title: Political advocacy by the American Society for Cell Biology and its partners.
abstract: I trace how the American Society for Cell Biology became a strong political advocate for the scientific community. I celebrate how good leadership and an effective staff enabled its energetic volunteer organization to have an impact, but I also ask how the effort can be made more successful.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, and Cell Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8103, USA. thomas.pollard@yale.edu
authors.forename: Thomas D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Pollard
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003585:Cell Biology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence