#DiscoverBMB is the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology taking place April 12–15 in Chicago.
With a mission to share the latest, most impactful research findings in the molecular life sciences, #DiscoverBMB offers an exciting agenda that includes talks by the field's foremost experts, interactive workshops on the latest trends, technologies and techniques, and an invigorating exhibition of posters, services and products.
The meeting attracts researchers in academia and industry, educators, trainees and students from across the globe. It offers unparalleled opportunities for collaborating, networking and recruiting.
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The program planning committee, chaired by Donita Brady of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Dave Pagliarini of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has assembled a slate of inspiring symposia covering the following themes:
| Theme | Organizers |
|---|---|
| Chemical tools to reveal new biology Learn more |
George Burslem, University of Pennsylvania Yael David, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Empowering futures: The transformative power of mentorship in science Learn more |
Nisha Cavanaugh, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Orla Hart, University of Texas at Austin Reinhart Reithmeier, University of Toronto |
| Enzymes and pseudoenzymes Learn more |
Shantá D. Hinton, College of William and Mary Vincent Tagliabracci, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Host–pathogen interactions Learn more |
Tamara O'Connor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Interorganellar communication and signaling Learn more |
Navdeep Chandel, Northwestern University Isah Jain, Gladstone Institute; University of California, San Francisco |
| Lipids and membranes Learn more |
Gerry Hammond, University of Pittsburgh Judith Simcox, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Maximizing access through diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility Learn more |
Carlos Lopez, Altos Labs Inc. Teresita (Tere) Padilla–Benavides, Wesleyan University |
| Metabolism and biosynthesis Learn more |
Lydia Finley, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Gerta Hoxhaj, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Metals of life: From microbes to medicine Learn more |
Sabeeha Merchant, University of California, Berkeley Amit Reddi, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Molecular movement and compartmentalization — contacts, transporters and nanodomains Learn more |
Nora Kory, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Tim Levine, University College London |
| Oncogenic hubs: Chromatin regulatory and transcriptional complexes in cancer Learn more |
Cigall Kadoch, Harvard University G. Greg Wang, Duke University School of Medicine |
| RNA biology Learn more |
Sergej Djuranovic, Washington University in St. Louis Olivia S. Rissland, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Structural biology of proteins and subcellular structures Learn more |
Christopher Barnes, Stanford University Breann Brown, Vanderbilt University |
| Synthetic biology Learn more |
Vatsan Raman, University of Wisconsin–Madison Danielle Tullman–Ercek, Northwestern University |