Calendar of events, awards and opportunities
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Feb. 9: Lasker essay contest time
The Lasker Foundation will begin accepting essays for its annual contest Feb. 9. The contest is open to medical school students, interns, residents and fellows; doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in biomedical sciences; and graduate students in public health or other health professions programs. Winners will receive up to $5,000. Monetary prizes will be directed to the winners' institutions to be used toward the winners' educational expenses. The topic will be announced in early February, and winners will be announced in early July.
Feb. 10: Data sharing — what researchers need from funders
Funders can support data sharing and reuse in many ways. At this virtual event, the , the and will share how they support data sharing among their funded researchers through direct expert support for data curation and researcher recognition for data sharing and collaboration. .
Feb. 12: Creating an inclusive learning environment
ASBMB Catalyst Conversations are informal events at which educators share their still-in-development teaching practices and classroom activities. Presenters of short “chalk talks” get immediate feedback. Come for the keynote talk on cultivating inclusive learning environments, support colleagues presenting their work, and engage in conversations during thematic networking sessions. This virtual event is free for all to attend. Register.
Feb. 15: RNA summer internship program in Colorado
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is advertising its RNA Bioscience Initiative Summer Internship Program. This 10-week internship runs from June to August and offers a $4,000 stipend, roundtrip travel expenses and housing. Half of the participants are selected from applicants affiliated with the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science. The application deadline is Feb. 15.
Feb. 16: The science of sleep and stress
The National Academy of Sciences' Distinctive Voices series will feature Jessica Payne of the University of Notre Dame on Feb. 15 in an event titled "." If this event interests you, you first must sign up for the . They'll send you an announcement a week before the event. Tickets are free, but space is limited.
Feb. 16: Webinar on best practice for clinical relevance
The American Physiological Society, ADInstruments and InsideScientific are hosting a one-hour translational science panel discussion featuring three international researchers. It will include presentations and live Q&A that address topics for researchers who want to progress their preclinical research models into the translational and clinical sectors.
Feb. 17: Unconscious bias webinar by the ASBMB
The ASBMB is committed to promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture in biochemistry and molecular biology. Timely conversations centering subjects such as unconscious bias are critical to our collective DEI efforts. Recognition of one's own unintentional bias is as essential as understanding the negative impact and harm of bias. The ASBMB Women in Biochemistry and 偷拍偷窥 Biology Committee and Minority Affairs Committee will host an unconscious bias webinar at 2:30 p.m. Eastern on Feb. 17. It will be led by , deputy dean and chief diversity officer at the Yale School of Medicine. Latimore’s presentation will take place during the first hour, followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience. Come learn about unconscious bias and share strategies to combat it!
Feb. 23–24: Virtual forum on cohort recruitment by NIH
The National Institutes of Health is hosting a two-day virtual forum on the agency's faculty cohort recruitment programs and the science behind their effectiveness. Here's how they describe the event, which is open to all: "(We) will explore faculty cohort recruitment adoption and dissemination. Discussions will include the impact of cohort recruitment on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility; practices that make cohort recruitment successful; potential barriers to success; and how to evaluate both implementation and outcomes."
Important #ASBMB2022 dates
The ASBMB annual meeting will be held in person in Philadelphia in April. Please note that the deadline below are new. They were changed to give you more flexibility, given the ever-changing pandemic situation. We're looking forward to seeing you!
- Feb. 28: Early registration (largest discount) ends
- March 1: Advance registration (smaller but still significant discount) begins
- March 15: Registration cancellation deadline (flat fee of $50)
Feb. 28: NAM Catalyst Award Competition deadline
The National Academy of Medicine's Catalyst Awards "reward bold, new, potentially transformative ideas to improve the physical, mental, or social well-being and health of people as they age, in a measurable and equitable way." We won't get into all the details, but you can read them . Twenty-five winners will get $50,000 cash and travel costs for the annual global Innovator Summit. The deadline to apply is Feb. 28.
March 8–10: 10th International Singapore Lipid Symposium
iSLS 10 will be held in person and online in March. This year's themes are: precision health and medicine, nutritional science, healthy longevity, cariometabolic diseases, infection biology and the microbiome. Fees: $150 for students and postdocs and $250 for others. ASBMB member at National University of Singapore is organizing the meeting.
March 15: Abstract deadline for ESCRT biology meeting
This in-person meeting will be held in Madison, Wisconsin. It'll be a unique, open, inclusive and interactive forum for the international and domestic research community working on ESCRT biology and be an effective learning environment for all participants, especially graduate students, postdocs and other researchers from diverse backgrounds. This meeting will bring together experts in disciplines as diverse as biophysics, plant biology, cell biology, biochemistry and structural biology from around the world to cover key aspects of ESCRT biology. Stubmit an abstract.
March 31: Apply to host symposium for grad students and postdocs
The Federation of European Biochemical Societies and its partners are looking for institutions to host the FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE Symposium in 2024 for graduate students and postdocs. Institutions interested in hosting have until March 31 to apply. Note that these symposia are to be organized by the students/postdocs.
April 26: Abstract deadline for ASBMB's O-GlcNAc meeting
This conference, to be held in person in Athens, Ga., will address the multitude of roles that the O-GlcNAc protein modification has in regulating nuclear and cytosolic proteins. It will bring together researchers from diverse fields to share their research, tools and experience in O-GlcNAc biology. The organizers are Gerald Hart and Lance Wells, both of the University of Georgia. Learn more.
June 1: Deadline to apply for ASBMB diversity scholarship
The Marion B. Sewer Distinguished Scholarship for Undergraduates offers financial support to students who demonstrate an interest in the fields of biochemistry and molecular biology and enhance the diversity of science. Students whose social, educational or economic background adds to the diversity of the biomedical workforce or who show commitment to enhancing academic success of underrepresented students are eligible. The scholarship provides up to $2,000 toward undergraduate tuition costs for one academic year and can be applied to fall or spring tuition of the year following scholarship award notification. Up to ten scholarships will be awarded each academic year. Applications by individuals from underrepresented groups are encouraged, although all qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin. Apply.
July 21–24: Evolution and core processes in gene expression
This in-person meeting in Kansas City, Mo., will showcase the most recent insights into the cis-regulatory code, how cis-regulatory information is read out by transcription factors, signaling pathways and other proteins, how cellular diversity is created during development and how we can study this problem using cutting-edge genomics technology and computational methods. The meeting will simultaneously examine the problem from an evolutionary perspective: how cis-regulatory elements evolve, how regulatory variation affects gene expression and phenotypes, how these changes have shaped development and parallel evolution, and how noise affects regulatory circuits and their evolution. The abstract deadline for those who'd like to be considered for talks is May 6. The abstract deadline for poster presenters is May 25. Learn more.
Aug. 14–18: Mass spectrometry in the health and life sciences
This five-day conference will be an international forum for discussion of the remarkable advances in cell and human protein biology revealed by ever-more-innovative and powerful mass spectrometric technologies. The conference will juxtapose sessions about methodological advances with sessions about the roles those advances play in solving problems and seizing opportunities to understand the composition, dynamics and function of cellular machinery in numerous biological contexts. In addition to celebrating these successes, we also intend to articulate urgent, unmet needs and unsolved problems that will drive the field in the future. Registration and abstract submission begins Nov. 1. Abstracts are due May 16. Learn more.
Sept. 28–Oct. 2: Epigenetic regulation and genome stability
Save the date! Most meetings on epigenetics and chromatin focus on transcription, while most meetings on genome integrity include little attention to epigenetics and chromatin. This conference in Seattle will bridge this gap to link researchers who are interested in epigenetic regulations and chromatin with those who are interested in genome integrity. Stay tuned for abstract and registration deadlines.
Sept. 29–Oct. 2: Chromatin and RNA polymerase II
Save the date for this in-person meeting in Snowbird, Utah! Sessions will cover recent advances and new technologies in RNA polymerase II regulation, including the contributions of non-coding RNAs, enhancers and promoters, chromatin structure and post-translational modifications, molecular condensates, and other factors that regulate gene expression. Patrick Cramer of the Max Planck Institute will present the keynote address on the structure and function of transcription regulatory complexes. Stay tuned for abstract and registration deadlines.
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.
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