Calendar of events, awards and opportunities
Every week, we update this list with new meetings, awards, scholarships and events. If you’d like us to feature something that you’re offering to the bioscience community, email us with the subject line “For calendar.” ASBMB members’ offerings take priority, and we do not promote products/services. Learn how to advertise in ASBMB Today.
Call for virtual scientific event proposals
The ASBMB provides members with a virtual platform to share scientific research and accomplishments and to discuss emerging topics and technologies with the BMB community.
The ASBMB will manage the technical aspects, market the event to tens of thousands of contacts and present the digital event live to a remote audience. Additional tools such as polling, Q&A, breakout rooms and post event Twitter chats may be used to facilitate maximum engagement.
Seminars are typically one to two hours long. A workshop or conference might be longer and even span several days.
Prospective organizers may submit proposals at any time. Decisions are usually made within four to six weeks.
July through September: FASEB Research Conferences
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology has a virtual conference series running through September. Get details here. The schedule is below.
- The Microbial Glycobiology Conference | July 13–14
- The Nutrient Sensing and Metabolic Signaling Conference | Aug. 10–11
- The Folic Acid B12 and One-Carbon Metabolism Conference | Aug. 17–19
- The Cell Signaling in Cancer Conference: From Mechanisms to Therapy | Sept. 21–22
Virtual seminar series on lipids and lipid signaling
ASBMB Lipid Research Division members John Burke of the University of Victoria and Mike Airola of Stony Brook University have organized a weekly online seminar series to provide "opportunities to graduate students and postdocs who are missing the ability to give talks at conferences” in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The series is taking place via Zoom. To sign up to attend, add your name and email address to this Google sheet. If you’re interested in presenting, please contact Burke.
Below is this week's seminar and links to presenters’ publications. To view recordings of past webinars, click here.
July 14 | Ancestral sequences, inherited neuropathies
C. Denise Okafor, Okafor lab, Penn State University
Linda Sawade, Haucke lab, Berlin University
July 14: NIGMS Postdoctoral Research Associate Training Program webinar
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences' PRAT Program is a competitive three-year postdoctoral fellowship program that provides research training in National Institutes of Health intramural research laboratories. Fellows get stipends and travel and training funds. This webinar about the program will be at 2 p.m. Eastern on July 14. Learn more and get access to the webinar. The PRAT applications are due in October.
July 17, 24 and 31: SABER meeting
On Fridays throughout July, the Society for the Advancement of Biomedical Education Research is holding its annual meeting virtually. You must register to get a Zoom link to attend or present at Virtual SABER 2020, but there is no charge. This Friday, July 10, there will be a keynote address by Elizabeth Canning, an action group session titled "How can SABER become generally more inclusive and specifically anti-racist?" facilitated by Kecia Thomas (who, by the way, penned the essay "Colorblindness as ideology," for ASBMB Today in 2018), three talks in each of four concurrent sessions, and time for Q&As. See the monthlong schedule of events and register.
July 15: Deadline to apply to be IUBMB Life editor-in-chief
We received an email this week announcing that the journal IUBMB Life is seeking a new editor-in-chief. We recommend that you read the full announcement here. Applications should be submitted to Zengyi Chang by July 15.
July 16–17: Free "train-the-trainers" program
The National Institutes of Health and the Association of American Medical Colleges are presenting their second "Train-the-Trainers" event for advisers, staff members and faculty members who provide guidance to and career-related programming for grad students and postdocs in the life sciences. Advance registration is required, but the program is free. See the agenda.
July 31: Applications due for PALM network
Applications are due July 31 to participate in the PALM Network. PALM was established to provide mentorship in teaching to enhance the use of active learning in undergraduate education. ASBMB members who are postdocs or faculty are eligible to become fellows. Faculty who are skilled in active-learning strategies may also apply to become PALM mentors. More info.
July 31: Deadline to enter contest for Ph.D. students
The Webinar Series in Sphingolipids Biology and Avanti Polar Lipids are hosting a contest for Ph.D. students studying sphingolipids. Apply by July 31 to be considered for a short virtual talk and the chance to win $500. The presentations will be in September. See the guidelines to enter.
Aug. 11: Deadline for HHMI program for medically trained scientists
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will be accepting up to 10 biomedical scientists for its new $120 million research program. According to the announcement we received, the Medically Trained Scientists Program "will offer as many as eight years of support for up to 10 early career scientists who are committed to conducting basic research." See HHMI's site for more details.
Sept. 1: New deadline for PROLAB travel awards
The Promoting Research Opportunities for Latin American Biochemists program allows Latin American graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to spend up to six months in U.S. or Canadian laboratories. Participants get access to technologies and expertise that may not be readily available in their home countries, allowing them to grow their skills and contribute to building capacity in the life sciences at home. Note that the deadline has been extended from this spring to Sept. 1. Learn more.
Oct. 1: Deadline to apply for IUBMB fellowships
The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has three fellowship programs — the Wood–Whelan Research Fellowships, the IUBMB Mid-Career Research Fellowships and the Tang Education Fellowships — and funding for educational activities. The deadline to apply for all of them is Oct. 1.
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