Upcoming opportunities
Every week, we update this list with new meetings, awards, scholarships and events to help you advance your career. If you’d like us to feature something that you’re offering to the bioscience community, email us with the subject line “For calendar.” ASBMB members’ offerings take priority, and we do not promote products/services. Learn how to advertise in ASBMB Today.
Participate in a survey about researchers’ perceptions and expectations of scientific conferences
Ariane Wenger, a postdoc at the Transdisciplinarity Lab at ETH Zurich, is writing her thesis on changing conference practices and has developed a survey for researchers at all career stages. .
June 6: ABRCMS virtual event on supporting trainees' mental health
The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists is hosting a virtual event for faculty titled "Struggling in STEM: Supporting mental health in trainees." .
June 10: ASBMB webinar on coping with midcareer doldrums
Join us for a panel discussion with faculty members who employed unique strategies to overcome their doldrums and keep moving toward their professional goals. This free event begins at 2 p.m. on June 10 and is sponsored by the ASBMB Women in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Committee. Learn more and register.
June 26: ASBMB webinar on NIAMS funding and training opportunities
Join the ASBMB public affairs department in its monthly “Finding the funds” webinar connecting ASBMB members with the unique funding opportunities available to them as BMB scientists. In this edition, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases will present its funding priorities, award opportunities and training grants. Learn more and register.
July 10: Abstracts due for ASBMB transcriptional regulation meeting
The fields of transcription biochemistry and molecular biology have become one with chromatin biology and epigenetics with extensive cross-talk. RNA polymerase II and its transcription machinery play an essential role in the modification and remodeling of chromatin, and chromatin regulates gene expression in both normal and pathological conditions. Present your work Sept. 26–30 at this ASBMB conference on transcriptional regulation in Alexandria, Va., just outside of the nation's capital. Submit your abstract and get a discount on registration by July 10.
July 16–17: Virtual summit on making labs sustainable
The ReAdvance initiative is hosting its annual online summit, GreenLaboratoryWork, from July 16–17. The event will feature leading experts and give attendees a comprehensive course on how to make their labs or institutions greener. Topics include: how to reduce plastic, optimizing methods, greener items and procurement, safer chemicals and health in climate change, the impact of AI and machine learning, and how to convince colleagues. .
July 17: ASBMB webinar on NINDS funding and training
Join the ASBMB public affairs department at its monthly “Finding the funds” webinar connecting ASBMB members with the unique funding opportunities that are available to them as BMB scientists. In this edition, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will presents its funding priorities, award opportunities and training grants. Learn more and register.
Aug. 1: ASBMB "Molecular Motifs" bioart contest entries due
Help us celebrate the beauty of biochemistry and molecular biology by submitting your artwork to the 涩里番 "Molecular Motifs" contest! Submissions may include:
- Photographs (fluorescence microscopy, cells, photos of 3D artworks etc.).
- Molecular visualizations.
- Data visualizations.
- Biomedical illustrations.
Oct. 21–25: Conference on epigenetic regulation and genome stability
The ASBMB has partnered with the Biophysical Society of China for a meeting on the interplay between epigenetic regulation and genome stability. It will be held Oct. 21–25 in Wuhan, China. There will be seven platform sessions devoted to oral presentations and two poster sessions. In addition to presentations from two keynote speakers and 30 invited speakers, there will be 14 short talks chosen from the abstracts submitted. Learn more and register.
Jan. 21–24: ASBMB Deuel Conference on Lipids
The 2025 Deuel conference will be at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach, Calif. It is a must-attend event for leading lipids investigators — and for scientists who’ve just begun to explore the role of lipids in their research programs. The conference is a forum for the presentation of new and unpublished data, and attendees enjoy an informal atmosphere that encourages discussion. Interested scientists are invited to attend and encourage trainees to submit abstracts. Read our Q&A with the organizers. Learn more.
March 31: Free online course on career planning for early-career scientists
"Career planning for early career scientists" is a free online course by that will help participants learn valuable career planning skills. The course is open for enrollment until March 31. .
Summer 2025: Save the date for 涩里番 meeting on ferroptosis
Ferroptosis is form of cell death that integrates biochemistry and molecular biology related to iron homeostasis, redox biology and diverse aspects of metabolism. This meeting will focus on the biochemical and molecular aspects of ferroptosis and how they relate to normal homeostasis and disruptions of homeostasis. Recent exciting advances in new pathways controlling ferroptosis make a meeting on this topic timely. Attendees will meet experts, present their research, get new ideas and form new collaborations in this rapidly growing field. Stay tuned for more information.
June 26–29, 2025: ASBMB meeting on evolution and core processes in gene expression
This meeting, which will be held at Stowers Institute in Kansas City, Mo., 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. Learn more.
July 10–13, 2025: ASBMB meeting on O-GlcNAcylation in health and disease
This meeting, which will be held in Durham, N.C., will cover O-GlcNAc cycling enzymes and the O-GlcNAc modification in modulating protein function in basic biological processes as well as in disease states, including diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurological diseases. Graduate and postdocs will be selected for oral talks and discuss their work at poster sessions. Learn more.
Aug. 17–21, 2025: The 15th international symposium on proteomics in the life sciences
This five-day symposium, held at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Mass., will be an international forum for discussion of the remarkable advances in cell and human protein biology revealed by ever-more-innovative and powerful proteomics technologies. The symposium will juxtapose sessions about methodological advances with sessions about the roles those advances play in solving problems and seizing opportunities to understand the composition, dynamics and function of cellular machinery in numerous biological contexts. It will also articulate urgent, unmet needs and unsolved problems that will drive the field in the future. In addition to talks by invited plenary and session speakers, short talks will be selected from submitted abstracts. Registration and abstract-submission information will be available in late 2024. Learn more and sign up for email updates to stay informed.
Do you have a great idea for a scientific event?
We are now accepting proposals for scientific events to be held in 2024 and 2025. You pick the topic, the sessions and the speakers, and we’ll do the rest.
That’s right! We’ll manage registration, market the event to tens of thousands of scientists, and handle all the logistics so that you can focus on the science.
The top areas of research interest among ASBMB members include the following, but we’ll consider all proposals:
- Protein structure and folding
- Molecular bases of disease
- Gene regulation
- Signal transduction
- Metabolism
What molecule, method or research question needs more attention? We’re here to help you realize your vision and deliver cutting-edge science to the BMB community.
Year-round: Van Andel Institute postdoc preview applications
Van Andel Institute offers sernior graduate students who are exploring postdoc options the opportunity to visit VAI to learn about its postdoctoral training positions. Applications are accepted year-round, and participants will meet one-on-one with faculty and explore VAI's scientific resources. There is no cost to attend for selected applicants. .
Year-round: HHMI Janelia Visiting Scientist Program applications
Graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established senior investigators are all invited to participate in Janelia's Visiting Scientist Program. Janelia accepts visitor proposals on a continuous basis. Since 2007, more than 410 visiting scientists from 23 countries have participated in the program. .
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