Understanding how arsenic changes chromatin and causes cancer
Early immune response may improve cancer immunotherapies
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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.
Kensal E. van Holde (1928 – 2019)
One of the world’s premier physical biochemists and a longtime associate editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistry is remembered by his friend and colleague Christopher Mathews.
A new hotspot for cyclooxygenase inhibition
Drugs like aspirin dampen inflammation by inhibiting certain enzymes but can have nasty gastrointestinal side effects, so enzymologists are investigating the structure of the enzymes’ active sites in hopes of designing more selective inhibitors.
Annual meeting workshops: Part 2
Topics include lab management, moving from academia to industry, and teaching biology with augmented reality and Lego bricks.
Honoring undergrads who promote diversity
Meet the 2019 recipients of the Marion B. Sewer Scholarship, which is open to all American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology undergraduate members. This year’s deadline is June 1.
Dahms honored; Agre joins board; TWAS fellows
Awards, promotions and more. Find out what's going on in the lives of ASBMB members.
Your blood type may influence your vulnerability to the winter vomiting virus
Norovirus is very infectious, but not everyone is equally vulnerable. Whether you get sick or not may depend on your blood type.
Calendar of events, awards and opportunities
Use this weekly list to get your ducks in a row.
The proteome of the cave bear
If a peptide mass spectrum is like a jigsaw puzzle, then a genome is the picture that researchers use to piece things together. But what do you do when there’s no picture to use as a guide?
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Weaving social innovation and scientific methods for a bright future
Pingdewinde Sam
Contributor
In our second “Service beyond science” essay, Pingdewinde Sam, a Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins, describes his journey from Burkina Faso to the U.S. and how he founded Teêbo, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the people of his native land. Read More
Ants in the lab
Take a peek inside the labs of Danny Reinberg and Shelley Berger, who use ants to study the role of epigenetics and gene expression in behavior and aging. Read More
JLR: Secrets of fat and the lymph node
Laurel Oldach
Science Writer
Some 20 years ago, Sander Kersten isolated a protein that acts as a control for how our bodies store or burn fat. Recently, he wrote in the Journal of Lipid Research about why loss of this protein can be fatal to mice. Read More
Oxygen sensing and adapting to altitude
John Arnst
Science Writer
Gregg Semenza is one of three physician–scientists sharing the 2019 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine for their discoveries related to the protein complex hypoxia-inducible factor and the red blood cell–producing hormone it controls. Read More
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