Upcoming opportunities
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Aug. 16: Poster abstracts due for ASBMB transcription meeting
The ASBMB meeting on transcriptional regulation by chromatin and RNA polymerase will be held Sept. 26–30 in Alexandria, Va., just outside of the nation's capital. There's still time to submit an abstract for a poster presentation! Important dates:
- Aug. 16: Abstract submission deadline for poster consideration only. (* Authors must register at the time of abstract submission.)
- Aug. 26: Regular registration deadline.
Learn more about the meeting, which will be Sept. 26–30, and submit your abstract
Aug. 19: NSF public dialogue on STEM workforce
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for STEM Education is hosting two virtual public conversations to "stimulate new thinking about fundamental research in STEM workforce development." The first is at 3 p.m. Eastern on Aug. 19, and the second is at 11:30 a.m. Eastern on Sept. 20. Learn more.
Aug. 21: Science communication prize deadline
The Biochemical Society invites entries of articles, videos, podcast/audio pieces or infographics aimed at the general public and communicating a topic in the biosciences. Learn more.
Aug. 28: ASBMB webinar on outreach funding
The August installment of our “Finding the funds” webinar series will feature organizations that support broader impact efforts in community science outreach, civic engagement and informal education and will cover the ASBMB's Science Outreach and Communication Grant program. Join us to discover the many ways you can get your work funded. Learn more and register.
Aug. 31: Survey about scientific conferences closes
Ariane Wenger, a postdoc at the Transdisciplinarity Lab at ETH Zurich, is writing her thesis on changing conference practices and has developed a survey for researchers at all career stages. Learn more and take the survey.
Sept. 1: Deadlines for ASBMB conference on epigenetic regulation and genome stability
The ASBMB has partnered with the Biophysical Society of China for a meeting on the interplay between epigenetic regulation and genome stability. It will be held Oct. 21–25 in Wuhan, China. There will be seven platform sessions devoted to oral presentations and two poster sessions. In addition to presentations from two keynote speakers and 30 invited speakers, there will be 14 short talks chosen from the abstracts submitted. Learn more and register. Important dates:
- Sept. 1: Abstract submission deadline.
- Sept. 1: Early registration deadline.
- Oct. 21: Onsite registration deadline.
Sept. 9: Deadline for the Mirzayan policy fellowship
This full-time, 12-week program by the National Academies trains early-career scientists on science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation. It's in Washington, D.C., and pays a stipend of $11,000. Learn more.
Sept. 11: ASBMB webinar on career re-entry after a caregiving break
The ASBMB Women in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Committee is hosting a webinar about NIH programs to support re-entry and retention in the scientific workforce after caregiving breaks. Learn more and register.
Sept. 16: Deadline for ASBMB accreditation applications
ASBMB accreditation is a national, independent, outcomes-based evaluation mechanism that recognizes excellence in B.S. or B.A. degree programs in biochemistry and molecular biology and related disciplines. Accreditation assists BMB educators in meeting the growing demand from collegiate accrediting bodies, university administrators and other stakeholders for regular outcomes assessment. Independent evaluation provides an objective tool for pinpointing strengths and weaknesses in curriculum. Learn more about the benefits of ASBMB accreditation and apply.
Sept. 17: ASBMB webinar on postdoc funding and training opportunities
The September installment of our “Finding the funds” webinar series will focus on National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases funding priorities, award opportunities and training grants for postdocs. Learn more and register.
Sept. 18: ASBMB webinar on starting your own lab
Join us for a webinar about getting a new lab up and running. Our panel of experienced investigators will provide best practices and personal insights that new and aspiring principal investigators can apply and consider. Learn more and register.
Sept. 20: Virtual event on getting into medical writing
During this three-hour session, which will start at 9 a.m. Eastern, "experienced medical writers and (European Medical Writers Association) members will present and discuss the vast career path of medical writing." Learn more.
Sept. 23: Deadline for SciComm Identities Project Fellowship
The SciComm Identities Project is a one-year program for pre-tenure faculty at U.S. institutions who identify as underrepresented racial or ethnic minorities. It uses intercultural communication theory to develop a new approach to science communication training and "increase representation of underrepresented minority scientists and engineers as science communicators." Fellows will receive $5,000 stipends. Learn more.
Sept. 27: Deadline for Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
The Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship is a five-year award of up to $3 million from the Department of Defense that "supports basic research with the potential for transformative impact." Learn more.
Nov. 1: Early registration deadline for the ASBMB Deuel Conference on Lipids
The 2025 Deuel conference, Jan. 21–24, 2025 in Long Beach, Calif., is a must-attend event for leading lipids investigators — and for scientists who’ve just begun to explore the role of lipids in their research programs. The conference is a forum for the presentation of new and unpublished data, and attendees enjoy an informal atmosphere that encourages discussion. Interested scientists are invited to attend and encourage trainees to submit abstracts. Read our Q&A with the organizers. Learn more.
Important dates:
- Nov. 1: Early registration deadline.
- Nov. 1: Abstract deadline (authors are required to register for the conference upon submission of abstract).
- Dec. 23 Regular registration deadline.
Nov. 1: AAAS policy fellowship application deadline
The American Association for the Advanement of Science is accepting applications for the 2025–2026 Science & Technology Policy Fellowships class until Nov. 1. The program places 250-plus fellows "across all branches of federal government to learn first-hand about policymaking and use their knowledge and skills to address today’s most pressing societal challenges." Learn more and view the schedule of upcoming live chats to hear from program participants, alumni and AAAS staff about their experiences with the program.
Nov. 1: Apply for women's health prize
Researchers at any career stage are invited to apply for the BioInnovation Institute & Science Translational Medicine Prize for Innovations in Women's Health, which "recognize researchers who have developed innovative advances with translational potential to impact women’s health globally." Contributions may cover work in areas of female-specific conditions, reproductive health "or elucidation of sex- and gender-specific approaches to conditions that affect women differently or disproportionately." The winner will receive $25,000. Learn more.
March 31: Free course on career planning
"Career planning for early career scientists" is a free online course by iBiology that will help participants learn valuable career planning skills. The course is open for enrollment until March 31. Learn more.
Summer 2025: Save the date for ASBMB's meeting on ferroptosis
Ferroptosis is form of cell death that integrates biochemistry and molecular biology related to iron homeostasis, redox biology and diverse aspects of metabolism. This meeting will focus on the biochemical and molecular aspects of ferroptosis and how they relate to normal homeostasis and disruptions of homeostasis. Recent exciting advances in new pathways controlling ferroptosis make a meeting on this topic timely. Attendees will meet experts, present their research, get new ideas and form new collaborations in this rapidly growing field. Stay tuned for more information.
June 26–29, 2025: ASBMB's evolution and gene expression meeting
This meeting, which will be held at Stowers Institute 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. Learn more.
July 10–13, 2025: ASBMB's O-GlcNAc meeting
This meeting, which will be held in Durham, N.C., will cover O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes and the O-GlcNAc modification in modulating protein function in basic biological processes as well as in disease states, including diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurological diseases. Graduate and postdocs will be selected for oral talks and discuss their work at poster sessions. Learn more.
Aug. 17–21, 2025: ASBMB's symposium on proteomics
This five-day symposium, held at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., will be an international forum for discussion of the remarkable advances in cell and human protein biology revealed by ever-more-innovative and powerful proteomics technologies. The symposium 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. It will also articulate urgent, unmet needs and unsolved problems that will drive the field in the future. In addition to talks by invited plenary and session speakers, short talks will be selected from submitted abstracts. Registration and abstract-submission information will be available in late 2024. Learn more and sign up for email updates to stay informed.
Do you have a great idea for a scientific event?
We are now accepting proposals for scientific events to be held in 2024 and 2025. You pick the topic, the sessions and the speakers, and we’ll do the rest.
That’s right! We’ll manage registration, market the event to tens of thousands of scientists, and handle all the logistics so that you can focus on the science.
The top areas of research interest among ASBMB members include the following, but we’ll consider all proposals:
- Protein structure and folding
- Molecular bases of disease
- Gene regulation
- Signal transduction
- Metabolism
What molecule, method or research question needs more attention? We’re here to help you realize your vision and deliver cutting-edge science to the BMB community.
Request a Cloud Lab account from the NIH
National Institutes of Health staff and affiliated researchers are invited to register for Cloud Lab accounts. The goal of this self-paced, interactive program is to remove "barriers to cloud adoption by providing no-cost, customized, and scientifically relevant training, making it easier for researchers to learn about and explore the cloud with confidence." Participants will have access to a free cloud account and $500 of credits, which are valid for up to 90 days. Learn more.
Year-round: HHMI Janelia Visiting Scientist Program
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established senior investigators are all invited to participate in Janelia's Visiting Scientist Program. Janelia accepts visitor proposals on a continuous basis. Since 2007, more than 410 visiting scientists from 23 countries have participated in the program. Learn more.
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