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Gerald Hart
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Articles by Gerald Hart
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President's Message
The ASBMB has done a lot to benefit science and our field
July 1, 2020
Jerry Hart, the ASBMB’s outgoing president, looks back at two years of big changes and advances at the society and in science.
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President's Message
No, we will not be silent
June 3, 2020
The ASBMB president writes in support of the Minority Affairs Committee’s statement on police killings of Black people and systemic racism.
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President's Message
ASBMB journals are going open access
May 13, 2020
ASBMB President Gerald Hart writes about the society's decision to make its journals open access in January.
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President's Message
We are still here for you
May 6, 2020
A message from Jerry Hart, president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, about what the society is doing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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President's Message
Beware the unintended consequences of mandatory open access
Dec. 1, 2019
ASBMB President Gerald Hart outlines the potential pitfalls of Plan S, which would mandate open access to all academic papers on research supported by a group of European funding organization.
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President's Message
Want real peer review? Publish in society journals
Sept. 1, 2019
To mark Peer Review Week (Sept. 16–20), ASBMB President Jerry Hart discusses the benefits of publishing in society journals, including careful review by experts in your specific field.
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President's Message
Early birds get rapid responses on meeting abstracts
Aug. 1, 2019
ASBMB President Jerry Hart announces the society’s new priority-decision program for early abstracts, designed in part to give international applicants more time to secure visas.
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President's Message
Are we more than biochemists and molecular biologists?
April 1, 2019
Jerry Hart wonders if the addition of more focused subgroups like the Lipid Research Division would make the ASBMB more attractive to members — and he welcomes your thoughts.
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President's Message
The ASBMB is here for you
Aug. 1, 2018
Jerry Hart, the new ASBMB president, writes about his history with the ASBMB and his plans for the society’s future.