Membership Benefits
NAVBO Provides Value
Build Your Network
- Meet and interact with colleagues inside and outside your discipline (i.e. physiology, pathology, developmental biology, stem cell biology, cell and molecular regulation, vascular bioengineering and many more)
- Join an online community of vascular biologists
- Attend meetings with reduced registration rates
- Participate in monthly online Journal Clubs
- Free registration to NAVBO monthly Webinars
- Have your online publications listed on the NAVBO ePub page and the NAVBO NewsBEAT
- Post your upcoming meeting presentations on our web site and in the NAVBO NewsBEAT
Trainee Development
- Access the NAVBO Career Center
- Trainee Travel Awards for International Vascular Biology Meetings
- Travel and Outstanding Poster Awards for our workshops
- Opportunities to interact with established investigators in your chosen field
- Free registration to NAVBO monthly Webinars
Communicate with Colleagues
- Participate in our monthly online Journal Clubs
- Receive the NAVBO newsletter
- Access the on-line NAVBO Directory of Members
- Receive notice of upcoming events, meetings, NIH news and other late-breaking news
- Have your online publications listed on the NAVBO ePub page
- Post your upcoming meeting presentations
- 50% discount on subscriptions to these journals:
- Angiogenesis
- Cardiovascular Pathology
- Apoptosis (80% discount)
- Free advertising of your post-doctoral opportunities, jobs, meetings, etc.
- Reduced rates on posting in our Career Center
Get Recognition
- Have your online publications listed on the NAVBO ePub page and listed in the NAVBO NewsBEAT
- Post your upcoming meeting presentations online and in the NewsBEAT
- Have your lab featured in the NewsBEAT and on our home page
- Receive awards including:
- Travel Awards to NAVBO Workshops
- Outstanding Poster Awards at NAVBO Workshops
- Travel Awards to the International Vascular Biology Meeting
- Springer Junior Investigator Award
- Judah Folkman Award in Vascular Biology
- Earl P. Benditt Award
- Travel Awards to other meetings (e.g. GRCs and The Microcirculatory Society)
Get Involved
- Participate in NAVBO committees
- Participate in shaping the philosophy and activities of this organization
- Attend monthly webinars (free for members)
- Join an online community of vascular biologists
- Vote for NAVBO officers and Council Members (regular members only)
Resources
- Monthly Vascular Biology Publications Alert
- Bi-weekly electronic newsletter, the NAVBO NewsBEAT, contains links to relevant science news
- Access colleagues through LinkedIn group
- Access to the online directory of members
- NAVBO Career Center
- Web site contains links to other organization, journals and other agencies
Here are some additional details:
- Free advertising of your post-doctoral opportunities, jobs, meetings, etc. in the NAVBO Newsletter (print version - published in June)
- Career Center allows trainees to receive email alerts when a likely job is posted
- Greatly reduced rates on postings in our Career Center (Members save $150 on all plans - 30-day posting package is free to members)
- Receive the NAVBO NewsBEAT, a bi-weekly newsletter, which contains valuable information about meetings, activities and policy issues of interest to the vascular biology community.
- Access password protected sections of the web site (publication alerts, directory, etc.)
- Receive "broadcast emails" informing you of upcoming events, meetings, NIH news and other late-breaking news
- Awards
- The Earl P. Benditt Award, recognizes an individual for a specific discovery or concept seminal to our current understanding of vascular biology
- The Judah Folkman Award in Vascular Biology recognizes vascular biologists at mid-career level
- Stephen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Mentorship
- Springer Junior Investigator Award recognizing a Junior Faculty Member
- Trainee Travel Awards for International Vascular Biology Meetings
- Travel and Outstanding Poster Awards for our workshops
Download the NAVBO Information Sheet for a quick reference
or see the "Guided Tour Board"
Dues:
Regular members pay only $135 in annual dues and Trainee members only $55 (undergraduates - $25).