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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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ASBMB drives discovery forward in academic, industry and governmental sectors, helping to generate new scientific knowledge today that fuels tomorrow’s biotechnological and medical breakthroughs.
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Insights in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IBMB), ASBMB’s new gold open access journal will provide a welcoming home for the full spectrum of molecular life science discovery.

Congratulations to inaugural Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Garcia (@garcialabms.bsky.social)!
www.asbmb.org/asbmb-...
Benjamin Garcia, winner of the 2024 ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Award for Maximizing Access in Science, delivers a talk at the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting while standing in front of a backdrop that reads "Make It Possible."
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The first two decades of the 21st century have observed the rapid development of structural biology. In recognition of this fast-moving field, #JBiolChem associate editors curated this thematic review series on supramolecular structures and present seven timely reviews: ow.ly/AvsA50XveNv.
Cover of the JBC thematic review series on "supramolecular structures" featuring colorful 3D models of various supramolecular biological structures on a blue background.
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A new publishing home is here! Insights in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IBMB) is ASBMB’s new gold open access journal for all molecular life‑science discoveries.

Fast, fair, author-friendly submissions led by editor-in-chief Benjamin Garcia (@garcialabms.bsky.social)!
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Colorful 3D molecular structures representing complex biochemical interactions on a dark background for the cover of ASBMB’s forthcoming journal, Insights in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IBMB).
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Want your research to get noticed? Learn how to write abstracts that attract readers, reviewers & collaborators: www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/....

Share your research and immerse yourself in possibility at #ASBMB26! Abstracts are due today at 11:59 p.m. EST: l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8Ps7w.
#MakeItPossible
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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There's still time to share your science at #ASBMB26! You have until 11:59 p.m. EST today, Nov. 18, to submit your abstract.
✅Submit your abstract to be part of the conversation driving discovery forward: l.feathr.co/eAF5sEPe3fhn.
➡️See the full program: www.asbmb.org/annual-meeti....
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November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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There's still time to share your science at the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting! The abstract deadline has been extended. You now have until 11:59 p.m. EST tomorrow, Nov. 18, to submit your abstract.

Submit your abstract to be part of the conversation driving discovery forward: l.feathr.co/eAF5sEPe3fhn.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Breakthroughs happen when great minds come together!

✅ Submit your abstract by TODAY at 11:59 p.m. EST to share your research with thousands of scientists advancing biochemistry and molecular biology and transforming our understanding of the world: l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8Ps7w.
#ASBMB26 #MakeItPossible
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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The abstract deadline for #ASBMB26 is TODAY!
☑️Submit your abstract by 11:59 p.m. EST: l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8Ps7w.

➡️ASBMB offers awards to assist members presenting as first authors at the annual meeting: www.asbmb.org/annual-meeti.... Apply when you submit your abstract.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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How do educators prepare trainees for the STEM workforce? This #ASBMB26 symposium explores how training across career stages is evolving to meet individual & societal needs: www.asbmb.org/annual-meeti....

☑️ Submit your abstract & apply for travel awards by today's deadline! l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8Ps7w
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November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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#ASBMB26 travel awards are available!

ASBMB offers a range of travel awards to support members presenting as first authors at the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting. Simply apply when you submit your abstract: l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8....

➡️Check out the categories: www.asbmb.org/annual....
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November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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#ASBMB26 travel awards are available!

ASBMB offers a range of travel awards to support members presenting as first authors at the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting. Simply apply when you submit your abstract: l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8....

➡️Check out the categories: www.asbmb.org/annual....
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November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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"That mix of practical insight & community-building is what makes this meeting so valuable."
— Sandra Gabelli, #ASBMB26 co-chair & global head of protein & structural chemistry at Merck

☑️Submit your abstract by Nov. 17: l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8Ps7w.
#MakeItPossible
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November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Breakthroughs happen when great minds come together!

✅ Submit your abstract for the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting by Nov. 17: l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8Ps7w.

#ASBMB26 #MakeItPossible
Promotional graphic for the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting with text that reads: Immerse yourself in scientific exchange. Submit your abstract by Nov. 17, 2025. Attendees engage with scientific posters and discuss research findings during a poster session at the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting. A speaker delivers a talk to a crowded convention center lecture hall during the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting. Neena Grover delivers a talk upon receipt of the 2025 ASBMB William C. Rose Award for Exemplary Contributions to Education.
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Teaching is an experiment — share what you’ve learned!

ASBMB Today invites essays on evolving teaching practices:
• Redesigning grading systems
• Bringing cultural context into your curriculum
• Shifting from traditional lectures to flipped or active-learning models

🗓 Jan. 15 | 📧 [email protected]
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November 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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With a program designed to attract top minds across the breadth of the biosciences, #ASBMB26 is your opportunity to connect with the innovators shaping the future of science.
➡️ Explore the program: ow.ly/yGUf50Xoc1n.
☑️Abstracts due Nov. 17: ow.ly/422U50Xoc1o.
#MakeItPossible
A graphic promoting the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting that features a photo of Ann West (University of Oklahoma) next to her quote that reads: "One of my first large format meetings was an ASBMB conference. I realized that this is my community. These are my people."
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#ASBMB26 keynote Wesley Sundquist’s research helped make Lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention therapy, possible. Join him & other innovators at the 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting!

☑️Abstracts are due Nov. 17: www.asbmb.org/annual-meeti....
#MakeItPossible
Text reads Keynote Speaker Wesley Sundquist, Professor and department of biochemistry co-chair, University of Utah. There is a photo of Sundquist and the background is a scientific image behind a blue, pink and orange gradient.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Is anyone there?
Life is built on communication—from proteins to organisms.

Explore how living systems sense & respond to the world in ASBMB’s new open-access minicollection. Then, continue the conversation at #ASBMB26!
www.asbmb.org/journals/min...

☑️Abstracts due Nov. 17: l.feathr.co/PNbx3XyW7zpO
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November 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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#ASBMB26 fosters cross-disciplinary exchange, creating opportunities to collaborate & advance discovery. Registration is now open!

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation shaping the future. Register by Jan. 15 to get the early rate: l.feathr.co/ESm5YGn8....
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November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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The science that shapes tomorrow starts here! Registration is open for #ASBMB26. Register by Jan. 15 to get the early rate: www.asbmb.org/annual-meeti....

Ready to share your discoveries? Submit your abstract by Nov. 17 to be part of the conversations redefining our world: l.feathr.co/eAF5sEPe3fhn.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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From molecular structure to cellular dynamics—new imaging tools are transforming how scientists uncover life’s inner workings.

Explore “Observing a lot by just watching” at #ASBMB26: asbmb.org/annual-meeti....
#Microscopy #CryoEM #MakeItPossible
Promotional graphic highlighting a 2026 ASBMB Annual Meeting scientific symposium. Text reads observing a lot just by watching: advances in biological imaging across multiple scales. Three photos of organizers are below the text.
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Spend #Halloween with zombie proteins! Originally thought to be dead evolutionary remnants, #pseudokinases have since been revealed to play remarkably diverse noncatalytic roles in biological pathways.

🧟‍♂️ Learn more in this #JBiolChem review: www.jbc.org/article/....
Architecture kinases and pseudokinases.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Spend #Halloween with zombie proteins! Originally thought to be dead evolutionary remnants, #pseudokinases have since been revealed to play remarkably diverse noncatalytic roles in biological pathways.

🧟‍♂️ Learn more in this @jbiolchem paper: www.jbc.org/article/....
Architecture kinases and pseudokinases.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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#Halloween Trivia 🕸️ Did you know human blood contains spider-shaped proteins that help regulate the innate immune response?
🕷️Discover how C4BP uses its eight “legs” to catch proteins and control inflammation: www.asbmb.org/asbmb-....
#Immunology #MolCellProt #MassSpec
This 3D visualization of C4BP was created by Hecklab (Albert Heck) in collaboration with Sensu.health. C4BP uses its eight “legs” to catch proteins related to inflammation, stopping further immune response. C4BP-C4b complexes visualized by high-speed atomic force microscopy.
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Deadline today (Oct. 31)! Apply for ASBMB’s Science Outreach and Communication Grant, which offers up to $1,000 to support innovative outreach projects that deepen public understanding of science and connect science with the world around us.

➡️ Apply: www.asbmb.org/scienc...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🎃 It’s #Halloween—perfect timing to highlight this #JBiolChem paper!

Explore "An integrated approach to unravel a crucial structural property required for the function of the insect steroidogenic Halloween protein Noppera-bo": www.jbc.org/article/....
#Drosophila #Enzymology
Crystal structures of the Drosophila melanogaster Noppera-bo protein.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM