http://www.asbmb.org The Latest News From ASBMB The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology en-us Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:25:29 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6552 March 8 2010 -- Perry A Frey professor emeritus of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Enzyme Research has been selected to present the second Gordon Hammes American Chemical Society Biochemistry Lecture at the 2010 ACS national meeting in August The Lectureship recognizes an individual contributor who has had a major impact on scientific research at the interface between chemistry and biology particularly in the realm of biochemistry biological chemistry molecu... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:41:10 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6552 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6548 March 8 2010 -- John A Corbett has been appointed chairman and professor of biochemistry at The Medical College of Wisconsin Prior to his appointment Corbett was at the University of Alabama in Birmingham where he was the Nancy R and Eugene C Gwaltney family endowed chair in juvenile diabetes research and a professor of medicine and director of the comprehensive diabetes center Corbett’s current research is directed at uncovering the mechanisms responsible for diabetes development His studie... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:37:38 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6548 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6542 Mar 8 2010--Understanding how plants defend themselves from bacterial infections may help researchers understand how people and other animals could be better protected from such pathogens That’s the idea behind a study to observe a specific bacteria that infects tomatoes but normally does not bother the common laboratory plant arabidopsis Researchers hoped to understand how infection is selective in various organisms according to a Texas AgriLife Research scientist Dr Hisashi Koiwa collabora... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:03:50 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6542 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6538 Mar 8 2010--National University of Singapore researchers are reporting this week the discovery of a novel compound in the venom of the King Cobra that blocks specific types of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) involved in neurotransmission in humans.  The discovery published in the March 12 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry may open the door to a better understanding of and better therapies for a variety of neurological and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer dis... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:29:52 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6538 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6534 Mar 5 2010--Fifty-eight undergraduates receive travel awards to the 2010 ASBMB Annual Meeting   Congratulations to following students for being awarded the 2010 ASBMB Annual Meeting Undergraduate Competitive Travel Award Andrea Beltran from Hunter College Lauren Buck from University of Notre Dame Jae Yong Eom from Cornell University Laura Johnson from Rhodes College Vasilios Kalas from The University of Chicago HongVan Le from Tulane University Daniel Liebowitz from Vassar College Zachary ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:31:40 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6534 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6514 March 3 2010--Follow us at the Annual Meeting on Twitter! Use #asbmb2010 to Tweet about the sessions events and your favorite parts of the ASBMB Annual Meeting!http://twitter.com/asbmb     March 3 2010--Follow us at the Annual Meeting on Twitter! Use #asbmb2010 to Tweet about the sessions events and your favorite parts of the ASBMB Annual Meeting! Read More     ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:10:25 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6514 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6486 Mar 1 2010--Twelve Undergraduate Affiliate Network (UAN) students have been elected into the ASBMB Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Honor Society (Chi Omega Lambda)   Andrew DeVilbiss from University of Wisconsin La Crosse  Daniel Laurent from University of Wisconsin La Crosse  Dario Pasalic from University of Arizona  Huidong Yang from State University of New York at Potsdam  Jacob Mahoney from University of Wisconsin La Crosse  Jim Ruble from Grand Valley State University  Michael Ross... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:03:04 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6486 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6468 Breakthrough reveals that unleashing the power within requires another critical element for life Water   Mar 1 2010--Researchers at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center have figured out how ATP is broken down in cells providing for the first time a clear picture of the key reaction that allows cells in all living things to function and flourish Discovered some 80 years ago adenosine triphosphate is said to be second in biological importance only to DNA Each cell in the human... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:38:40 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6468 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6464 Study indicates an enzyme suspected for years has only limited role in spurring devastating edema   Mar 1 2010--Researchers at Albany Medical College are releasing results of a study this week that they say will help refocus the search for new drug targets aimed at preventing or reversing the devastating tissue inflammation that results after heart attack and stroke In the March 5 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry lead author Alejandro P Adam and his colleagues at the college's Ce... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:18:46 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6464 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6460 Mar 1 2010--The Undergraduate Affiliate Network (UAN) University of Arizona Chapter held the first southwest region UAN research conference on Feb  26-27 2010 on the campus the University of Arizona The conference BECUR (Biological Engineering and Chemical Undergraduate Research) was founded by a group of University of Arizona UAN students with the intent of providing professional level presentation experiences for students of biology chemistry and engineering.  The following undergraduates ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:58:20 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6460 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6448 Feb 26 2010 -- In the March issue of ASBMB Today American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology President Gregory Petsko talks about the disconnect between what we teach our grad students and postdocs and what they need to know You’ll also find a glimpse at Jerry B Lingrel’s research on the mechanisms of atherosclerosis and hypertension an overview of the new JBC thematic minireview series on proteases and a look at the two new awards created by ASBMB for 2011. Read this month's iss... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:26:35 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6448 http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6408 Feb 24 2010--Vitamin D touted as the "sunshine cure," might also prevent and fight Crohn's disease suggests a new study by Montreal researchers A JBC paper on vitamin D and Crohn's disease was recently featured in the Vancouver Sun The paper was selected as a Report in the JBC Reports (formally know as Accelerated Papers) are intended to present new information of exceptional novelty importance and interest to the broad readership of the journal Read the newspaper article here Citation Direc... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:13:52 EST http://www.asbmb.org/news.aspx?id=6408