The ASBMB public affairs staff and Public Affairs Advisory Committee want your opinion on the National Institute of Health’s latest policy initiatives to support the next generation of researchers.  As a member of the research community, you have a valuable perspective and we want to make sure that the NIH takes note! 

In the September issue of ASBMB Today, science writer Laurel Oldach takes a deep look at sexual harassment in science — as the #metoo movement reaches research labs, activists ask universities, funding agencies and scientific societies to do more about the problem. And from our annual meeting program cochairs, an invitation to visit Orlando in April 2019.
Read the September issue.

In a recent position paper in the Journal of Lipid Research, scientists in the lipidomics community call for harmonization of approaches to blood plasma lipidomics. They hope the effort will move biomarkers discovered with mass spectrometry-based lipidomics toward clinical use. Read their recommendations  here .

The Journal of Biological Chemistry editors appreciate that the success of the biomedical research enterprise hinges on the creativity, doggedness and physical labor of scientists in training and in the early stages of their careers. In recognition of those emerging investigators’ contributions to the field of biological chemistry, the journal selects each year a handful of first authors of exceptional papers as winners of the Herb Tabor Young Investigator Award .

The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced today the recipients of the 2018 Lasker Awards. Among the four recipients was  Joan Steitz , a professor of biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators and a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology this week named a dozen scientists the winners of its annual awards. The recipients will give talks about their work at the society's 2019 annual meeting, which will be held in conjunction with the Experimental Biology conference April 6–9 in Orlando.