Federallon
of American
Experimental
Biology
Fe deration of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Mission Statement The mission of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is to enhance the ability of biomedical and life scientists to improve through their research the health well-being and productivity of all people FASEB is a coalition of independent Member Societies that serves the interest of biomedical and life scientists particushylarly those related to public policy issues FASEB facilitates coalition activities among Member Societies and dissemishynates information on biological research through scientific conferences and publications FASEB also offers Member Societies headquarters facilities and operational logistic support
Vision Statement Quality Life Through Research
Member Societies The American Physiological Society - APS American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB American Soceity for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - AS PET American Society for Investigaitve Pathology - ASIP American Society for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS The American Association of Immunologists - AAI The American Society for Cell Biology - ASCB Biophysical Society - BPS American Association of Anatomists - AAA The Protein Society - PS The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR American Society for Clinical Investigation - ASCI The Endocrine Society - TES The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG
Associate Member Societies Society for Developmental Biology - SOB American Peptide Society - APepS Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities - ABRF Society for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Teratology Society
Table of Contents
FASEB Officers Advisory Committee amp Board of Directors 2
Board of Directors Report 3
Executive Directors Report 5
Office of Public Affairs 7
1999 Awards 12
Office of Publications 14
Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences 16
Logistic Support 18
Career ResourcesMARC 20
1999 Financial Reports 21
Member Societies of the Federation 24
Associate Member Societies of the Federation 28
FASEB Web Directory 29
FASEB Officers President
David G Kaufman
President -Elect
Mary JC Hendrix
Secretary
Sidney H Golub
Treasurer Dale R Romsos
Past President William R Brinkley
Executive Officers Advisory Committee Sidney H Golub Chair
Martin Frank
Charles C Hancock
Christine K Carrico
Frances A Pitlick Richard G Allison
M Michele Hogan
Elizabeth Marincola
Rosalba Kampman
Andrea Pendleton
Robert W Newburgh Joan R Goldberg
Susan Nelson
Scott B Hunt
Elaine Strass
FASEB Officers Advisory Committee and Board of Directors
1999 Board of Directors
APS L Gabriel Navar Gerald F DiBona
ASBMB David L Brautigan Bettie Sue Masters
ASPET Sue P Duckles Jerry R Mitchell
ASIP David G Kaufman President Mary F Lipscomb
ASNS Barry Shane Alfred H Merrill
MI Paul W Kincade Robert R Rich
ASCB Lawrence S Goldstein Paul T Matsudaira
Biophysical Society Mary D Barkley Stephen H White
AM Mary JC Hendrix President-Elect Gary C Schoenwolf
The Protein Society Brian W Matthews George D Rose
ASBMR Robert A Nissenson Steven L Teitelbaum
ASCI Timothy J Ley Donald E Ganem
The Endocrine Society Marvin C Gershengorn William F Crowley Jr
ASHG
Haig H Kazazian Jr Aravinda Chakravarti
Member of the Executive Committee
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Board of Directors Report
The success of FASEB in 1999 grew directly out of the renewed vision of the Federashytion that has developed over the past several years With a clear core mission in public policy and advocacy and with a commitment to provide high quality support services to scientific societies and their constituents FASEB continues to grow in size and impact Many illustrations of
the growing reach and accomplishment of our Federashytion marked this past year
Much of the internal focus of FASEB during 1999 was based on finding a successor to Dr Michael Jackson as Executive Director We are all deeply indebted to Dr Jackson for his many contributions in repositioning and reorganizing FASEB and his retirement posed a major challenge A search process was undertaken and I had the responsibility as President-elect to chair the search committee A series of excellent candidates was considshyered with the quality of the pool an indication of the recognition of FASEB as the leading organization for biomedical scientists The final selection of Dr Sidney Golub was strongly endorsed by the Board of Directors the Executive Officers of our member societies and the internal leaders at FASEB Dr Golub continues the tradition of finding our administrative leadership from the academic world so as to promote communication between the investigators who are the constituency of the societies constituting FASEB and the FASEB staff We were fortunate to recruit Dr Golub who brings an unusually rich set of experiences and a strong scientific and academic perspective to the job As a distinguished investigator a medical school dean and the chief acadshyemic and operating officer of a general campus Dr Golub understands the issues that confront us He took up his new duties during the summer of 1999 and his report in this volume indicates the energy and organishyzational skills that he has already brought to us
The growth of FASEB was best illustrated by the inteshygration of two new full-member societies into the ongoshying activities of the Federation-The Endocrine Society and The American Society of Human Genetics The representatives of these organizations have lent their expertise to our efforts and have played key roles in defining our agenda Also approved for Associate membership in 1999 the Radiation Research Society promises to expand our expertise in a number of key areas related to radiobiology Several other scientific organizations are actively exploring the possibility of application for membership Events of this year did include the decision by The American Society for Cell Biology to discontinue its participation in the Federashytion effective January 1 200l We will be exploring mechanisms for continued cooperation with ASCB in a new relationship
The most notable accomplishments for FASEB in 1999 were in the public policy arena The second consecutive year of a 15 increase in the budget for the National Institutes of Health was very gratifying These increases may be a true turning point in the history of American biomedical science as it marks a commitment on the part of the American people to make biomedical research a continuing national priority FASEB and its partners in advocacy for biomedical research are pleased that the approach of doubling the NIH budget by 2003 has become so widely accepted as the best means to express this national commitment Furthermore there is a growing recognition of the need to expand funding opportunities in other areas of science and engineering via increases in the budgets of NSF and other funding agencies These developments will take our continued and most determined efforts to maintain but this is an extremely exciting and gratifying series of developments in research funding
A number of other important issues were the focus of attention in 1999 Foremost among these was the publishycation of the Physician-Scientist report marking FASEBs contribution to the scientific communitys growing recognition of the importance of this topic The Physician-Scientist report also illustrates the strength of our current policy process This issue was identified by several of our constituent societies it was examined within our committees our professional staff assembled and interpreted a very helpful set of data a consensus conference was convened to discuss and digest the data A policy statement emerged This policy statement represents a broad view of the problem and accommodates the different disciplinary perspectives within our Federation because it is based on sound and objective data The Physician-Scientist report received wide recognition from the science press and from Congress and I believe it to have helped broaden the recognition of the importance of the coming crisis in the supply of medically trained investigators Hopefully it will also lead the way to some of the solutions to this problem The development of the Physician-Scientist report represents the optimal working of our process and shows that even coalitions of broad constituencies can find common ground on a key issue for the future of our profession An active advocacy program has been launched to help achieve the remedies recommended in the report
Other public policy areas that were the subject of major efforts in 1999 included real progress in coming to common ground on the definitions of research misconshyduct This complex and contentious problem finally appears to be headed towards a generally acceptable solution with the publication of a set of definitions by the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) FASEB can be proud of our role in this effort as our organizations ardent and well-informed advoshycacy prevented the inclusion of some unacceptable language that had been proposed in early versions Instead a broadly usable and widely accepted set of defishy
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nitions is now emerging We are also making progress in our concerted efforts to find ways to reduce the excessive burden on investigators of federal regulations We all accept the need for oversight but we also recogshynize the importance of letting scientists do science and the utility of simplifying regulatory procedures A good example of this was new legislation that appeared to make the content of federal research grants subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act (AllO) The advocacy of much of the academic and research community including FASEB resulted in implementashytion guidelines that are more reasonable and workable We must continue to monitor these issues and the Science Policy Committee of FASEB has several subcommittees that are working on these and other policy issues We expect to continue to speak out on matters that affect the biomedical investigator whether that investigator is at the bench or the clinic and our voice will be heard because of the credibility that our efforts have earned
One of the most personally satisfying and rewarding aspects of the presidency of FASEB is to be a part of the growing recognition of this organization as the preemshyinent vehicle for advocacy on behalf of the interests of biomedical scientists Press coverage of FASEB press releases FASEB reports and comments by FASEB leadshyers are at an all-time high The fact that I personally have been invited five times this year to the White House or the Executive Office Building is another type of recognition of the stature of FASEB We are in one of the most exciting periods in the history of science because of what biomedical research can accomplish and we owe our best efforts to our profess ion to take advantage of this opportunity We are seeking to do that as ardently as possible within FASEB and we invite the FASEB member societies and their constituents to join us in this effort
Finally I wish to thank all those who made this year so successful and were patient and helpful in working with me The expansion of the roles of Past President Presishydent-Elect and Vice-President for Science Policy has made it possible for an individual to serve as President and to still do regular academic duties I am indebted to Vice-President Brautigan Past President Brinkley and President-Elect Hendrix for so ably sharing the workshyload Others that I want to thank include Dr Howard Garrison and the entire superb Public Affairs staff at FASEB for their tireless effort and multiple important contributions I would also like to thank the members of the FASEB Board and the Society Executives and their associates who have strengthened FASEB and helped me in my role immeasurably
David G Kaufman MD PhD President
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Executive Directors Report
This past year 1999 was a year of transition change challenge and solid accomshyplishment for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology The retirements of Executive Director Michael Jackson and Comptroller John Rice meant major change in the manageshyrial personnel for FASEB Fortunately we are able to build upon the very solid
structure that Dr Jackson and his colleagues crafted These key leadership departures have been replaced in a number of organizational and personnel changes
To place a greater emphasis on financial planning and business development the Comptroller position was redefined to de-emphasize accounting and finance and concentrate more on business development Mr Edward Rekas previously the Director of the FASEB Office of Publications was appointed Comptroller He has brought his business acumen to that position Mr George Wingate was promoted to Director of Financial Services to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Accounting Department Ms Nancy Rodnan was recruited to head the Publications Department Ms Rodnan spent twelve years with the American Chemical Society where her most recent position was as the manager of directories and databases She is an experishyenced publications professional whose special expertise in directories will be a very valuable asset for the FASEB program
The core mission of the Federation is to represent the best interests of the investigators in our Member Socishyeties For this reason all available resources are focused on building a public affairs presence so that we can develop consensus about important scientific issues and then provide effective advocacy regarding those imporshytant principles In 1999 this process worked very effecshytively The research and policy analysis portion of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) developed important docushyments analyzing the economic and social impact of biomedical research and the demographics of the membership of the Federation OPA also provided expert analysis for the committee activities of FASEB These included the annual funding consensus confershyence and the widely recognized and high-impact study on the problem of the diminishing supply of physician scientists This combination of careful policy analysis with the in-depth experiences provided by the scientists who participated so effectively in the development of the physician-scientist report resulted in a project of unusual insight and importance This was widely recogshynized many scientific news organizations commented on the problem and the unique perspective brought by the expertise in both science and science policy that FASEB illuminated
In the funding arena this has been an extraordinarily successful year The breadth of FASEB representation its reputation for strong and detailed analysis of funding issues and the stature of our volunteer leadership all played a role in our success We are proud at FASEB for our role in a 15 increase in the NIH appropriation for the second consecutive year and for a solid increase in the NSF appropriation as well We will continue to work at these priorities because we believe them to be in the real interest of our profession and in the best interests of humankind While FASEB cannot claim sole credit for these important achievements we were among the best-organized best-informed and best positioned orgashynizations to advocate for funding biomedical science FASEBs voice was also heard on important issues such as the application to research findings of the Freedom of Information Act the definition of research misconshyduct and the reorganization of the NIH grant applicashytion process The coupling of a broad constituency the hard-working volunteer members of our Board of Direcshytors representing the Member Societies and a dedicated and professional public affairs staff have made FASEB one of the organizations with consistent access to key information and to important decision makers
The role of the Executive Office in the public affairs program is twofold Because of the Federations Washshyington base it is our responsibility to help coordinate relations with coalition partners of other advocacy groups in the area To that end as Executive Director I have met with a variety of other Washington-based scientific organizations educational organizations and patient advocacy groups We will continue the effort at outreach to these various organizations so that we can maximize the impact of the FASEB message Most important it is the responsibility of executive manageshyment to organize the budget and programs of FASEB so as to have sufficient resources to mount an effective public affairs program We have been able to do that over the past several years and the benefits of this expanded public policy and advocacy activity are now quite apparent
With regard to the finances of the Federation 1999 was a very good year The income from various services provided by FASEB grew with a healthy net of over $670000 from the operating activities of the Federashytion These funds are used to support the public affairs program FASEB is a service organization that provides activities such as meeting management and communishycations infrastructure for scientific societies If we were in the private sector we would take the profits of such services and pay them as dividends to stockholders However as a not-for-profit entity we take the yield from these service activities and pay dividends in the form of the public affairs program While the funds generated in this fashion are very important in the overshyall financial plan of the Federation we attempt to price the services at the lowest possible level so that we can offer them to our scientific colleagues at a cost that is
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consistent with the marketplace In addition to our service functions Federation reserves also generated a substantial increase in 1999 The yield on our equity investment portfolio was just under 14 While not as dramatic a growth as in the previous two years the portshyfolio of investments held by the Federation grew this past year by well over a million dollars The yield from these investments will continue to be an important source of income that will allow us to continue to develop our public affairs programming Finally dues revenue also grew in 1999 primarily because of the addishytion of several new societies among the membership of the Federation
There are several noteworthy performances among the various sectors The Publications Department continues to provide both high quality and profitability The FASEB Journal under the able leadership of Editor-inshyChief Vincent Marchesi continues to improve in quality and visibility It is clearly among the elite of interdiscishyplinary scientific journals and is providing interesting and important innovations in electronic publishing Furthermore it continues to produce revenue that can be used to support the other missions of the Federation As with most journals there is a continuing erosion of subscriptions as institutional subscribers continue to narrow the number of journals they can afford We will be making concerted efforts to expand the subscription base of this journal as it is a source of excellent science and communication of some of the most important policy studies undertaken by the public affairs program at FASEB
Scientific meeting management and summer research conferences account for one of the most visible and recognizable service functions of FASEB In 1999 the FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences managed 10 scientific meetings with a total of approxishymately 40000 registrants In addition FASEB organized 26 summer research conferences in three locations in Vermont and Colorado These conferences were attended by over 3000 registrants The mission of FASEB since its founding has included the disseminashytion of scientific information The arrangement of scientific meetings in ways that promote effective intershychange has been a hallmark of FASEB-managed meetshyings Furthermore our Career Resources office provides on-site professional career placement services at a number of scientific meetings as well as online career resources FASEB is also the sponsor of two Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) program grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) These two grants one of which was renewed in 1999 and the other submitted for renewal support a variety of activities to improve access to high quality scientific experiences for minority investigators and students An increasingly popular part of this program is a series of Write Winning Grants seminars that we plan to expand and offer in a variety of venues
These diverse activities have been supported by an infrashystructure that exists to serve the member scientific socishyeties This infrastructure includes the headquarters facilities for many of the Member Societies at the Beaushymont campus in Bethesda MD professional printing and graphics services mail room and purchasing services and an information systems infrastructure that assists in database management computing support and electronic communications
This past year also marked important changes in the composition of the Federation Two new full-member Societies became completely integrated into the decishysion-making processes of FASEB-The Endocrine Socishyety and The American Society of Human Genetics In addition The Radiation Research Society joined as an Associate member effective in 2000 One other society has applied for membership and several more have inquired While The American Society for Cell Biology has indicated its plans to withdraw from FASEB in 2001 the trend is clearly towards an expanding and more inclusive Federation This will provide challenges in governance and consensus development but these are the challenges that result from success and opportunity We look forward to meeting those challenges In an editorial I wrote for The FASEB Journal I stated that the present was the best time ever to be a biologist (Vol 14 p 1 2000) as the opportunities to solve important biomedical problems were never better For the very same reasons the present is also the best time to be involved in science policy science public affairs and service to the scientific community
Sidney H Golub PhD Executive Director
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Office of Public Affairs Howard Garrison PhD Director
Public Affairs The Year in Review FASEBs unique membership organization and approach to public affairs give it a distinctive role in the national policy environment and enable the Federation to serve as a leading force in shaping biomedical research policy As a coalition representing a wide range of disciplines FASEB is not an advocate for a narrow or special interest but rather a representative of a broad spectrum of the research community By virtue of its size diversity and active relashytionship with working scientists FASEB is often sought out by legislators federal agencies and other groups develshyoping programs and policies affecting science A recent analysis demonstrated that scientists belonging to FASEB societies received 60 percent of the ROI grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Funding Federal funding for biomedical research was substantially increased in 1999 Funding for NIH in FY 2000 rose by 15 percent and other science agencies-most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF-also received large funding increases Throughout the year FASEB was active in efforts to raise funding for biomedical and other scienshytific research
The year began with FASEB President William R Brinkley holding a press conference to announce FASEB funding recommendations for FY 2000 His comments and FASEB recommendations were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Academic Physician amp Scientist and the Washington Fax
As part of an active campaign to educate Members of Congress about the importance of funding for biomedical research Dr Brinkley participated in a luncheon meeting for new members of Congress sponsored by ResearchAmerica and co-hosted by ResearchAmerica Chairman Paul Rogers and Representative John Porter ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson was the featured speaker In February before the development of the Congressional Budget Resolution Dr Brinkley joined former House Minority Leader Bob Michel in a series of meetings with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Gregg Spencer Abraham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Gramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
These meetings were followed by communications pledgshying FASEBs support for a 15 percent increase in NIH fundshying In March Dr Brinkley sent telegrams to all members of the Senate supporting Senator Specters amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution which called for another 15 percent increase in funding for NIH In April Dr Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agenshycies (LIHHS)
increase funding for all fields of scientific research In April Dr Brinkley testified jointly with the Presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Socishyeties in support of increased funding for NSF before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Housshying and Urban Development and independent agencies (VAlHUD) The following month Dr Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues At the invitation of the chairman of the UHHS Appropriashytions Subcommittee Representative John Porter Dr Brinkley organized a delegation of researchers from several scientific disciplines for meetings with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
From the left Robert Serafin Joseph Davie FASEBs Bill Brinkely Represhysentative John Porter David Frohnmayer Michael Brow and Jack Fellows prior to their meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
As the final negotiations over funding for FY 2000 intensishyfied in September FASEB President David G Kaufman sent a letter to all members of Congress urging support for NIH Dr Kaufman and President-Elect Mary Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the Ranking Democrat on the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
In September Dr Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase research funding for science and in October Dr Kaufman sent letters to conferees of the VAHUD Appropriations bill supporting an increased appropriation for NSF Later that month he wrote to President Clinton and the Congresshysional leadership urging continuation of the effort to double the NIH budget in five years
In 1999 FASEB also increased its efforts to ensure that there was adequate funding for research instrumentation and facilities Dr David Speicher of the FASEB Science Policy Committee met with the staff of Senator Tom Harkins office to encourage the senator to authorize the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program at $100 million for FY 2000 and allow for individual awards up to $15 million Under Dr Speichers direction FASEB also initishyated a survey of RO 1 recipients in order to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs Dr Kaufman presented a proposal for a study of academicshyresearch-facilities needs to the NIH Directors advisory committee
In addition to supporting increased funding for NIH and biomedical research FASEB worked with other groups to
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
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Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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Mission Statement The mission of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is to enhance the ability of biomedical and life scientists to improve through their research the health well-being and productivity of all people FASEB is a coalition of independent Member Societies that serves the interest of biomedical and life scientists particushylarly those related to public policy issues FASEB facilitates coalition activities among Member Societies and dissemishynates information on biological research through scientific conferences and publications FASEB also offers Member Societies headquarters facilities and operational logistic support
Vision Statement Quality Life Through Research
Member Societies The American Physiological Society - APS American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB American Soceity for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - AS PET American Society for Investigaitve Pathology - ASIP American Society for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS The American Association of Immunologists - AAI The American Society for Cell Biology - ASCB Biophysical Society - BPS American Association of Anatomists - AAA The Protein Society - PS The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR American Society for Clinical Investigation - ASCI The Endocrine Society - TES The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG
Associate Member Societies Society for Developmental Biology - SOB American Peptide Society - APepS Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities - ABRF Society for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Teratology Society
Table of Contents
FASEB Officers Advisory Committee amp Board of Directors 2
Board of Directors Report 3
Executive Directors Report 5
Office of Public Affairs 7
1999 Awards 12
Office of Publications 14
Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences 16
Logistic Support 18
Career ResourcesMARC 20
1999 Financial Reports 21
Member Societies of the Federation 24
Associate Member Societies of the Federation 28
FASEB Web Directory 29
FASEB Officers President
David G Kaufman
President -Elect
Mary JC Hendrix
Secretary
Sidney H Golub
Treasurer Dale R Romsos
Past President William R Brinkley
Executive Officers Advisory Committee Sidney H Golub Chair
Martin Frank
Charles C Hancock
Christine K Carrico
Frances A Pitlick Richard G Allison
M Michele Hogan
Elizabeth Marincola
Rosalba Kampman
Andrea Pendleton
Robert W Newburgh Joan R Goldberg
Susan Nelson
Scott B Hunt
Elaine Strass
FASEB Officers Advisory Committee and Board of Directors
1999 Board of Directors
APS L Gabriel Navar Gerald F DiBona
ASBMB David L Brautigan Bettie Sue Masters
ASPET Sue P Duckles Jerry R Mitchell
ASIP David G Kaufman President Mary F Lipscomb
ASNS Barry Shane Alfred H Merrill
MI Paul W Kincade Robert R Rich
ASCB Lawrence S Goldstein Paul T Matsudaira
Biophysical Society Mary D Barkley Stephen H White
AM Mary JC Hendrix President-Elect Gary C Schoenwolf
The Protein Society Brian W Matthews George D Rose
ASBMR Robert A Nissenson Steven L Teitelbaum
ASCI Timothy J Ley Donald E Ganem
The Endocrine Society Marvin C Gershengorn William F Crowley Jr
ASHG
Haig H Kazazian Jr Aravinda Chakravarti
Member of the Executive Committee
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Board of Directors Report
The success of FASEB in 1999 grew directly out of the renewed vision of the Federashytion that has developed over the past several years With a clear core mission in public policy and advocacy and with a commitment to provide high quality support services to scientific societies and their constituents FASEB continues to grow in size and impact Many illustrations of
the growing reach and accomplishment of our Federashytion marked this past year
Much of the internal focus of FASEB during 1999 was based on finding a successor to Dr Michael Jackson as Executive Director We are all deeply indebted to Dr Jackson for his many contributions in repositioning and reorganizing FASEB and his retirement posed a major challenge A search process was undertaken and I had the responsibility as President-elect to chair the search committee A series of excellent candidates was considshyered with the quality of the pool an indication of the recognition of FASEB as the leading organization for biomedical scientists The final selection of Dr Sidney Golub was strongly endorsed by the Board of Directors the Executive Officers of our member societies and the internal leaders at FASEB Dr Golub continues the tradition of finding our administrative leadership from the academic world so as to promote communication between the investigators who are the constituency of the societies constituting FASEB and the FASEB staff We were fortunate to recruit Dr Golub who brings an unusually rich set of experiences and a strong scientific and academic perspective to the job As a distinguished investigator a medical school dean and the chief acadshyemic and operating officer of a general campus Dr Golub understands the issues that confront us He took up his new duties during the summer of 1999 and his report in this volume indicates the energy and organishyzational skills that he has already brought to us
The growth of FASEB was best illustrated by the inteshygration of two new full-member societies into the ongoshying activities of the Federation-The Endocrine Society and The American Society of Human Genetics The representatives of these organizations have lent their expertise to our efforts and have played key roles in defining our agenda Also approved for Associate membership in 1999 the Radiation Research Society promises to expand our expertise in a number of key areas related to radiobiology Several other scientific organizations are actively exploring the possibility of application for membership Events of this year did include the decision by The American Society for Cell Biology to discontinue its participation in the Federashytion effective January 1 200l We will be exploring mechanisms for continued cooperation with ASCB in a new relationship
The most notable accomplishments for FASEB in 1999 were in the public policy arena The second consecutive year of a 15 increase in the budget for the National Institutes of Health was very gratifying These increases may be a true turning point in the history of American biomedical science as it marks a commitment on the part of the American people to make biomedical research a continuing national priority FASEB and its partners in advocacy for biomedical research are pleased that the approach of doubling the NIH budget by 2003 has become so widely accepted as the best means to express this national commitment Furthermore there is a growing recognition of the need to expand funding opportunities in other areas of science and engineering via increases in the budgets of NSF and other funding agencies These developments will take our continued and most determined efforts to maintain but this is an extremely exciting and gratifying series of developments in research funding
A number of other important issues were the focus of attention in 1999 Foremost among these was the publishycation of the Physician-Scientist report marking FASEBs contribution to the scientific communitys growing recognition of the importance of this topic The Physician-Scientist report also illustrates the strength of our current policy process This issue was identified by several of our constituent societies it was examined within our committees our professional staff assembled and interpreted a very helpful set of data a consensus conference was convened to discuss and digest the data A policy statement emerged This policy statement represents a broad view of the problem and accommodates the different disciplinary perspectives within our Federation because it is based on sound and objective data The Physician-Scientist report received wide recognition from the science press and from Congress and I believe it to have helped broaden the recognition of the importance of the coming crisis in the supply of medically trained investigators Hopefully it will also lead the way to some of the solutions to this problem The development of the Physician-Scientist report represents the optimal working of our process and shows that even coalitions of broad constituencies can find common ground on a key issue for the future of our profession An active advocacy program has been launched to help achieve the remedies recommended in the report
Other public policy areas that were the subject of major efforts in 1999 included real progress in coming to common ground on the definitions of research misconshyduct This complex and contentious problem finally appears to be headed towards a generally acceptable solution with the publication of a set of definitions by the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) FASEB can be proud of our role in this effort as our organizations ardent and well-informed advoshycacy prevented the inclusion of some unacceptable language that had been proposed in early versions Instead a broadly usable and widely accepted set of defishy
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nitions is now emerging We are also making progress in our concerted efforts to find ways to reduce the excessive burden on investigators of federal regulations We all accept the need for oversight but we also recogshynize the importance of letting scientists do science and the utility of simplifying regulatory procedures A good example of this was new legislation that appeared to make the content of federal research grants subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act (AllO) The advocacy of much of the academic and research community including FASEB resulted in implementashytion guidelines that are more reasonable and workable We must continue to monitor these issues and the Science Policy Committee of FASEB has several subcommittees that are working on these and other policy issues We expect to continue to speak out on matters that affect the biomedical investigator whether that investigator is at the bench or the clinic and our voice will be heard because of the credibility that our efforts have earned
One of the most personally satisfying and rewarding aspects of the presidency of FASEB is to be a part of the growing recognition of this organization as the preemshyinent vehicle for advocacy on behalf of the interests of biomedical scientists Press coverage of FASEB press releases FASEB reports and comments by FASEB leadshyers are at an all-time high The fact that I personally have been invited five times this year to the White House or the Executive Office Building is another type of recognition of the stature of FASEB We are in one of the most exciting periods in the history of science because of what biomedical research can accomplish and we owe our best efforts to our profess ion to take advantage of this opportunity We are seeking to do that as ardently as possible within FASEB and we invite the FASEB member societies and their constituents to join us in this effort
Finally I wish to thank all those who made this year so successful and were patient and helpful in working with me The expansion of the roles of Past President Presishydent-Elect and Vice-President for Science Policy has made it possible for an individual to serve as President and to still do regular academic duties I am indebted to Vice-President Brautigan Past President Brinkley and President-Elect Hendrix for so ably sharing the workshyload Others that I want to thank include Dr Howard Garrison and the entire superb Public Affairs staff at FASEB for their tireless effort and multiple important contributions I would also like to thank the members of the FASEB Board and the Society Executives and their associates who have strengthened FASEB and helped me in my role immeasurably
David G Kaufman MD PhD President
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Executive Directors Report
This past year 1999 was a year of transition change challenge and solid accomshyplishment for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology The retirements of Executive Director Michael Jackson and Comptroller John Rice meant major change in the manageshyrial personnel for FASEB Fortunately we are able to build upon the very solid
structure that Dr Jackson and his colleagues crafted These key leadership departures have been replaced in a number of organizational and personnel changes
To place a greater emphasis on financial planning and business development the Comptroller position was redefined to de-emphasize accounting and finance and concentrate more on business development Mr Edward Rekas previously the Director of the FASEB Office of Publications was appointed Comptroller He has brought his business acumen to that position Mr George Wingate was promoted to Director of Financial Services to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Accounting Department Ms Nancy Rodnan was recruited to head the Publications Department Ms Rodnan spent twelve years with the American Chemical Society where her most recent position was as the manager of directories and databases She is an experishyenced publications professional whose special expertise in directories will be a very valuable asset for the FASEB program
The core mission of the Federation is to represent the best interests of the investigators in our Member Socishyeties For this reason all available resources are focused on building a public affairs presence so that we can develop consensus about important scientific issues and then provide effective advocacy regarding those imporshytant principles In 1999 this process worked very effecshytively The research and policy analysis portion of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) developed important docushyments analyzing the economic and social impact of biomedical research and the demographics of the membership of the Federation OPA also provided expert analysis for the committee activities of FASEB These included the annual funding consensus confershyence and the widely recognized and high-impact study on the problem of the diminishing supply of physician scientists This combination of careful policy analysis with the in-depth experiences provided by the scientists who participated so effectively in the development of the physician-scientist report resulted in a project of unusual insight and importance This was widely recogshynized many scientific news organizations commented on the problem and the unique perspective brought by the expertise in both science and science policy that FASEB illuminated
In the funding arena this has been an extraordinarily successful year The breadth of FASEB representation its reputation for strong and detailed analysis of funding issues and the stature of our volunteer leadership all played a role in our success We are proud at FASEB for our role in a 15 increase in the NIH appropriation for the second consecutive year and for a solid increase in the NSF appropriation as well We will continue to work at these priorities because we believe them to be in the real interest of our profession and in the best interests of humankind While FASEB cannot claim sole credit for these important achievements we were among the best-organized best-informed and best positioned orgashynizations to advocate for funding biomedical science FASEBs voice was also heard on important issues such as the application to research findings of the Freedom of Information Act the definition of research misconshyduct and the reorganization of the NIH grant applicashytion process The coupling of a broad constituency the hard-working volunteer members of our Board of Direcshytors representing the Member Societies and a dedicated and professional public affairs staff have made FASEB one of the organizations with consistent access to key information and to important decision makers
The role of the Executive Office in the public affairs program is twofold Because of the Federations Washshyington base it is our responsibility to help coordinate relations with coalition partners of other advocacy groups in the area To that end as Executive Director I have met with a variety of other Washington-based scientific organizations educational organizations and patient advocacy groups We will continue the effort at outreach to these various organizations so that we can maximize the impact of the FASEB message Most important it is the responsibility of executive manageshyment to organize the budget and programs of FASEB so as to have sufficient resources to mount an effective public affairs program We have been able to do that over the past several years and the benefits of this expanded public policy and advocacy activity are now quite apparent
With regard to the finances of the Federation 1999 was a very good year The income from various services provided by FASEB grew with a healthy net of over $670000 from the operating activities of the Federashytion These funds are used to support the public affairs program FASEB is a service organization that provides activities such as meeting management and communishycations infrastructure for scientific societies If we were in the private sector we would take the profits of such services and pay them as dividends to stockholders However as a not-for-profit entity we take the yield from these service activities and pay dividends in the form of the public affairs program While the funds generated in this fashion are very important in the overshyall financial plan of the Federation we attempt to price the services at the lowest possible level so that we can offer them to our scientific colleagues at a cost that is
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consistent with the marketplace In addition to our service functions Federation reserves also generated a substantial increase in 1999 The yield on our equity investment portfolio was just under 14 While not as dramatic a growth as in the previous two years the portshyfolio of investments held by the Federation grew this past year by well over a million dollars The yield from these investments will continue to be an important source of income that will allow us to continue to develop our public affairs programming Finally dues revenue also grew in 1999 primarily because of the addishytion of several new societies among the membership of the Federation
There are several noteworthy performances among the various sectors The Publications Department continues to provide both high quality and profitability The FASEB Journal under the able leadership of Editor-inshyChief Vincent Marchesi continues to improve in quality and visibility It is clearly among the elite of interdiscishyplinary scientific journals and is providing interesting and important innovations in electronic publishing Furthermore it continues to produce revenue that can be used to support the other missions of the Federation As with most journals there is a continuing erosion of subscriptions as institutional subscribers continue to narrow the number of journals they can afford We will be making concerted efforts to expand the subscription base of this journal as it is a source of excellent science and communication of some of the most important policy studies undertaken by the public affairs program at FASEB
Scientific meeting management and summer research conferences account for one of the most visible and recognizable service functions of FASEB In 1999 the FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences managed 10 scientific meetings with a total of approxishymately 40000 registrants In addition FASEB organized 26 summer research conferences in three locations in Vermont and Colorado These conferences were attended by over 3000 registrants The mission of FASEB since its founding has included the disseminashytion of scientific information The arrangement of scientific meetings in ways that promote effective intershychange has been a hallmark of FASEB-managed meetshyings Furthermore our Career Resources office provides on-site professional career placement services at a number of scientific meetings as well as online career resources FASEB is also the sponsor of two Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) program grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) These two grants one of which was renewed in 1999 and the other submitted for renewal support a variety of activities to improve access to high quality scientific experiences for minority investigators and students An increasingly popular part of this program is a series of Write Winning Grants seminars that we plan to expand and offer in a variety of venues
These diverse activities have been supported by an infrashystructure that exists to serve the member scientific socishyeties This infrastructure includes the headquarters facilities for many of the Member Societies at the Beaushymont campus in Bethesda MD professional printing and graphics services mail room and purchasing services and an information systems infrastructure that assists in database management computing support and electronic communications
This past year also marked important changes in the composition of the Federation Two new full-member Societies became completely integrated into the decishysion-making processes of FASEB-The Endocrine Socishyety and The American Society of Human Genetics In addition The Radiation Research Society joined as an Associate member effective in 2000 One other society has applied for membership and several more have inquired While The American Society for Cell Biology has indicated its plans to withdraw from FASEB in 2001 the trend is clearly towards an expanding and more inclusive Federation This will provide challenges in governance and consensus development but these are the challenges that result from success and opportunity We look forward to meeting those challenges In an editorial I wrote for The FASEB Journal I stated that the present was the best time ever to be a biologist (Vol 14 p 1 2000) as the opportunities to solve important biomedical problems were never better For the very same reasons the present is also the best time to be involved in science policy science public affairs and service to the scientific community
Sidney H Golub PhD Executive Director
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Office of Public Affairs Howard Garrison PhD Director
Public Affairs The Year in Review FASEBs unique membership organization and approach to public affairs give it a distinctive role in the national policy environment and enable the Federation to serve as a leading force in shaping biomedical research policy As a coalition representing a wide range of disciplines FASEB is not an advocate for a narrow or special interest but rather a representative of a broad spectrum of the research community By virtue of its size diversity and active relashytionship with working scientists FASEB is often sought out by legislators federal agencies and other groups develshyoping programs and policies affecting science A recent analysis demonstrated that scientists belonging to FASEB societies received 60 percent of the ROI grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Funding Federal funding for biomedical research was substantially increased in 1999 Funding for NIH in FY 2000 rose by 15 percent and other science agencies-most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF-also received large funding increases Throughout the year FASEB was active in efforts to raise funding for biomedical and other scienshytific research
The year began with FASEB President William R Brinkley holding a press conference to announce FASEB funding recommendations for FY 2000 His comments and FASEB recommendations were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Academic Physician amp Scientist and the Washington Fax
As part of an active campaign to educate Members of Congress about the importance of funding for biomedical research Dr Brinkley participated in a luncheon meeting for new members of Congress sponsored by ResearchAmerica and co-hosted by ResearchAmerica Chairman Paul Rogers and Representative John Porter ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson was the featured speaker In February before the development of the Congressional Budget Resolution Dr Brinkley joined former House Minority Leader Bob Michel in a series of meetings with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Gregg Spencer Abraham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Gramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
These meetings were followed by communications pledgshying FASEBs support for a 15 percent increase in NIH fundshying In March Dr Brinkley sent telegrams to all members of the Senate supporting Senator Specters amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution which called for another 15 percent increase in funding for NIH In April Dr Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agenshycies (LIHHS)
increase funding for all fields of scientific research In April Dr Brinkley testified jointly with the Presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Socishyeties in support of increased funding for NSF before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Housshying and Urban Development and independent agencies (VAlHUD) The following month Dr Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues At the invitation of the chairman of the UHHS Appropriashytions Subcommittee Representative John Porter Dr Brinkley organized a delegation of researchers from several scientific disciplines for meetings with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
From the left Robert Serafin Joseph Davie FASEBs Bill Brinkely Represhysentative John Porter David Frohnmayer Michael Brow and Jack Fellows prior to their meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
As the final negotiations over funding for FY 2000 intensishyfied in September FASEB President David G Kaufman sent a letter to all members of Congress urging support for NIH Dr Kaufman and President-Elect Mary Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the Ranking Democrat on the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
In September Dr Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase research funding for science and in October Dr Kaufman sent letters to conferees of the VAHUD Appropriations bill supporting an increased appropriation for NSF Later that month he wrote to President Clinton and the Congresshysional leadership urging continuation of the effort to double the NIH budget in five years
In 1999 FASEB also increased its efforts to ensure that there was adequate funding for research instrumentation and facilities Dr David Speicher of the FASEB Science Policy Committee met with the staff of Senator Tom Harkins office to encourage the senator to authorize the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program at $100 million for FY 2000 and allow for individual awards up to $15 million Under Dr Speichers direction FASEB also initishyated a survey of RO 1 recipients in order to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs Dr Kaufman presented a proposal for a study of academicshyresearch-facilities needs to the NIH Directors advisory committee
In addition to supporting increased funding for NIH and biomedical research FASEB worked with other groups to
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
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Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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Table of Contents
FASEB Officers Advisory Committee amp Board of Directors 2
Board of Directors Report 3
Executive Directors Report 5
Office of Public Affairs 7
1999 Awards 12
Office of Publications 14
Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences 16
Logistic Support 18
Career ResourcesMARC 20
1999 Financial Reports 21
Member Societies of the Federation 24
Associate Member Societies of the Federation 28
FASEB Web Directory 29
FASEB Officers President
David G Kaufman
President -Elect
Mary JC Hendrix
Secretary
Sidney H Golub
Treasurer Dale R Romsos
Past President William R Brinkley
Executive Officers Advisory Committee Sidney H Golub Chair
Martin Frank
Charles C Hancock
Christine K Carrico
Frances A Pitlick Richard G Allison
M Michele Hogan
Elizabeth Marincola
Rosalba Kampman
Andrea Pendleton
Robert W Newburgh Joan R Goldberg
Susan Nelson
Scott B Hunt
Elaine Strass
FASEB Officers Advisory Committee and Board of Directors
1999 Board of Directors
APS L Gabriel Navar Gerald F DiBona
ASBMB David L Brautigan Bettie Sue Masters
ASPET Sue P Duckles Jerry R Mitchell
ASIP David G Kaufman President Mary F Lipscomb
ASNS Barry Shane Alfred H Merrill
MI Paul W Kincade Robert R Rich
ASCB Lawrence S Goldstein Paul T Matsudaira
Biophysical Society Mary D Barkley Stephen H White
AM Mary JC Hendrix President-Elect Gary C Schoenwolf
The Protein Society Brian W Matthews George D Rose
ASBMR Robert A Nissenson Steven L Teitelbaum
ASCI Timothy J Ley Donald E Ganem
The Endocrine Society Marvin C Gershengorn William F Crowley Jr
ASHG
Haig H Kazazian Jr Aravinda Chakravarti
Member of the Executive Committee
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Board of Directors Report
The success of FASEB in 1999 grew directly out of the renewed vision of the Federashytion that has developed over the past several years With a clear core mission in public policy and advocacy and with a commitment to provide high quality support services to scientific societies and their constituents FASEB continues to grow in size and impact Many illustrations of
the growing reach and accomplishment of our Federashytion marked this past year
Much of the internal focus of FASEB during 1999 was based on finding a successor to Dr Michael Jackson as Executive Director We are all deeply indebted to Dr Jackson for his many contributions in repositioning and reorganizing FASEB and his retirement posed a major challenge A search process was undertaken and I had the responsibility as President-elect to chair the search committee A series of excellent candidates was considshyered with the quality of the pool an indication of the recognition of FASEB as the leading organization for biomedical scientists The final selection of Dr Sidney Golub was strongly endorsed by the Board of Directors the Executive Officers of our member societies and the internal leaders at FASEB Dr Golub continues the tradition of finding our administrative leadership from the academic world so as to promote communication between the investigators who are the constituency of the societies constituting FASEB and the FASEB staff We were fortunate to recruit Dr Golub who brings an unusually rich set of experiences and a strong scientific and academic perspective to the job As a distinguished investigator a medical school dean and the chief acadshyemic and operating officer of a general campus Dr Golub understands the issues that confront us He took up his new duties during the summer of 1999 and his report in this volume indicates the energy and organishyzational skills that he has already brought to us
The growth of FASEB was best illustrated by the inteshygration of two new full-member societies into the ongoshying activities of the Federation-The Endocrine Society and The American Society of Human Genetics The representatives of these organizations have lent their expertise to our efforts and have played key roles in defining our agenda Also approved for Associate membership in 1999 the Radiation Research Society promises to expand our expertise in a number of key areas related to radiobiology Several other scientific organizations are actively exploring the possibility of application for membership Events of this year did include the decision by The American Society for Cell Biology to discontinue its participation in the Federashytion effective January 1 200l We will be exploring mechanisms for continued cooperation with ASCB in a new relationship
The most notable accomplishments for FASEB in 1999 were in the public policy arena The second consecutive year of a 15 increase in the budget for the National Institutes of Health was very gratifying These increases may be a true turning point in the history of American biomedical science as it marks a commitment on the part of the American people to make biomedical research a continuing national priority FASEB and its partners in advocacy for biomedical research are pleased that the approach of doubling the NIH budget by 2003 has become so widely accepted as the best means to express this national commitment Furthermore there is a growing recognition of the need to expand funding opportunities in other areas of science and engineering via increases in the budgets of NSF and other funding agencies These developments will take our continued and most determined efforts to maintain but this is an extremely exciting and gratifying series of developments in research funding
A number of other important issues were the focus of attention in 1999 Foremost among these was the publishycation of the Physician-Scientist report marking FASEBs contribution to the scientific communitys growing recognition of the importance of this topic The Physician-Scientist report also illustrates the strength of our current policy process This issue was identified by several of our constituent societies it was examined within our committees our professional staff assembled and interpreted a very helpful set of data a consensus conference was convened to discuss and digest the data A policy statement emerged This policy statement represents a broad view of the problem and accommodates the different disciplinary perspectives within our Federation because it is based on sound and objective data The Physician-Scientist report received wide recognition from the science press and from Congress and I believe it to have helped broaden the recognition of the importance of the coming crisis in the supply of medically trained investigators Hopefully it will also lead the way to some of the solutions to this problem The development of the Physician-Scientist report represents the optimal working of our process and shows that even coalitions of broad constituencies can find common ground on a key issue for the future of our profession An active advocacy program has been launched to help achieve the remedies recommended in the report
Other public policy areas that were the subject of major efforts in 1999 included real progress in coming to common ground on the definitions of research misconshyduct This complex and contentious problem finally appears to be headed towards a generally acceptable solution with the publication of a set of definitions by the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) FASEB can be proud of our role in this effort as our organizations ardent and well-informed advoshycacy prevented the inclusion of some unacceptable language that had been proposed in early versions Instead a broadly usable and widely accepted set of defishy
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nitions is now emerging We are also making progress in our concerted efforts to find ways to reduce the excessive burden on investigators of federal regulations We all accept the need for oversight but we also recogshynize the importance of letting scientists do science and the utility of simplifying regulatory procedures A good example of this was new legislation that appeared to make the content of federal research grants subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act (AllO) The advocacy of much of the academic and research community including FASEB resulted in implementashytion guidelines that are more reasonable and workable We must continue to monitor these issues and the Science Policy Committee of FASEB has several subcommittees that are working on these and other policy issues We expect to continue to speak out on matters that affect the biomedical investigator whether that investigator is at the bench or the clinic and our voice will be heard because of the credibility that our efforts have earned
One of the most personally satisfying and rewarding aspects of the presidency of FASEB is to be a part of the growing recognition of this organization as the preemshyinent vehicle for advocacy on behalf of the interests of biomedical scientists Press coverage of FASEB press releases FASEB reports and comments by FASEB leadshyers are at an all-time high The fact that I personally have been invited five times this year to the White House or the Executive Office Building is another type of recognition of the stature of FASEB We are in one of the most exciting periods in the history of science because of what biomedical research can accomplish and we owe our best efforts to our profess ion to take advantage of this opportunity We are seeking to do that as ardently as possible within FASEB and we invite the FASEB member societies and their constituents to join us in this effort
Finally I wish to thank all those who made this year so successful and were patient and helpful in working with me The expansion of the roles of Past President Presishydent-Elect and Vice-President for Science Policy has made it possible for an individual to serve as President and to still do regular academic duties I am indebted to Vice-President Brautigan Past President Brinkley and President-Elect Hendrix for so ably sharing the workshyload Others that I want to thank include Dr Howard Garrison and the entire superb Public Affairs staff at FASEB for their tireless effort and multiple important contributions I would also like to thank the members of the FASEB Board and the Society Executives and their associates who have strengthened FASEB and helped me in my role immeasurably
David G Kaufman MD PhD President
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Executive Directors Report
This past year 1999 was a year of transition change challenge and solid accomshyplishment for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology The retirements of Executive Director Michael Jackson and Comptroller John Rice meant major change in the manageshyrial personnel for FASEB Fortunately we are able to build upon the very solid
structure that Dr Jackson and his colleagues crafted These key leadership departures have been replaced in a number of organizational and personnel changes
To place a greater emphasis on financial planning and business development the Comptroller position was redefined to de-emphasize accounting and finance and concentrate more on business development Mr Edward Rekas previously the Director of the FASEB Office of Publications was appointed Comptroller He has brought his business acumen to that position Mr George Wingate was promoted to Director of Financial Services to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Accounting Department Ms Nancy Rodnan was recruited to head the Publications Department Ms Rodnan spent twelve years with the American Chemical Society where her most recent position was as the manager of directories and databases She is an experishyenced publications professional whose special expertise in directories will be a very valuable asset for the FASEB program
The core mission of the Federation is to represent the best interests of the investigators in our Member Socishyeties For this reason all available resources are focused on building a public affairs presence so that we can develop consensus about important scientific issues and then provide effective advocacy regarding those imporshytant principles In 1999 this process worked very effecshytively The research and policy analysis portion of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) developed important docushyments analyzing the economic and social impact of biomedical research and the demographics of the membership of the Federation OPA also provided expert analysis for the committee activities of FASEB These included the annual funding consensus confershyence and the widely recognized and high-impact study on the problem of the diminishing supply of physician scientists This combination of careful policy analysis with the in-depth experiences provided by the scientists who participated so effectively in the development of the physician-scientist report resulted in a project of unusual insight and importance This was widely recogshynized many scientific news organizations commented on the problem and the unique perspective brought by the expertise in both science and science policy that FASEB illuminated
In the funding arena this has been an extraordinarily successful year The breadth of FASEB representation its reputation for strong and detailed analysis of funding issues and the stature of our volunteer leadership all played a role in our success We are proud at FASEB for our role in a 15 increase in the NIH appropriation for the second consecutive year and for a solid increase in the NSF appropriation as well We will continue to work at these priorities because we believe them to be in the real interest of our profession and in the best interests of humankind While FASEB cannot claim sole credit for these important achievements we were among the best-organized best-informed and best positioned orgashynizations to advocate for funding biomedical science FASEBs voice was also heard on important issues such as the application to research findings of the Freedom of Information Act the definition of research misconshyduct and the reorganization of the NIH grant applicashytion process The coupling of a broad constituency the hard-working volunteer members of our Board of Direcshytors representing the Member Societies and a dedicated and professional public affairs staff have made FASEB one of the organizations with consistent access to key information and to important decision makers
The role of the Executive Office in the public affairs program is twofold Because of the Federations Washshyington base it is our responsibility to help coordinate relations with coalition partners of other advocacy groups in the area To that end as Executive Director I have met with a variety of other Washington-based scientific organizations educational organizations and patient advocacy groups We will continue the effort at outreach to these various organizations so that we can maximize the impact of the FASEB message Most important it is the responsibility of executive manageshyment to organize the budget and programs of FASEB so as to have sufficient resources to mount an effective public affairs program We have been able to do that over the past several years and the benefits of this expanded public policy and advocacy activity are now quite apparent
With regard to the finances of the Federation 1999 was a very good year The income from various services provided by FASEB grew with a healthy net of over $670000 from the operating activities of the Federashytion These funds are used to support the public affairs program FASEB is a service organization that provides activities such as meeting management and communishycations infrastructure for scientific societies If we were in the private sector we would take the profits of such services and pay them as dividends to stockholders However as a not-for-profit entity we take the yield from these service activities and pay dividends in the form of the public affairs program While the funds generated in this fashion are very important in the overshyall financial plan of the Federation we attempt to price the services at the lowest possible level so that we can offer them to our scientific colleagues at a cost that is
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consistent with the marketplace In addition to our service functions Federation reserves also generated a substantial increase in 1999 The yield on our equity investment portfolio was just under 14 While not as dramatic a growth as in the previous two years the portshyfolio of investments held by the Federation grew this past year by well over a million dollars The yield from these investments will continue to be an important source of income that will allow us to continue to develop our public affairs programming Finally dues revenue also grew in 1999 primarily because of the addishytion of several new societies among the membership of the Federation
There are several noteworthy performances among the various sectors The Publications Department continues to provide both high quality and profitability The FASEB Journal under the able leadership of Editor-inshyChief Vincent Marchesi continues to improve in quality and visibility It is clearly among the elite of interdiscishyplinary scientific journals and is providing interesting and important innovations in electronic publishing Furthermore it continues to produce revenue that can be used to support the other missions of the Federation As with most journals there is a continuing erosion of subscriptions as institutional subscribers continue to narrow the number of journals they can afford We will be making concerted efforts to expand the subscription base of this journal as it is a source of excellent science and communication of some of the most important policy studies undertaken by the public affairs program at FASEB
Scientific meeting management and summer research conferences account for one of the most visible and recognizable service functions of FASEB In 1999 the FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences managed 10 scientific meetings with a total of approxishymately 40000 registrants In addition FASEB organized 26 summer research conferences in three locations in Vermont and Colorado These conferences were attended by over 3000 registrants The mission of FASEB since its founding has included the disseminashytion of scientific information The arrangement of scientific meetings in ways that promote effective intershychange has been a hallmark of FASEB-managed meetshyings Furthermore our Career Resources office provides on-site professional career placement services at a number of scientific meetings as well as online career resources FASEB is also the sponsor of two Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) program grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) These two grants one of which was renewed in 1999 and the other submitted for renewal support a variety of activities to improve access to high quality scientific experiences for minority investigators and students An increasingly popular part of this program is a series of Write Winning Grants seminars that we plan to expand and offer in a variety of venues
These diverse activities have been supported by an infrashystructure that exists to serve the member scientific socishyeties This infrastructure includes the headquarters facilities for many of the Member Societies at the Beaushymont campus in Bethesda MD professional printing and graphics services mail room and purchasing services and an information systems infrastructure that assists in database management computing support and electronic communications
This past year also marked important changes in the composition of the Federation Two new full-member Societies became completely integrated into the decishysion-making processes of FASEB-The Endocrine Socishyety and The American Society of Human Genetics In addition The Radiation Research Society joined as an Associate member effective in 2000 One other society has applied for membership and several more have inquired While The American Society for Cell Biology has indicated its plans to withdraw from FASEB in 2001 the trend is clearly towards an expanding and more inclusive Federation This will provide challenges in governance and consensus development but these are the challenges that result from success and opportunity We look forward to meeting those challenges In an editorial I wrote for The FASEB Journal I stated that the present was the best time ever to be a biologist (Vol 14 p 1 2000) as the opportunities to solve important biomedical problems were never better For the very same reasons the present is also the best time to be involved in science policy science public affairs and service to the scientific community
Sidney H Golub PhD Executive Director
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Office of Public Affairs Howard Garrison PhD Director
Public Affairs The Year in Review FASEBs unique membership organization and approach to public affairs give it a distinctive role in the national policy environment and enable the Federation to serve as a leading force in shaping biomedical research policy As a coalition representing a wide range of disciplines FASEB is not an advocate for a narrow or special interest but rather a representative of a broad spectrum of the research community By virtue of its size diversity and active relashytionship with working scientists FASEB is often sought out by legislators federal agencies and other groups develshyoping programs and policies affecting science A recent analysis demonstrated that scientists belonging to FASEB societies received 60 percent of the ROI grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Funding Federal funding for biomedical research was substantially increased in 1999 Funding for NIH in FY 2000 rose by 15 percent and other science agencies-most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF-also received large funding increases Throughout the year FASEB was active in efforts to raise funding for biomedical and other scienshytific research
The year began with FASEB President William R Brinkley holding a press conference to announce FASEB funding recommendations for FY 2000 His comments and FASEB recommendations were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Academic Physician amp Scientist and the Washington Fax
As part of an active campaign to educate Members of Congress about the importance of funding for biomedical research Dr Brinkley participated in a luncheon meeting for new members of Congress sponsored by ResearchAmerica and co-hosted by ResearchAmerica Chairman Paul Rogers and Representative John Porter ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson was the featured speaker In February before the development of the Congressional Budget Resolution Dr Brinkley joined former House Minority Leader Bob Michel in a series of meetings with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Gregg Spencer Abraham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Gramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
These meetings were followed by communications pledgshying FASEBs support for a 15 percent increase in NIH fundshying In March Dr Brinkley sent telegrams to all members of the Senate supporting Senator Specters amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution which called for another 15 percent increase in funding for NIH In April Dr Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agenshycies (LIHHS)
increase funding for all fields of scientific research In April Dr Brinkley testified jointly with the Presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Socishyeties in support of increased funding for NSF before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Housshying and Urban Development and independent agencies (VAlHUD) The following month Dr Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues At the invitation of the chairman of the UHHS Appropriashytions Subcommittee Representative John Porter Dr Brinkley organized a delegation of researchers from several scientific disciplines for meetings with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
From the left Robert Serafin Joseph Davie FASEBs Bill Brinkely Represhysentative John Porter David Frohnmayer Michael Brow and Jack Fellows prior to their meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
As the final negotiations over funding for FY 2000 intensishyfied in September FASEB President David G Kaufman sent a letter to all members of Congress urging support for NIH Dr Kaufman and President-Elect Mary Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the Ranking Democrat on the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
In September Dr Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase research funding for science and in October Dr Kaufman sent letters to conferees of the VAHUD Appropriations bill supporting an increased appropriation for NSF Later that month he wrote to President Clinton and the Congresshysional leadership urging continuation of the effort to double the NIH budget in five years
In 1999 FASEB also increased its efforts to ensure that there was adequate funding for research instrumentation and facilities Dr David Speicher of the FASEB Science Policy Committee met with the staff of Senator Tom Harkins office to encourage the senator to authorize the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program at $100 million for FY 2000 and allow for individual awards up to $15 million Under Dr Speichers direction FASEB also initishyated a survey of RO 1 recipients in order to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs Dr Kaufman presented a proposal for a study of academicshyresearch-facilities needs to the NIH Directors advisory committee
In addition to supporting increased funding for NIH and biomedical research FASEB worked with other groups to
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
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Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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FASEB Officers President
David G Kaufman
President -Elect
Mary JC Hendrix
Secretary
Sidney H Golub
Treasurer Dale R Romsos
Past President William R Brinkley
Executive Officers Advisory Committee Sidney H Golub Chair
Martin Frank
Charles C Hancock
Christine K Carrico
Frances A Pitlick Richard G Allison
M Michele Hogan
Elizabeth Marincola
Rosalba Kampman
Andrea Pendleton
Robert W Newburgh Joan R Goldberg
Susan Nelson
Scott B Hunt
Elaine Strass
FASEB Officers Advisory Committee and Board of Directors
1999 Board of Directors
APS L Gabriel Navar Gerald F DiBona
ASBMB David L Brautigan Bettie Sue Masters
ASPET Sue P Duckles Jerry R Mitchell
ASIP David G Kaufman President Mary F Lipscomb
ASNS Barry Shane Alfred H Merrill
MI Paul W Kincade Robert R Rich
ASCB Lawrence S Goldstein Paul T Matsudaira
Biophysical Society Mary D Barkley Stephen H White
AM Mary JC Hendrix President-Elect Gary C Schoenwolf
The Protein Society Brian W Matthews George D Rose
ASBMR Robert A Nissenson Steven L Teitelbaum
ASCI Timothy J Ley Donald E Ganem
The Endocrine Society Marvin C Gershengorn William F Crowley Jr
ASHG
Haig H Kazazian Jr Aravinda Chakravarti
Member of the Executive Committee
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Board of Directors Report
The success of FASEB in 1999 grew directly out of the renewed vision of the Federashytion that has developed over the past several years With a clear core mission in public policy and advocacy and with a commitment to provide high quality support services to scientific societies and their constituents FASEB continues to grow in size and impact Many illustrations of
the growing reach and accomplishment of our Federashytion marked this past year
Much of the internal focus of FASEB during 1999 was based on finding a successor to Dr Michael Jackson as Executive Director We are all deeply indebted to Dr Jackson for his many contributions in repositioning and reorganizing FASEB and his retirement posed a major challenge A search process was undertaken and I had the responsibility as President-elect to chair the search committee A series of excellent candidates was considshyered with the quality of the pool an indication of the recognition of FASEB as the leading organization for biomedical scientists The final selection of Dr Sidney Golub was strongly endorsed by the Board of Directors the Executive Officers of our member societies and the internal leaders at FASEB Dr Golub continues the tradition of finding our administrative leadership from the academic world so as to promote communication between the investigators who are the constituency of the societies constituting FASEB and the FASEB staff We were fortunate to recruit Dr Golub who brings an unusually rich set of experiences and a strong scientific and academic perspective to the job As a distinguished investigator a medical school dean and the chief acadshyemic and operating officer of a general campus Dr Golub understands the issues that confront us He took up his new duties during the summer of 1999 and his report in this volume indicates the energy and organishyzational skills that he has already brought to us
The growth of FASEB was best illustrated by the inteshygration of two new full-member societies into the ongoshying activities of the Federation-The Endocrine Society and The American Society of Human Genetics The representatives of these organizations have lent their expertise to our efforts and have played key roles in defining our agenda Also approved for Associate membership in 1999 the Radiation Research Society promises to expand our expertise in a number of key areas related to radiobiology Several other scientific organizations are actively exploring the possibility of application for membership Events of this year did include the decision by The American Society for Cell Biology to discontinue its participation in the Federashytion effective January 1 200l We will be exploring mechanisms for continued cooperation with ASCB in a new relationship
The most notable accomplishments for FASEB in 1999 were in the public policy arena The second consecutive year of a 15 increase in the budget for the National Institutes of Health was very gratifying These increases may be a true turning point in the history of American biomedical science as it marks a commitment on the part of the American people to make biomedical research a continuing national priority FASEB and its partners in advocacy for biomedical research are pleased that the approach of doubling the NIH budget by 2003 has become so widely accepted as the best means to express this national commitment Furthermore there is a growing recognition of the need to expand funding opportunities in other areas of science and engineering via increases in the budgets of NSF and other funding agencies These developments will take our continued and most determined efforts to maintain but this is an extremely exciting and gratifying series of developments in research funding
A number of other important issues were the focus of attention in 1999 Foremost among these was the publishycation of the Physician-Scientist report marking FASEBs contribution to the scientific communitys growing recognition of the importance of this topic The Physician-Scientist report also illustrates the strength of our current policy process This issue was identified by several of our constituent societies it was examined within our committees our professional staff assembled and interpreted a very helpful set of data a consensus conference was convened to discuss and digest the data A policy statement emerged This policy statement represents a broad view of the problem and accommodates the different disciplinary perspectives within our Federation because it is based on sound and objective data The Physician-Scientist report received wide recognition from the science press and from Congress and I believe it to have helped broaden the recognition of the importance of the coming crisis in the supply of medically trained investigators Hopefully it will also lead the way to some of the solutions to this problem The development of the Physician-Scientist report represents the optimal working of our process and shows that even coalitions of broad constituencies can find common ground on a key issue for the future of our profession An active advocacy program has been launched to help achieve the remedies recommended in the report
Other public policy areas that were the subject of major efforts in 1999 included real progress in coming to common ground on the definitions of research misconshyduct This complex and contentious problem finally appears to be headed towards a generally acceptable solution with the publication of a set of definitions by the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) FASEB can be proud of our role in this effort as our organizations ardent and well-informed advoshycacy prevented the inclusion of some unacceptable language that had been proposed in early versions Instead a broadly usable and widely accepted set of defishy
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nitions is now emerging We are also making progress in our concerted efforts to find ways to reduce the excessive burden on investigators of federal regulations We all accept the need for oversight but we also recogshynize the importance of letting scientists do science and the utility of simplifying regulatory procedures A good example of this was new legislation that appeared to make the content of federal research grants subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act (AllO) The advocacy of much of the academic and research community including FASEB resulted in implementashytion guidelines that are more reasonable and workable We must continue to monitor these issues and the Science Policy Committee of FASEB has several subcommittees that are working on these and other policy issues We expect to continue to speak out on matters that affect the biomedical investigator whether that investigator is at the bench or the clinic and our voice will be heard because of the credibility that our efforts have earned
One of the most personally satisfying and rewarding aspects of the presidency of FASEB is to be a part of the growing recognition of this organization as the preemshyinent vehicle for advocacy on behalf of the interests of biomedical scientists Press coverage of FASEB press releases FASEB reports and comments by FASEB leadshyers are at an all-time high The fact that I personally have been invited five times this year to the White House or the Executive Office Building is another type of recognition of the stature of FASEB We are in one of the most exciting periods in the history of science because of what biomedical research can accomplish and we owe our best efforts to our profess ion to take advantage of this opportunity We are seeking to do that as ardently as possible within FASEB and we invite the FASEB member societies and their constituents to join us in this effort
Finally I wish to thank all those who made this year so successful and were patient and helpful in working with me The expansion of the roles of Past President Presishydent-Elect and Vice-President for Science Policy has made it possible for an individual to serve as President and to still do regular academic duties I am indebted to Vice-President Brautigan Past President Brinkley and President-Elect Hendrix for so ably sharing the workshyload Others that I want to thank include Dr Howard Garrison and the entire superb Public Affairs staff at FASEB for their tireless effort and multiple important contributions I would also like to thank the members of the FASEB Board and the Society Executives and their associates who have strengthened FASEB and helped me in my role immeasurably
David G Kaufman MD PhD President
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Executive Directors Report
This past year 1999 was a year of transition change challenge and solid accomshyplishment for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology The retirements of Executive Director Michael Jackson and Comptroller John Rice meant major change in the manageshyrial personnel for FASEB Fortunately we are able to build upon the very solid
structure that Dr Jackson and his colleagues crafted These key leadership departures have been replaced in a number of organizational and personnel changes
To place a greater emphasis on financial planning and business development the Comptroller position was redefined to de-emphasize accounting and finance and concentrate more on business development Mr Edward Rekas previously the Director of the FASEB Office of Publications was appointed Comptroller He has brought his business acumen to that position Mr George Wingate was promoted to Director of Financial Services to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Accounting Department Ms Nancy Rodnan was recruited to head the Publications Department Ms Rodnan spent twelve years with the American Chemical Society where her most recent position was as the manager of directories and databases She is an experishyenced publications professional whose special expertise in directories will be a very valuable asset for the FASEB program
The core mission of the Federation is to represent the best interests of the investigators in our Member Socishyeties For this reason all available resources are focused on building a public affairs presence so that we can develop consensus about important scientific issues and then provide effective advocacy regarding those imporshytant principles In 1999 this process worked very effecshytively The research and policy analysis portion of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) developed important docushyments analyzing the economic and social impact of biomedical research and the demographics of the membership of the Federation OPA also provided expert analysis for the committee activities of FASEB These included the annual funding consensus confershyence and the widely recognized and high-impact study on the problem of the diminishing supply of physician scientists This combination of careful policy analysis with the in-depth experiences provided by the scientists who participated so effectively in the development of the physician-scientist report resulted in a project of unusual insight and importance This was widely recogshynized many scientific news organizations commented on the problem and the unique perspective brought by the expertise in both science and science policy that FASEB illuminated
In the funding arena this has been an extraordinarily successful year The breadth of FASEB representation its reputation for strong and detailed analysis of funding issues and the stature of our volunteer leadership all played a role in our success We are proud at FASEB for our role in a 15 increase in the NIH appropriation for the second consecutive year and for a solid increase in the NSF appropriation as well We will continue to work at these priorities because we believe them to be in the real interest of our profession and in the best interests of humankind While FASEB cannot claim sole credit for these important achievements we were among the best-organized best-informed and best positioned orgashynizations to advocate for funding biomedical science FASEBs voice was also heard on important issues such as the application to research findings of the Freedom of Information Act the definition of research misconshyduct and the reorganization of the NIH grant applicashytion process The coupling of a broad constituency the hard-working volunteer members of our Board of Direcshytors representing the Member Societies and a dedicated and professional public affairs staff have made FASEB one of the organizations with consistent access to key information and to important decision makers
The role of the Executive Office in the public affairs program is twofold Because of the Federations Washshyington base it is our responsibility to help coordinate relations with coalition partners of other advocacy groups in the area To that end as Executive Director I have met with a variety of other Washington-based scientific organizations educational organizations and patient advocacy groups We will continue the effort at outreach to these various organizations so that we can maximize the impact of the FASEB message Most important it is the responsibility of executive manageshyment to organize the budget and programs of FASEB so as to have sufficient resources to mount an effective public affairs program We have been able to do that over the past several years and the benefits of this expanded public policy and advocacy activity are now quite apparent
With regard to the finances of the Federation 1999 was a very good year The income from various services provided by FASEB grew with a healthy net of over $670000 from the operating activities of the Federashytion These funds are used to support the public affairs program FASEB is a service organization that provides activities such as meeting management and communishycations infrastructure for scientific societies If we were in the private sector we would take the profits of such services and pay them as dividends to stockholders However as a not-for-profit entity we take the yield from these service activities and pay dividends in the form of the public affairs program While the funds generated in this fashion are very important in the overshyall financial plan of the Federation we attempt to price the services at the lowest possible level so that we can offer them to our scientific colleagues at a cost that is
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consistent with the marketplace In addition to our service functions Federation reserves also generated a substantial increase in 1999 The yield on our equity investment portfolio was just under 14 While not as dramatic a growth as in the previous two years the portshyfolio of investments held by the Federation grew this past year by well over a million dollars The yield from these investments will continue to be an important source of income that will allow us to continue to develop our public affairs programming Finally dues revenue also grew in 1999 primarily because of the addishytion of several new societies among the membership of the Federation
There are several noteworthy performances among the various sectors The Publications Department continues to provide both high quality and profitability The FASEB Journal under the able leadership of Editor-inshyChief Vincent Marchesi continues to improve in quality and visibility It is clearly among the elite of interdiscishyplinary scientific journals and is providing interesting and important innovations in electronic publishing Furthermore it continues to produce revenue that can be used to support the other missions of the Federation As with most journals there is a continuing erosion of subscriptions as institutional subscribers continue to narrow the number of journals they can afford We will be making concerted efforts to expand the subscription base of this journal as it is a source of excellent science and communication of some of the most important policy studies undertaken by the public affairs program at FASEB
Scientific meeting management and summer research conferences account for one of the most visible and recognizable service functions of FASEB In 1999 the FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences managed 10 scientific meetings with a total of approxishymately 40000 registrants In addition FASEB organized 26 summer research conferences in three locations in Vermont and Colorado These conferences were attended by over 3000 registrants The mission of FASEB since its founding has included the disseminashytion of scientific information The arrangement of scientific meetings in ways that promote effective intershychange has been a hallmark of FASEB-managed meetshyings Furthermore our Career Resources office provides on-site professional career placement services at a number of scientific meetings as well as online career resources FASEB is also the sponsor of two Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) program grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) These two grants one of which was renewed in 1999 and the other submitted for renewal support a variety of activities to improve access to high quality scientific experiences for minority investigators and students An increasingly popular part of this program is a series of Write Winning Grants seminars that we plan to expand and offer in a variety of venues
These diverse activities have been supported by an infrashystructure that exists to serve the member scientific socishyeties This infrastructure includes the headquarters facilities for many of the Member Societies at the Beaushymont campus in Bethesda MD professional printing and graphics services mail room and purchasing services and an information systems infrastructure that assists in database management computing support and electronic communications
This past year also marked important changes in the composition of the Federation Two new full-member Societies became completely integrated into the decishysion-making processes of FASEB-The Endocrine Socishyety and The American Society of Human Genetics In addition The Radiation Research Society joined as an Associate member effective in 2000 One other society has applied for membership and several more have inquired While The American Society for Cell Biology has indicated its plans to withdraw from FASEB in 2001 the trend is clearly towards an expanding and more inclusive Federation This will provide challenges in governance and consensus development but these are the challenges that result from success and opportunity We look forward to meeting those challenges In an editorial I wrote for The FASEB Journal I stated that the present was the best time ever to be a biologist (Vol 14 p 1 2000) as the opportunities to solve important biomedical problems were never better For the very same reasons the present is also the best time to be involved in science policy science public affairs and service to the scientific community
Sidney H Golub PhD Executive Director
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Office of Public Affairs Howard Garrison PhD Director
Public Affairs The Year in Review FASEBs unique membership organization and approach to public affairs give it a distinctive role in the national policy environment and enable the Federation to serve as a leading force in shaping biomedical research policy As a coalition representing a wide range of disciplines FASEB is not an advocate for a narrow or special interest but rather a representative of a broad spectrum of the research community By virtue of its size diversity and active relashytionship with working scientists FASEB is often sought out by legislators federal agencies and other groups develshyoping programs and policies affecting science A recent analysis demonstrated that scientists belonging to FASEB societies received 60 percent of the ROI grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Funding Federal funding for biomedical research was substantially increased in 1999 Funding for NIH in FY 2000 rose by 15 percent and other science agencies-most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF-also received large funding increases Throughout the year FASEB was active in efforts to raise funding for biomedical and other scienshytific research
The year began with FASEB President William R Brinkley holding a press conference to announce FASEB funding recommendations for FY 2000 His comments and FASEB recommendations were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Academic Physician amp Scientist and the Washington Fax
As part of an active campaign to educate Members of Congress about the importance of funding for biomedical research Dr Brinkley participated in a luncheon meeting for new members of Congress sponsored by ResearchAmerica and co-hosted by ResearchAmerica Chairman Paul Rogers and Representative John Porter ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson was the featured speaker In February before the development of the Congressional Budget Resolution Dr Brinkley joined former House Minority Leader Bob Michel in a series of meetings with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Gregg Spencer Abraham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Gramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
These meetings were followed by communications pledgshying FASEBs support for a 15 percent increase in NIH fundshying In March Dr Brinkley sent telegrams to all members of the Senate supporting Senator Specters amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution which called for another 15 percent increase in funding for NIH In April Dr Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agenshycies (LIHHS)
increase funding for all fields of scientific research In April Dr Brinkley testified jointly with the Presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Socishyeties in support of increased funding for NSF before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Housshying and Urban Development and independent agencies (VAlHUD) The following month Dr Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues At the invitation of the chairman of the UHHS Appropriashytions Subcommittee Representative John Porter Dr Brinkley organized a delegation of researchers from several scientific disciplines for meetings with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
From the left Robert Serafin Joseph Davie FASEBs Bill Brinkely Represhysentative John Porter David Frohnmayer Michael Brow and Jack Fellows prior to their meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
As the final negotiations over funding for FY 2000 intensishyfied in September FASEB President David G Kaufman sent a letter to all members of Congress urging support for NIH Dr Kaufman and President-Elect Mary Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the Ranking Democrat on the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
In September Dr Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase research funding for science and in October Dr Kaufman sent letters to conferees of the VAHUD Appropriations bill supporting an increased appropriation for NSF Later that month he wrote to President Clinton and the Congresshysional leadership urging continuation of the effort to double the NIH budget in five years
In 1999 FASEB also increased its efforts to ensure that there was adequate funding for research instrumentation and facilities Dr David Speicher of the FASEB Science Policy Committee met with the staff of Senator Tom Harkins office to encourage the senator to authorize the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program at $100 million for FY 2000 and allow for individual awards up to $15 million Under Dr Speichers direction FASEB also initishyated a survey of RO 1 recipients in order to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs Dr Kaufman presented a proposal for a study of academicshyresearch-facilities needs to the NIH Directors advisory committee
In addition to supporting increased funding for NIH and biomedical research FASEB worked with other groups to
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
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Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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Board of Directors Report
The success of FASEB in 1999 grew directly out of the renewed vision of the Federashytion that has developed over the past several years With a clear core mission in public policy and advocacy and with a commitment to provide high quality support services to scientific societies and their constituents FASEB continues to grow in size and impact Many illustrations of
the growing reach and accomplishment of our Federashytion marked this past year
Much of the internal focus of FASEB during 1999 was based on finding a successor to Dr Michael Jackson as Executive Director We are all deeply indebted to Dr Jackson for his many contributions in repositioning and reorganizing FASEB and his retirement posed a major challenge A search process was undertaken and I had the responsibility as President-elect to chair the search committee A series of excellent candidates was considshyered with the quality of the pool an indication of the recognition of FASEB as the leading organization for biomedical scientists The final selection of Dr Sidney Golub was strongly endorsed by the Board of Directors the Executive Officers of our member societies and the internal leaders at FASEB Dr Golub continues the tradition of finding our administrative leadership from the academic world so as to promote communication between the investigators who are the constituency of the societies constituting FASEB and the FASEB staff We were fortunate to recruit Dr Golub who brings an unusually rich set of experiences and a strong scientific and academic perspective to the job As a distinguished investigator a medical school dean and the chief acadshyemic and operating officer of a general campus Dr Golub understands the issues that confront us He took up his new duties during the summer of 1999 and his report in this volume indicates the energy and organishyzational skills that he has already brought to us
The growth of FASEB was best illustrated by the inteshygration of two new full-member societies into the ongoshying activities of the Federation-The Endocrine Society and The American Society of Human Genetics The representatives of these organizations have lent their expertise to our efforts and have played key roles in defining our agenda Also approved for Associate membership in 1999 the Radiation Research Society promises to expand our expertise in a number of key areas related to radiobiology Several other scientific organizations are actively exploring the possibility of application for membership Events of this year did include the decision by The American Society for Cell Biology to discontinue its participation in the Federashytion effective January 1 200l We will be exploring mechanisms for continued cooperation with ASCB in a new relationship
The most notable accomplishments for FASEB in 1999 were in the public policy arena The second consecutive year of a 15 increase in the budget for the National Institutes of Health was very gratifying These increases may be a true turning point in the history of American biomedical science as it marks a commitment on the part of the American people to make biomedical research a continuing national priority FASEB and its partners in advocacy for biomedical research are pleased that the approach of doubling the NIH budget by 2003 has become so widely accepted as the best means to express this national commitment Furthermore there is a growing recognition of the need to expand funding opportunities in other areas of science and engineering via increases in the budgets of NSF and other funding agencies These developments will take our continued and most determined efforts to maintain but this is an extremely exciting and gratifying series of developments in research funding
A number of other important issues were the focus of attention in 1999 Foremost among these was the publishycation of the Physician-Scientist report marking FASEBs contribution to the scientific communitys growing recognition of the importance of this topic The Physician-Scientist report also illustrates the strength of our current policy process This issue was identified by several of our constituent societies it was examined within our committees our professional staff assembled and interpreted a very helpful set of data a consensus conference was convened to discuss and digest the data A policy statement emerged This policy statement represents a broad view of the problem and accommodates the different disciplinary perspectives within our Federation because it is based on sound and objective data The Physician-Scientist report received wide recognition from the science press and from Congress and I believe it to have helped broaden the recognition of the importance of the coming crisis in the supply of medically trained investigators Hopefully it will also lead the way to some of the solutions to this problem The development of the Physician-Scientist report represents the optimal working of our process and shows that even coalitions of broad constituencies can find common ground on a key issue for the future of our profession An active advocacy program has been launched to help achieve the remedies recommended in the report
Other public policy areas that were the subject of major efforts in 1999 included real progress in coming to common ground on the definitions of research misconshyduct This complex and contentious problem finally appears to be headed towards a generally acceptable solution with the publication of a set of definitions by the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) FASEB can be proud of our role in this effort as our organizations ardent and well-informed advoshycacy prevented the inclusion of some unacceptable language that had been proposed in early versions Instead a broadly usable and widely accepted set of defishy
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nitions is now emerging We are also making progress in our concerted efforts to find ways to reduce the excessive burden on investigators of federal regulations We all accept the need for oversight but we also recogshynize the importance of letting scientists do science and the utility of simplifying regulatory procedures A good example of this was new legislation that appeared to make the content of federal research grants subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act (AllO) The advocacy of much of the academic and research community including FASEB resulted in implementashytion guidelines that are more reasonable and workable We must continue to monitor these issues and the Science Policy Committee of FASEB has several subcommittees that are working on these and other policy issues We expect to continue to speak out on matters that affect the biomedical investigator whether that investigator is at the bench or the clinic and our voice will be heard because of the credibility that our efforts have earned
One of the most personally satisfying and rewarding aspects of the presidency of FASEB is to be a part of the growing recognition of this organization as the preemshyinent vehicle for advocacy on behalf of the interests of biomedical scientists Press coverage of FASEB press releases FASEB reports and comments by FASEB leadshyers are at an all-time high The fact that I personally have been invited five times this year to the White House or the Executive Office Building is another type of recognition of the stature of FASEB We are in one of the most exciting periods in the history of science because of what biomedical research can accomplish and we owe our best efforts to our profess ion to take advantage of this opportunity We are seeking to do that as ardently as possible within FASEB and we invite the FASEB member societies and their constituents to join us in this effort
Finally I wish to thank all those who made this year so successful and were patient and helpful in working with me The expansion of the roles of Past President Presishydent-Elect and Vice-President for Science Policy has made it possible for an individual to serve as President and to still do regular academic duties I am indebted to Vice-President Brautigan Past President Brinkley and President-Elect Hendrix for so ably sharing the workshyload Others that I want to thank include Dr Howard Garrison and the entire superb Public Affairs staff at FASEB for their tireless effort and multiple important contributions I would also like to thank the members of the FASEB Board and the Society Executives and their associates who have strengthened FASEB and helped me in my role immeasurably
David G Kaufman MD PhD President
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Executive Directors Report
This past year 1999 was a year of transition change challenge and solid accomshyplishment for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology The retirements of Executive Director Michael Jackson and Comptroller John Rice meant major change in the manageshyrial personnel for FASEB Fortunately we are able to build upon the very solid
structure that Dr Jackson and his colleagues crafted These key leadership departures have been replaced in a number of organizational and personnel changes
To place a greater emphasis on financial planning and business development the Comptroller position was redefined to de-emphasize accounting and finance and concentrate more on business development Mr Edward Rekas previously the Director of the FASEB Office of Publications was appointed Comptroller He has brought his business acumen to that position Mr George Wingate was promoted to Director of Financial Services to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Accounting Department Ms Nancy Rodnan was recruited to head the Publications Department Ms Rodnan spent twelve years with the American Chemical Society where her most recent position was as the manager of directories and databases She is an experishyenced publications professional whose special expertise in directories will be a very valuable asset for the FASEB program
The core mission of the Federation is to represent the best interests of the investigators in our Member Socishyeties For this reason all available resources are focused on building a public affairs presence so that we can develop consensus about important scientific issues and then provide effective advocacy regarding those imporshytant principles In 1999 this process worked very effecshytively The research and policy analysis portion of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) developed important docushyments analyzing the economic and social impact of biomedical research and the demographics of the membership of the Federation OPA also provided expert analysis for the committee activities of FASEB These included the annual funding consensus confershyence and the widely recognized and high-impact study on the problem of the diminishing supply of physician scientists This combination of careful policy analysis with the in-depth experiences provided by the scientists who participated so effectively in the development of the physician-scientist report resulted in a project of unusual insight and importance This was widely recogshynized many scientific news organizations commented on the problem and the unique perspective brought by the expertise in both science and science policy that FASEB illuminated
In the funding arena this has been an extraordinarily successful year The breadth of FASEB representation its reputation for strong and detailed analysis of funding issues and the stature of our volunteer leadership all played a role in our success We are proud at FASEB for our role in a 15 increase in the NIH appropriation for the second consecutive year and for a solid increase in the NSF appropriation as well We will continue to work at these priorities because we believe them to be in the real interest of our profession and in the best interests of humankind While FASEB cannot claim sole credit for these important achievements we were among the best-organized best-informed and best positioned orgashynizations to advocate for funding biomedical science FASEBs voice was also heard on important issues such as the application to research findings of the Freedom of Information Act the definition of research misconshyduct and the reorganization of the NIH grant applicashytion process The coupling of a broad constituency the hard-working volunteer members of our Board of Direcshytors representing the Member Societies and a dedicated and professional public affairs staff have made FASEB one of the organizations with consistent access to key information and to important decision makers
The role of the Executive Office in the public affairs program is twofold Because of the Federations Washshyington base it is our responsibility to help coordinate relations with coalition partners of other advocacy groups in the area To that end as Executive Director I have met with a variety of other Washington-based scientific organizations educational organizations and patient advocacy groups We will continue the effort at outreach to these various organizations so that we can maximize the impact of the FASEB message Most important it is the responsibility of executive manageshyment to organize the budget and programs of FASEB so as to have sufficient resources to mount an effective public affairs program We have been able to do that over the past several years and the benefits of this expanded public policy and advocacy activity are now quite apparent
With regard to the finances of the Federation 1999 was a very good year The income from various services provided by FASEB grew with a healthy net of over $670000 from the operating activities of the Federashytion These funds are used to support the public affairs program FASEB is a service organization that provides activities such as meeting management and communishycations infrastructure for scientific societies If we were in the private sector we would take the profits of such services and pay them as dividends to stockholders However as a not-for-profit entity we take the yield from these service activities and pay dividends in the form of the public affairs program While the funds generated in this fashion are very important in the overshyall financial plan of the Federation we attempt to price the services at the lowest possible level so that we can offer them to our scientific colleagues at a cost that is
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consistent with the marketplace In addition to our service functions Federation reserves also generated a substantial increase in 1999 The yield on our equity investment portfolio was just under 14 While not as dramatic a growth as in the previous two years the portshyfolio of investments held by the Federation grew this past year by well over a million dollars The yield from these investments will continue to be an important source of income that will allow us to continue to develop our public affairs programming Finally dues revenue also grew in 1999 primarily because of the addishytion of several new societies among the membership of the Federation
There are several noteworthy performances among the various sectors The Publications Department continues to provide both high quality and profitability The FASEB Journal under the able leadership of Editor-inshyChief Vincent Marchesi continues to improve in quality and visibility It is clearly among the elite of interdiscishyplinary scientific journals and is providing interesting and important innovations in electronic publishing Furthermore it continues to produce revenue that can be used to support the other missions of the Federation As with most journals there is a continuing erosion of subscriptions as institutional subscribers continue to narrow the number of journals they can afford We will be making concerted efforts to expand the subscription base of this journal as it is a source of excellent science and communication of some of the most important policy studies undertaken by the public affairs program at FASEB
Scientific meeting management and summer research conferences account for one of the most visible and recognizable service functions of FASEB In 1999 the FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences managed 10 scientific meetings with a total of approxishymately 40000 registrants In addition FASEB organized 26 summer research conferences in three locations in Vermont and Colorado These conferences were attended by over 3000 registrants The mission of FASEB since its founding has included the disseminashytion of scientific information The arrangement of scientific meetings in ways that promote effective intershychange has been a hallmark of FASEB-managed meetshyings Furthermore our Career Resources office provides on-site professional career placement services at a number of scientific meetings as well as online career resources FASEB is also the sponsor of two Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) program grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) These two grants one of which was renewed in 1999 and the other submitted for renewal support a variety of activities to improve access to high quality scientific experiences for minority investigators and students An increasingly popular part of this program is a series of Write Winning Grants seminars that we plan to expand and offer in a variety of venues
These diverse activities have been supported by an infrashystructure that exists to serve the member scientific socishyeties This infrastructure includes the headquarters facilities for many of the Member Societies at the Beaushymont campus in Bethesda MD professional printing and graphics services mail room and purchasing services and an information systems infrastructure that assists in database management computing support and electronic communications
This past year also marked important changes in the composition of the Federation Two new full-member Societies became completely integrated into the decishysion-making processes of FASEB-The Endocrine Socishyety and The American Society of Human Genetics In addition The Radiation Research Society joined as an Associate member effective in 2000 One other society has applied for membership and several more have inquired While The American Society for Cell Biology has indicated its plans to withdraw from FASEB in 2001 the trend is clearly towards an expanding and more inclusive Federation This will provide challenges in governance and consensus development but these are the challenges that result from success and opportunity We look forward to meeting those challenges In an editorial I wrote for The FASEB Journal I stated that the present was the best time ever to be a biologist (Vol 14 p 1 2000) as the opportunities to solve important biomedical problems were never better For the very same reasons the present is also the best time to be involved in science policy science public affairs and service to the scientific community
Sidney H Golub PhD Executive Director
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Office of Public Affairs Howard Garrison PhD Director
Public Affairs The Year in Review FASEBs unique membership organization and approach to public affairs give it a distinctive role in the national policy environment and enable the Federation to serve as a leading force in shaping biomedical research policy As a coalition representing a wide range of disciplines FASEB is not an advocate for a narrow or special interest but rather a representative of a broad spectrum of the research community By virtue of its size diversity and active relashytionship with working scientists FASEB is often sought out by legislators federal agencies and other groups develshyoping programs and policies affecting science A recent analysis demonstrated that scientists belonging to FASEB societies received 60 percent of the ROI grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Funding Federal funding for biomedical research was substantially increased in 1999 Funding for NIH in FY 2000 rose by 15 percent and other science agencies-most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF-also received large funding increases Throughout the year FASEB was active in efforts to raise funding for biomedical and other scienshytific research
The year began with FASEB President William R Brinkley holding a press conference to announce FASEB funding recommendations for FY 2000 His comments and FASEB recommendations were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Academic Physician amp Scientist and the Washington Fax
As part of an active campaign to educate Members of Congress about the importance of funding for biomedical research Dr Brinkley participated in a luncheon meeting for new members of Congress sponsored by ResearchAmerica and co-hosted by ResearchAmerica Chairman Paul Rogers and Representative John Porter ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson was the featured speaker In February before the development of the Congressional Budget Resolution Dr Brinkley joined former House Minority Leader Bob Michel in a series of meetings with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Gregg Spencer Abraham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Gramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
These meetings were followed by communications pledgshying FASEBs support for a 15 percent increase in NIH fundshying In March Dr Brinkley sent telegrams to all members of the Senate supporting Senator Specters amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution which called for another 15 percent increase in funding for NIH In April Dr Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agenshycies (LIHHS)
increase funding for all fields of scientific research In April Dr Brinkley testified jointly with the Presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Socishyeties in support of increased funding for NSF before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Housshying and Urban Development and independent agencies (VAlHUD) The following month Dr Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues At the invitation of the chairman of the UHHS Appropriashytions Subcommittee Representative John Porter Dr Brinkley organized a delegation of researchers from several scientific disciplines for meetings with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
From the left Robert Serafin Joseph Davie FASEBs Bill Brinkely Represhysentative John Porter David Frohnmayer Michael Brow and Jack Fellows prior to their meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
As the final negotiations over funding for FY 2000 intensishyfied in September FASEB President David G Kaufman sent a letter to all members of Congress urging support for NIH Dr Kaufman and President-Elect Mary Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the Ranking Democrat on the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
In September Dr Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase research funding for science and in October Dr Kaufman sent letters to conferees of the VAHUD Appropriations bill supporting an increased appropriation for NSF Later that month he wrote to President Clinton and the Congresshysional leadership urging continuation of the effort to double the NIH budget in five years
In 1999 FASEB also increased its efforts to ensure that there was adequate funding for research instrumentation and facilities Dr David Speicher of the FASEB Science Policy Committee met with the staff of Senator Tom Harkins office to encourage the senator to authorize the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program at $100 million for FY 2000 and allow for individual awards up to $15 million Under Dr Speichers direction FASEB also initishyated a survey of RO 1 recipients in order to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs Dr Kaufman presented a proposal for a study of academicshyresearch-facilities needs to the NIH Directors advisory committee
In addition to supporting increased funding for NIH and biomedical research FASEB worked with other groups to
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
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Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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nitions is now emerging We are also making progress in our concerted efforts to find ways to reduce the excessive burden on investigators of federal regulations We all accept the need for oversight but we also recogshynize the importance of letting scientists do science and the utility of simplifying regulatory procedures A good example of this was new legislation that appeared to make the content of federal research grants subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act (AllO) The advocacy of much of the academic and research community including FASEB resulted in implementashytion guidelines that are more reasonable and workable We must continue to monitor these issues and the Science Policy Committee of FASEB has several subcommittees that are working on these and other policy issues We expect to continue to speak out on matters that affect the biomedical investigator whether that investigator is at the bench or the clinic and our voice will be heard because of the credibility that our efforts have earned
One of the most personally satisfying and rewarding aspects of the presidency of FASEB is to be a part of the growing recognition of this organization as the preemshyinent vehicle for advocacy on behalf of the interests of biomedical scientists Press coverage of FASEB press releases FASEB reports and comments by FASEB leadshyers are at an all-time high The fact that I personally have been invited five times this year to the White House or the Executive Office Building is another type of recognition of the stature of FASEB We are in one of the most exciting periods in the history of science because of what biomedical research can accomplish and we owe our best efforts to our profess ion to take advantage of this opportunity We are seeking to do that as ardently as possible within FASEB and we invite the FASEB member societies and their constituents to join us in this effort
Finally I wish to thank all those who made this year so successful and were patient and helpful in working with me The expansion of the roles of Past President Presishydent-Elect and Vice-President for Science Policy has made it possible for an individual to serve as President and to still do regular academic duties I am indebted to Vice-President Brautigan Past President Brinkley and President-Elect Hendrix for so ably sharing the workshyload Others that I want to thank include Dr Howard Garrison and the entire superb Public Affairs staff at FASEB for their tireless effort and multiple important contributions I would also like to thank the members of the FASEB Board and the Society Executives and their associates who have strengthened FASEB and helped me in my role immeasurably
David G Kaufman MD PhD President
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Executive Directors Report
This past year 1999 was a year of transition change challenge and solid accomshyplishment for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology The retirements of Executive Director Michael Jackson and Comptroller John Rice meant major change in the manageshyrial personnel for FASEB Fortunately we are able to build upon the very solid
structure that Dr Jackson and his colleagues crafted These key leadership departures have been replaced in a number of organizational and personnel changes
To place a greater emphasis on financial planning and business development the Comptroller position was redefined to de-emphasize accounting and finance and concentrate more on business development Mr Edward Rekas previously the Director of the FASEB Office of Publications was appointed Comptroller He has brought his business acumen to that position Mr George Wingate was promoted to Director of Financial Services to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Accounting Department Ms Nancy Rodnan was recruited to head the Publications Department Ms Rodnan spent twelve years with the American Chemical Society where her most recent position was as the manager of directories and databases She is an experishyenced publications professional whose special expertise in directories will be a very valuable asset for the FASEB program
The core mission of the Federation is to represent the best interests of the investigators in our Member Socishyeties For this reason all available resources are focused on building a public affairs presence so that we can develop consensus about important scientific issues and then provide effective advocacy regarding those imporshytant principles In 1999 this process worked very effecshytively The research and policy analysis portion of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) developed important docushyments analyzing the economic and social impact of biomedical research and the demographics of the membership of the Federation OPA also provided expert analysis for the committee activities of FASEB These included the annual funding consensus confershyence and the widely recognized and high-impact study on the problem of the diminishing supply of physician scientists This combination of careful policy analysis with the in-depth experiences provided by the scientists who participated so effectively in the development of the physician-scientist report resulted in a project of unusual insight and importance This was widely recogshynized many scientific news organizations commented on the problem and the unique perspective brought by the expertise in both science and science policy that FASEB illuminated
In the funding arena this has been an extraordinarily successful year The breadth of FASEB representation its reputation for strong and detailed analysis of funding issues and the stature of our volunteer leadership all played a role in our success We are proud at FASEB for our role in a 15 increase in the NIH appropriation for the second consecutive year and for a solid increase in the NSF appropriation as well We will continue to work at these priorities because we believe them to be in the real interest of our profession and in the best interests of humankind While FASEB cannot claim sole credit for these important achievements we were among the best-organized best-informed and best positioned orgashynizations to advocate for funding biomedical science FASEBs voice was also heard on important issues such as the application to research findings of the Freedom of Information Act the definition of research misconshyduct and the reorganization of the NIH grant applicashytion process The coupling of a broad constituency the hard-working volunteer members of our Board of Direcshytors representing the Member Societies and a dedicated and professional public affairs staff have made FASEB one of the organizations with consistent access to key information and to important decision makers
The role of the Executive Office in the public affairs program is twofold Because of the Federations Washshyington base it is our responsibility to help coordinate relations with coalition partners of other advocacy groups in the area To that end as Executive Director I have met with a variety of other Washington-based scientific organizations educational organizations and patient advocacy groups We will continue the effort at outreach to these various organizations so that we can maximize the impact of the FASEB message Most important it is the responsibility of executive manageshyment to organize the budget and programs of FASEB so as to have sufficient resources to mount an effective public affairs program We have been able to do that over the past several years and the benefits of this expanded public policy and advocacy activity are now quite apparent
With regard to the finances of the Federation 1999 was a very good year The income from various services provided by FASEB grew with a healthy net of over $670000 from the operating activities of the Federashytion These funds are used to support the public affairs program FASEB is a service organization that provides activities such as meeting management and communishycations infrastructure for scientific societies If we were in the private sector we would take the profits of such services and pay them as dividends to stockholders However as a not-for-profit entity we take the yield from these service activities and pay dividends in the form of the public affairs program While the funds generated in this fashion are very important in the overshyall financial plan of the Federation we attempt to price the services at the lowest possible level so that we can offer them to our scientific colleagues at a cost that is
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consistent with the marketplace In addition to our service functions Federation reserves also generated a substantial increase in 1999 The yield on our equity investment portfolio was just under 14 While not as dramatic a growth as in the previous two years the portshyfolio of investments held by the Federation grew this past year by well over a million dollars The yield from these investments will continue to be an important source of income that will allow us to continue to develop our public affairs programming Finally dues revenue also grew in 1999 primarily because of the addishytion of several new societies among the membership of the Federation
There are several noteworthy performances among the various sectors The Publications Department continues to provide both high quality and profitability The FASEB Journal under the able leadership of Editor-inshyChief Vincent Marchesi continues to improve in quality and visibility It is clearly among the elite of interdiscishyplinary scientific journals and is providing interesting and important innovations in electronic publishing Furthermore it continues to produce revenue that can be used to support the other missions of the Federation As with most journals there is a continuing erosion of subscriptions as institutional subscribers continue to narrow the number of journals they can afford We will be making concerted efforts to expand the subscription base of this journal as it is a source of excellent science and communication of some of the most important policy studies undertaken by the public affairs program at FASEB
Scientific meeting management and summer research conferences account for one of the most visible and recognizable service functions of FASEB In 1999 the FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences managed 10 scientific meetings with a total of approxishymately 40000 registrants In addition FASEB organized 26 summer research conferences in three locations in Vermont and Colorado These conferences were attended by over 3000 registrants The mission of FASEB since its founding has included the disseminashytion of scientific information The arrangement of scientific meetings in ways that promote effective intershychange has been a hallmark of FASEB-managed meetshyings Furthermore our Career Resources office provides on-site professional career placement services at a number of scientific meetings as well as online career resources FASEB is also the sponsor of two Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) program grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) These two grants one of which was renewed in 1999 and the other submitted for renewal support a variety of activities to improve access to high quality scientific experiences for minority investigators and students An increasingly popular part of this program is a series of Write Winning Grants seminars that we plan to expand and offer in a variety of venues
These diverse activities have been supported by an infrashystructure that exists to serve the member scientific socishyeties This infrastructure includes the headquarters facilities for many of the Member Societies at the Beaushymont campus in Bethesda MD professional printing and graphics services mail room and purchasing services and an information systems infrastructure that assists in database management computing support and electronic communications
This past year also marked important changes in the composition of the Federation Two new full-member Societies became completely integrated into the decishysion-making processes of FASEB-The Endocrine Socishyety and The American Society of Human Genetics In addition The Radiation Research Society joined as an Associate member effective in 2000 One other society has applied for membership and several more have inquired While The American Society for Cell Biology has indicated its plans to withdraw from FASEB in 2001 the trend is clearly towards an expanding and more inclusive Federation This will provide challenges in governance and consensus development but these are the challenges that result from success and opportunity We look forward to meeting those challenges In an editorial I wrote for The FASEB Journal I stated that the present was the best time ever to be a biologist (Vol 14 p 1 2000) as the opportunities to solve important biomedical problems were never better For the very same reasons the present is also the best time to be involved in science policy science public affairs and service to the scientific community
Sidney H Golub PhD Executive Director
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Office of Public Affairs Howard Garrison PhD Director
Public Affairs The Year in Review FASEBs unique membership organization and approach to public affairs give it a distinctive role in the national policy environment and enable the Federation to serve as a leading force in shaping biomedical research policy As a coalition representing a wide range of disciplines FASEB is not an advocate for a narrow or special interest but rather a representative of a broad spectrum of the research community By virtue of its size diversity and active relashytionship with working scientists FASEB is often sought out by legislators federal agencies and other groups develshyoping programs and policies affecting science A recent analysis demonstrated that scientists belonging to FASEB societies received 60 percent of the ROI grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Funding Federal funding for biomedical research was substantially increased in 1999 Funding for NIH in FY 2000 rose by 15 percent and other science agencies-most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF-also received large funding increases Throughout the year FASEB was active in efforts to raise funding for biomedical and other scienshytific research
The year began with FASEB President William R Brinkley holding a press conference to announce FASEB funding recommendations for FY 2000 His comments and FASEB recommendations were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Academic Physician amp Scientist and the Washington Fax
As part of an active campaign to educate Members of Congress about the importance of funding for biomedical research Dr Brinkley participated in a luncheon meeting for new members of Congress sponsored by ResearchAmerica and co-hosted by ResearchAmerica Chairman Paul Rogers and Representative John Porter ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson was the featured speaker In February before the development of the Congressional Budget Resolution Dr Brinkley joined former House Minority Leader Bob Michel in a series of meetings with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Gregg Spencer Abraham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Gramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
These meetings were followed by communications pledgshying FASEBs support for a 15 percent increase in NIH fundshying In March Dr Brinkley sent telegrams to all members of the Senate supporting Senator Specters amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution which called for another 15 percent increase in funding for NIH In April Dr Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agenshycies (LIHHS)
increase funding for all fields of scientific research In April Dr Brinkley testified jointly with the Presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Socishyeties in support of increased funding for NSF before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Housshying and Urban Development and independent agencies (VAlHUD) The following month Dr Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues At the invitation of the chairman of the UHHS Appropriashytions Subcommittee Representative John Porter Dr Brinkley organized a delegation of researchers from several scientific disciplines for meetings with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
From the left Robert Serafin Joseph Davie FASEBs Bill Brinkely Represhysentative John Porter David Frohnmayer Michael Brow and Jack Fellows prior to their meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
As the final negotiations over funding for FY 2000 intensishyfied in September FASEB President David G Kaufman sent a letter to all members of Congress urging support for NIH Dr Kaufman and President-Elect Mary Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the Ranking Democrat on the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
In September Dr Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase research funding for science and in October Dr Kaufman sent letters to conferees of the VAHUD Appropriations bill supporting an increased appropriation for NSF Later that month he wrote to President Clinton and the Congresshysional leadership urging continuation of the effort to double the NIH budget in five years
In 1999 FASEB also increased its efforts to ensure that there was adequate funding for research instrumentation and facilities Dr David Speicher of the FASEB Science Policy Committee met with the staff of Senator Tom Harkins office to encourage the senator to authorize the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program at $100 million for FY 2000 and allow for individual awards up to $15 million Under Dr Speichers direction FASEB also initishyated a survey of RO 1 recipients in order to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs Dr Kaufman presented a proposal for a study of academicshyresearch-facilities needs to the NIH Directors advisory committee
In addition to supporting increased funding for NIH and biomedical research FASEB worked with other groups to
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
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Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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Executive Directors Report
This past year 1999 was a year of transition change challenge and solid accomshyplishment for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology The retirements of Executive Director Michael Jackson and Comptroller John Rice meant major change in the manageshyrial personnel for FASEB Fortunately we are able to build upon the very solid
structure that Dr Jackson and his colleagues crafted These key leadership departures have been replaced in a number of organizational and personnel changes
To place a greater emphasis on financial planning and business development the Comptroller position was redefined to de-emphasize accounting and finance and concentrate more on business development Mr Edward Rekas previously the Director of the FASEB Office of Publications was appointed Comptroller He has brought his business acumen to that position Mr George Wingate was promoted to Director of Financial Services to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Accounting Department Ms Nancy Rodnan was recruited to head the Publications Department Ms Rodnan spent twelve years with the American Chemical Society where her most recent position was as the manager of directories and databases She is an experishyenced publications professional whose special expertise in directories will be a very valuable asset for the FASEB program
The core mission of the Federation is to represent the best interests of the investigators in our Member Socishyeties For this reason all available resources are focused on building a public affairs presence so that we can develop consensus about important scientific issues and then provide effective advocacy regarding those imporshytant principles In 1999 this process worked very effecshytively The research and policy analysis portion of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) developed important docushyments analyzing the economic and social impact of biomedical research and the demographics of the membership of the Federation OPA also provided expert analysis for the committee activities of FASEB These included the annual funding consensus confershyence and the widely recognized and high-impact study on the problem of the diminishing supply of physician scientists This combination of careful policy analysis with the in-depth experiences provided by the scientists who participated so effectively in the development of the physician-scientist report resulted in a project of unusual insight and importance This was widely recogshynized many scientific news organizations commented on the problem and the unique perspective brought by the expertise in both science and science policy that FASEB illuminated
In the funding arena this has been an extraordinarily successful year The breadth of FASEB representation its reputation for strong and detailed analysis of funding issues and the stature of our volunteer leadership all played a role in our success We are proud at FASEB for our role in a 15 increase in the NIH appropriation for the second consecutive year and for a solid increase in the NSF appropriation as well We will continue to work at these priorities because we believe them to be in the real interest of our profession and in the best interests of humankind While FASEB cannot claim sole credit for these important achievements we were among the best-organized best-informed and best positioned orgashynizations to advocate for funding biomedical science FASEBs voice was also heard on important issues such as the application to research findings of the Freedom of Information Act the definition of research misconshyduct and the reorganization of the NIH grant applicashytion process The coupling of a broad constituency the hard-working volunteer members of our Board of Direcshytors representing the Member Societies and a dedicated and professional public affairs staff have made FASEB one of the organizations with consistent access to key information and to important decision makers
The role of the Executive Office in the public affairs program is twofold Because of the Federations Washshyington base it is our responsibility to help coordinate relations with coalition partners of other advocacy groups in the area To that end as Executive Director I have met with a variety of other Washington-based scientific organizations educational organizations and patient advocacy groups We will continue the effort at outreach to these various organizations so that we can maximize the impact of the FASEB message Most important it is the responsibility of executive manageshyment to organize the budget and programs of FASEB so as to have sufficient resources to mount an effective public affairs program We have been able to do that over the past several years and the benefits of this expanded public policy and advocacy activity are now quite apparent
With regard to the finances of the Federation 1999 was a very good year The income from various services provided by FASEB grew with a healthy net of over $670000 from the operating activities of the Federashytion These funds are used to support the public affairs program FASEB is a service organization that provides activities such as meeting management and communishycations infrastructure for scientific societies If we were in the private sector we would take the profits of such services and pay them as dividends to stockholders However as a not-for-profit entity we take the yield from these service activities and pay dividends in the form of the public affairs program While the funds generated in this fashion are very important in the overshyall financial plan of the Federation we attempt to price the services at the lowest possible level so that we can offer them to our scientific colleagues at a cost that is
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consistent with the marketplace In addition to our service functions Federation reserves also generated a substantial increase in 1999 The yield on our equity investment portfolio was just under 14 While not as dramatic a growth as in the previous two years the portshyfolio of investments held by the Federation grew this past year by well over a million dollars The yield from these investments will continue to be an important source of income that will allow us to continue to develop our public affairs programming Finally dues revenue also grew in 1999 primarily because of the addishytion of several new societies among the membership of the Federation
There are several noteworthy performances among the various sectors The Publications Department continues to provide both high quality and profitability The FASEB Journal under the able leadership of Editor-inshyChief Vincent Marchesi continues to improve in quality and visibility It is clearly among the elite of interdiscishyplinary scientific journals and is providing interesting and important innovations in electronic publishing Furthermore it continues to produce revenue that can be used to support the other missions of the Federation As with most journals there is a continuing erosion of subscriptions as institutional subscribers continue to narrow the number of journals they can afford We will be making concerted efforts to expand the subscription base of this journal as it is a source of excellent science and communication of some of the most important policy studies undertaken by the public affairs program at FASEB
Scientific meeting management and summer research conferences account for one of the most visible and recognizable service functions of FASEB In 1999 the FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences managed 10 scientific meetings with a total of approxishymately 40000 registrants In addition FASEB organized 26 summer research conferences in three locations in Vermont and Colorado These conferences were attended by over 3000 registrants The mission of FASEB since its founding has included the disseminashytion of scientific information The arrangement of scientific meetings in ways that promote effective intershychange has been a hallmark of FASEB-managed meetshyings Furthermore our Career Resources office provides on-site professional career placement services at a number of scientific meetings as well as online career resources FASEB is also the sponsor of two Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) program grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) These two grants one of which was renewed in 1999 and the other submitted for renewal support a variety of activities to improve access to high quality scientific experiences for minority investigators and students An increasingly popular part of this program is a series of Write Winning Grants seminars that we plan to expand and offer in a variety of venues
These diverse activities have been supported by an infrashystructure that exists to serve the member scientific socishyeties This infrastructure includes the headquarters facilities for many of the Member Societies at the Beaushymont campus in Bethesda MD professional printing and graphics services mail room and purchasing services and an information systems infrastructure that assists in database management computing support and electronic communications
This past year also marked important changes in the composition of the Federation Two new full-member Societies became completely integrated into the decishysion-making processes of FASEB-The Endocrine Socishyety and The American Society of Human Genetics In addition The Radiation Research Society joined as an Associate member effective in 2000 One other society has applied for membership and several more have inquired While The American Society for Cell Biology has indicated its plans to withdraw from FASEB in 2001 the trend is clearly towards an expanding and more inclusive Federation This will provide challenges in governance and consensus development but these are the challenges that result from success and opportunity We look forward to meeting those challenges In an editorial I wrote for The FASEB Journal I stated that the present was the best time ever to be a biologist (Vol 14 p 1 2000) as the opportunities to solve important biomedical problems were never better For the very same reasons the present is also the best time to be involved in science policy science public affairs and service to the scientific community
Sidney H Golub PhD Executive Director
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Office of Public Affairs Howard Garrison PhD Director
Public Affairs The Year in Review FASEBs unique membership organization and approach to public affairs give it a distinctive role in the national policy environment and enable the Federation to serve as a leading force in shaping biomedical research policy As a coalition representing a wide range of disciplines FASEB is not an advocate for a narrow or special interest but rather a representative of a broad spectrum of the research community By virtue of its size diversity and active relashytionship with working scientists FASEB is often sought out by legislators federal agencies and other groups develshyoping programs and policies affecting science A recent analysis demonstrated that scientists belonging to FASEB societies received 60 percent of the ROI grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Funding Federal funding for biomedical research was substantially increased in 1999 Funding for NIH in FY 2000 rose by 15 percent and other science agencies-most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF-also received large funding increases Throughout the year FASEB was active in efforts to raise funding for biomedical and other scienshytific research
The year began with FASEB President William R Brinkley holding a press conference to announce FASEB funding recommendations for FY 2000 His comments and FASEB recommendations were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Academic Physician amp Scientist and the Washington Fax
As part of an active campaign to educate Members of Congress about the importance of funding for biomedical research Dr Brinkley participated in a luncheon meeting for new members of Congress sponsored by ResearchAmerica and co-hosted by ResearchAmerica Chairman Paul Rogers and Representative John Porter ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson was the featured speaker In February before the development of the Congressional Budget Resolution Dr Brinkley joined former House Minority Leader Bob Michel in a series of meetings with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Gregg Spencer Abraham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Gramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
These meetings were followed by communications pledgshying FASEBs support for a 15 percent increase in NIH fundshying In March Dr Brinkley sent telegrams to all members of the Senate supporting Senator Specters amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution which called for another 15 percent increase in funding for NIH In April Dr Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agenshycies (LIHHS)
increase funding for all fields of scientific research In April Dr Brinkley testified jointly with the Presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Socishyeties in support of increased funding for NSF before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Housshying and Urban Development and independent agencies (VAlHUD) The following month Dr Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues At the invitation of the chairman of the UHHS Appropriashytions Subcommittee Representative John Porter Dr Brinkley organized a delegation of researchers from several scientific disciplines for meetings with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
From the left Robert Serafin Joseph Davie FASEBs Bill Brinkely Represhysentative John Porter David Frohnmayer Michael Brow and Jack Fellows prior to their meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
As the final negotiations over funding for FY 2000 intensishyfied in September FASEB President David G Kaufman sent a letter to all members of Congress urging support for NIH Dr Kaufman and President-Elect Mary Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the Ranking Democrat on the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
In September Dr Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase research funding for science and in October Dr Kaufman sent letters to conferees of the VAHUD Appropriations bill supporting an increased appropriation for NSF Later that month he wrote to President Clinton and the Congresshysional leadership urging continuation of the effort to double the NIH budget in five years
In 1999 FASEB also increased its efforts to ensure that there was adequate funding for research instrumentation and facilities Dr David Speicher of the FASEB Science Policy Committee met with the staff of Senator Tom Harkins office to encourage the senator to authorize the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program at $100 million for FY 2000 and allow for individual awards up to $15 million Under Dr Speichers direction FASEB also initishyated a survey of RO 1 recipients in order to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs Dr Kaufman presented a proposal for a study of academicshyresearch-facilities needs to the NIH Directors advisory committee
In addition to supporting increased funding for NIH and biomedical research FASEB worked with other groups to
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
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Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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consistent with the marketplace In addition to our service functions Federation reserves also generated a substantial increase in 1999 The yield on our equity investment portfolio was just under 14 While not as dramatic a growth as in the previous two years the portshyfolio of investments held by the Federation grew this past year by well over a million dollars The yield from these investments will continue to be an important source of income that will allow us to continue to develop our public affairs programming Finally dues revenue also grew in 1999 primarily because of the addishytion of several new societies among the membership of the Federation
There are several noteworthy performances among the various sectors The Publications Department continues to provide both high quality and profitability The FASEB Journal under the able leadership of Editor-inshyChief Vincent Marchesi continues to improve in quality and visibility It is clearly among the elite of interdiscishyplinary scientific journals and is providing interesting and important innovations in electronic publishing Furthermore it continues to produce revenue that can be used to support the other missions of the Federation As with most journals there is a continuing erosion of subscriptions as institutional subscribers continue to narrow the number of journals they can afford We will be making concerted efforts to expand the subscription base of this journal as it is a source of excellent science and communication of some of the most important policy studies undertaken by the public affairs program at FASEB
Scientific meeting management and summer research conferences account for one of the most visible and recognizable service functions of FASEB In 1999 the FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences managed 10 scientific meetings with a total of approxishymately 40000 registrants In addition FASEB organized 26 summer research conferences in three locations in Vermont and Colorado These conferences were attended by over 3000 registrants The mission of FASEB since its founding has included the disseminashytion of scientific information The arrangement of scientific meetings in ways that promote effective intershychange has been a hallmark of FASEB-managed meetshyings Furthermore our Career Resources office provides on-site professional career placement services at a number of scientific meetings as well as online career resources FASEB is also the sponsor of two Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) program grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) These two grants one of which was renewed in 1999 and the other submitted for renewal support a variety of activities to improve access to high quality scientific experiences for minority investigators and students An increasingly popular part of this program is a series of Write Winning Grants seminars that we plan to expand and offer in a variety of venues
These diverse activities have been supported by an infrashystructure that exists to serve the member scientific socishyeties This infrastructure includes the headquarters facilities for many of the Member Societies at the Beaushymont campus in Bethesda MD professional printing and graphics services mail room and purchasing services and an information systems infrastructure that assists in database management computing support and electronic communications
This past year also marked important changes in the composition of the Federation Two new full-member Societies became completely integrated into the decishysion-making processes of FASEB-The Endocrine Socishyety and The American Society of Human Genetics In addition The Radiation Research Society joined as an Associate member effective in 2000 One other society has applied for membership and several more have inquired While The American Society for Cell Biology has indicated its plans to withdraw from FASEB in 2001 the trend is clearly towards an expanding and more inclusive Federation This will provide challenges in governance and consensus development but these are the challenges that result from success and opportunity We look forward to meeting those challenges In an editorial I wrote for The FASEB Journal I stated that the present was the best time ever to be a biologist (Vol 14 p 1 2000) as the opportunities to solve important biomedical problems were never better For the very same reasons the present is also the best time to be involved in science policy science public affairs and service to the scientific community
Sidney H Golub PhD Executive Director
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Office of Public Affairs Howard Garrison PhD Director
Public Affairs The Year in Review FASEBs unique membership organization and approach to public affairs give it a distinctive role in the national policy environment and enable the Federation to serve as a leading force in shaping biomedical research policy As a coalition representing a wide range of disciplines FASEB is not an advocate for a narrow or special interest but rather a representative of a broad spectrum of the research community By virtue of its size diversity and active relashytionship with working scientists FASEB is often sought out by legislators federal agencies and other groups develshyoping programs and policies affecting science A recent analysis demonstrated that scientists belonging to FASEB societies received 60 percent of the ROI grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Funding Federal funding for biomedical research was substantially increased in 1999 Funding for NIH in FY 2000 rose by 15 percent and other science agencies-most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF-also received large funding increases Throughout the year FASEB was active in efforts to raise funding for biomedical and other scienshytific research
The year began with FASEB President William R Brinkley holding a press conference to announce FASEB funding recommendations for FY 2000 His comments and FASEB recommendations were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Academic Physician amp Scientist and the Washington Fax
As part of an active campaign to educate Members of Congress about the importance of funding for biomedical research Dr Brinkley participated in a luncheon meeting for new members of Congress sponsored by ResearchAmerica and co-hosted by ResearchAmerica Chairman Paul Rogers and Representative John Porter ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson was the featured speaker In February before the development of the Congressional Budget Resolution Dr Brinkley joined former House Minority Leader Bob Michel in a series of meetings with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Gregg Spencer Abraham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Gramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
These meetings were followed by communications pledgshying FASEBs support for a 15 percent increase in NIH fundshying In March Dr Brinkley sent telegrams to all members of the Senate supporting Senator Specters amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution which called for another 15 percent increase in funding for NIH In April Dr Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agenshycies (LIHHS)
increase funding for all fields of scientific research In April Dr Brinkley testified jointly with the Presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Socishyeties in support of increased funding for NSF before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Housshying and Urban Development and independent agencies (VAlHUD) The following month Dr Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues At the invitation of the chairman of the UHHS Appropriashytions Subcommittee Representative John Porter Dr Brinkley organized a delegation of researchers from several scientific disciplines for meetings with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
From the left Robert Serafin Joseph Davie FASEBs Bill Brinkely Represhysentative John Porter David Frohnmayer Michael Brow and Jack Fellows prior to their meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
As the final negotiations over funding for FY 2000 intensishyfied in September FASEB President David G Kaufman sent a letter to all members of Congress urging support for NIH Dr Kaufman and President-Elect Mary Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the Ranking Democrat on the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
In September Dr Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase research funding for science and in October Dr Kaufman sent letters to conferees of the VAHUD Appropriations bill supporting an increased appropriation for NSF Later that month he wrote to President Clinton and the Congresshysional leadership urging continuation of the effort to double the NIH budget in five years
In 1999 FASEB also increased its efforts to ensure that there was adequate funding for research instrumentation and facilities Dr David Speicher of the FASEB Science Policy Committee met with the staff of Senator Tom Harkins office to encourage the senator to authorize the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program at $100 million for FY 2000 and allow for individual awards up to $15 million Under Dr Speichers direction FASEB also initishyated a survey of RO 1 recipients in order to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs Dr Kaufman presented a proposal for a study of academicshyresearch-facilities needs to the NIH Directors advisory committee
In addition to supporting increased funding for NIH and biomedical research FASEB worked with other groups to
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
bull tr~ 1 ~ 1 --
Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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Public Affairs The Year in Review FASEBs unique membership organization and approach to public affairs give it a distinctive role in the national policy environment and enable the Federation to serve as a leading force in shaping biomedical research policy As a coalition representing a wide range of disciplines FASEB is not an advocate for a narrow or special interest but rather a representative of a broad spectrum of the research community By virtue of its size diversity and active relashytionship with working scientists FASEB is often sought out by legislators federal agencies and other groups develshyoping programs and policies affecting science A recent analysis demonstrated that scientists belonging to FASEB societies received 60 percent of the ROI grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research Funding Federal funding for biomedical research was substantially increased in 1999 Funding for NIH in FY 2000 rose by 15 percent and other science agencies-most notably the National Science Foundation (NSF-also received large funding increases Throughout the year FASEB was active in efforts to raise funding for biomedical and other scienshytific research
The year began with FASEB President William R Brinkley holding a press conference to announce FASEB funding recommendations for FY 2000 His comments and FASEB recommendations were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Academic Physician amp Scientist and the Washington Fax
As part of an active campaign to educate Members of Congress about the importance of funding for biomedical research Dr Brinkley participated in a luncheon meeting for new members of Congress sponsored by ResearchAmerica and co-hosted by ResearchAmerica Chairman Paul Rogers and Representative John Porter ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson was the featured speaker In February before the development of the Congressional Budget Resolution Dr Brinkley joined former House Minority Leader Bob Michel in a series of meetings with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Gregg Spencer Abraham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Gramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
These meetings were followed by communications pledgshying FASEBs support for a 15 percent increase in NIH fundshying In March Dr Brinkley sent telegrams to all members of the Senate supporting Senator Specters amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution which called for another 15 percent increase in funding for NIH In April Dr Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agenshycies (LIHHS)
increase funding for all fields of scientific research In April Dr Brinkley testified jointly with the Presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Socishyeties in support of increased funding for NSF before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs Housshying and Urban Development and independent agencies (VAlHUD) The following month Dr Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues At the invitation of the chairman of the UHHS Appropriashytions Subcommittee Representative John Porter Dr Brinkley organized a delegation of researchers from several scientific disciplines for meetings with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
From the left Robert Serafin Joseph Davie FASEBs Bill Brinkely Represhysentative John Porter David Frohnmayer Michael Brow and Jack Fellows prior to their meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
As the final negotiations over funding for FY 2000 intensishyfied in September FASEB President David G Kaufman sent a letter to all members of Congress urging support for NIH Dr Kaufman and President-Elect Mary Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the Ranking Democrat on the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
In September Dr Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase research funding for science and in October Dr Kaufman sent letters to conferees of the VAHUD Appropriations bill supporting an increased appropriation for NSF Later that month he wrote to President Clinton and the Congresshysional leadership urging continuation of the effort to double the NIH budget in five years
In 1999 FASEB also increased its efforts to ensure that there was adequate funding for research instrumentation and facilities Dr David Speicher of the FASEB Science Policy Committee met with the staff of Senator Tom Harkins office to encourage the senator to authorize the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program at $100 million for FY 2000 and allow for individual awards up to $15 million Under Dr Speichers direction FASEB also initishyated a survey of RO 1 recipients in order to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs Dr Kaufman presented a proposal for a study of academicshyresearch-facilities needs to the NIH Directors advisory committee
In addition to supporting increased funding for NIH and biomedical research FASEB worked with other groups to
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
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Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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Other Issues In addition to successful efforts to increase research fund shying FASEB has challenged unnecessary regulatory burdens on scientific research Early in 1999 FASEB and its partners in the advocacy community responded to proposed regulations that would make data collected under federal grants subject to disclosure to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act The proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-UO were widely viewed as harmful to research Letters from FASEB-and from several hundred members of FASEB Societies sent in response to a FASEB e-mail alert-helped to convince OMB to modify to the regulashytions The agency eliminated those provisions seen as most disruptive to research and modified the scope of the new rules
Last year also saw the successful resolution of a longshystanding debate over the definition of scientific misconshyduct After several years of review the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced its proposed definishytion of scientific misconduct his government-wide definishytion was similar to the fabrication falsification and plagiashyrism definition that FASEB and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommended in contrast to the broader more inclusive definition supported by the Office of Research Integrity and the NSF Inspector Generals Office n letters to OSTP and in presentations at a NAS town meetshying Dr Kaufman and Dr Sidney H Golub FASEB Execushytive Director urged adoption of the new standard suggestshying modifications to enhance its effectiveness
FASEB and its member societies are engaged in efforts to expand opportunities for human pluripotent stem cell research while preserving the dignity of human donors and respecting the unique ethical sensitivity of these cells In 1999 FASEB and other organizations sent a letter to all members of Congress supporting the administrations decision to fund derivative stem cell research In private meetings with members of Congress and the administrashytion FASEB Presidents stressed the importance of continshyued research in this field and the advantages of federal funding
NIH President Harold Vannus and FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix before the Senate LlHHS Appropriations Subcommillee
The Federation was actively engaged in a variety of issues affecting research at several federal agencies In May FASEB President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH
priority setting Later in the year FASEB President David G Kaufman wrote a letter to the Veterans Administration asking that Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation funds be reserved for research purposes Since then the funds have been restored and are used exclusively in support of research Drs Kaufman and Golub met with Dr Ellie Ehrenfeld and her staff at the NIH Center for Scientific Review to discuss the Boundaries Panel Report and its implications for grant review at NIH At the invitation of Dr Kaufman Dr Richard Klausner NCI Director addressed the FASEB Board about his plans for the instishytute
From the left William R Brinkley MaJY 1e Hendrix Nel Director Richard Klausner and FASEBs David C f(aufman
FASEB Public Affairs Program Public affairs activities of the Federation advance the intershyests of individual investigators in biological and biomedical sciences and are guided by representatives of the FASEB Societies serving on the FASEB Board of Directors and the Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) coordinates these activities and supports the policy development and research mission of the Science Policy Committee (SPC) the body charged with developing pro-active positions on emerging issues Current members of PAEC and SPC are listed on page 11
Office of Public Affairs Activities OPA collects and analyzes data organizes consensus conferences and works with the FASEB leadership to present FASEB policies in executive legislative and other policy making settings Specific areas of action include government liaison policy development research communication coalition building and public outreach
Government Liaison FASEB represents the views of biomedical scientists before Congress federal agencies and other organizations By speaking with a single voice the member societies can increase the impact of their message and maximize their influence on public policy In 1999
bull FASEB its member societies and coalition partners successfully campaigned to increase FY 2000 federal funding for biomedical research including a 147 percent increase for NIH and a 65 percent increase for NSF (with a 71 percent increase for research and related activities)
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
bull tr~ 1 ~ 1 --
Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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bull In recognition of their ongoing and past efforts in support of funding for biomedical research Senators Arlen Specter and Tom Harkin received the FASEB Public Service Award at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May
bull Throughout the appropriations process FASEB Presishydent William R Brinkley and (after July 1) FASEB Presshyident David C Kaufman communicated regularly with key Congressional leaders and their staffs They met on several occasions with Representative John Porter chairman of the LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley met with Senators Ted Stevens Connie Mack Judd Cregg Spencer Abrashyham Arlen Specter Don Nickles and Phil Cramm and Representatives Ken Bentsen Dan Miller Bob Franks Joseph Knollenberg and C Saxby Chambliss
bull At the invitation of LlHHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter FASEB President William R Brinkley organized a delegation of scientists from several fields for a meeting with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley and FASEB Board Member Mary Hendrix met with NSF Director Rita Colwell to discuss funding and other science policy issues
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley testified jointly with presidents of the American Chemical Physical and Mathematical Societies in support of increased funding for NSF before the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommitshytee
The Presidents ofACS FASEB AMS and APS testified before House VAshyHUD Appropriations Subcommittee Chair James Walsh
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley presented FASEBs FY 2000 recommendations for the NIH before the House LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman and President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix also met with Senator Tom Harkin the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
bull FASEB President-Elect Mary Hendrix testified before the Senate LIHHS Appropriations Subcommittee on NIH priority setting
bull FASEB President David C Kaufman met with Senator Joseph Lieberman to thank him for his efforts to increase funding for research
Policy Development OPA works with the FASEB Board of Directors PAEC and the Science Policy Committee (SPC) to establish FASEB positions and official statements FASEB committees and conferences bring together representatives of the member societies to formulate positions on behalf of individual investigators in the biomedical sciences In 1999
bull Dr Nicola Partridge chair of the Career Opportunities Subcommittee and David C Kaufman FASEB Presishydent co-chaired the FASEB conference PhysicianshyScientists and Career Opportunities for Biomedical Research The conference report The Physician Scienshytists Career Issues and Challenges at the Year 2000 was unanimously approved by the FASEB Board of Directors and published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 221shy2302000)
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Former NIH Director James Wyngaarden and meeting co-chairs David Kaufman and Nicola Partridge at the Physician-Scientists Conference
bull OPA organized the FY 2001 Federal Funding Consensus Conference Prior to the conference Society representashytives were organized into six agency-review committees and evaluated agency reports met with Congressional staff and drafted funding recommendations
Research OPA analyzes data and conducts programs in support of the Federations policy development and advocacy activishyties Last year
bull OPA conducted a statistical analysis of NIH awards to members of FASEB Societies This profile demonstrated that members of FASEB societies receive over one-half of all NIH research grants and nearly 60 percent of the R01 awards Results of the study were published in The FASEB Journal (Vol 14 pp 2-5 2000)
bull The FASEB equipment survey was sent to 1000 randomly selected NIH R01 recipients to assess current and future instrumentation and equipment needs
Communication Information collected in development and support of FASEBs public affairs program is shared with the research community through electronic and printed channels OPA
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maintains the FASEB Public Affairs Home Page on the World Wide Web at lthttpwwwfaseborgopagt and publishes the FASEB Newsletter six times a year The newsletter reports on public affairs activities of the Federshyation and other policy issues of significance for biomedical scientists This source of information on FASEB and Member Society public affairs initiatives keeps readers informed about important events in Washington and summarizes on-going FASEB activities and policy initiashytives In addition
bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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bull FASEB President William R Brinkley participated in a press event with members of the science press to discuss the recommendations of the FASEB Funding Confershyence report The report was widely cited in the media FASEB views on the FY 2000 budget were cited in Nature The Wall Street Journal The Scientist Science Science amp Government Report The Blue Sheet Acadeshymic Physician amp Scientist and The Washington Fax
bull After assuming office in July FASEB President David G Kaufman along with President-Elect Mary JC Hendrix Past President William R Brinkley Vice President for Science Policy Dr David Brautigan and Executive Direcshytor Sidney H Golub held a press breakfast with reporters from Science Nature The Washington Fax and other publications
bull OPA published the Benefits of Biomedical Research paper This summary of the medical economic and socishyetal benefits of biomedical research was widely distribshyuted and has been posted on the FASEB web site for easy access
bull FASEB Presidents sent letters and telegrams to members of Congress urging support for research funding in budget and appropriation bills Following the successful passage of major funding increases for research Dr Kaufman wrote to key members of Congress and the administration thanking them for their action and support
Coalition Building OPA supports FASEBs coordination with other organizashytions to advance and protect the interests of biomedical scientists These alliances help promote positions of the Societies and their members by joining forces with other groups sharing the same goals Current coalition partnershyships include the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Coalition for National Science Funding National Associashytion for Biomedical Research Federal Demonstration Partshynership Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Campaign for Medical Research and ResearchAmerica
bull FASEB President David G Kaufman Mary Hendrix William R Brinkley David Brautigan and Sidney H Golub met with Peter Magrath (President of NASULGC) Nils Hasselmo (President of AAU) and Arthur Bienenshystock (Deputy Director OSTP) to discuss science policy issues and advocacy goals
bull Dr Kaufman and Executive Director Sidney H Golub were panelists at a meeting of society presidents orgashynized by the American Institutes for Biology Science
Public Outreach Informing the public and its elected representatives about the benefits of basic research supports the education mission of FASEB societies and is part of an active approach to maintaining public support for research
bull OPA published and distributed two new Breakthroughs in Bioscience article Helicobacter pylori and Ulcers a Paradigm Revised and Cloning Past Present and the Exciting Future OPA distributed copies of the Breakshythroughs in Bioscience articles to a wide variety of orgashynizations and individuals including members of Congress congressional staffers members of the press think tanks patient advocacy groups journalism schools outreach organizations state education associshyations text book publishers and individuals requesting copies
bull OPA reprinted Biologists Discover Amazing Things a poster describing the importance of animals in biomedshyicine Since its first printing in 1995 about 40000 copies of this poster have been distributed to individuals and organizations across the nation
Participating in FASEB Public Affairs Activities bull Recent FASEB Congressional testimony and positions on
policy issues are posted on the Public Affairs web page lthttpwwwfaseborgopa gt Reports and other policy documents of interest to biomedical scientists are posted We invite you to visit our web page and welcome your comments
bull Society members are encouraged to incorporate FASEB position statements in their correspondence with elected representatives
bull Views on FASEB positions and other issues of concern to bench scientists should be directed to society represenshytatives of FASEBs Public Affairs Executive Committee and Science Policy Committee
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Public Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) L Gabriel Navar (APS) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles (ASPET) David G Kaufman (ASIP) Barry Shane (ASNS) Paul W Kincade (MI) Lawrence S Goldstein (ASCB) Mary D Barkley (Biophysical) Mary JC Hendrix (AM) Brian W Matthews (Protein) Robert A Nissenson (ASBMR) Timothy 1 Ley (ASCI) Marvin Gershengorn (ENDO) Robert L Nussbaum (ASHG) Roger A Pedersen (SDB)W John A Smith (APepS) Ruth Hogue Angeletti (ABRF) Robert D Koos (SSR) John DeSesso (Teratology) William R Brinkley (ASCB) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
Chair Non-voting Ex officio non-voting
Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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Science Policy Committee (SPC) 1 R Haywood (APS) Frederick Grinnell (ASBMB) Mustafa F Lokhandwala (AS PET) Richard G Lynch (ASIP) Patsy M Brannon (ASNS) Jeffrey Frelinger (MI) Samuel C Silverstein (ASCB) Stephen H White (Biophysical) David S Lester (AM) Tony E Hugli (Protein) Nicola C Partridge (ASBMR) Edward Benz (ASCI) Hank Kronenberg (EN DO) Philip Reilly (ASHG) Margaret S Saha (SDB) Fred R Naider (APeps) David W Speicher (ABRF) Michael Griswold (SSR) Thomas B Knudsen (Teratology) David G Kaufman President (ASIP) David L Brautigan (ASBMB) Sue P Duckles VP Elect (ASPET) Sidney H Golub Executive Director (FASEB)
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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1999 Awards
WeUcome Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences 19992000 Series Sponsored and supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund the Federation administers an annual Wellcome Visiting Professorships Program in the basic medical sciences Professorships are designed to stimulate interest in the basic sciences and to recognize eminent scientists in the disciplines of the FASEB Member Societies Institushytions are strongly encouraged to include among their nominations eminent women and minority scientists for Professorships Twenty-eight awards go to universities and other nonprofit scientific research institutions within the United States Visiting professors spend up to 5 days at the host institution in order to interact with students and faculty and to deliver a Wellcome Lecture The Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $5000 for each Professorship
WeUcome Visiting Professorships Committee Norman Klinman MD PhD Chair M Ian Phillips PhD DSc Howard Zalkin PhD Joan Heller Brown PhD Richard G Lynch MD Robert A Harris PhD Don W Cleveland PhD Ann E McDermott PhD Michael D Gershon MD Perry A Frey PhD John P Bilezikian MD John D Mountz MD PhD John Cidlowski PhD Louis 1 Elsas MD
Host Institutions Discipline and WeUcome Visiting Professor
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine - OH Physiology Biophysics Robert M Graham MBBS MD FRACP University of South Wales - Australia
East Corolina University School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Isaiah Fidler DVM PhD University of Texas - TX
Emory University School of Medicine - GA Pharmacology Jean-Philippe Pin PhD Centre National Recherche Science - France
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy - ID Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Gerald L Dohm MS PhD East Carolina School of Medicine - NC
Indiona University School of Medicine - IN Anatomy Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Piers C Emson PhD The Babraham Institute Cambridge - UK
Louisiana State University Medical Center - LA Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Pharmacology Stephen F Heineman PhD The Salk Institute - CA
Medical College of Ohio School of Medicine - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard J Roberts PhD New England Biolabs - MA
Medicol University of So Corol ina Col of Medicine - SC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ivan Diamond MD PhD University of California San Francisco School of Medicine - CA
The Ohio State University College of Biological Sciences - OH Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Sidney Altman PhD Yale Universi ty - CT
Rush-Presbyterion-St Lukes Medical Center - IL Biochemistry and Moleculor Biology Peter C Bruckner PhD University of Muenster Nordhein-Westfalen - Germany
SI Louis University School of Medicine - MO Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Steve Smale PhD University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine - CA
SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse - NY Cell Biology Physiology Protein Science Winfield S Sale PhD Emory University School of Medicine - GA
Tulane University Medical Center School of Medicine - LA Immunology Emil R Unanue MD Washington University School of Medicine - MO
The University of Arizona ARL Division Neurobiology - AI Physiology Eric R Kandel MD Columbia University College Phys amp Sur NY
University of California MCDB-Bialogy - CA Biochemistry and Molecular Biology James E Darnell MD The Rockefeller University - NY
The University of Georgia Family Consumer Scis - GA Nutrition David A York PhD Pennington Biomedical Research Center - LA
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - IL Nutrition Richard L Atkinson Jr MD University of Wisconsin-Madison - WI
University of Illinois College of Medicine - IL Pharmacology Physiology Richard W Tsien D Phil Stanford University School of Medicine - CA
University of Louisville School of Medicine - KY Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Pharmacology Bruce Demple PhD Harvard School of Public Health - MA
University of Medicine amp Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine - NJ Biochemistry amp Molecular Biology Cell Biology Bengt Samuelsson MD Karolinska Institute Stockholm - Sweden
University of Miami School of Medicine - FL Immunology Michael J Bevan PhD University of Washington - WA
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University of Michigan School of Medicine - MI Clinical Investigation Hans-Jochem Kolb MD PhD University of Munich - Germany
University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
University of Texos Heolth Science Center Son Antonio - TX Biochemistry amp Molec Biology Biophysics Protein Science Howard K Schachman PhD University of California at Berkeley - CA
University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
Woke Forest University School of Medicine - NC Anatomy Cell Biology Michael E Greenberg PhD Hatvard Medical School - MA
Washington Stote Univ Col of Veterinory Med - WA Immunology Harris A Lewin MD PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - IL
Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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University of Mississippi Medical Center - MS Biophysics Cell Biology Physiology William J Lederer MD PhD University of Maryland Biotech Institute - MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine - NC Cell Biology Pharmacology Alan Hall PhD University College London - UK
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University of Texas ot Austin College of Pharmocy - TX Pharmocology Gerald M Cohen PhD University of Leicester - England
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Gregory Pincus Memorial Award In 1974 Mrs Gregory Pincus established a Memorial Fund in the Federation in honor of her late husband a distinshyguished reproductive physiologist and co-discoverer with Dr MC Chang of the oral contraceptive Upon her death in 1988 she bequeathed additional monies to the Memorshyial Fund Each year the President of FASEB selects a student to receive income from the Fund to help defray expenses for travel to a scientific meeting of his or her choice Dr William R Brinkley President of FASEB selected Dr Ilia 1 Ouspenski of the Department of Cell Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine for this award Dr Ouspenski chose to attend the TWentieth Annual West Coast Chromatin and Chromosomes Meeting in Pacific Grove California
Excellence in Science Award Helen M Blau PhD was selected to receive the 1999 FASEB Excellence in Science Award Dr Blau Professhysor and Chair of the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Direcshytor of the Gene Therapy Technology Program at Stanford University presented her lecture entitled Can Blood Vessels Grow Anew in Old Adults at the ASCB Annual Meetshy
ing in Washington DC December 12 1999 Dr Blaus research has had a major impact on our understanding of how cells become and remain differentiated during develshyopment according to Paul Berg PhD her nominator and colleague Her experiments demonstrated that the differshyentiated state rather than being fixed and irreversible is dynamic and requires continuous regulation Her research challenged the prevailing dogma that once differentiated cell function and gene expression could not easily be changed The $10000 award funded by Eli Lilly and Company recognizes outstanding achievement by women in biomedical science
Dr Blau is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The American Society for Cell Biology
Excellence in Science Award Committee Sue C Heffelfinger Chair Susan M Barman Joan W Conaway Susan G Laychock Mary C McKenna Paula Kavathas Sarah CR Elgin Joyce E Jentoft Ophelia 1 Weeks Linda L Randall Paula H Stern BB Weskler Neena B Schwartz Kurt Hirschhorn
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Office of Publications Edward P Rekas Director
This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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This office is responsible for the primary publishing activshyities of FASES along with publication services for client societies The primary activities include publication of The FASEB Journal (Fl) the FASEB Directory of Members and oversight of the FASES Web Site Publication services include editorial management of the Journal ofLeukocyte Biology and editing numerous abstracts and programs AdNet advertising management and Marketing Services are also part of the office
Along with service to Member Societies the Office of Publications contributes surplus operating funds to support FASEBs broader public affairs mission To that end the office produced a surplus of $197000 on total revenues of $2240000 in 1999
The FASEB Joumal Vincent T Marchesi MD PhD Editor-in-Chief httpwwwfasebjorg While coping with the success of increasing author attenshytion 1999 published pages continued their impressive rise from 1380 in 1997 to 1896 in 1998 and 2694 this year a 42 increase Manuscript submissions have risen signifishycantly to 732 in 1999 and at year-end are running in the range of 15-20 per week and we are looking at methods to deal with our editorial successes The 1998 impact factor (IF) for papers published in 1996-97 dropped to 139 after having risen to 146 in 1997 and compared to 138 in 1996 This continues to rank The FASEB Journal among the elite of life science journals
Nhile the editorial office was dealing with this renewed interest FASES staff was able to offset increased producshytion costs with increased revenues especially in advertisshying sales This along with increased revenues for author reprints and color charges led to revenue overruns of $100000 which more than offset a subscription underrun of $25000 on budgeted revenues of $127 million Producshytion and mailing costs led the increase in expenses but total expenses only exceeded budget by $55000 Thus the total net for Fl was $169000 against a budget of $149000 This was the third straight year in which the journal exceeded budgeted contribution
Continuing to reflect the multidiscplinary membership of the Federation Fl featured state-of-the-art reviews and original research that included myelomonocytic stem cells antioxidant action in the arterial wall NO-mediated firbronectin regulation protein kinase C regulation and novel phorbel ester receptors and IGF1 and long bone growth
In addition to its 12 regular issues FJ published two bonus supplements for subscribers Cellular amp Molecular Biology Research in Space a workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration appeared in May and A Half-Century of Advances in Microscopy which was published in Decemshyber
Two projects aimed at increasing institutional subscripshytions showed signs of positive results at year-end First the startup of Fl on JournalsOvid was completed The 1999 volume is being offered to institutional customers with their subscriptions Ovid started selling subscriptions in the fourth quarter and we are beginning to realize some revenues The other marketing effort begun in 1999 joinshying the HighWire Marketing Group generated several consortium sales that involve 15-20 new subscriptions We expect to see this effect continue during 2000 as these sales have a long development cycle A direct mail campaign undertaken in 1999 emphasized corporate domestic and foreign institutions This approach did not significantly increase 1999 subscriptions and has been suspended
The discouraging downward trend in subscriptions continshyued in 1999 with just over 4900 in 1999 compared to 5551 in 1998 Institutions dropped from 1836 to 1784 (declining their typical 3) while individual members dropped from 3362 to 2783 (-17) We will continue to aggressively pursue member subscriptions
FASEB Directory of Members http12171270fasebdir The conversion to a single onlineprint database for the Directory was completed in 1999 We replaced traditional update cards with an all-member email update mechanism that resulted in about 15000 updates This was suppleshymented with information supplied by societies which included new and lapsed members Updating the single database continually during the year saw a smoother production cycle although some societies are still becomshying accustomed to the new procedures
Over-budget advertising and single issue sales allowed the Directory to exceed budget losing only $64000 compared to the budgeted loss of $72000 A move to distribute the foreign directories through Srokers Worldwide saved $8shy10000 in mailing costs for this edition and the choice of more economical paper stock kept production costs for this edition under budget despite a record number of entries The inclusion of three addtitional societies (The Endocrine Society The American Society for Human Genetics and the Amercian Peptide Society) increased the number of unduplicated members to 55500 up from 49400 last year
FASEB WVVVV Site Richard Dunn Manager Printing amp Graphics Services httpwwwfaseborg The FASES website continued to be a dynamic means of communication between FASES the scientific commushynity and the general population In 1999 the website had 50 more hits over the previous year resulting in over eleven million hits Of these the majority are from domains associated with educational institutes (edu) and commercial entreprises (com) The FASEB homepage is updated weekly to bring attention to FASEB public affairs efforts meetings FASES news and items concerning the
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
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2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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scientific community Breaking news and action response items are posted to the homepage as soon as available
The FASEB website again provided electronic abstract submission support Meetings that used this service include but are not limited to Experimental Biology 99 American Association of Immunogists the 13th Symposhysium of the Protein Society the Third European Symposhysium of the Protein Society ABRF 2000 and the Biochemshyistry and Molecular Biology 99 meeting In the area of meetings the website also provided the means to maintain accessible up-to-date meeting information Hits to the meetings section of the website are the highest for any specific FASEB activity followed closely by hits to the FASEB Directory of Members
Redadory Services Publications management of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (JLB) and meeting abstracts editing combined to surpass budget and earn $50000 in 1999 Total pages printed inJLB exceeded budget by 16 2016 vs 1738 and composition and print expenses were 10 over budget A number of special projects were supported in 1999 First an agreement to publish in JournalsOvid was completed Second a number of online manuscript submission and peer-review packages were considered Last the SLB Counshycil accepted our proposal to increase the institutional price to help defray the cost of the online version of the journal The $50 increase will cover about half this expense
Abstract processing revenue reached $113000 a recent high Published volumes for seven meetings were managed with over 20000 abstracts edited The meetings included Experimental Biology 99 ASBMB Society for Neuroscience Virology Protein and European Protein and Society for Leukocyte Biology
Much time in this cost center was also spent managing the editorial progress of Breakthroughs in Bioscience which due to authorship and oversight complexities will not publish an article in 1999 (Cloning was published in 299 but 1998 expenses had been reserved to pay for it) Payment of $5K from OPA for this activity was suspended in late 1999 to compensate for unused production costs Publications role in this activity will be scaled back in 2000 and will involve editing written manuscripts and consulting on the production process
FASEB AdNet AdNet had its third strong year in a row earning $50000 in 1999 more than doubling its budgeted contribution and surpassing the total earnings for 1997-1998 combined The revenue total was $213000 or 18 over the budget of $180000
More than 400 pages of advertising were sold in the publishycations of our 10 clients Billings for AdNet in 1999 exceeded $600000 two-thirds of which was returned to journal clients to help defray the cost of their publishing programs
Publications represented by AdNet are The FASEB Journal FASEB Newsletter The Journal ofBiological Chemistry The Journal ofNutrition The American Journal ofClinical Nutrition Journal ofLeukocyte Biology Journal ofLipid Research American Physiological Society Publications FASEB Directory ofMembers Experimental Biology Meeting Program ASBMB 99 Meeting Program
FASEB Marketing This segment of the Office of Publications effort was restructured as a break-even activity for 1999 Efforts to improve communication with members (welcome letters and improved web site information) have required addishytional spending in personnel and mailsupplypromotion costs The addition of two new societies caused print and promotion spending to exceed budget by $7K resulting in an $8K negative income Meanwhile royalty revenue continues to decline with the total from Albert H Wohlers amp Co member insurance plans and MBNA credit card program at about $42K against a budget of $50K
Publications and Communications Committee Gary Gorbsky Chair Pamela 1 Gunter-Smith Alan G Goodridge Donald E McMillan Harriet C Isom Susan S Percival Eleanor S Metcalf Leonard J Banaszak Bruce M Carlson Mark A Hermodson Marc K Drezner Stephen J Weiss Marc Freeman Peter H Byers Vincent T Marchesi
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
16
2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
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TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
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Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences Geri Swindle Director
The FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences (OSMC) managed 10 meetings and 26 conferences in 1999 The services provided included site selection facility arrangements personnel and equipment arrangements exhibit management promotion hospitality assistance with abstract processing and programming registration processing and CME credits
The table below shows the attendance number of abstracts programmed and the number of exhibit booths sold for the meetings managed by FASEB OSMC
1999 Meetings Managed by the Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences
SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION
ABRF 679 March 19-22 Durham NC
Biophysical Society 3859 February 13-17 Baltimore MD
Experimental Biology 11247 April 17-21 Washington DC
ARVO 7718 May 9-14 Ft Lauderdale FL
The Protein Society 1141 July 24-28 Boston MA
ASBMB 2825 May 16-20 San Francisco CA
ASHG 5368 October 19-23 San Francisco
APS Conference 289 September 22-25 Snowmass CO
APS Conference 171 October 19-22 Ft Lauderdale FL
ASCB 5743 December 11-15 Washington DC
TOTAL REGISTRATION
954
4310
13349
8289
1359
4032
7153
300
174
8072
PROGRAMMED ABSTRACTS
168
2752
6658
5201
713
1548
2871
147
62
2846
EXHIBIT BOOTHS
75
125
360
103
74
185
269
None
16
2
454
Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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Summer Research Conferences The eighteenth year of the FASEB Summer Research Conferences consisted of 26 conferences Ten conferences were held at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River Vermont June 13-August 20 ten at Copper Mountain Colorado June 13-August 20 and six at Snowmass Village Colorado July 3-August 12 Total attendance for the conferences was 3216 with an average of 123 persons per conference Thirty-three percent of participants were from foreign countries
1999 Conference Schedule Saxtons Ri ver VT
June 12-17 ThrombinampVascular Medicine June 19-24 Autoimmunity June 26-July 1 Biology of Immuno Receptors July 3-8 Prokaryotic Transcription July 10-15 Neural Mechanisms in Cardio
Regulation July 17-22 Biological Methylation July 24-29 Hematological Malignancies July 31-Aug 5 Ubiquitin amp Protein Degradation August 7-12 Ciliate Molecular Biology August 14-19 Phospholipase D
Copper Mountain CO
June 13-18 Biology amp Chemistry of Vision June 20-25 Cal pain System in Health amp Disease June 26-July 1 Transport of Amino Acids July 4-9 Molecular Gerontology July 11-16 Phylogenetic Perspectives on
Vertebrate Immune System July 18-23 Pulmonary Pathophysiologic amp
Immune Consequences of Smoked Substance Abuse
July 25-30 Gastrointestinal Tract VIII August 1-6 Biological Vulnerability
to AlcoholiSmDrug Abuse August 8-13 Steroid Receptor Family Members
in Plasma Membrane August 15-20 Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems
Snowmass Village CO
July 3-8 Transport ATPases July 10-15 Chromatin amp Transcription July 17-22 Glucose Transporter Biology July 24-29 Protein Kinases amp Phosphorylation July 31-Aug 5 Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine
Kinases in Mitogenesis Morphogenesis amp Tumorigenesis
August 7-12 Genetic Recombination amp Chromosome Reaarangements
FASEB Summer Research Conferences Advisory Committee William L Taylor ASBMB Chair Mark Chapleau APS Eric P Brass ASPET Thea Tlsty ASIP Alfred H Merrill ASNS Eda T Bloom AAI Cal Roskelly ASCB Barbara Brodsky Biophysical Society Robert J Tomanek AAA Claude B Klee Protein Society Rajiv Kumar ASBMR Chi Van Dang ASCI Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann Endocrine David G Kaufman FASEB President Sidney H Golub FASEB Executive Director
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
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AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
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Log istic Support
The Federation provides physical and electronic infrashystructure along with professional management and production services to further the objectives of the Member Societies and other life science societies that purchase these services Roughly 30 of all 1999 FASEB revenues were generated through logistic support
The FASEB Campus Over the years FASEB has become the physical center of the life sciences and biomedical society and association world In addition to housing twelve of its nineteen Member Societies (full listing begins on inside front cover) another 10 organizations leased space on the Beaumont Campus in 1999 including
bull American Board of Medical Genetics (ABMG) bull American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) bull American College of Toxicology (ACT) bull American Society for Clinical Nutrition bull Association for Research in Vision
and Opthamology (ARVO) bull Federation of Animal Science Society (FASS) bull Genetics Society of America(GSA) bull Journal of Lipid Research bull Life Sciences Reseach Office (LSRO) bull Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB)
An additional 11 organizations purchased selected services from the following range of management offerings in 1999 Secretariat Services (including mail telephone and email service) Membership and Financial Services and Meetings or Publications Management The societies and associashytions served were
bull Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) bull Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) bull Association of Neuroscience Departments
and Programs (ANDP) bull International Society for Interferon
and Cytokine Research (ISICR) bull International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) bull Journal ofLipid Research bull Ribonucleic Acid Society (RNA) bull Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) bull Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) bull Society for Cryobiology (CRYO) bull Universities Associated for Research and Education
in Pathology (UAREP)
Human Resources A Derek Knox Director The Federation Staff continues to provide services to an ever-increasing number of people with correspondingly very little increase in its own human resources as the accompanying chart indicates While the unduplicated membership in the Member Societies increased by 14 over the past five years and the combined society staffs increased by 32 the FASEB staff grew by only 11 continuing strong evidence that technology and training has enabled the FASEB staff to provide more services for more people without any appreciable workforce growth of its own
FASEB amp Society Member Staff 1999 Growth
200
150
100
50
o 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
c=i FASEB Staff _ Member Society Staff
Office of Communications and Information Systems Patri ck Setser Director The Office of Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) provides information systems and services to support the Federations departments and Societies in fulfilling their mission
OCIS is charged with providing direction for the developshyment implementation and management of the Federashytions information systems Systems include not only network and computing resources but also the operating systems and software programs to offer new and innovative ways to meet the Federations objectives
Services provided by OCIS include database and associashytion management software Internet access and facilities programming development and desktop support During a typical month the FASEB Internet servers process over 1 million hits to the FASEB website and over 200000 e-mail messages
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
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TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
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Buildings and Grounds Jeffrey L Yocum Faci lities Manager The Building and Grounds Departments primary job is the operation care and maintenance of FASEBs buildshyings grounds parking lots and roads The FASEB campus comprises more than eleven acres of land and five buildshyings The Building and Grounds Department is also responsible for the Conference Center the campus Rolm Telephone System safety and security concessions and a wide range of special services
The staffs of the tenant societies continued to grow throughout the year By the end of 1999 all of the office space on the Beaumont Campus was occupied The Buildshyings and Grounds Department made numerous office modifications to accommodate tenant activity
The first of several upgrades to the Beaumont House Board Room furnishings was accomplished in 1999 These upgrades are part of a larger effort to make all of the FASEB conference facilities more attractive thus making the use of on-campus resources a more desirable option The goal of this effort is to better utilize the Beaumont Campus assets
The building control and emergency back-up systems for the Lee Building were made Y2K compliant by the end of the year The Y2K upgrades also resulted in systems that are better management tools The Beaumont Campus experienced no problems with controls systems as the new year dawned
MoilingAddressing ampPurchasing john R Smisek Manager Mailing and addressing services provide an interface between the campus community and the US Postal Service The service provides twice-daily delivery and pickup of mail from all campus offices and ensures expeshyditious disposition During 1999 close to 2 million pieces of outgoing mail were prepared and distributed to the US Postal Service
The Purchasing Office maintains an inventory of commonly used office supplies most of which can be supplied to campus residents at a significant discount due to the volume of procurement In addition the office facilshyitates procurements with local vendors
The number of United Parcel Service packages was over 17000 This volume allowed FASEB and Societies on campus to realize a savings of over $70000
Printing amp Graphic Services Richard A Dunn Manager The Printing and Graphic Services department provides traditional paper-based printing as well as the generation of electronic publications for use on the World Wide Web In 1999 the department experienced an increase in client requests to provide technical training to support client efforts to incorporate new processes internally This included providing training on various image-editing and desktop publishing programs generation of electronic output files HTML coding and design and graphic design for print In response to this demand and changing techshynology department personnel are encouraged to pursue formal training that will afford them to develop new skills in these processes This also allows for greater staff utilizashytion in meeting dynamic workflow levels in the different production areas The year also brought with it a celebrashytion of long-term contributions by a department staff member as Rita Pumphrey celebrated her 25th annivershysary with the department
The year also marks the first since 1993 that the departshyment acquired major equipment In July an imagesetter was added that will allow the department to generate film negatives directly from electronic output files This process was previoulsy outsourced to commercial vendors By incorporating the process internally the department was able to reduce costs and provide a more responsive service to clients The second major piece of equipment added in 1999 was a new folder This piece of equipment did not add new services to the department but provided the means to increase folding production and quality The folder replaced had been in service since 1960
The departments production volume showed a slight increase over the previous year The departments producshytion volume increased from the previous year for Member Societies and FASEB departments 113 and 124 respectively Volume for non-member societies continued a downward trend by declining 169 This decline can be attributed to the decrease in the number of non-member societies located on the Beaumont campus either through relocation or by becoming member societies of FASEB The majority of the departments volume was in direct support of Member Society efforts representing 417 of the departments volume Volume supporting FASEB activities represented 311 of volume
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Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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wwwfaseborg
Programmatic Support Jacquelyn Roberts Manager amp Associate Program Director
Career Resources In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office reached the three-year milestone of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services World Wide Web internet site located at httpwwwfaseborgcareerwebThis website proshyvides interactive advance registration for the FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service at related scientific meetings and a year-round online employshyment search-and-referral database for employers and applicants Since its January 1997 online debut the CAREERS OnLine CLASSIFIED weekly newsletter has been well received in the recruitment advertising area The newsletter accounts for 68-70 of the Career Resources website activity It is published every Wednesday at httpns2faseborgcareerwebClassifiedshyMainasp Another successful Career Resources activity in 1999 was the CAREERS OnLine Employer SearchNet Total Access Subscription Services This new service introduced in October 1997 provides employers with total access to the applicants complete profile informashytion (including contact information) listed in the CAREERS OnLine Applicant DataNet The usefulness and success of the CAREERS OnLine DataNet Services internet site continues to be reflected in the number of visits and page requests received which averages approximately 69000-70000 requests per month
The meeting-related career services (FASEB Career Resources CenterPlacement Service) provide a usershyfriendly internet-based system to facilitate employer and applicant advance registration The onsite Placeshyment Service features a computer-assisted system to help facilitate employer search-and-referral of appli shycants interview scheduling and message notification services In addition Career Development Seminars and Cover LetterResume Critique Workshops are features of the onsite Placement Service In 1999 the FASEB Career Resources Office provided onsite career services for the Experimental Biology 99 (Apri) Amershyican Lung AssociationAmerican Thoracic Society International Conference 99 (April) ASBMB 99 Annual Meeting (May) Society for Neuroscience 99 Annual Meeting (October) and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposishytion (November)
Minority Access to Research Careers The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was created by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) to increase the number of biomedical scientists from minority groups The program encourages minority students who want to pursue graduate training leading to the PhD degree in the biomedical sciences
bull Visiting Scientists for Minority Institutions program
bull Scholarships for minority scientists to attend FASEB society scientific meetings and conferences
bull Scholarships for minority students to attend FASEB Summer Research Conferences
bull Reciprocal visits by advanced minority students to visiting scientist institutions Providing opportunishyties for minority students to visit and work in laborashytories at major research universities and institutions
In 1999 FASEB further enhanced the MARC programs to meet future challenges by implementing four activishyties
bull FASEBMARC Activities and InfoNet on the FASEB internet website at httpwwwfaseborgmarc
bull In conjunction with the American Association of Anatomists co-sponsored a Minority Researchers Program and luncheon designed to help identify specific problems confronting the development and funding of minority scientists in the increasingly competitive world of research grants This program and luncheon was held during the Experimental Biology 99 conference in Washington DC in April
bull Developed and hosted two Phase 1 Write Winning Grants seminars and workshops for 101 minority scientists in Tucson Arizona (June) and Orlando Florida (August) This very successful grants-writing program was designed to train minority scientists in the techniques necessary to develop their skills ideas and research into successful grant applications
bull Developed and implemented a six-month Phase 2 Write and Submit a Completed Grant Application programworkshop for a select group of 21 minority scientists who successfully completed Phase l This grant development program continues the grantshywriting process by providing the participants with a highly qualified grantsmanship consultant to work directly with them throughout the process of writing and submitting a completed grant application
FASEB MARC Programs 1999 Activity Report - Visiting Scientist to Minority Institutions Travel
Awards - 9 visits
- Scientific Meetings ScholarshipslTravel Awards shy83 (28 faculty55 students)
- Summer Research Conferences Scholarships Travel Awards - 28 faculty scholarships
FASEB has supported the training of minority scienshytists for the past 18 years through a MARC grant that involves a variety of programs including
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
21
1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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1999 Financial Reports Edward P Rekas Comptroller
George T Wingate Jr Director of Financial Services
Statement of Activities The year ending December 31 1999 concluded a very impressive three-year period during which the cumulashytive contribution generated from FASEB services combined with FASEB Society dues met the spending needs of the Federation The FASEB financial plan calls for the combination of contribution from services Society dues and a small portion of reserve interest income to cover the spending requirements Contribushytions derived from service fees also offset all FASEB administrative and overhead costs As directed by FASEBs mission statement these contributions are primarily derived from educational services including meetings conferences and publications along with those generated from logistic support This income supports the public affairs effort the cornerstone of FASEBs mission
One consequence of this three-year performance is that all reserve earnings were preserved for the growth of reserves our financial safety net and source of future investment funds Specifically contributions from operations and dues revenues realized from 1997-99 contributed a cumulative $200000 to reserves which along with earnings from the invested reserves resulted in a growth in reserves from $10000000 at the end of 1996 to $16293000 at year-end 1999 an increase of 63 Of course a primary contributor to this growth was the overall appreciation of financial assets since FASEB reserves are invested in a carefully invested stock and bond portfolio
Specifically in 1999 the increase of $1007320 in Net Assets (unrestricted) from Operations resulted from an operating deficit of $17669 combined with realized investment income of $1024989 The small operating deficit represents a very large positive variance against the budgeted deficit of $402635 Further the deficit occurred alongside a 22 percent increase in spending on public affairs and a Board decision to subsidize the Directory out of operating funds
The Federation finances for calendar year 1999 with comparative figures for 1998 are detailed in the finanshycial statements on the following pages These schedshyules summarize the more detailed financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen LLP A copy of the complete audited financial statements is available on request from the comptrollers office
Statement of Financial Position This statement presents the assets liabilities and net assets of the Federation on December 31 1999 There is a very healthy 5 to 1 ratio between assets ($24544096) and liabilities ($4841318) The net assets ie the difference between assets and liabilities are $19702778 which is the accumulated total of net operating results over the organizations 85-year history
Current assets of the Federation include cash receivshyables supplies and future years expenses prepaid in 1999 which total $2869684 Investments of $17345144 are diversified in US Treasury bills and notes commercial paper commercial bonds and common stock The Federation Board structured the major unrestricted investment accounts into two reserve funds the Program Reserve and the Depreciashytion Reserve The Program Reserve ($13775780) provides financial security in the event of revenue failshyure or unanticipated catastrophic emergency as a hedge against the outstanding mortgage on the Federshyations property and to support of operations The Depreciation Reserve ($2517215) provides for capital improvements renovations and repairs or purchases of major equipment with a unit price exceeding $2000 Other investments include mutual funds purchased under the Deferred Compensation Plan for employees ($1035551) and the permanently restricted Memorial Fund ($16598)
A significant asset is the net investment of $4329268 in the buildings grounds furniture and equipment on the Beaumont campus home to the Federation its Constituent Societies and other scientific and educashytional societies whose offices are located on the campus
Liabilities totaling $4841318 include amounts owed to vendors on December 31 1998 for products and services received ($580234) revenue received in 1999 but applicable to programs to be conducted in 2000 ($1 035551) amounts owed to employees under the deferred compensation plan ($1035551) annual leave accruals ($272625) and the note payable to Bank of America in connection with the Economic Developshyment Revenue Bond ($1324279)
The net assets of the Federation ($19702778) increased by $1297741 in 1999 as a result of a net gain from operations and restricted funds of $21027 investshyment income of $1024989 and net unrealized gain on investments of $251725
Finance Committee Dale R Romsos Treasurer Chair Linda M McManus Robert W Gore Richard I Gumport Palmer Taylor Joost J Oppenheim Gary E Ward Antonio Scarpa Duane E Haines CN Pace Arnold J Kahn David A Williams Peggy Shupnik Stephen I Goodman
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1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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FASEB WWW Site Directory httpwwwfaseb org
About FASEB httpwwwfaseborgafasebhtml
Office of Public Affairs httpwwwfaseborgopa
FASEB Directory ofMembers http12l71270Ifasebdir
The FASEB Journal httpwwwfasebjorg
Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences httpwwwfaseborgmeetings
Office of Publications httpwwwfaseborgpubllpublhtm
Career Resources httpwwwfaseborgcareers
Minority Access to Research Careers httpwwwfaseborgmard
FASEB Member Societies httpwwwfaseborgsocietieshtml
APS httpwwwfaseborgaps
ASBMB httpwwwfaseborgasbmb
ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
ASIP httpasiputhscsaedul
ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
SOB httpsdbbiopurdueedui
APepS httpwwwchemumnedulorgsampepsod
ABRF httpwwwabrforg
SSR httpwwwssrorg
Teratology httpwwwteratologyorg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
1999 Financial Reports
Comporotive Statements of Finandal Position
December 31 1999 December 311998
CURRENT ASSETS
CASH $ 1053345 $ 241749
RECEIVABLES
Government Contracts and Grants 96570 166862
Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 481788 711889
Membership Publication and Contract Services 1038238 1023277
Supplies and Prepaid Expenses 199743 387253
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 2869684 2531030
INVESTMENTS
Investments at Cost 13447016 12237659
Increment for Market Value 3898128 3646403
Investments at Market Value 17345144 15884062
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT NET
Land Buildings and Improvements 3842551 4021479
Furniture Equipment and Software 486717 478695
Net Property and Equipment 4329268 4500174
TOTAL ASSETS 24544096 22915266
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses $ 580234 $ 276806
Deferred Revenue from Future Publication Sales
and Other Income Collected in Advance 923920 557197
Amounts Held for Member Societies and Custodial Accounts 91500 91 500
Amounts Held for Custodial Funds from Managed Meetings 613209 674308
Amounts Owed to Employees Under Deferred Compensation Plan 1035551 1147971
Accrued Annual Leave 272625 322164
Note Payable NationsBank (Current Portion)
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 116004 116004
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 3633043 3185950
LONG-TERM DEBT
Note Payable NationsBank
Economic Development Revenue Bonds 1208275 1324279
TOTAL LIABILITIES 4841 318 4510229
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted 19558180 18299135
Temporarily Restricted 130098 91402
Permanently Restricted 14500 14500
Total Net Assets 19702778 18405037
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 24544096 $ 22915266
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Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
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Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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FASEB WWW Site Directory httpwwwfaseb org
About FASEB httpwwwfaseborgafasebhtml
Office of Public Affairs httpwwwfaseborgopa
FASEB Directory ofMembers http12l71270Ifasebdir
The FASEB Journal httpwwwfasebjorg
Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences httpwwwfaseborgmeetings
Office of Publications httpwwwfaseborgpubllpublhtm
Career Resources httpwwwfaseborgcareers
Minority Access to Research Careers httpwwwfaseborgmard
FASEB Member Societies httpwwwfaseborgsocietieshtml
APS httpwwwfaseborgaps
ASBMB httpwwwfaseborgasbmb
ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
ASIP httpasiputhscsaedul
ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
SOB httpsdbbiopurdueedui
APepS httpwwwchemumnedulorgsampepsod
ABRF httpwwwabrforg
SSR httpwwwssrorg
Teratology httpwwwteratologyorg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
Comparative Statements of Activities For the Years Ending December 31 I 1999 and 1998
1999 1998 TEMPORARlLY PERMANENTLY
UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL TOTAL
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Society Dues $ 520675
Government and Private Support 557590
Subscriptions 1012697
Single Issue Sales 242416
Reprint Sales Roylaties and Administrative Allowance 154902
Advertising 279392
Redactory Fees 253124
Exhibit and Advertising Commissions 420493
Management Fees 109 1634
$ $ $ 520675
557590
1012697
242416
154902
279392
253124
420493
1091634
$ 484319
738560
973744
309042
144223
230504
243428
413943
973105
Registrations
Conference Support and Grants
EmployerApplicant Online Listings
No InterviewslResume Fees
Applicant Online Searches
Referrals and Out Placement
2256972
940836
1200
28950
17425
7060
105000
2256972
1045836
1200
28950
17425
7060
2261330
1219588
1940
15040
14650
1532
Rent 1168677 1168677 1206614
Business Service Charges to Custodial Funds
Printing Computer Mailing amp Other Business Services
Dividends Interest and Capital Gains
62692
3555400
1024989 780
62692
3555400
1025769
41749
3341360
1176229
Mailing List Sales
Other Income
138233
146179
138233
146179
113800
143990
Net Assets Released from Restrictions 67084 (67084)
TOTAL SUPPORT AND REVENUE $ 13948620 $ 38696 $ $ 13987316 $ 14 048690
EXPENSES
Program Services shy
Public Affairs $ 1220691 $ $ $ 122069 1 $ 991774
Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Publications and Directory
Career Resources
3633225
2038162
382594
3633225
2038162
382594
3989614
1848901
269727
TOTAL PROGRAM SERVICES
Supporting Services
Government and Privately Supported Projects
Memorial Fund
TOTAL EXPENSES
7274672
5108439
557590
599
1294 1300
7274672
5108439
557590
599
12941 300
7100016
4941363
738560
327
12780266
Increase in Net Assets from Operations
Net Unrealized Gains on Investments
1007320
251 725
38696 10460 16
251725
1268424
1089407
Increase in Net Assets 1259045 38696 1297741 2357831
Net Assets Beginning of Year 18299135 91402 14500 18405037 16047206
Net Assets End of Year $ 19558180 $ 130098 $ 14500 $ 19702778 $ 18405037
23
Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
24
American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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FASEB WWW Site Directory httpwwwfaseb org
About FASEB httpwwwfaseborgafasebhtml
Office of Public Affairs httpwwwfaseborgopa
FASEB Directory ofMembers http12l71270Ifasebdir
The FASEB Journal httpwwwfasebjorg
Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences httpwwwfaseborgmeetings
Office of Publications httpwwwfaseborgpubllpublhtm
Career Resources httpwwwfaseborgcareers
Minority Access to Research Careers httpwwwfaseborgmard
FASEB Member Societies httpwwwfaseborgsocietieshtml
APS httpwwwfaseborgaps
ASBMB httpwwwfaseborgasbmb
ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
ASIP httpasiputhscsaedul
ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
SOB httpsdbbiopurdueedui
APepS httpwwwchemumnedulorgsampepsod
ABRF httpwwwabrforg
SSR httpwwwssrorg
Teratology httpwwwteratologyorg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
Member Societies of the Federation
The American Physiological Society - APS Founded December 30 1887 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The APS provides leadership in the life sciences by promoting excellence and innovation in physiological research and education and by providing information to the scientific community and to the public President Walter F Boron MD PhD Dept of Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT Executive Director Martin Frank PhD Membership 9366 Publications American Journal ofPhysiology Journal ofApplied Physiology Journal ofNeurophysiology Physiological Reviews Physiological Genomics News in Physiological Sciences The Physiologist APStracts 1999 Meetings Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999 APS Conferences - Snowmass CO September 22-25 1999 Ft Lauderdale FL October 19-22 1999
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - ASBMB Founded December 26 1906 Founding Member of FASER 1912 The purpose ofthe Society is the extension and utilization ofbiochemistry and molecular biology President Richard W Hanson PhD Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH Executive Officer Mr Charles C Hancock Membership 9896 Publications The Journal ofBiological Chemistry (PrintOnline) JBC Minireview Compendium ASBMB News - bimonthly 1999 Meetings Fall Symposia - Lake Tahoe CA Taos NM Annual Meeting - San Francisco CA May 16-20 1999
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - ASPET Founded December 28 1908 Founding Member of FASER 1912 Mission The Society s purpose is to promote the advanceshyment of the sciences of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics and to facilitate the interchange ofinformashytion between investigators who are engaged in research in those fields by organizing scientific meetings publishing journals and engaging in other activities that advance the discipline President Jerry R Mitchell MD PhD ClinTrials Research Inc 11000 Weston Parkway Cary NC Executive Officer Christine K Carrico PhD Membership 4393 Publications The Pharmacologist - quarterly Pharmacological Reviews - quarterly Journal ofPharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Drug Metabolism and Disposition Molecular Pharmacology 1999 Meeting Pharmacology 99 at Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
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American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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FASEB WWW Site Directory httpwwwfaseb org
About FASEB httpwwwfaseborgafasebhtml
Office of Public Affairs httpwwwfaseborgopa
FASEB Directory ofMembers http12l71270Ifasebdir
The FASEB Journal httpwwwfasebjorg
Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences httpwwwfaseborgmeetings
Office of Publications httpwwwfaseborgpubllpublhtm
Career Resources httpwwwfaseborgcareers
Minority Access to Research Careers httpwwwfaseborgmard
FASEB Member Societies httpwwwfaseborgsocietieshtml
APS httpwwwfaseborgaps
ASBMB httpwwwfaseborgasbmb
ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
ASIP httpasiputhscsaedul
ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
SOB httpsdbbiopurdueedui
APepS httpwwwchemumnedulorgsampepsod
ABRF httpwwwabrforg
SSR httpwwwssrorg
Teratology httpwwwteratologyorg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
American Sociefy for Investigative Pathology ASIP Founded December 1900 Joined FASEB 1913 ASIP is a society of biomedical scientists who investigate mechanisms ofdisease Investigative pathology is an inteshygrative discipline that links the presentation ofdisease in the whole organism to its fundamental cellular and moleshycular mechanisms It uses a variety of structural funcshytional and genetic techniques and ultimately applies research findings to the diagnosis and treatment of diseases ASIP advocates for the practice of investigative pathology and fosters the professional career development and education of its members President Mark E Sobel MD PhD Bethesda MD Executive Officer Frances A Pitlick PhD Membership 1731 Publications The American Journal ofPathology - monthly The Journal ofMolecular Diagnostics - quarterly ASIP Bulletin - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
American Sodefy for Nutritional Sciences - ASNS Founded September 27 1928 Joined FASEB 1940 Mission The American Society for Nutritional Sciences is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science ofnutrition We do this by fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition providing our members opportunities for sharing disseminating and archiving peer-reviewed research results fostering quality education and training in nutrition upholding standards for ethical behavior in research the protection of human subjects and the care and treatment of research animals providing opportunishyties for fellowship and support among nutritionists bringshying knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain President Janet King PhD USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Davis CA Executive Officer Richard Allison PhD Membership 3474 Publications Journal ofNutrition - monthly Nutrition Notes - quarterly 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Association of Immunologists - AAI Founded June 19 1913 Joined FASEB 1942 The AAl is an association ofprofessionally trained scienshytists dedicated to advancing the knowledge of immunolshyogy and its related disciplines fostering the interchanges of ideas and information among investigators and addressing the potential integration of immunologic pnnciples into clinical practice AAl serves its members by providing a center for the dissemination of information relevant to the field and its practices such as educational and professional opportunities scientific meetings membership derived issues and opinions and important social and political issues President Roger M Perlmutter MD PhD Merck Research Laboratories Rahway NJ Executive Director M Michele Hogan PhD Membership 5500 Publications The Journal ofImmunology The Journal ofImmunology On-line (wwwjimmunolorg) - bimonthly Ml Newsletter - 6 timesyear Ml homepage wwwaaiorg 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The American Sociefy for Cell Biology - ASCB Founded January 9 1960 Joined FASEB 1991 The purpose of the Society is to promote and develop the field of cell biology President Randy Schekman PhD University of California Berkeley CA Executive Director Elizabeth Marincola Membership 9800 Publications Molecular Biology of the Cell ASCB Newsletter Exploring the Cell 1999 Meeting 39th Annual ASCB Annual Meeting - Washington DC December 11-15 1999
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Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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FASEB WWW Site Directory httpwwwfaseb org
About FASEB httpwwwfaseborgafasebhtml
Office of Public Affairs httpwwwfaseborgopa
FASEB Directory ofMembers http12l71270Ifasebdir
The FASEB Journal httpwwwfasebjorg
Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences httpwwwfaseborgmeetings
Office of Publications httpwwwfaseborgpubllpublhtm
Career Resources httpwwwfaseborgcareers
Minority Access to Research Careers httpwwwfaseborgmard
FASEB Member Societies httpwwwfaseborgsocietieshtml
APS httpwwwfaseborgaps
ASBMB httpwwwfaseborgasbmb
ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
ASIP httpasiputhscsaedul
ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
SOB httpsdbbiopurdueedui
APepS httpwwwchemumnedulorgsampepsod
ABRF httpwwwabrforg
SSR httpwwwssrorg
Teratology httpwwwteratologyorg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
Biophysical Society - BPS Founded February 5 1958 Joined FASEB 1992 The purpose of the Biophysical Society is to encourage development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics President Jonathan King PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Massachusetts Executive Director Rosalba Kampman Membership 5800 Publications Biophysical Journal - monthly Biophysical Society Newsletter - quarterly 1999 Meeting 43rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting - Baltimore MD February 14-17 1999
American Association of Anatomists - MA Founded September 17 1888 Joined FASEB 1993 The purpose of the Association shall be the advancement ofanatomical science President Robert Yates PhD Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Structural and Cellular Biology New Orleans LA Executive Director Andrea Pendleton Membership 1850 Publications Developmental Dynamics The Anatomical Record AM Newsletter The New Anatomist 1999 Meeting Annual Meeting with Experimental Biology 99 shyWashington DC April 17-21 1999
The Protein Society - PS Founded February 11 1986 Joined FASEB September 1 1995 The purpose of the Society is to provide a forum to facilishytate communication cooperation and collaboration with respect to all aspects of the study ofproteins In order to carry out this purpose the Society shall sponsor symposia useful to those engaged in the study ofproteins and to be attended by both its members and other individuals engaged in similar endeavors The Society awards several prizes in the area ofprotein science President Christopher Dobson PhD Oxford University Oxford United Kingdom Executive Officer Robert Newburgh PhD Membership 2800 Publication Protein Science - monthly Newsletter - in the journal 1999 Meeting l3th Symposium - Boston MA July 24-28 1999 3rd European Symposium Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany September 19-22 1999
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - ASBMR Founded 1977 Joined FASEB 1997 The ASBMR is a professional scientific and medical socishyety established to promote excellence in bone and mineral research to foster integration of basic and clinical science and to facilitate the translation of that science to health care and clinical practice Key objectives to achieve these goals include the nurturing and development of future generations ofbasic and clinical scientists and the dissemination of new knowledge in bone and mineral metabolism The ASBMR is proactive in shaping research and health policies based on scientific advances in our field President Jane E Aubin PhD Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Executive Director Joan R Goldberg Membership 3500 Publications Journal ofBone and Mineral Research Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders ofMineral Metabolism ASBMRnews 1999 Meeting 21st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR - St Louis MO September 30-0ctober 4 1999
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American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences httpwwwfaseborgmeetings
Office of Publications httpwwwfaseborgpubllpublhtm
Career Resources httpwwwfaseborgcareers
Minority Access to Research Careers httpwwwfaseborgmard
FASEB Member Societies httpwwwfaseborgsocietieshtml
APS httpwwwfaseborgaps
ASBMB httpwwwfaseborgasbmb
ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
ASIP httpasiputhscsaedul
ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
SOB httpsdbbiopurdueedui
APepS httpwwwchemumnedulorgsampepsod
ABRF httpwwwabrforg
SSR httpwwwssrorg
Teratology httpwwwteratologyorg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
American Society for Clinicallnvesfigation shyASCI Founded 1908 Joined FASEB 1998 The ASCI is an honor society composed of physicianshyscientists representing all disciplines of medical science Members are elected based upon the quality and impact of their research and their overall contributions to the biomedical research community The Society seeks particshyularly to recognize physicians-scientists doing novel creative rigorous and reproducible research that is based upon a solid foundation ofscience and likely to stand the test of time The ASCI is organized and operated exclushysively for educational and scientific purposes President Jeffrey Leiden MD PhD Harvard School of Public Health Boston MA Executive Director Susan J Nelson Membership 2600 Publications The Journal ofClinical Investigation ASCI Newsletter 1999 Meeting Chicago IL April 23-25 1999
The Endocrine Society - TES Founded 1916 Joined FASEB 1999 Since its inception in 1916 The Endocrine Society has worked to promote excellence in research education and the clinical practice ofendocrinology With almost 10000 members from over 80 countries The Endocrine Society is the worlds largest and most active organization devoted to the research study and clinical practice ofendocrinolshyogy Together these scientists educators clinicians practicing MDs nurses and students who make up the organization s membership represent all basic applied and clinical interests in endocrinology President 1 Larry Jameson MD PhD Northwestern University Medical School Chicago IL Executive Director Scott Hunt Membership 9806 Publications Endocrinology The Journal ofClinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Endocrine Reviews - bimonthly Molecular Endocrinology 1999middotMeetings Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Research shySan Diego CA February 26 - March 2 1999 ENDO 99 (81st Annual Meeting) - San Diego CA June 12 - 15 1999 Recent Progress in Hormone Research Conference shyStevenson WA August 7 - 11 1999 Clinical Endocrinology Update - Los Angeles CA October 24 - 27 1999
The American Society of Human Genetics - ASHG Founded 1948 Joined FASEB 1999 The ASHG is the primary professional membership orgashynization for human geneticists in North America It brings together investigators in the many areas of endeavor that involve human genetics and encourages and integrates their efforts by providing a forum for sharshying research findings This is accomplished primarily through the SocietyS annual meeting and its official monthly publication President Uta Francke MD Stanford University Medical Center Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford CA Executive Director Elaine Strass Membership 6600 Publications The American Journal ofHuman Genetics 1999 Meeting San Francisco CA October 19-23 1999
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Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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FASEB WWW Site Directory httpwwwfaseb org
About FASEB httpwwwfaseborgafasebhtml
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FASEB Directory ofMembers http12l71270Ifasebdir
The FASEB Journal httpwwwfasebjorg
Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences httpwwwfaseborgmeetings
Office of Publications httpwwwfaseborgpubllpublhtm
Career Resources httpwwwfaseborgcareers
Minority Access to Research Careers httpwwwfaseborgmard
FASEB Member Societies httpwwwfaseborgsocietieshtml
APS httpwwwfaseborgaps
ASBMB httpwwwfaseborgasbmb
ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
ASIP httpasiputhscsaedul
ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
SOB httpsdbbiopurdueedui
APepS httpwwwchemumnedulorgsampepsod
ABRF httpwwwabrforg
SSR httpwwwssrorg
Teratology httpwwwteratologyorg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
Associate Member Societies of the Federation
Society for Developmental Biology - SOB Founded 1939 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purpose ofthe Society is to further the study ofdevelshyopment in all organisms and at all levels and to represent and promote communication among students ofdevelopshyment President Kathryn Anderson PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute New York NY Executive Officer Ida Chow PhD Membership 2252 Publications Developmental Biology - biweekly Website httpsdbbiopurdueedu 1999 Meeting 58th SOB Annual Meeting - University of Virginia Charshylottesville VA June l3-18 1999
American Peptide Society - APepS Founded March 9 1990 Associate Member of FASEB 1996 The purposes ofthe Society are to advance and promote the knowledge ofthe chemistry and biology ofpeptides and proteins President Tomi Sawyer PhD ARlAD Pharmaceuticals Cambridge MA Membership 1000 Publications The Journal ofPeptide Research Peptide Science Website httpwwwchemumneduJorgsJampepsocJapshomehtml 1999 Meeting 16th American Peptide Symposium Minneapolis MN June 26-July 1 1999
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities shyABRF Founded 1988 Associate Member of FASEB 1997 The mission of the Society is to promote and support resource facilities research laboratories and individual researchers regarding operation research and developshyment in the areas of methods techniques and instrushymentation relevant to the analysis and synthesis of biomolecules to provide mechanisms for the self-evaluashytion and improvement of procedural and operational accuracy precision and efficiency in resource facilities and research laboratories and to provide a mechanism for the education ofresource facility and research laborashytory staff users administrators and interested members of the scientific community
President Lynda F Bonwald PhD University of Texas San Antonio TX Membership 800 Publication Journal ofBiomolecular Techniques
SOciety for the Study of Reproduction - SSR Founded 1967 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The mission of the Society is to promote the study of reproduction by fostering interdisciplinary communicashytion among scientists holding conferences and publishshying meritorious studies President John J Eppig PhD The Jackson Laboratory Bar Harbor ME Membership 2063 Publications Biology ofReproduction - monthly with one supplement Biology ofReproduction Online Biology ofReproduction Monograph Series 1 Equine
Reproduction VI SSR Newsletter 1999 Meeting 32nd Annual Meeting Center for Reproductive Biology Washington State UniversitylUniversity of Idaho Pullshyman Washington July 31-August 3 1999
Terotology Society Founded 1961 Associate Member of FASEB 1998 The objective of the Teratology Society is to stimulate scientific interest in and to promote the exchange of ideas and information on problems ofabnormal biologishycal development at the fundamental or clinicallevel President George P Datson Membership 750 Publications Teratology Newsletter - 3 times a year 1999 Meeting 39th Annual Meeting of the Teratology Society Keyston CO June 29-July3 1999
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About FASEB httpwwwfaseborgafasebhtml
Office of Public Affairs httpwwwfaseborgopa
FASEB Directory ofMembers http12l71270Ifasebdir
The FASEB Journal httpwwwfasebjorg
Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences httpwwwfaseborgmeetings
Office of Publications httpwwwfaseborgpubllpublhtm
Career Resources httpwwwfaseborgcareers
Minority Access to Research Careers httpwwwfaseborgmard
FASEB Member Societies httpwwwfaseborgsocietieshtml
APS httpwwwfaseborgaps
ASBMB httpwwwfaseborgasbmb
ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
ASIP httpasiputhscsaedul
ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
SOB httpsdbbiopurdueedui
APepS httpwwwchemumnedulorgsampepsod
ABRF httpwwwabrforg
SSR httpwwwssrorg
Teratology httpwwwteratologyorg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
FASEB WWW Site Directory httpwwwfaseb org
About FASEB httpwwwfaseborgafasebhtml
Office of Public Affairs httpwwwfaseborgopa
FASEB Directory ofMembers http12l71270Ifasebdir
The FASEB Journal httpwwwfasebjorg
Office of Scientific Meetings amp Conferences httpwwwfaseborgmeetings
Office of Publications httpwwwfaseborgpubllpublhtm
Career Resources httpwwwfaseborgcareers
Minority Access to Research Careers httpwwwfaseborgmard
FASEB Member Societies httpwwwfaseborgsocietieshtml
APS httpwwwfaseborgaps
ASBMB httpwwwfaseborgasbmb
ASPET httpwwwfaseborgaspeti
ASIP httpasiputhscsaedul
ASNS httpwwwfaseborgasns
AAI httpwwwaai org
ASCB httpwwwfaseborgascb
Biophysical Society httpwwwbiophysicsorgbiophys
AAA httpwwwfaseborganatomy
The Protein Society httpwwwfaseborgproteini
ASBMR httpwwwasbmrorg
ASCI httpwwwasci-jciorg
TES httpwwwendo-societyorg
ASHG httpwwwfaseborggenetics
SOB httpsdbbiopurdueedui
APepS httpwwwchemumnedulorgsampepsod
ABRF httpwwwabrforg
SSR httpwwwssrorg
Teratology httpwwwteratologyorg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesdo Maryland 20814-3998 USA Phone 301-530-7000 Fax 301 -530-7001
wwwfaseborg