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Every week, we update this list with new meetings, awards, scholarships and events to help you get your ducks in a row. If you’d like us to feature something that you’re offering to the bioscience community, email us with the subject line “For calendar.” 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ members’ offerings take priority, and we do not promote products/services. Learn how to advertise in 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ Today.

Sept. 14: NIH events for young scientists

The National Institutes of Health Office of Intramural Training and Education has a robust schedule of virtual events. On Sept. 14, there are three events: , , and .

Sept. 15: Webinar about science and social media

The American Society for Investigative Pathology is hosting a virtual event titled "Promote Yourself and Your Science on Social Media" at 4 p.m. Eastern on Sept. 15. Attendees will learn how to use Twitter, how to promote their own work and findings, and how to use elements of storytelling to communicate science.

91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ advocacy town halls

The 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ public affairs team is hosting a series of public forums in September and October. These are meant to be highly interactive events, wherein the most dominant voices will be 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ members'. Please consider attending these virtual events and sharing your perspectives.

Sept. 15 | 2–3 p.m. EDT — International collaboration, immigration and the STEM workforce: The U.S. scientific enterprise relies on attracting talent from and collaborating with leading research institutions and universities all over the world. But visa restrictions, travel bans, anti-immigrant rhetoric and violence, and scapegoating have made the U.S. less inviting and less safe for immigrants and have made collaborations more complicated and risky. Discuss your experiences and what sort of policies you think are needed to protect immigrant scientists and foster strong and fruitful international collaborations.

Sept. 29 | 2–3 p.m. EDT — Women in STEM and gendered challenges: Women in STEM face myriad challenges that can prevent them from succeeding in academic research careers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, women have been disproportionately burdened with childcare, elder caregiving and other domestic responsibilities. Early reports indicate that domestic and emotional labor disparities are affecting women scientists’ productivity, which is likely to have long-term effects on their careers. Tell us about your experiences so that we can make the case for policy changes to ensure gender equity in the sciences.

Oct. 6 | 2–3 p.m. EDT — The pandemic's impact on non-COVID research: Non-COVID-19 research has taken a back seat during the pandemic as scientists scramble to better understand the Sars-CoV-2 virus and develop therapies and vaccines. But it remains important for the scientific community to strongly advocate for sustained investment into non-COVID research. Share your experiences and perspectives to help inform our policy solutions to sustain non-COVID-19 research.

Sept. 15: Glycobiology meeting abstracts due

The Society for Glycobiology's will be held virtually this year. Regular abstracts are due Sept. 15. Late-breaking abstracts are due Nov. 2. We want to point out one special talk at this meeting: of the Boston University School of Medicine will give the . (MCP is an 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ journal.)

Sept. 16–23: Free virtual science festival

Attendees of all ages are invited to SciFest All Access, produced by the organizers of the annual USA Science & Engineering Festival. There will be more than 100 virtual booths and activities, plus performances, recruiters and a scavenger hunt.

91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ Lipid Research Division Seminar Series

The 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ Lipid Research Division features the work of young investigators at noon Eastern on Wednesdays. If you are interested in presenting, please contact John Burke. Register once to access the whole series.

Sept. 16 — Lipids in autophagy

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  Yohei Ohashi, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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  Chunmei Chang, University of California, Berkeley

Sept. 23 — Dynamic roles for lipids at membrane contact sites

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  Yael Alon, University of California, Davis
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  Roni Levin, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Sept. 21–22: FASEB Research Conference

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology has a that culminates with "" Sept. 21–22. This conference is being organized by Claus Jorgensen at the University of Manchester, Donita Brady at the University of Pennsylvania and Natalia Jura at the University of California, San Francisco. (Jura recently won the 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½'s inaugural Early-Career Leadership Award, which was established by the society's Women in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Committee.) 

Sept. 22: Tang Prize lectures

The three winners of the 2020 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science are Charles Dinarello, Marc Feldmann and Tadamitsu Kishimoto. The Tang Foundation recognized them "for the development of cytokine-targeting biological therapies for treatment of inflammatory diseases." Tang Prize lectures usually take place at the Experimental Biology meeting, at which the 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ annual meeting is held. However, the 2020 EB meeting was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Sept. 22, the foundation, EB and National Cheng Kung University will co-host a forum featuring the winners. Also, 2014 Tang Prize and 2018 Nobel Prize winners James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo will participate.

Oct. 1: Deadline for IUBMB fellowships

The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has — the Wood–Whelan Research Fellowships, the IUBMB Mid-Career Research Fellowships and the Tang Education Fellowships — and . The deadline to apply for all of them is Oct. 1.

Oct. 5: Deadline for microbiology award

The National Academy of Sciences is accepting nominations for the Selman A. Waksman Award, which recognizes significant contributions to the field of microbiology and carries a $20,000 purse.  

Sphingolipids in physiology and pathology

Christopher Clarke (Stony Brook Medicine), Giovanni D’Angelo (EPFL) and Liana C. Silva (Universidade de Lisboa) have organized a webinar series focused on sphingolipids, with support from LIPID MAPS and Avanti Polar Lipids. All are scheduled for 11 a.m. Eastern. You can view past webinars .

Oct. 5: "Homeostatic and pathogenic roles of GM3 ganglioside" by Jin-ichi Inokuchi at Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University

Oct. 19:Talk by Ilya Levental at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Oct. 19: Talk by Aurélien Roux at the University of Geneva

Oct. 7: Deadline for DOE community college internship

The U.S. Department of Energy's Community College Internship Program places participants at labs at one of 16 agency locations to help kick-start their technical careers. There are three terms: summer, spring and fall. The agency is accepting applications for the spring term through Oct. 7. This is a paid internship. 

Call for virtual scientific event proposals

The 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ provides members with a virtual platform to share scientific research and accomplishments and to discuss emerging topics and technologies with the BMB community.

The 91ÑÇÉ«´«Ã½ will manage the technical aspects, market the event to tens of thousands of contacts and present the digital event live to a remote audience. Additional tools such as polling, Q&A, breakout rooms and post event Twitter chats may be used to facilitate maximum engagement.

Seminars are typically one to two hours long. A workshop or conference might be longer and even span several days.

Prospective organizers may submit proposals at any time. Decisions are usually made within four to six weeks. 

Propose an event.