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Keep your friends close and your RNAs closer
This symposium, Regulation of RNA, will be part of #DiscoverBMB 2023.
A membrane ATPase without transporter activity
A classic article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry reflects on Guido Guidotti’s laboratory and the search for CD39.
The era of “smart” organelles
This symposium, Organelles, Mechanisms and Phase Properties of Cellular Quality Control, will be part of #DiscoverBMB 2023.
Lipids, lipids everywhere!
This symposium, Lipid Dynamics and Signals in Membrane and Protein Structure, will be part of #DiscoverBMB 2023.
A target to prevent kidney injury by chemotherapy
“Many people don’t realize that the side effects of chemotherapy are not limited to hair loss, diarrhea and nausea.”
Carbohydrates for life, health and diseases
This symposium, Frontiers in Carbohydrate Synthesis and Recognition, will be part of #DiscoverBMB 2023.
Learn, reflect and lead
This symposium, Educational Professional Development, will be part of #DiscoverBMB 2023 in March.
In memoriam: Clark Bublitz
He was a metabolic enzymologist and a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology since 1963.
Who has the highest risk of long COVID? It’s complicated
Sex and age may be risk factors, but researchers are probably missing many others.
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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
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
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
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
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