
JBC Tabor award winners to speak at Discover BMB
The Journal of Biological Chemistry is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 JBC Herbert Tabor Early Career Investigator Awards.
Named for the late editor-in-chief of the JBC, these awards recognize early-career scientists for their standout first-author papers published in the past year.
The winners will give talks during a symposium on Sunday, March 26, at Discover BMB in Seattle.
Click on the links below to read ASBMB Today profiles of the winners and their JBC papers.
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