ASBMB 2016 undergraduate travel award recipients
By Andrea Anastasio, ASBMB Congratulations to the 102 students who received travel awards to the 2016 ASBMB annual meeting!
Sharing our passion for science with high school students
By Dr. James T. Hazzard and Andrew Hausrath, University of Arizona Due to significant generational differences, a major challenge for us older folks at the university and college level is effectively sharing our passion for science and how to prepare high school students for the college experience.
The University of Arizona 2015 Blast Off! Summer Camp
By Melissa Harnois, University of Arizona Each summer, the University of Arizona Biochemistry Club hosts BlastOff!, a week long summer camp which is offered free of charge to middle school students from low-income areas of Tucson.
Tenth annual organ donation event at Marymount Manhattan College
By Rosie Wenrich, Marymount Manhattan College Marymount Manhattan College is a small liberal arts college in New York City with a growing biology program. The biology major consists of 40-50 students, allowing ample amounts of one-on-one attention for students and teachers, as well as multiple in-house research opportunities.
Gaining research experience
By Andrea, Anastasio, ASBMB Morgan Stark, Otterbein University, is a recipient of the 2015 ASBMB Undergraduate Research award. Morgan shares on the importance of undergraduate research experience.
Fostering science careers with individual development plans
By Philip S. Clifford, University of Illinois at Chicago Sports teams would never go into competition, military units would never go into battle and contractors would never construct a building without having detailed plans. Why should a young scientist’s career be any different?
Tips for your first undergraduate research experience
By Shane Falcinelli, University of Maryland, College Park So you have been accepted to that summer research internship you applied for? Congratulations! You have worked hard to get to this point. But now what? You may have questions like these: “How can I be successful this summer? Will my supervisor like me? What will be…
A passion for the life sciences
By Andrea Anastasio, ASBMB Kaelan Brennan, Purdue University, is a recipient of the 2015 ASBMB Undergraduate Research award. He shares how his love of science began and offers advice to undergraduates thinking of pursuing research.
New scholarship recognizes commitment to diversity
By Andrew Macintyre, ASBMB The rich variety of perspectives and experiences that make up a diverse scientific community tend to enhance innovation. Indeed, we can all learn from those with different skill sets and different cultural, educational and social backgrounds.
How to plan an outreach event
By Jim Lawrence, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point The first step to organizing a successful outreach event is to decide in what event your chapter is most interested. This could sound like a silly first step, but there may be some very good reasons for your choice. Any event is more meaningful when the organizers…