Profiles
Guiding grocery carts to shape healthy habits
Robert “Nate” Helsley will receive the Walter A. Shaw Young Investigator in Lipid Research Award at the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting, April 12–15 in Chicago.
Leading the charge for gender equity
Nicole Woitowich will receive the ASBMB Emerging Leadership Award at the 2025 ASBMB Annual meeting, April 12–15 in Chicago.
Computational and biophysical approaches to disordered proteins
Rohit Pappu will receive the 2025 DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences at the ASBMB Annual Meeting, April 12-15 in Chicago.
Helping underrepresented scientists feel seen
Benjamin Garcia will receive the ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award at the ASBMB Annual meeting, April 12–15 in Chicago.
A scientist's journey through disability, grad school, and beyond
By the end of high school, Crystal Mendoza already had lab experience and was well on her way to a college degree and a promising future. All the bumps in her road lay ahead.
Pollard helps her students STEP this way
Working to break the norms about who a scientist is, she helps young people from all backgrounds gain access to the lab.
Giving back to the community and advancing science go hand in hand
Ever since he was an undergraduate, MOSAIC scholar Donovan Argueta has worked to support equity in higher education.
Donald J. Graves (1933–2024)
Two of Don Graves’ sons remember the father who worked in two Nobel labs — and inspired their careers in biochemistry.
With curiosity, a career is both a journey and a circle
John Peters solved the structure of iron-containing hydrogenase, investigates electron bifurcation and, after holding faculty positions at four institutions, is a department chair at his undergraduate alma mater.