... and I'm not there. If there's anything noteworthy, please leave a comment.
P.S. This is one of the biggest science meetings of the year, but no press ever goes there and most pop-science journalists are unaware of the meeting's existence. In contrast, both Nature and Science are featuring the Cell Nucleus on their covers, no doubt just in time for ASCB. Are there any ideas out there why this major meeting is under the radar?
P.P.S. Those reviews and papers on the nucleus are pretty impressive - I'll try to blog about them in the near future. Also you should check out Tom's review on protein transport across membranes.
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>Are there any ideas out there why this major meeting is under the radar?
B/c it is painfully boring to the average American?
Thanks sparc.
user - you don't know what amazing stuff you are missing! (PS more money and man power has been spent in trying to figure out "how cells tick" then any other endeavour set out by man - but I guess figuring out "what is life" is not that important!?!)
"no press ever goes there"...
There is a pretty detailed blog about the meeting on the Nature homepage:
http://blogs.nature.com/news/blog/conference_reports/american_society_f…
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Well Nature and Science are always very good about covering ASCB, but that's not the case with journalists who do not deal primarily with scientists (i.e. the general public).
Don't worry, you guys are just too hard-core for the general public (and journalists).