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Why you need more vitamin D
in the winter
With less exposure to sunlight in winter, adults should take in at least 600 international units per day of vitamin D from supplements or foods like oily fish, mushrooms and fortified dairy.
Calendar of events, awards and opportunities
Use this weekly list to get your ducks in a row.
From the journals: MCP
Read about capturing a peptide link between migraines and opioid-induced sensitivity, profiling autologous body fluid exosomes and finding the RSK in melanoma protein interactions.
This week’s staff picks
Frank Lloyd Wright, juvenile incarceration, facial-recognition software. These are just a few of the topics we're reading about/watching/listening to.
From the journals: JBC
Recent topics include misfolded tau proteins in Alzheimer’s disease, how enzymes trim peptides and how a parasite hijacks the immunity of its host.
Reworking your résumé for industry
Interested in entering or moving up in industry? Michael Matrone, associate director of the Office of Career and Professional Development at the University of California, San Francisco, offers tips for creating an effective résumé.
Understanding how arsenic changes chromatin and causes cancer
Yvonne Fondufe–Mittendorf, who took a winding path from the Republic of Cameroon to the bluegrass of Kentucky, calls herself “an academic tourist.”
Early immune response may improve cancer immunotherapies
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers and colleagues report a new mechanism for detecting foreign material during early immune responses.
Do sperm offer the uterus a secret handshake?
Why does it take 200 million sperm to fertilize a single egg? A female immune response is one reason. A molecular handshake may help sperm survive the bombardment.
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Martin J. Spiering
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Tips and tricks for writing great conference abstracts
Martin J. Spiering
Technical Editor, JBC
You only have a few hundred words. Martin Spiering tells you how to make every one count. Read More
Understanding how arsenic changes chromatin and causes cancer
Yvonne Fondufe–Mittendorf, who took a winding path from the Republic of Cameroon to the bluegrass of Kentucky, calls herself “an academic tourist.” Read More
Sandhya Visweswariah does a balancing act between science and her society
One of the most prominent women in science in India, Visweswariah talks to ASBMB contributor Isha Dey about her lab’s work on a complex receptor protein in the gut that can cause congenital diarrhea and the challenges of doing research in her country. Read More
Metal art, microbial culture
Sasha Mushegian writes about researchers in Switzerland who are looking to bacteria and fungi to preserve everything from a modern bronze sculpture to a 17th-century wooden warship. Read More
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