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$("#societies").addClass("selected"); </SCRIPT>  </td> <td id="mid"> <div id="breadcrumb"></div> <script language="javascript"> var breadcrumb='<a href="/mcb_grad/">»MCB Graduate Program</a> '; $("a.selected").each( function() { breadcrumb += '<a href="'+this.href+'" >»' + this.innerHTML.replace('<br>', ' ')+'</a> '; //alert(breadcrumb); // } ) $("#breadcrumb").html(breadcrumb); </script> <div id="content">  <h1>Professional Societies</h1> <p class="first">The following list includes URLs for the major national societies that have annual meetings which MCB graduate students might want to attend. There are many more such societies. If your favorite one is not listed, please inform Elaine Butler (mcbprogram@brown.edu) and it will be added to the list.</p> <p>Students who have completed their prelimary examinations and who will present (poster or talk) at a meeting are provided with $400 for travel from the MCB Graduate Program. Additional funding may be obtained from the Graduate School.</p> <ul class="link"> <li>AAAS: <a href="http://www.aaas.org/" target="_blank">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a></li> <li>ACS: <a href="http://www.acs.org" target="_blank">American Chemical Society</a></li> <li>AIBS: <a href="http://www.aibs.org/core/index.html" target="_blank">American Institute of Biological Sciences</a></li> <li>ASBMB: <a href="http://www.asbmb.org" target="_blank">American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</a></li> <li>ASCB: <a href="http://www.ascb.org" target="_blank">The American Society for Cell Biology</a>/</li> <li>ASM: <a href="http://www.asm.org" target="_blank">American Society for Microbiology</a></li> <li>ASPB: <a href="http://www.aspb.org" target="_blank">American Society of Plant Biologists</a>/</li> <li>ASV: <a href="http://www.asv.org" target="_blank">American Society for Virology</a></li> <li>FASEB: <a href="http://www.faseb.org/" target="_blank">Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology</a></li> <li>ISCB: <a href="http://www.iscb.org/" target="_blank">International Society for Computational Biology</a></li> <li>ISD: <a href="http://www.isdifferentiation.org/index.html" target="_blank">International Society of Differentiation</a></li> <li>SDB: <a href="http://sdbonline.org">Society for Developmental Biology</a></li> <li><a href="http://rnasociety.org">The RNA Society </a></li> </ul>  </div> </td> <td id="right"> <div id="rightcontent">  <div class="boxy"> <h2>Apply now!</h2> <p>Students in the MCB Graduate Program are enrolled through the Graduate School.</p> <img src="../BruGS.JPG" width="160" height="120" alt="Brown Grad School " longdesc="/BruGS.JPG" /> <p><a href="http://www.brown.edu/gradschool/apply" class="link">Go to Graduate School Admissions</a></p> <p>If you are experiencing problems with the Embark online application system please contact us at MCB_Program@Brown.edu</p> </div> <p> </p> <div class="boxy"> <h2>MCB News</h2> <h3>14 Mar 2012 9:36 am</h3> <p>Change in MCB Graduate Program Leadership <br /> <a href="http://blogs.brown.edu/MCB/2012/03/14/change-in-mcb-graduate-program-leadership/" class="link">Read More</a></p> </div> <p> <style> .ev-icon-download, .ev-description {display: none} </style> </p> <div class="boxy"> <h2>This Week in MCB</h2> <h3 class="title">MCB DRIP Meeting - Fri, June 8, 2012</h3> <p>08 Jun 2012 12:00 pm <br /><a href="http://events.brown.edu:80/cal/event/eventView.do?calPath=%2Fpublic%2Fcals%2FMainCal&guid=CAL-00149399-331c5add-0133-1ca5d46c-00000697events@brown.edu&recurrenceId=" class="link">Read More</a></p> <h3 class="title">MCB Data Club - Fri, May 25, 2012</h3> <p>25 May 2012 3:00 pm <br /><a href="http://events.brown.edu:80/cal/event/eventView.do?calPath=%2Fpublic%2Fcals%2FMainCal&guid=CAL-00149399-31dd30fb-0131-de1f3397-00001c32events@brown.edu&recurrenceId=" class="link">Read More</a></p> <h3 class="title">MPPB Dept Student Seminar: First Year MPP Student Talks - Fri, May 18, 2012</h3> <p>18 May 2012 12:00 pm <br /><a href="http://events.brown.edu:80/cal/event/eventView.do?calPath=%2Fpublic%2Fcals%2FMainCal&guid=CAL-00149399-374bb5f9-0137-4bbcf7ae-00000001events@brown.edu&recurrenceId=" class="link">Read More</a></p> </div>   </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="subfooterarea"> <table id="subfooter" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td style="width: 200px;"><h2>Quick Links:</h2> <ul class="link"> <li><a href="http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Molecular_Biology/">Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry(MCB)</a></li> <li><a href="/mcb_grad/contact">Contact MCB Grad Program</a></li> <li><a href="/mcb_grad/faculty">MCB Faculty Research</a></li> <li><a href="/mcb_grad/students">MCB Student Directory</a></li> <li><a href="/mcb_grad/calendar">MCB Events</a></li> <li><a href="/mcb_grad/news">News</a></li> </ul></td> <td style="border-left: 1px dashed #ccc; 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