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ASCB J U L Y 2 0 1 0 NEWSLETTER VOLUME 33, NUMBER 6 Treasurer’s Vale Elected President for 2012 Report Botstein, Kusumi, Sabry, and Zheng to Serve on Council Page 6 Ronald D. Vale of the University of California, San Francisco/HHMI was elected by the ASCB ASCB Offers membership to serve as Society President in 2012. Vale will serve on the Executive Annual Meeting Committee as President-Elect in 2011, and will Childcare succeed Sandra L. Schmid as President. Elected from among eight candidates Wojciechowski Photo: Frank Ronald D. Vale David Botstein Akihiro Kusumi Grants for Council are David Botstein of Princeton Page 11 University; Akihiro Kusumi of Kyoto University, Japan; James Sabry of Genentech, Inc.; and Yixian Zheng of Carnegie Institution and Johns Hopkins University. Each member of Modernizing Council will serve a three year term beginning January 1, 2011. ASCB thanks all the nominees. Cell Biology in The Bylaws measure to eliminate the membership application sponsor requirement was passed by a 9-1 margin. Ghana James Sabry Yixian Zheng Page 24 Thirty-nine percent of the ASCB eligible voting membership participated in the elections this year. n Inside Did You Know...? New Mission July 29 is the regular abstract submission President’s Column 3 Statement for Call for Nominations 5 deadline (for Minisymposium or poster Treasurer’s Report 6 presentation) for this year’s ASCB Annual Annual Meeting Program 8 Meeting; the meeting will be held ASCB WICB Column 11 December 11–15 in Philadelphia, PA. Childcare Grants 12 n Sponsorship of abstracts is required. How to capture what ASCB does, and what Public Policy Briefing 13 n All current members and member ASCB members value, succinctly? The ASCB Congressional Resolution 15 applicants may sponsor their own ASCB Council considered recent member CLS Caucuses 15 abstract. survey data and reassessed ASCB’s mission. Highlights from MBoC 16 n All regular, postdoctoral, and emeritus Read an overview of the May Council ASCB 50 in Photos 17 members may sponsor another person’s Retreat beginning on page 3. The new CBE-LSE Special Issue 17 abstract if they are not submitting one mission statement is: Dear Labby 18 themselves. ASCB is an inclusive, international ASCB Profile 19 community of biologists studying the E.E. Just Award 21 Are there nonmembers in your lab cell, the fundamental unit of life. We Members in the News 22 who want to submit abstracts? are dedicated to advancing scientific 2010 Half-Century Fund Donors 22 Now is the time to encourage them to join discovery, advocating sound research MBoC Paper of the Year 23 policies, improving education, promoting International Affairs 24 ASCB. Not only will they be able to sponsor professional development, and increasing New ASCB Members 25 their own abstract, but they will be eligible diversity in the scientific workforce. 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Photo credit (right) sample courtesy of Dr. Wayne Moore and Ms. Susan Shinn, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 09-305_ASCBNewsletter_Ad_FIN.indd 1 8/11/09 10:45 AM The American Society PRESIDENT’S Column for Cell Biology 8120 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 750 Bethesda, MD 20814-2762, USA Tel: 301-347-9300 We Are All About the Science! Fax: 301-347-9310 [email protected], www.ascb.org This President’s Column was written by Sandra intracellular trafficking, nuclear structure and Joan R. Goldberg Schmid (President-Elect) and Tim Mitchison function, signal transduction, cell–cell and Executive Director (President). cell–extracellular matrix interactions, and cell division—the ASCB Council also discussed the Officers On May 27, the ASCB Council need to integrate these areas to Timothy J. Mitchison President held a one-day strategic understand fully the cell as a Sandra L. Schmid President-Elect planning retreat. As the Society complex living system. Council Brigid Hogan Past President rounds 50 years and looks to and ASCB members alike also Thoru Pederson Treasurer Jean E. Schwarzbauer Secretary the future, ASCB Councilors recognized the importance of met with key staff to consider new approaches and the need Council such questions as: What is cell for input from biophysicists, biology, who does the ASCB physicists, chemists, Raymond Deshaies Joan R. Goldberg, ex officio represent, and how can we engineers, mathematicians, Holly V. Goodson best serve these constituencies? and computational biologists Kathleen J. Green The retreat was part two of the to augment the efforts of Inke Näthke strategic planning process one traditional cell biologists David Spector Paul W. Sternberg of us (Sandra Schmid) outlined in dealing with increasing Elizabeth Sztul in her guest President’s Column Tim Mitchison complexity. JoAnn Trejo in the May ASCB Newsletter. Clare M. Waterman Part one was collecting opinions from the Who Are We? Fiona M. Watt membership through the recent survey on the Susan M. Wick The ASCB Council and members also Virginia A. Zakian importance of different ASCB activities. We considered the Society’s identity and would like to thank the many members who constituency. ASCB members are at many The ASCB Newsletter took the time to fill out the survey; your opinions is published 11 times per year different career stages, and hold positions by The American Society provided essential input into our discussion. at many different institutions. However, for Cell Biology. The main goal of the retreat was to reassess our reasons for being part of the Society the mission of the ASCB, and to articulate Joan R. Goldberg Editor are surprisingly coherent. The number one W. Mark Leader Editor a clear and succinct mission statement that cited reason (expressed by 74% of our survey Elizabeth M. Rich Production Manager encapsulates our purpose and core values. respondents) for remaining members of the Kevin Wilson Public Policy Director Defining our mission will help us—and future ASCB was “to be part of the international cell John Fleischman Science Writer ASCB Councils—decide what activities to biology community.” The Council reaffirmed its Thea Clarke Editorial Manager support, and how to prioritize our resources belief that the ASCB should be an inclusive and Advertising among our many ongoing activities. This is diverse community open to anyone interested especially important in the current climate of in cell biology (i.e., undergraduates, graduate The deadline for advertising is the financial constraint and as we look to the future. first day of the month preceding the students, postdocs, teachers, academic and cover date. For information contact applied researchers). Advertising Manager Ed Newman, What Is Cell Biology? Members recently approved a bylaws change [email protected]. The ASCB Council and ASCB members see to discontinue the membership requirement ASCB Newsletter cell biology as a highly complex and integrated of sponsorship by a current member. We ISSN 1060-8982 field aimed at understanding the cell as a will miss this tradition, but shedding it is an Volume 33, Number 6 system of dynamic, interacting parts. The important step toward greater inclusivity. In July 2010 cell is the fundamental unit of life, and cell addition, our low membership fees for students © 2010 The American Society for Cell biologists also seek to understand how cellular and postdoctoral fellows reflect this value. Biology. Copyright to the articles is held by the author or, for staff-written articles, processes lead to the formation of distinct However, Council also agreed that our resources by the ASCB. 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