The American
Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Minority Affairs Committee (MAC)
Dr. Vivian Navas Linkage
fellow:
v_navas@rumac.uprm.edu
www.uprm.edu/biology/profs/navas/ascb.htm
Research and
Training Opportunities For Minority Faculty and Students
www.ascb.org/committees/mac/programs.htm
ASCB Annual Meeting
·
MAC
Travel awards to present at ASCB Annual Meeting for junior faculty,
graduate and undergraduate students www.ascb.org
Summer Opportunities
·
Marine Biology Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, Massachusetts http://www.mbl.edu
Activities:
Research and Education
Graduate
student awards to attend summer and short advanced graduate level courses
at MBL. Courses include physiology, microbiology, developmental Biology,
environmental science, molecular evolution, neurobiology and parasitology
Faculty
support to conduct research at MBL
MACY
Faculty Fellowship
for a visiting professor & two students to conduct research at MBL
http://www.mbl.edu
Friday Harbor Laboratories Graduate and undergraduate student support to attend
courses at Friday Harbor Laboratories at the University of Washington www.ascb.org
Histochemical
Society Workshop - Support for minority faculty to participate in Histochemical Society
workshops www.ascb.org/committees/mac/programs.htm
Visiting Professorships -Financial awards for visiting professorships to
conduct research in the laboratory of an ASCB Host Scientist www.ascb.org/committees/mac/programs.htm
Other
programs and resources
FASEB Scholarships to attend
FASEB Society Scientific meetings for one faculty member and two students to
attend the society meeting. www.faseb.org
Technical Workshops in Key Areas of Cell Biology -www.ascb.org/committees/mac/programs.htm
Histochemical Society Award
Application
Application to Attend Other Workshops
ASCB
Resources
Laboratory
manuals
Exploring
the cell
Experiments
in Cell Biology
Teaching
web sites reviews
Electronic
cell biology teaching journal
ASCB
Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in science education
National Website for
Minority Scientists- Just Garcia Hill Science Web Site http://hyper1.hunter.cuny.edu/JGH/default.htm