American Society for Cell Biology
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is an American society specializing in cell biology .
The founding of the company was decided in the study of Keith R. Porter in 1960 , the other early protagonists included George Palade , Don Fawcett , Hewson Swift , Arthur Solomon and Hans Ris . The official establishment took place in July 1961 in the state of New York , in November of the same year the first congress was held in Chicago .
While electron microscopy was a certain focus of the ASCB's activities in the early days , the field quickly expanded to include modern light microscopy , molecular biology , genetics and biochemistry . As of 2017, the ASCB had more than 9,000 members, about a quarter of whom work outside the United States. There are 32 Nobel Prize winners among its members .
The ASCB awards various science prizes , including the EB Wilson Medal (since 1981) and the Keith R. Porter Lecture (since 1982). The journals published by the ASCB include CBE - Life Sciences Education and Molecular Biology of the Cell .
President
Presidents of the American Society for Cell Biology were:
- 1962 Don W. Fawcett
- 1963 Alex B. Novikoff
- 1964 Hewson Swift
- 1965 Van Rensselaer Potter
- 1966 David M. Prescott
- 1967 Philip Siekevitz
- 1968 Joseph G. Gall
- 1969 Montrose Moses
- 1970 J. Herbert Taylor
- 1971 Saul Kit
- 1972 Daniel Mazia
- 1973 Jean-Paul Revel
- 1974 TC Hsu (Tao-Chiuh Hsu)
- 1975 George Pappas
- 1976 George Palade
- 1977 Elizabeth Hay
- 1978 Keith Porter
- 1979 David D. Sabatini
- 1980 Bill R. Brinkley
- 1981 Helen A. Padykula
- 1982 Marilyn Farquhar
- 1983 James Jamieson
- 1984 Morris Karnovsky
- 1985 Daniel Branton
- 1986 Mary-Lou Pardue
- 1987 Frank Ruddle
- 1988 Thomas Pollard
- 1989 James Spudich
- 1990 Gunter Blobel
- 1991 Marc Kirschner
- 1992 Donald D. Brown
- 1993 Susan Gerbi
- 1994 J. Richard McIntosh
- 1995 Ursula Goodenough
- 1996 J. Michael Bishop
- 1997 Mina Bissell
- 1998 Elizabeth Blackburn
- 1999 Randy Schekman
- 2000 Richard Hynes
- 2001 Elaine Fuchs
- 2002 Gary Borisy
- 2003 Suzanne Pfeffer
- 2004 Harvey Lodish
- 2005 Zena advertising
- 2006 Mary Beckerle
- 2007 Bruce Alberts
- 2008 Robert Goldman
- 2009 Brigid Hogan
- 2010 Timothy Mitchison
- 2011 Sandra Schmid
- 2012 Ron Vale
- 2013 Don Cleveland
- 2014 Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
- 2015 Shirley Tilghman
- 2016 Peter Walter
- 2017 Pietro De Camilli
- 2018 Jodi Nunnari
- 2019 Andrew W. Murray
- 2020 Eva Nogales