International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Region served | Worldwide |
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Official language | English |
President | Alexandra Newton (Canada, United States, United Kingdom) |
Website | iubmb |
The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) is an international
History
The first Congress of Biochemistry was held in 1949 in Cambridge, UK, and was inspired by German-born British biochemist Sir
Members
The IUBMB unites biochemists and molecular biologists in 75 countries that belong to the IUBMB as an "Adhering Body" or "Associate Adhering Body" represented by a biochemical society, a national research council or an academy of sciences.[3] It also represents the regional organizations,[4] Federation of Asian Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB), Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), and Pan-American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PABMB).
Meetings
IUBMB organizes a triennial Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and sponsors three annual focussed meetings. In addition, it supports symposia, educational activities (including the Tang Fellowships), award lectures (including Jubilee Lectures), and travel grants for students around the world.
Fellowships
The IUBMB is committed to providing training opportunities to biochemists and molecular biologists around the world. The Wood Whelan Research fellowship, established in honor of past-Presidents
Biochemical nomenclature
The IUBMB publishes standards on biochemical nomenclature, including Enzyme Commission number nomenclature, in some cases jointly with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The enzyme nomenclature scheme[6] was developed in 1955 at the International Congress of Biochemistry and, with the addition of translocases in 2018, contains 7 classes of enzymes.[7][8]
Publications
The IUBMB is associated with the journals IUBMB Life, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (formerly Biochemical Education), BioFactors, Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, Molecular Aspects of Medicine and Trends in Biochemical Sciences. The publishing program supports the IUBMB's mission of fostering growth and advancement of biochemistry and molecular biology as the foundation from which the biomolecular sciences derive their basic ideas and techniques in the service of humanity.[9]
Leadership
Nr. | Term | President | From |
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20. | 2021–2024 | Alexandra Newton | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
19. | 2018–2021 | Andrew H. J. Wang | ![]() |
18. | 2015–2018 | Joan J. Guinovart (es) | ![]() |
17. | 2012–2015 | Gregory Petsko | ![]() |
16. | 2007–2012 | Angelo Azzi (pl) | ![]() ![]() |
15. | 2006 | George L. Kenyon | ![]() |
14. | 2003–2006 | Mary Osborn | ![]() ![]() |
13. | 2000–2003 | Brian F.C. Clark | ![]() |
12. | 1997–2000 | William Joseph Whelan | ![]() ![]() |
11. | 1994–97 | Kunio Yagi | ![]() |
10. | 1991–94 | Hans L. Komberg | ![]() |
9. | 1988–91 | E.C. (Bill) Slater | ![]() |
8. | 1985–88 | Marianne Grunberg-Manago | ![]() |
7. | 1979–85 | Harland G. Wood | ![]() |
6. | 1979 | Feodor Lynen | ![]() |
5. | 1976–79 | Aleksander A. Bayev (ru) | ![]() |
4. | 1973–76 | Osamu Hayaishi | ![]() |
3. | 1967–73 | A. Hugo T. Theorell | ![]() |
2. | 1961–67 | Severo Ochoa | ![]() ![]() |
1. | 1955–61 | Marcel Florkin | ![]() |
See also
- EC number
- Federation of European Biochemical Societies
- IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry
- Nomenclature
References
- ^ IUBMB: the first half-century. This is the IUBMB History.
- ^ https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bmb.2005.494033032461 IUBMB 50th Anniversary and the history of BAMBED.
- ^ "Adhering Bodies and Associate Adhering Bodies". IUBMB.ORG. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ "Organizations & Special Members". IUBMB.ORG. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ "Fellowship programs". IUBMB.ORG. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ISBN 978-0-12-227164-9.
- ^ "ExplorEnz: Information". www.enzyme-database.org. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ "Enzyme Nomenclature".
- ^ "IUBMB Journal - Wiley Online Library". IUBMB. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ IUBMB Previous Officers. Retrieved 23 February 2020.