Past, Present & Future

Forerunner to the ISICR?

Copyright:Time Magazine

First meeting to discuss the formation of an

International Society focused on Interferon research

Biology of the Interferon System, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 18-22 April, 1983

W.E. Stewart II, 'The Interferon System' Springer Verlag 1980

Bill Stewart

Presidents1983 - William Stewart, II (USA)

1984-85 Edward de Maeyer (France)

1986-87 Ion Gresser (France)

1988-89 Ernest Borden (USA)

1990-91 Ferdinando Dianzani (Italy)

1992-93 Samuel Baron (U.S.A.)

1994-95 Sidney Pestka (U.S.A.)

1996-97 Robert Friedman (U.S.A)

1998-99 Bryan Williams (U.S.A.)

2000-01 Kathryn Zoon (U.S.A.)

2002-03 Keiko Ozato (U.S.A.)

2004-05 Howard Young (U.S.A.)

2006-07 Otto Haller (Germany)

2008-09 Eleanor Fish (Canada)

2010-11 Leonidas Platanias (USA)

2012-13 Chuck Samuel (USA)

1983 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2000 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands***

1984 - Heidelberg, West Germany 2001 - Cleveland, Ohio

1985 - Clearwater Beach, Florida 2002 - Torino, Italy***

1986 - Helsinki, Finland 2003 - Cairns, Australia

1987 - Washington, D.C. 2004 - San Juan, Puerto Rico***

1988 - Kyoto, Japan 2005 - Shanghai, China

1989 - Florence, Italy 2006 - Vienna, Austria***

1990 - San Francisco, California 2007- Oxford, UK

1991 - Nice, France 2008- Montreal, Canada***

1992 - Toronto, Canada 2009- Lisbon, Portugal***

1993 - Tokyo, Japan 2010- Chicago, Illinois***

1994 - Budapest, Hungary 2011- Florence, Italy***

1995 - Baltimore, Maryland2012- Geneva, Switzerland***

Last joint meeting before the merger

1996 - Geneva, Switzerland***

1997 - San Diego, California

1998 - Jerusalem, Israel***

1999 - Paris, France

Meetings

***Joint with International Cytokine Society (ICS)

Honorary Members1984 - Jean Lindenmann (Switzerland)

Yasuiti Nagano (Japan)+

1985 - Piet DeSomer (Belgium)+

1986 - Gertrude Henle (U.S.A.)

Werner Henle (U.S.A.)+

1988 - Karl Fantes (U.K.)

1989 - Yoshimi Kawade (Japan)

1990 - Norman B. Finter (U.K.)

1991 - Charles Chany (France)

1993 - David Tyrrell (U.K.)

Julius Youngner (U.S.A.)

1994 - Kari Cantell (Finland)

Ferdinando Dianzani (Italy)

1995 - Jaqueline DeMaeyer-Guignard+

(France)

Earle F. Wheelock (U.S.A.)

1996 - Lois Epstein (U.S.A.)

1997 - Gerhard Bodo (Austria)

Ion Gresser (France)

1998 - Samuel Baron (U.S.A.)

Ernest Knight (U.S.A.)

1999- Derek Burke (U.K.)

Edward DeMaeyer (France)+

2000 - Peter Lengyel (U.S.A.)

2001 - Thomas Merigan (U.S.A.)

2002 - Michel Revel (Israel)

2003 - Robert Friedman (U.S.A)

Jan Vilcek (U.S.A.)

2004 - No award given

2005 - Phillip Marcus (U.S.A.)

Kathryn Zoon (U.S.A.)

2005 - Wolfgang Joklik (U.S.A.)

Sidney Pestka (U.S.A.)

2007 - Ian Kerr (U.K.)

George Stark (U.S.A.)

+ Deceased Honorary Members

33 individuals – 10 countries

1989 - Name changed from:

International Society for Interferon

Research

to:

International Society for Interferon &

Cytokine Research

Seymour Milstein

1920-2001

Milstein Awardees

1988- Tadatsugu Taniguchi (Japan)

1989- Michel Aguet (Switzerland)

1990- Ara G. Hovanessian (France)Bryan R. G. Williams (Canada)

1992- Jordan Gutterman (U.S.A.)Hans Strander (Sweden)

1993- Ian Kerr (U.K.)Robert H. Silverman (U.S.A.)

1994- Charles E. Bugg (U.S.A.)Yokio Mitsui (Japan)Tattanahalli L. Nagabhushan (U.S.A.)

1995- Susan E. Krown (U.S.A.) R. Michael Roberts (U.S.A.)

1996- Paula Pitha-Rowe (U.S.A.)Robert D. Schreiber (U.S.A.

1997- James Darnell (U.S.A.)Ian Kerr (U.K.)George Stark (U.S.A.)

1998- Otto Haller (Germany)

1999- Michael Katze (U.S.A)Adi Kimchi (Israel)

2000- John Kirkwood (U.S.A.) Moshe Talpaz (U.S.A.)

2001- Sidney Pestka (U.S.A.)

2002- David Levy (U.S.A.)

Ganes Sen (U.S.A.)

2003- John Hiscott (Canada)

Tom Maniatis (U.S.A.)

2004- Ernest Borden (U.S.A.)Keiko Ozato (U.S.A.)

2005- Nancy Reich (U.S.A.) Menachem Rubinstein/Daniela Novick

(Joint award-Israel)

2006- Michael Gale, Jr. (U.S.A.)

Takashi Fujita (Japan)

2007- Shizuo Akira (Japan)

2008- Giorgio Trinchieri, (U.S.A)

2009- Peter Staheli (Germany); Glen Barber

(U.S.A.)

2010- Eleanor Fish (Canada); Sergei

Kotenko, (U.S.A.)

2011- Doug Hilton (Australia)

2012-Jean-Laurent Casanova (U.S.A.)

43 individuals – 10 countries