article about the late Wm Wallace “Mo” Cleland and a feature by contributor Diedre Ribbens about the uptake of digital PCR by some researchers seeking to solve certain types of problems. And don’t miss our Journal News highlighting two new minireviews in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, a thematic series on microRNAs in the Journal of Lipid Research and a special issue of Molecular & Celullar Proteomics focused on glycoscience.