All about cholesterol
The perverse legacy of participation in human genomic research
News and Ideas
Upcoming ASBMB events for future industry scientists — and others
ASBMB offers webinars aimed at a variety of member groups, including scientists who have taken time off for caregiving or members who want to start their own labs. These three will be useful to postdocs and graduate students.
From the Journals: JBC
Nuclear actin affects transcription elongation. Proteostasis in Alzheimer’s disease. RNA and splicing affect cancer invasiveness. Read about recent papers on these topics.
Do ribosomal traffic jams cause Huntington’s disease?
“Just because there are a lot of cars doesn’t mean they’re all reaching their destination,” a researcher points out. And so it goes with mRNA translation within mitochondria.
Announcing the winners of the Molecular Motifs bioart competition
The 12 winning works of art to be featured in the 2025 ASBMB calendar were selected from 37 entries received from scientists in both academia and industry at all career stages with submissions coming from as far away as Pakistan and Brazil.
In memoriam: Harry Schachter
He was a leader in the field of glycobiology and glycan synthesis and an ASBMB member since 1970 who served on the JBC editorial board in 1983.
This common parasite causes birth defects — but the US doesn’t screen for it during pregnancy
Mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy is called congenital toxoplasmosis and up to 4,400 babies may be born with it in the U.S. each year.
Upcoming opportunities
On Sept. 19, join ASBMB's public affairs department for a LinkedIn chat with organizations that provide resources and support for the postdoc community.
Raw milk is risky, but airborne transmission of H5N1 from cow’s milk is inefficient in mammals
Findings suggest that cow’s milk infected with bird flu poses a real risk to humans, but the virus may not spread very far or quickly to others.
Curiosity drives a science writing career
Siobhan Sanford has worked at scientific journals, at pharma and consulting companies and as a freelancer.
Meet Our Contributors
Farah Aziz Annesha
Senegal Carty
Meric Ozturk
Mark Rasenick
The quest to treat and cure xerostomia
Blake Warner, chief of the Salivary Disorders Unit at the NIH talks about his lab’s efforts to develop treatments for dry mouth. Read More
Seeking the sweet spot to beat a pig parasite
Senegal Carty
Researchers extracted, separated and tested glycans from the porcine whipworm in an effort to determine the best way to develop treatments and vaccines. Read More
'Challenging membrane' researcher wins JBC/Tabor award
Hannah Kondolf and her colleagues developed a system that activates gasdermin proteins in an efficient and equivalent manner and showed differences in two gasdermins. Read More
Visa issues? PIs can help.
Mark Rasenick
“Constituent service is an important job for members of Congress, and they will help even people in their state who cannot vote, as long as those people are making a meaningful contribution.” Read More
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