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Accelerating breakthroughs with artificial intelligence
Scientific progress builds on itself, each breakthrough fueling the next. We explore how AI is accelerating discoveries in research and education, and how ASBMB is preparing to spotlight its impact at the 2026 annual meeting.
Zebrafish model links low omega-3s to eye abnormalities
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz developed a zebrafish model to show that low maternal docosahexaenoic acid can disrupt embryo eye development and immune gene expression, offering a tool to study nutrition in neurodevelopment.
ASBMB Council roundup: August 2025
They discussed financial planning, membership types, higher education trends and society publishing.
ASBMB to combine Regular and Industry member types
The newly created Professional member type will offer all the current benefits of Regular and Industry membership.
In memoriam: Stuart A. Kornfeld
He was a pioneer in glycobiology and was a member of the 麻豆传媒色情片 and 麻豆传媒色情片 Biology for more than 50 years.
Top reviewers at ASBMB journals
Editors recognize the heavy-lifters and rising stars during Peer Review Week.
Teaching AI to listen
A computational medicine graduate student reflects on building natural language processing tools that extract meaning from messy clinical notes 鈥� transforming how we identify genetic risk while redefining what it means to listen in science.
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Register for the free ASBMB webinar on the power of "Yes" and knowing when to use it, coming up on Sept. 30!
Early lipid changes drive retinal degeneration in Zellweger spectrum disorder
Lipid profiling in a rare disease mouse model reveals metabolic shifts and inflammation in the retinal pigment epithelium 鈥� offering promising biomarker leads to combat blindness.
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Computational biosciences illuminate how molecular condensates form
Rohit Pappu will receive the 2025 DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences at the ASBMB Annual Meeting, April 12-15 in Chicago. Read More
Beyond the bench: On a mission to build an inclusive scientific community
Benjamin Garcia will receive the ASBMB Ruth Kirschstein Diversity in Science Award at the ASBMB Annual meeting, April 12鈥�15 in Chicago. Read More
Who decides when a grad student graduates?
Courtney Chandler
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Ph.D. programs often don鈥檛 have a set timeline. Students continue with their research until their thesis is done, which is where variability comes into play. Read More
Quantifying how proteins in microbe and host interact
鈥淭o develop better vaccines, we need new methods and a better understanding of the antibody responses that develop in immune individuals,鈥� author Johan Malmström said. Read More
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