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FEBRUARY , 2020 This AIBS Newsletter is an AI-curated combination of relevant AIBS and other biology community news to help advance biology for the benefit of science and society. If you received this edition from a friend, click here for a free subscription. DELTA THINK News & Views: Curate or Perish? - Delta Think Wellcome Trust and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) recently announced the launch of the “Learned Society Curation Awards,” a new funding initiative designed to reward societies who are looking beyond publishing when thinking of their future contributions. What might this statement tell us... FEATURED AIBS Public Policy Office | AIBS Congressional Visits Day AIBS is a membership organization serving biologists and society through Public Policy, Education, Publications, and Scientific Peer Review. BOULDER DAILY CAMERA Boulder-based NEON taps Paula Mabee Paula Mabee has been selected as the chief scientist and observatory director of the Boulder-based National Ecological Observatory Network. @MDPIOPENACCESS Carrageenans from the Red Seaweed Sarconema filiforme Attenuate... Carrageenans are thickening and gelling agents that may provide health benefits. Iota (ι)-carrageenan, a linear sulfated polysaccharide, is produced by the red seaweed, Sarconema filiforme. This study investigated the potential of this seaweed as a functional food for the reversal of metabolic... OTHER STORIES Energy storage startup SPARKZ licenses ORNL cobalt-free battery tech PhD Position in Receptor-kinase-mediated Cell Wall Integrity Signaling The Canadian Rare Diseases Models and Mechanisms (RDMM) Network: Connecting Understudied Genes to Model Organisms Announcing the 2020 ASPB Sharon Gray Women’s Young Investigator Travel Award Winners | Plant Science Today Online program management companies face Washington microscope Not so fast: Some batteries can be pushed too far This biology news is brought to you by AIBS. Learn more about the AIBS mission and programs at www.aibs.org. The content includes items generated by AIBS and other organizations. Third party content is generated by rasa.io's Smart Newsletter AI. Some third party content may not be endorsed by nor reflect the initiatives of AIBS. AIBS is not responsible for nor assumes any liability for any form of content contained in third party generated information presented in this newsletter.     Subscribe •  Report •  Learn More •  Unsubscribe •  Contact