Jul. 18, 2011--The ASBMB is pleased to announce the ten recipients of the 2011 ASBMB Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Seed Grant. Each award is worth $2,000 and is to be used to support the development of a K-12 STEM outreach program and/or partnership. More... 

July 12, 2011 – The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology this week called for passage of federal legislation to establish a uniform regulatory landscape for the derivation and use of human embryonic stem cells. Calling existing legislation “ambiguous” and citing and “the constant specter of judicial challenges” that researchers face, the society representing thousands of biomedical researchers insisted that the promises of embryonic stem cell research are in peril and the development of much-needed therapies and cures is being delayed. More... 

July 21, 2011 -- President Obama has named Michelle Williams, University of Washington professor of epidemiology and global health in the School of Public Health, as one of the nation’s outstanding mentors in science, math and engineering. More... 

July 21, 2011 -- Stephen T. Warren, the William Patterson Timmie professor of human genetics and Charles Howard Candler chairman of the department of human genetics as well as professor of biochemistry and pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine, will receive the March of Dimes/Colonel Harland Sanders Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field of genetic sciences. More...