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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. ASCB Emeritus Members 25 for the discounted member-only registration As always, ASCB welcomes your thoughts. Grants & Opportunities 26 rate. For more information, go to www.ascb. n International Authors Wanted 27 org and click on “Membership.” n Please write to [email protected]. Calendar 27 FEI Life Sciences The premier provider of 3D ultrastructural imaging solutions for the life sciences. The Tecnai Spirit TEM With the ease of a light microscope, The Tecnai™ Spirit TEM allows for the imaging of biological systems with the resolution needed to answer crucial biological questions. By automating 2D and 3D image acquisition, reconstruction, and visualization procedures, the Tecnai Spirit TEM ensures repeatable, high-quality results. Visit FEI.com/TecnaiSpirit for more information and a list of specific publications empowered by the Tecnai Spirit TEM. 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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. 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