June 8, 2013 -- The ASBMB is hosting a grant writing workshop for new and early career biochemistry and molecular biology faculty, June 27 – 29 in Washington, D.C. This workshop specifically targets new tenure-track faculty who have not previously received NSF or NIH funding.  More... 

May 1, 2013 — In the May 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. Read the May issue. 

May 10, 2013 — In the latest JBC podcast, we hear an interview with Gaofeng Wang at the University of Miami. Wang talks about his Paper of the Week: Ascorbate Induces Ten-Eleven Translocation Methylcytosine Dioxygenase-mediated Generation of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine. The paper delves into how vitamin C may play a role in epigenetics. Click here to listen to the podcast. 

April 17, 2013 — The Journal of Lipid Research launches podcasts with an interview with Pedro F. Marrero González from the University of Barcelona about his group’s recently published paper, “Fsp27/CIDEC is a CREB target gene induced during early fasting in liver and regulated by FA oxidation rate.” The interview and paper focus on the regulation of fatty acid synthesis and oxidation during conditions of fasting. Click here to find the transcript and listen to the podcast. 

Oct. 10, 2012 -- Two American scientists, ASBMB member  Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work revealing protein receptors that tell cells what is going on in and around the human body. Their achievements have allowed drug makers to develop medication with fewer side effects.  More...

Sept. 10, 2012 — The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, which for 67 years has championed the greatest advances in medical research, announced today the winners of the 2012 Lasker Awards: Michael Sheetz, James Spudich and Ronald Vale for basic medical research, Roy Calne and Thomas E. Starzl for clinical research, and Donald D. Brown and Thomas Maniatis for special achievement. More...