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May 25: Poster abstracts due for gene expression meeting

This in-person meeting will be held July 21–24 in Kansas City, Missouri. It will showcase the most recent insights into the cis-regulatory code; how cis-regulatory information is read out by transcription factors, signaling pathways and other proteins; how cellular diversity is created during development; and how we can study this problem using cutting-edge genomics technology and computational methods. The abstract deadline for those who'd like to be considered for talks is May 6. The abstract deadline for poster presenters and the registration deadline is May 25. Submit an abstract. Learn more in this Q&A with two of the organizers.

July 14: Oral abstracts due for transcriptional regulation meeting

This in-person meeting will be held Sept. 29 – Oct. 2 in Snowbird, Utah. Sessions will cover recent advances and new technologies in RNA polymerase II regulation, including the contributions of noncoding RNAs, enhancers and promoters, chromatin structure and post-translational modifications, molecular condensates, and other factors that regulate gene expression. The oral presentation abstract deadline is July 14. The poster abstract deadline is Aug. 18. Learn more. 

Aug. 2: Abstracts due for meeting on epigenetic regulation and genome stability

Most meetings on epigenetics and chromatin focus on transcription, while most meetings on genome integrity include little attention to epigenetics and chromatin. This conference — to be held Sept. 28 through Oct. 2 in Seattle — will bridge this gap to link researchers who are interested in epigenetic regulations and chromatin with those who are interested in genome integrity. The oral and poster abstract deadline and early registration deadline is Aug. 2. The regular registration deadline is Aug. 29.  Learn more.

New public affairs staff members

McKinley

Smith

The Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ and Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ Biology Public Affairs Advisory Committee welcomed two new science policy managers earlier this year. 

Raechel McKinley recently earned her Ph.D. in anatomy at Howard University and was an advocate for students and science policy at her university and at the Union of Concerned Scientists. 

Mallory Smith earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she was a lead organizer for the Kansas STEM Policy Fellow program. She also has been a member of the National Postdoctoral Association’s Advocacy Committee.

New meetings coordinator

Reder

The ASBMB Meetings Committee welcomed Megan Reder to the team earlier this year. Reder has a hospitality management degree from the University of Alabama with a concentration in meeting and event marketing. She is assisting with the ASBMB annual meeting and the many conferences and webinars the society offers. You can reach her at mreder@asbmb.org.

New finance team members

Wieland

Gupta

The ASBMB accounting department has two new staffers.

Brandon Wieland became the ASBMB’s finance director in October. Wieland is a certified public accountant and financial planner who spent the first 15 years of his career working in the public accounting industry, primarily with nonprofits, for which he conducted financial statement audits and regulatory and compliance tax filings and served as a consultant for accounting systems and operations. Wieland earned his B.A. in accounting from the University of Maryland and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants.

Rajni Gupta is a new senior accountant who started in November. She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting at the University of Maryland in 2008. In the years since, she has worked at United States Pharmacopeia, Centrus Energy and a financial services company.

New data integrity team members

Gaidamakova

Goldsmith

The ASBMB publications department welcomed two new data integrity team members earlier this year.

Elena Gaidamakova became the society’s data integrity manager in January. She has a Ph.D. in biology from the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She spent two decades as a researcher at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and before that was at the National Institutes of Health.

Jessica Goldsmith is an image analyst who joined the society in November. She earned her bachelor’s in graphic design from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2007. Since then, she has worked for multiple government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation. She is an award-winning photographer. 

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