
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Driving fundamental discoveries & supporting scientists at all stages of their careers. #ASBMB2027
Rockville, Maryland
Joined September 2008
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Day 8 of #TalesFromTheLab ☠️ | Black mamba. Two toxins sequenced, lethal in fractions of a microgram per gram of body weight. JBC, 1972.
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Day 7 Of #TalesFromTheLab 🐍 | From archive to modern methods: MCP profiles the venom peptides of three pit vipers, including two near-threatened species.
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Day 6 of #TalesFromTheLab 🐍 | Venom week begins. From the JBC archive: decoding a green mamba toxin, one amino acid at a time.
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Day 5 of #TalesFromTheLab 🕵️ | Part 2 of the parasite story: lipid-tagged proteins that malaria parasites use while hiding in red blood cells, and how drugs can disrupt them.
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Day 4 of #TalesFromTheLab 🩸 | The malaria parasite lives inside your red blood cells and builds its membranes partly from the hemoglobin it digests.
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Day 3 of #TalesFromTheLab 🦇 | How do vampire bats keep blood flowing? Their saliva contains a clot-dissolving enzyme that fibrin stimulates 45,000-fold.
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Day 2 of #TalesFromTheLab 🐚 | This snail hunts fish. Its venom gland can be 4× the length of its body, and MCP mapped what's brewing inside it.
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Day 1 of #TalesFromTheLab 🎃 | Fireflies don't waste their glow: this JBC study found an enzyme that recycles the spent light-emitting molecule back into fresh fuel.
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Day 4 of #TalesFromTheLab 🩸 | The malaria parasite lives inside your red blood cells and builds its membranes partly from the hemoglobin it digests.
jlr.org/article/S0022-2275(2…
#JLipidRes #ASBMBJournals #LipidResearch #Malaria
On #WorldCRISPRDay, we’re celebrating Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, who won the 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing, CRISPR–Cas9.
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FREE WEBINAR: Lysosomal metabolic signatures in aging and disease
📅 Tomorrow, Oct 21 at 12 p.m. ET
Explore the latest discoveries in lysosomal biology and lipid research at this month’s ASBMB Lipid Research Division seminar.
✅ Register: asbmb.org/meetings-events/ly… #LipidResearch
How do you lead a global scientific resource? 🌎
The RCSB Protein Data Bank powers discoveries across structural biology, and it turns 55 TODAY!
Stephen Burley discusses AI, global collaboration and the people behind this essential scientific resource: ow.ly/gr0E50ZXK0K
How is AI changing what’s possible in protein design?
At #ASBMB2027, plenary speaker Tristan Bepler will explore how generative models are reshaping our understanding of the connections between macromolecular sequences and functions.
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FREE WEBINAR: Industry perspectives on protein biophysics for drug discovery
📅 Oct. 23 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern
Join us for the kickoff of the ASBMB Industry Perspectives Webinar Series!
✅ Register: asbmb.org/meetings-events/pr… #MolecularBioscience
NSF faces funding cuts and policy changes | ASBMB and its coalition partners respond to proposals that could alter how the National Science Foundation supports scientific research and education.
➡️Read more: asbmb.org/asbmb-today/policy…
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FREE WEBINAR: Chromatin at the center of gene regulation and genome integrity
📅 Oct 22 at 10 a.m. Eastern
Discover the latest advances in transcription and chromatin research at the October ASBMB Transcription Webinar.
✅ Register here: asbmb.org/meetings-events/tr…
Amy Palmer of @CUBoulder and Mike Henne of @UTSWMedCenter, co-chairs of ASBMB 2027, explain how this gathering will inspire new ideas and drive progress in molecular bioscience: asbmb.org/asbmb-today/career….
#ASBMB2027 #MolecularBioscience
FREE WEBINAR: Lysosomal metabolic signatures in aging and disease
📅 Oct 21 at 12 p.m. ET
Explore the latest discoveries in lysosomal biology and lipid research at this month’s ASBMB Lipid Research Division seminar.
✅ Register: asbmb.org/meetings-events/ly… #LipidResearch
Scientific careers emphasize teamwork, but many trainees spend years working in labs with just a PI & one trainee.
Anika Zaman, a postdoc at @stonybrooku, reflects on what a team of two teaches about mentorship, communication & scientific independence: asbmb.org/asbmb-today/opinio….
Are you passionate about making science engaging and exciting for everyone? ASBMB wants to help bring your vision to life with the Science Outreach & Communication Grant.
➡️ Learn about the 2026 awardees: asbmb.org/asbmb-today/educat….
✅ Apply by Oct. 31: asbmb.org/science-outreach/s….











