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Anika Zaman
March 2, 2026
She was honored by the Society for Glycobiology for her work on protein–glycan interactions.
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2026 ASBMB election results
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2026 ASBMB election results

Feb. 27, 2026

Meet the new Council members and Nominating Committee member.

Simcox wins SACNAS mentorship award
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Simcox wins SACNAS mentorship award

Feb. 23, 2026

She was recognized for her sustained excellence in mentorship and was honored at SACNAS’ 2025 National Conference.

From humble beginnings to unlocking lysosomal secrets
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From humble beginnings to unlocking lysosomal secrets

Feb. 20, 2026

Monther Abu–Remaileh will receive the ASBMB’s 2026 Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator Award in Lipid Research at the ASBMB Annual Meeting, March 7-10 in Washington, D.C.

Chemistry meets biology to thwart parasites
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Chemistry meets biology to thwart parasites

Feb. 19, 2026

Margaret Phillips will receive the Alice and C. C. Wang Award in Molecular Parasitology at the ASBMB Annual Meeting, March 7-10 in Washington, D.C.

ASBMB announces 2026 JBC/Tabor awardees
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ASBMB announces 2026 JBC/Tabor awardees

Feb. 18, 2026

The seven awardees are first authors of outstanding papers published in 2025 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Decoding how bacteria flip host’s molecular switches
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Decoding how bacteria flip host’s molecular switches

Feb. 17, 2026

Kim Orth will receive the Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Scientists Award at the ASBMB Annual Meeting, March 7–10, just outside of Washington, D.C.

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Thiam elected to EMBO

He was recognized during the EMBO Members’ Meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, in October.
Thiam elected to EMBO

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The timekeepers of proteostasis
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The timekeepers of proteostasis

Feb. 13, 2026

Learn about the cover of the winter 2026 ASBMB Today issue, illustrated by ASBMB member Megan Mitchem.

Defining JNKs: Targets for drug discovery
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Defining JNKs: Targets for drug discovery

Feb. 12, 2026

Roger Davis will receive the Bert and Natalie Vallee Award in Biomedical Science at the ASBMB Annual Meeting, March 7–10, just outside of Washington, D.C.

Building better tools to decipher the lipidome
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Building better tools to decipher the lipidome

Feb. 11, 2026

Chemical engineer–turned–biophysicist Matthew Mitsche uses curiosity, coding and creativity to tackle lipid biology, uncovering PNPLA3’s role in fatty liver disease and advancing mass spectrometry tools for studying complex lipid systems.

Summer research spotlight
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Summer research spotlight

Feb. 10, 2026

The 2025 Undergraduate Research Award recipients share results and insights from their lab experiences.

Pappu wins Provost Research Excellence Award
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Pappu wins Provost Research Excellence Award

Feb. 9, 2026

He was recognized by Washington University for his exemplary research on intrinsically disordered proteins.

In memoriam: Rodney E. Harrington
In Memoriam

In memoriam: Rodney E. Harrington

Feb. 9, 2026

He helped clarify how chromatin’s physical properties and DNA structure shift during interactions with proteins that control gene expression and was an ASBMB member for 43 years.

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