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Professorships for Booker; scholarship for Entzminger
Squire Booker has been appointed to two honorary professorships at Penn State University. Inayah Entzminger received a a BestColleges scholarship to support their sixth year in the biochemistry Ph.D. program at CUNY.

Microbiology Society names 2025 award winners
Nikea Pittman and Chelsey Spriggs receive MicroSoc's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Prize, and Cesar de la Fuente gets the Fleming Prize for an early-career researcher.

Q&A with 2024 PROLAB winner Daniel Careno
Learn about Careno’s experience investigating circadian rhythms in Ariel Bazzini’s lab at the Stowers Institute.

RNA binding proteins with benefits
Blanton Tolbert studies the biochemical mechanisms of RNA virus replication while working to make science more accessible, and more interesting, for all people.

Honors for Bai, Thompson and Visweswariah
An honorary professorship for Bai, Thompson named endowed chair and Visweswariah is IUBMB's president-elect.

From antibiotic resistance to an antibody targeting immune cells
MOSAIC scholar Diego Pedroza got his start in chemistry, then moved to molecular biology, endocrinology and testing cancer drugs — “something that could truly make a difference.”
Ali, Falade, Usman selected for mentoring program

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How military forensic scientists use DNA to solve mysteries
Learn how two analysts at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory use molecular biology and genetics to identify the remains of fallen troops.

A decade of teaching the Art of Science Communication
Why now, more than ever, scientists must be able to explain what they do to non-scientists.

Of genes, chromosomes and oratorios
Jenny Graves has spent her life mapping genes and comparing genomes. Now she’s created a musical opus about evolution of life on this planet — bringing the same drive and experimentalism she brought to the study of marsupial chromosomes.

In memoriam: Margaret Fonda
She taught biochemistry in a male-dominated department at a medical school and was an ASBMB member for more than 50 years.

Sung honored for research; Sliger, Young named astronaut scholars
Patrick Sung receives the 2024 Basser Global Prize from the Basser Center for BRCA at Penn Medicine. A foundation created by Mercury 7 astronauts awards scholarships to Shelby Sliger and Tara Young.

‘Our work is about science transforming people’s lives’
Ann West, chair of the ASBMB Public Affairs Advisory Committee, sits down Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Institutes of Health.
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