June 29, 2009--Research lead by Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, identifying an enzyme that makes neuroprotectin D1 which specifically and selectively protects retinal cells key for vision, will be published in the June 26, 2009 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. More...

Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell's ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side-effects associated with quinine. Once confirmed, these findings would suggest that dietary tryptophan supplements could be a simple and inexpensive way to improve the performance of this important drug. More...

June 5, 2009--A Journal of Lipid Research 50th Anniversary award was given to ASBMB member Dr. Jay Horton, MD at the Annual Spring meeting of the ATVB Council of the American Heart Association. More...

June 6, 2009--Former ASBMB President Susan Taylor has been named the winner of the 2010 FASEB Excellence in Science Award. Dr. Taylor is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, a Senior Fellow at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and an HHMI investigator. More...

June 22, 2009-The last Podcast from ASBMB News is the first in a series of interviewer with contributors to the JBC Thematics Minireview Series: The Biochemical Basis for Triplet Repeat Neurodegenerative Diseases. In the first podcast of the series we hear from the series coordinator, Joel Gottesfeld about recent developments in this fascinating field including the roles of gene silencing and toxic RNA. More...

June 22, 2009--The science advocacy group, Scientists and Engineers for America has published a useful listing that catalogs the science training of senators and representatives in the 111th Congress. Check out your rep here.