Predicting PROTAC properties
Cataloging itty-bitty proteins in large numbers
News and Ideas
Giant, intricate structures
Best of BMB 2022: In a “triumph of experimental structural biology,” multiple teams tackle the nuclear pore complex.
Evolutionary constraints on disordered proteins
Best of BMB 2022: “There’s evidence that there must be conservation of function — so how does this happen, if the sequence changes so much?”
ASCB honors Asai, Goley and Bagde
These three ASBMB members have won recognition from the American Society for Cell Biology.
Calendar of events, awards and opportunities
Just added: LinkedIn chat about parenting and caregiving, Lipid Research Division seminar, HHMI investigators competition, Burroughs Wellcome postdoc award and IUBMB fellowship for presenting at virtual events.
COVID-19, preprints and journalists
Researchers find that news stories often fail to mention when studies haven’t been peer reviewed.
Trainees are no longer 'independent agents'
Kevin Struhl offers his take on how collaboration and competition have changed mentee–mentor relationships.
From the journals: MCP
Muscling in on a signaling pathway. Probing weaknesses in the T cell surface. Improving single-cell proteomics two ways. Read about papers on these topics recently published in the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.
Fun in Seattle
#DiscoverBMB 2023: Come to Seattle for the science. Stay for the aquarium!
ASBMB delegates leave their mark on policymaking
Advocacy Training Program participants use their new skills to improve their institutional environments, create new programs, draft policy recommendations, perform targeted outreach and more.
Meet Our Contributors
Heather Masson–Forsythe
Laurel Oldach
Ciearra Smith
Sarina Neote
LGBT+ scientists face location limitations
“I feel like I do not have the freedom to choose where I go,” one scientist said. “To choose where I go, I would have to leave academic research.” Read More
The mechanism of the monkeypox antiviral
Laurel Oldach
Science Writer
As monkeypox becomes an international concern, interest grows in tecovirimat; this smallpox drug targets a structural protein that helps wrap the virus in a second lipid bilayer. Read More
ASBMB releases DEAI statement
Ciearra Smith
Manager of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs
"The society will uphold these core values of DEAI across all departments and committees — and support its members in their DEAI efforts at their respective institutions and out in the world," it says. Read More
ASBMB recommends boost to NIH base budget
Sarina Neote
Director of Public Affairs
In testimony, the society also made the case for NIGMS funds and sustaining the COBRE and INBRE programs. Read More
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