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Featured Articles
Federal Research Regulations Pose Massive Threat to American Science
On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released draft regulations that could dramatically change federally funded research in the United States. The proposed regulations affect nearly every aspect of the scientific process, including peer review, grant administration, conference attendance, scientific publishing, and participation in professional societies. The laundry list of policy…
Advocacy Alert: Oppose Proposed Cuts to NIH and NSF
The process of crafting the Fiscal Year 2027 federal budget has officially begun. On April 3, 2026, the White House released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027. Within thousands of pages of charts and graphs, the proposal calls for a 12% cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a 54% reduction to…
ASCB Decries “Friday Night Massacre” of National Science Board
Rong Li, ASCB’s President, sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate decrying the recent “Friday Night Massacre,” in which all current members of the National Science Board (NSB) were immediately relieved of their duties. In her letter to Senators John Thune and Chuck Schumer, the Majority…
Rebecca Heald Elected 2028 ASCB President
ASCB members have elected Rebecca Heald, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, to serve as the Society’s President in 2028. Heald is an internationally recognized leader in cell biology, known for her pioneering research on cytoskeletal dynamics, cell division, and the physical principles underlying cellular organization. A long-standing and…
Don’t Mess with Texas Science!
On April 22, 2026, six ASCB members from Texas spent the day in virtual meetings with staff from six Texas Congressional offices, The ASCB members were Elizabeth Chen, 2027 ASCB President from UT Southwestern Medical Center, Blair Benham-Pyle, Baylor College of Medicine, Giselle De La Torre Pinedo Baylor College of Medicine, Dan Dickinson, University of…
Bring Your Science—and Your Reviews—to MBoC
If you’ve ever gone through peer review, you know the feeling: thoughtful feedback, rounds of revision… and sometimes, a decision that sends you back to square one. At Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), that work doesn’t have to go to waste. For years, MBoC has offered authors the option to submit their manuscripts along…
Journals
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)
Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC) is a premier journal for research in all areas of cell biology, from biophysics to genetics to neuroscience. Its 14 online issues per year include Special Issues in the important areas of Quantitative Cell Biology, and Forces on and within Cells. Readers and authors alike benefit from the journal’s review process, which offers authors constructive feedback by working scientists.
CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE)
CBE—Life Sciences Education (LSE) is a peer-reviewed journal of life science education research and evidence-based practice published by the ASCB in editorial partnership with the Genetics Society of America and partially funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Online and completely free, LSE emphasizes teaching innovations and evidence of their effectiveness and is designed for educators at all levels and across all life science disciplines.
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