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www.abrf.orgwww.abrf.org
An Introduction to the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
www.abrf.org
Email: anthony.yeung@fccc.edu
ABRFA non-profit all-volunteer society since 1986
www.abrf.org What is the ABRF?
ABRF members are from over 300 international core laboratories in academia, government, and industry, in a broad spectrum of biomolecular technologies
The ABRF promotes the research, technology, communication and education of scientists through Research Groups and Committees, Affiliates and Chapters, annual conferences with educational courses, a quarterly journal, a Newsletter, Research Group publications, and Listserves
The ABRF is unique for providing benchmarking studies by its Research Groups and has efficient mechanisms for networking and sharing The annual meeting is a top technology meeting with over 1000 participants The ABRF hosts 2 on-line discussion forums with over 1800 participants: one
focused on scientific, technical and applications topics, the second devoted to administrative and management issues faced by core facility personnel.
ABRF is forming a core facility related VP network to complete the networking
www.abrf.org
Research Groups are unique to ABRF
Activities:
Survey constituents for infrastructure, interests and recommendations
Benchmark reagents, instruments, software, and protocols.
Allows individual cores to benchmark their own performance anonymously
Discuss findings at annual meeting and publish at ABRF web site and in journals
Coordinate studies involving multiple RGs
Posters available on line
Provides contacts for members who seek consultation
Sharing of trusted protocols
Provides the infrastructure to support future research groups: e.g.: Flow, Translational Research, and Drug Screening
www.abrf.orgABRF tools for new Research Groups
• ABRF provide new Research Groups with a web page and Listserves for interactions, and an established institution to enable multi-center scientific collaborations
• Time, space and budget at annual meetings for interactions with colleagues through scientific sessions, workshops, and roundtables
• A conference call account and budget• Access to vendor leaders for support of benchmarking study• Access to core related administrators of various institutions• Access to groups with common interests to solve problems, to
benchmark, and for expensive technologies to get up to speed quickly• Access to a growing list of ABRF global affiliates and Chapters• Indemnity insurance as officers of ABRF• A volunteer career path to recognition and to demonstrate leadership
www.abrf.orgDNA Sequencing Research Group
Benchmark the applications of Next Gen sequencers
2011 Target enrichment Study:
Illumina and Roche/454 methods. Test multiple methods with a control sample of 2Mb continuous region.
2012 ABRF-SEQ Study:
Transcriptome comparison on all available NGS platforms
www.abrf.org ABRF is NetworkingEmail Technology Forum listserv: http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/list.index
“There are no stupid questions”
Free and open to all
Searchable archive with 1700+ participants
www.abrf.org ABRF Committees
ABRF committee service is an excellent means of active contribution by our members and a significant networking opportunity
http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/group.commMenu
Executive Board ABRF Award Affiliates and Chapters Career Development Core Administrators Network - Coordinating Commi
ttee
Corporate Advisory Corporate Relations Education Finance and Investments Membership Nominations Publications Survey Travel Award Web Site
www.abrf.org Core Management
1. Core Administrator Network – Coordinating Committee (CAN-CC) - Formed in 2011 to promote two-way communication of core personnel with their administratorshttp://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/group.show/CoreAdministratorsCommittee.69.htm
2. Email CAN-CC Forum listservhttp://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/list.home/cancc.htm
3. Educational activities at annual meetings
4. ABRF Recommended Guidelines for Authorship on Manuscriptshttp://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/reference/Authorship.htm
5. Research Technologies: Fulfilling the Promise. Angeletti, Bonewald, de Jongh, Niece, Rush and Stults (1999)
FASEB Journal 13:595
www.abrf.org Education
Email Discussion Forum – the listservs
Journal of Biomolecular Techniques
Outreach to students, including at ABRCMS meeting
ABRF 2012 meeting – Mar. 17-20, 2012 - Orlando, FL,
Pre-meeting Courses: e.g.: Protein Purification and MS Metabolomics NextGen DNA Sequencing Core Facility Management
www.abrf.orgAdvisors to the
Executive Board
• Outreach to non-ABRF core facilities• Promote sponsorship of ABRF by academic
institutes• Consultation on future ABRF priorities with
respect to institutions, the nation, and the world
www.abrf.orgOutreach to non-
ABRF core facilities
• Comprehensive Cancer Center CCSG Cores• Academic centers not with a CCSG focus• NIH cores• NIH-funded special programs cores. E.g.:
CTSA, IDeA, NICL• International research centers
www.abrf.orgAcademic Sponsors
support ABRFWe need more academic sponsors
To become a sponsor:
http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/home/sponsors/Academic_Sponsors.htm
www.abrf.org Academic Sponsors
Academic sponsorship supports the missions of ABRF to be creative and confident in strengthening the core economy and the education of its members
Logos of sponsors are displayed throughout the ABRF web site
ABRF provides one to three free membership slots for each sponsor level and guidance to become active in ABRF
ABRF provides the infrastructure to initiate research groups in support of the technology focus the sponsors
www.abrf.orgNetwork of VPs
involved in cores• A new ABRF initiative to complete the networking mechanisms for the personnel,
administrators, VP and Provosts who influence the core facility economy an performance
• The initial panel who will facilitate the growth of the VP network are:
Reginald MillerAssociate Dean for Research ResourcesMount Sinai School of Medicine.
John SullivanVice Chancellor for ResearchUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School
Karl SteinerSenior Associate Provost for Research DevelopmentUniversity of Delaware
John GricoskiVice President of Research AdministrationFox Chase Cancer Center
Alan McClelland, PhDAssociate Vice President, Programs, Infrastructure and PlanningOffice of the Vice President for Translational ResearchMD Anderson Cancer Center
www.abrf.orgABRF Welcomes
Affiliates & Chaptershttp://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/home/affiliates_chapters.htm
NERLSCD
www.abrf.orgMembership
Benefits
Networking, education, research and technology communication
Opportunities for working with the best practitioners of core facility services
Opportunity to benchmark one’s performance with one’s peers
Opportunities to connect with personnel of all levels of the core economy, from technicians to directors to core administrators and VPs of numerous institutions
Connect with colleagues in industry and personal interactions with software, equipment and reagent manufacturers
Establish leadership, partnership and service internationally
www.abrf.orgABRF is active in FASEB Society
• FASEB is recognized as the policy voice of biological and biomedical researchers on policies and government affairs
• Members include 24 scientific societies• Combined membership over 100,000 researchers• ABRF members serve on many FASEB committees• Provides career resources through job/resume
postings, networking, and educational seminars • Promotes minorities in science and student
participation
http://www.faseb.org/Home.aspx
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