February 13, 2013 -- Each year, the society awards travel funding to a number of outstanding undergraduate faculty and students to encourage them to showcase their research at the ASBMB Annual Meeting.  More... 

 On Tuesday February 26 at 1 PM EST, ASBMB will be hosting a Google+ Hangout On Air to discuss our science policy fellowship. Join current policy fellow Chris Picket and former fellow Geoff Hunt as they share their knowledge and experiences. Learn more on our Google+ page: https://plus.google.com/events/cp84ab3thgl4qr5f7adcbd2mv6k 

Feb. 15, 2013 — In this podcast, we hear an interview between JBC Associate Editor Joel Gottesfeld and John Denu from the University of Wisconsin-Madison about JBC’s Best of 2012. The Journal’s associate editors chose from among more than 4,000 articles published throughout the year, selecting 22, one for each of the Journal’s affinity categories. An affinity category corresponds to a section of the Journal’s table of contents.

Denu coauthored two of the best of 2012. In the field of metabolism, he coauthored the paper “Regulation of Glycolytic Enzyme Phyosphoglycerate Mutase-1 by Sirt1 Protein-mediated Deacetylation,” which was published in February. In the field of enzymology, he coauthored the paper “Sirt3 Protein Deacetylates Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 2 and Regulates Mitochondrial Redox Status,” which was published in April. Click here to find a transcript and to listen to the podcast.
 

Feb. 1, 2013 — In this podcast, we hear an interview with Wei-Xing Zong from Stony Brook University, who talks about his group’s JBC Paper of the Week: “Hyperactivation of the mammalian degenerin MDEG promotes caspase-8 activation and apoptosis.” The paper and interview investigate how misregulation of the degenerin family of ion channels leads to cell death. Click here to find a transcript and listen to the podcast. 

Oct. 10, 2012 -- Two American scientists, ASBMB member  Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their work revealing protein receptors that tell cells what is going on in and around the human body. Their achievements have allowed drug makers to develop medication with fewer side effects.  More...

Sept. 10, 2012 — The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, which for 67 years has championed the greatest advances in medical research, announced today the winners of the 2012 Lasker Awards: Michael Sheetz, James Spudich and Ronald Vale for basic medical research, Roy Calne and Thomas E. Starzl for clinical research, and Donald D. Brown and Thomas Maniatis for special achievement. More...