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ASCB's Pathways Podcast

ASCB's Pathways Podcast

By American Society for Cell Biology

Pathways Podcast is produced by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and features news and interviews for anyone interested in the life sciences.
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How to help students use Metacognition for Learning

ASCB's Pathways PodcastAug 02, 2021

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Cell Bio 2022

Cell Bio 2022

Check out the latest (and final) Pathways Podcast featuring graduate students Landon Savoy of  Iowa State University and Kaitlin Alemany of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, who attended #cellio2022

Feb 07, 202309:52
Microscopya – Cell Biology and Gaming Converge with Beata Mierzwa

Microscopya – Cell Biology and Gaming Converge with Beata Mierzwa

This month we try out Microscopya -- an online game where Cell Biology and Gaming Converge. It was created by science artist Beata Mierzwa, a Molecular Biologist and AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador

Aug 29, 202222:33
Cell Biology Education Consortium - An Amazing Classroom Resource

Cell Biology Education Consortium - An Amazing Classroom Resource

The Cell Biology Education Consortium is a network of faculty and students incorporating cell culture-based research into the classroom. We speak with Nathan Reyna of Ouachita Baptist University on how this incredible resource was developed, who can use it, and how to join in.
Jul 21, 202218:21
OpenCell Reveals the Intracellular Life of Proteins

OpenCell Reveals the Intracellular Life of Proteins

Manuel Leonetti, group leader in Quantitative Cell Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in San Francisco, is taking the description of “proteins in the wild” a step further with his project called OpenCell.  Through advanced imaging techniques, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science, and software engineering, OpenCell is able to measure the quantity and track the position of different proteins in human embryonic kidney cells through time and space. So far, Leonetti says, his group has mapped 1,310 different proteins, which might sound like a lot, but this represents just 7% of the human genome. Visit https://opencell.czbiohub.org/ to learn more. 

May 24, 202227:12
How was MBoC's Preprints Highlights system developed?

How was MBoC's Preprints Highlights system developed?

Join Mike Lacy, the Curation Manager for Molecular Biology of the Cell journal's Preprint Highlights, and two of MBoC's Early Career Editors for a discussion on how the Preprint Highlights system of article evaluation was developed. Read more in this blog post from Mike: https://www.ascb.org/society-news/introducing-mboc-preprint-highlights/ or visit the journal website curation page here: https://www.molbiolcell.org/curation-tools

May 02, 202241:10
Expansion Microscopy with Paul Tillberg

Expansion Microscopy with Paul Tillberg

Paul Tillberg, now a Janelia Fellow at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Janelia Research Campus, developed the protocol for expansion microscopy with colleagues Ed Boyden, currently a professor at MIT, and Fei Chen, currently a Core Institute Member at the Broad Institute. The method exploits the fact that biological tissue is mostly water, and it is this watery fraction, Tillberg explains, that is replaced by a “swellable hydrogel” that expands the sample to sizes that make it much easier to image with familiar fluorescent tags and standard light microscopy equipment.

Mar 24, 202243:51
Celebrating 20 years of CBE--Life Sciences Education

Celebrating 20 years of CBE--Life Sciences Education

Join co-editors-in-chief Kimberly Tanner and Jeff Schinske for the launch of the 20th-anniversary celebration of ASCB CBE--Life Sciences Education journal, which published its first issue in March 2002. 

Feb 22, 202247:02
Cell Forces Tell an Important Story with Valerie Weaver

Cell Forces Tell an Important Story with Valerie Weaver

Valerie M. Weaver, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration in the Department of Surgery. She is the editor for the special issues at Molecular Biology of the Cell on Forces on and Within Cells.

Jan 26, 202230:00
Meet ASCB's New CEO Rebecca Alvania

Meet ASCB's New CEO Rebecca Alvania

Rebecca Alvania joined the American Society for Cell Biology as the new CEO on January 3, 2022. 

Jan 26, 202215:33
How do Americans want to participate in science?

How do Americans want to participate in science?

This month on the Pathways Podcast we interview Rose Hendricks, program director for the Society Civic Science initiative, which is based at ASCB. We will discuss her research project “Assessing How Americans Want to Participate in Science.”

Nov 03, 202133:43
Quantitative Biology: Embrace the Numbers

Quantitative Biology: Embrace the Numbers

This month on the Pathways Podcast we talk to Alex Mogilner, one of the editors of the 8th Special Issue on Quantitative Biology, published by ASCB’s basic science research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell.

Oct 01, 202128:03
Increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion at the annual meeting

Increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion at the annual meeting

For the September Pathways Podcast, we chat with ASCB Director of Meetings Alison Harris and Meeting Manager Danielle Raiford about CellBio Virtual 2021, including the new way speakers were chosen for the minisymposia and special interest subgroups.

Sep 07, 202123:11
How to help students use Metacognition for Learning
Aug 02, 202141:00
What's new at Molecular Biology of the Cell with Matt Welch
Jun 28, 202134:59
Creating Inclusive Spaces for LGBTQ+ Researchers with Lee Ligon and Katelyn Cooper
Jun 01, 202134:14
How cells use ER associated autophagy for quality control with Doug Cyr
May 03, 202127:34
What is 4D Cellular Physiology with Ron Vale and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

What is 4D Cellular Physiology with Ron Vale and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is adding a new research focus -- 4D Cellular Physiology. On this episode of the Pathways Podcast from the American Society for Cell Biology we chat with Ron Vale, the Vice President and Executive Director of HHMI's Janelia Research Campus, and Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, a senior group leader also at Janelia, about this new direction and how it will impact the cell biology community. 

Apr 02, 202133:48