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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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On the Other Side of COVID

How are you doing? I mean, how are you really doing? Often we answer automatically with a superficial, “I’m fine, thanks.” Let’s start a long-overdue conversation. Life is hard, and we are not okay. It’s about conversation – open, real discussions on connection and comfort and being part of something bigger. Guest writer Lori Grover shares wonderful and actionable ideas on how to survive the COVID pandemic … together.

Not Just A Game: Protein Structure Prediction

One of the greatest biological challenges science has faced is predicting the shape of proteins from its component amino acids. With the number of possible configurations estimated to be 10 to the power of 300, the answers seemed unreachable. Until now.

2020: The Year of the Pivot

WOW, what a year! A year no one saw coming, yet we are proud to say we advanced our mission in many impactful ways, thanks to YOU, our wonderful supporters! Please enjoy reading our 2020 Report Card on how your support helped fuel our work to educate future physicians and support game-changing medical research.

ASB: 2020 Year-End Review

Last year, we set our 2020 goal at 60 presentations, not knowing what was ahead. We gave 22 presentations in the Spring, and 33 presentations this Fall.  So while we didn’t quite reach our goal, we are super proud that we did achieve 92% of our goal!  Read more about our busy year!