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Scientists around the world report millions of new discoveries every year
Science is a collaborative endeavor, and international teams have contributed to a huge rise in scientific output.
Who decides when a grad student graduates?
Ph.D. programs often donāt have a set timeline. Students continue with their research until their thesis is done, which is where variability comes into play.
Redefining āwhatās possibleā at the annual meeting
The ASBMB Annual Meeting is āa high-impact event ā a worthwhile investment for all who are dedicated to advancing the field of biochemistry and molecular biology and their careers.ā
Ā鶹“«Ć½É«Ēéʬ impressions of water as cuneiform cascade*
Inspired by "the most elegant depiction of H2Oās colligative features," Thomas Gorrell created a seven-tiered visual cascade of Sumerian characters beginning with the ancient sign for water.
Water rescues the enzyme
āSometimes you must bend the rules to get what you want.ā In the case of using water in the purification of calpain-2, it was worth the risk.
āWeāre thankful for our reviewersā
Meet some of the scientists who review manuscripts for the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Lipid Research and Ā鶹“«Ć½É«Ēéʬ & Cellular Proteomics.
Water takes center stage
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The teaching power of water
āI questioned whether children would be very interested in this exercise; there wasnāt much to it.ā At an outreach event aimed at children, Jessica Desamero learns that three cups of water can convey complex science.
The subtle strength of hydrogen bonds
Indu Sridharan remembers how water complicated her atomic force microscopy imaging studies of collagen.
What Iāve learned about water, aging and protein quality control
Alice Liu thought an increase in heat shock protein chaperones would prevent misfolding in Huntingtonās disease proteins. The results surprised her, and water was the key.
Water, you say?
In our first Molecule of the Year essay, Sephra Rampersad recalls a great scientist asking, what is the one critical component that could make or break your experiment in any lab?
Applied research wonāt flourish without basic science
Three senior figures at the US National Institutes of Health explain why the agency remains committed to supporting basic science and research.
Beyond basics in blood
A vertically integrated curriculum embeds basic science within clinical settings to ensure studentsā knowledge is both theoretical and practical ā and some costumes and role-playing make it fun.
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