Today's the deadline!

🔬 For more, delve into this paper published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics ( @asbmbjournals.bsky.social): www.mcponline.org/article/S153....

Congratulations to @tkadava.bsky.social, @hecklab.bsky.social and colleagues on this fascinating work!

Immunolabeling outlining structures in purple color in a tissue section of human brain at the level of the hippocampus

Hippocampus masquerading as a 🦇 for Halloween 🎃
#FluorescenceFriday

Image credit to the @lieberinstitute.bsky.social Microscopy and Spatial Biology Core 🧠🔬🧪

Gruesome diet aside, vampire bats are extremely social animals. They even strike up friendships (seriously).

Dressing up as a winged mammal today? Here's a fun fact about vampire bats.

Architecture kinases and pseudokinases.

Spend #Halloween with zombie proteins! Originally thought to be dead evolutionary remnants, #pseudokinases have since been revealed to play remarkably diverse noncatalytic roles in biological pathways.

🧟‍♂️ Learn more in this #JBiolChem review: www.jbc.org/article/....

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#ASBMB26

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Have an idea for an outreach project? ASBMB is accepting applications for its Science Outreach and Communication grant. Get up to $1,000 to spark public interest in biochemistry & molecular biology.

Apply by Oct 31 ➡️www.asbmb.org/scienc.... #SciComm

Congratulations!

𝗠𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗰!

Very happy to share that my BioArt, From order to disorder, made it to the cover of the ASBMB Today magazine!

Many thanks to @asbmb.bsky.social and @mooneyjoanna.bsky.social for this opportunity.

Cover pic story: www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...

#ASBMB #Protein #Art #Disorder

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Your discovery could change everything. Present your research alongside other outstanding scientists who are driving #biochemistry & molecular biology forward & making future discoveries and applications possible.

#ASBMB26 abstract submission is now open!
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#MakeItPossible

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Spanning the breadth of the molecular life sciences, #ASBMB26 fosters cross-disciplinary exchange—creating opportunities to collaborate. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation defining the future.

➡️Abstract submission opens on Oct. 6: www.asbmb.org/annual....
#MakeItPossible

Very happy that Wes Sundquist agreed to deliver the keynote address at ASBMB 2026! For those of you who don't know, his work as key to the development of the new anti-HIV medication Lenacapavir!

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#ASBMB26's keynote speaker is Wesley Sundquist: Co-chair of the department of biochemistry at @uofubiochem.bsky.social, ASBMB fellow and one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2025. Don't miss his speech at ASBMB 2026!
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#HIV #StructuralBiology #ProteinDesign

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Each day at #ASBMB26 begins with inspiring plenary sessions. Tanja Kortemme (UCSF) will headline “I, biochemist: Automation & #AI in the lab” — exploring how computational and robotic technologies are reshaping the future of #biochemistry.
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🗓️Mark your calendars! Abstract submission for #ASBMB26 opens soon. Get ready to share your research with your scientific community. Deadline to submit is Nov. 17!

➡️Explore poster categories here: ow.ly/ZX9g50WYoFH.
#MakeItPossible #biochemistry #molecularbiology

Also really happy @asbmb.bsky.social highlighted a small award I got from Temple School of Medicine for work in LGBTQ+ representation in science. Sometimes young queer scientists don’t see anyone like them. This award shows them some of us have been around a long time and accomplished a few things.

Survival tools for a neurodivergent brain in academia Working in academia is hard, and being neurodivergent makes it harder. Here are a few tools that may help, from a Ph.D. student with ADHD.

I wish there had been articles like this when I started my PhD. If this is you, you're not alone! There are way more tools out there today. Don't be afraid to use them.
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Ray Blind (@blindlab.bsky.social), an associate professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center & @vumedicine.bsky.social, investigates how ligands bind & change the activity of two nuclear receptor 5A, or NR5A, family members called steroidogenic factor-1 & liver receptor homomlog-1, or LRH-1.

At the end of July, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted for a $400M increase in funding for NIH. Please join us in thanking these senators!

Click to send a letter: ow.ly/jRMm50WENJv.

Keep 'em separated Dexter Holland, the lead singer of the punk-rock band The Offspring, has a lot of different interests. One of them is biology.

I searched "asbmb" today & the #ASBMBToday article "Keep 'em separated" is circulating! It notes🎵 that The Offspring's famous lyrics were inspired by Erlenmeyer flasks full of steaming hot LB broth, fresh out of the autoclave. #Science literally ROCKS!🎸
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These are some of the scientists supported by the mosaic grants in the described amicus brief. Thank you to ASM, FASEB and ASCB in joining ASBMB in supporting us. asm.org/press-releas...

Carolyn R. Bertozzi receiving her Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2022. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Nanaka Adachi.

#TuesdayMotivation:
Meet @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social, co-recipient of the 2022 @nobelprize.bsky.social in Chemistry for pioneering click chemistry & bioorthogonal chemistry.

When she won, colleagues praised her for elevating chemical biology & #glycobiology.
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On Aug. 1, ASBMB and other leading scientific societies submitted a brief to the Supreme Court emphasizing the importance of federal funding and strongly opposing a pause on a dispersal of NIH grants.
➡️Read the brief: ow.ly/jVru50WzJNm.
➡️Joint statement from the societies: ow.ly/mWKh50WzIZG.

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A $400M increase to NIH = more breakthroughs, more cures, more hope for all Americans. Thank you to all senators who supported the FY26 LHHS bill. #ScienceServesUsAll
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The cover features a lake as the background, with black and white zebrafish in the center, symbolizing melanin changes. The design draws on the Chinese "Tai Chi" symbol, representing cyclicality in traditional culture. Surrounding the center is the amino acid sequence of the MCH cyclic peptide, highlighting its regulatory role in this cycle. The outermost layer includes the reflections of the sun and moon, symbolizing the transition between sleep and wakefulness.

The cover of the May 2025 issue of JBC illustrates how the MCH cyclic peptide in zebrafish connects sleep pressure & melanin degradation, reflecting a cyclical process.
➡️Read the paper by Guo, Qingquan et al.: jbc.org/article/S002....
#SleepScience #asbmbJBC

Cracking cancer’s code through functional connections A machine learning–derived protein cofunction network is transforming how scientists understand and uncover relationships between proteins in cancer.

"By identifying key cancer-associated proteins & functional pathways, our findings can help prioritize therapeutic targets, ultimately contributing to the development of more effective treatments"
—Zhiao Shi, @bcmhouston
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#CancerResearch #MachineLearning

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Earlier today, ASBMB joined three other scientific societies in leading a substantial, 22-page amicus curiae brief in support of the plaintiffs in American Public Health Association v. NIH. This is a formal public submission to the court.
➡️Read our full message: bit.ly/3RJnWbp.

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ASBMB has joined CNSF to request that the Senate Appropriations Committee provide at least $9.9 billion for NSF in FY 2026 to protect American science leadership.
➡️Read the letter for more on why investing in fundamental research is imperative: bit.ly/41CCXjD. #ASBMBAdvocates

Katalin Karikó delivering her Nobel Prize lecture at Aula Medica, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm on 7 December 2023. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Nanaka Adachi.

On this #WomenInScience Day, learn about the #NobelPrize winning research of Katalin Karikó: bit.ly/3YFt8QF. Karikó and Drew Weissman won the 2023 #Nobel in Physiology or Medicine for their work, which "enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19." @nobelprize.bsky.social

ASBMB created a timeline highlighting important achievements made by women in STEM.

🌍✨ Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Let's celebrate the brilliant minds who break barriers and inspire future generations with this timeline from ASBMB, which highlights achievements made by #WomenInSTEM: bit.ly/42PJxWc.
🔬Here’s to #WomenInScience!