Women in Cell Biology (WCIB) is a subcommittee of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) created to promote women in cell biology and present awards.
A group of women were unhappy with the lack of recognition in ASCB.
Newsletters were distributed containing job listings and news of powerful women in biology.
Originally, WICB was not accepted by ASCB; the newsletter was not funded and later discontinued in the 1970s.
[2] The goals of WICB are to nominate and give awards and communicate through the newsletter.