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News and Ideas
Rethinking the NIH review system
Proposals for change include a tiered grant funding system, tweaks to scoring and criteria, internal reviews and a continuous submission system.
Analysis: Mounting pressure on China about coronavirus ‘lab leak’ could backfire
Where the coronavirus originated remains a mystery, and the Chinese are bucking demands to let investigators see more.
A balancing game with implications for neurodegenerative disease
The relationship between two proteins, one essential to mitochondrial fission and the other found in Alzheimer’s tissue, might hold the key to how disease alters the fission–fusion balance.
Academy elects new members
Of the 120 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences, nine are ASBMB members.
Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?
Preliminary evidence seems to suggest that someone who’s vaccinated is less likely transmit the virus, but the proof is not yet ironclad.
Calendar of events, awards and opportunities
Here's a sampling of Pride Month happenings. Send us more!
What does a scientist look like?
After the program, more students drew pictures of scientists as themselves or people of color, demonstrating that they are internalizing an identity of becoming a scientist.
Addgene expands its collection into antibodies
The reagent repository Addgene, known for distribution and quality control of plasmids for open science, is expanding into recombinant antibodies and nanobodies in partnership with NeuroMab.
Giving students tools to forge a new path
"At every level of education, we need a system that is student-centric and that provides opportunities for all to pursue degrees that will allow them to become what they want to be."
Meet Our Contributors
Beronda L. Montgomery
Rajini Rao
Peter Kennelly
Bill Sullivan
To support or to deny: mentoring or gatekeeping?
Beronda L. Montgomery
MSU Foundation Professor
Beronda Montgomery posted on Twitter: “What’s a thing that you were ‘mentored’ not to do, but you pursued it & it’s worked out well?” She shares what she learned from the responses. Read More
Use the mic!
Rajini Rao
Professor
Rajini Rao writes that up to 20% of the population has some hearing loss, so when you don’t use the microphone at a meeting, you are projecting your ableism, not your voice. Read More
What would Julia Child do?
Peter Kennelly
Professor
Pete Kennelly proposes that online labs should be designed with an eye to enhancing student participation and maintaining causal connections. Read More
Grant-writing tips for beginners
Bill Sullivan
Showalter Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Bill Sullivan, a study section veteran, shares eight important lessons he’s learned for writing a winning grant application. Read More
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