American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

The American Society for Cell Biology was first organized at an ad hoc meeting in the office of Keith R. Porter at Rockefeller University on May 28, 1960. In the 1940s, Porter was one of the first in the world to use the revolutionary technique of electron microscopy (EM) to reveal the internal structure of cells. The other early leaders of the ASCB-George Palade, Don Fawcett, Hewson Swift, Arthur Solomon, and Hans Ris-were also EM pioneers. All were concerned that existing scientific societies and existing biology journals were not receptive to this emerging field that studied the cell as the fundamental unit of all life.

Mission:
To lead a diverse, global and multidisciplinary scientific community focused on the cell, the basic unit of all life.