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2017Society for In Vitro Biology sivb.org
FOSTERING THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE OFIN VITRO BIOLOGY CELLS, TISSUES AND ORGANS
SIVB ANNUAL REPORT
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
It seems like only yesterday that I beganmy term as President of SIVB—andsuddenly I find this is my last opportunity towrite a short message for the 2017 annualreport. SIVB is a vital part of an ‘evidencebased’ network of science professionals thatcontributes to the body of scientific researchand to the greater good of society. RecentlyI took advantage of an invitation to speak forabout 10 minutes to a church group of ~150individuals about the reality of climatechange, how crop plants were positive inusing CO2 rather than adding carbon andcontributing to global warming. I was askedbecause of my science background and therewas a motion before the body aboutsupporting ‘sustainable energy’ sourcescompared to carbon based energy sources. Iused every second of my allotted time, andI’m pleased to say that the motion garneredover 70% of the votes cast. I like to thinkthat my 40+ years membership in SIVB wasgreat preparation for this speaking challenge.
Science and technology are in the publicdialogue more today than any recent timeperiod in my memory. For example, at leastonce per week our local PBS station has asegment of about 15 minutes devoted to ascientific or engineering subject—completewith statistics and no apology for manywords longer than four letters. Thesesegments demand full attention tounderstand content that is not usuallysynonymous with TV. Similarly, our NPRstation regularly has scientific content ofsubstance and broad interest. Both outletsare great in presenting more than one viewas well, which has elicited several heatedconversations directly to the radio or TV inopposition to the story ‘burning’ my ears.
If forced to use a single word to describethe strategic direction of genetic research itwould be precision—moving towardspecific gene manipulation in which the
target gene is modified either for alteredexpression, correction, or to produce specificcommercial molecules. You have no-doubtseen and heard that our emphasis this year isgene oriented, and genome editing beyondCas9. The program begins with a keynotepresentation by Dr. Rachel Haurwitz,President and CEO of Caribou Bioscienceswho is speaking on “CRISPR GenomeEditing: Hacking the Genome to Transformthe Future of Medicine, Animal Health, andAgriculture,” and daily plenary sessions thatfurther emphasize this focus include:� Commercial applications of genomeediting
� Technology development that’s “beyondCas9”
� Genome editing for Cassava improvement� Ethics and societal implications ofgenome editingThe progress in our more traditional
pursuits including micropropagation,genotype independent transformation in cornusing Cas 9, and 3D animal tissue culturemodels are opening new areas of research aswell. Speaking of molecules—a combinationof genotype independent transformation anddirect modification of ‘waxy’ genes givesrise to more efficient specific amylopectinstarch molecules in corn for industrial use.Similarly, applied genome editing can beused to improve livestock health and well-being. There will be several opportunities forstudents to learn how to prepare and presenttheir science and interact with experiencedmentors during the conference. We’ll alsoget a chance to view new consumer productsincluding reduced-bruising potatoes, moresustainable salmon, and a grass that requiresless maintenance (can’t wait for that one!).In addition, toxicology based on in vitromethods rather than whole animal-basedmethods have been developed to improveefficiency and serve regulatory needs.Examples will be described which make useanimal tissue cultures of pulmonaryreconstructed airway epithelium and smallintestine system-based reconstructedepithelium. And what about Cannabis—it’sa race to see which location(s) in the US andabroad can best adapt basic agronomy withtargeted increases in bioactive medicinal
TABLE OF CONTENTSSecretary’s Report 3Treasurer’s Report 3Business Office Report 3In Vitro Animal CellSciences Section 8Plant Biotechnology Section 9History and Records Committee 11
STANDING COMMITTEESAwards 12Constitution and Bylaws 15Development 15Education 15Long-Range Planning 16Laboratory Materials and Biosafety 17Membership 17Nominating 17Program 18Publications 18Public Policy 21
Representatives of the SIVB 21Treasurer’s Summary Reports 23
Dwight TomesPresident
Eugene ElmorePast President
John HarbellPresident-Elect
Sukhpreet SandhuVice President
Barbara DoonanTreasurer
Harold TrickSecretary
Raleigh was the site of the 2017 In Vitro Biology Meeting.
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SECRETARY’SREPORT
My first two-year term as Secretary ofthe Society is coming to a close and it seemslike I just started. I guess time flies whenyou’re having fun….at least when you’rebusy. One of the primary roles of theSecretary is to provide the minutes of theBoard meetings these can be found onthe Society’s website. Another function ispresiding over the Teller’s Committee for allSociety elections. The 2018–2020 electionshave been completed and the results wereannounced in the January–March 2018issue of the In Vitro Report.
I would like to thank the members of theBoard as well as all of the members of thevarious committees on helping make ourSociety what it is today. I would also like tothank Marietta and the office staff forassistance and patience during my first termand look forward to continue to serve asSecretary for a second term.
Even though the elections are over, thereare still many opportunities to be involvedin the Society. If you would like to volunteernow please contact a board member orcommittee chair. Member participation isthe best way to maintain an active andhealthy Society. I look forward in seeingeveryone at the meeting in St. Louis!
Harold N. Trick, [email protected]
BUSINESSOFFICE REPORT
The Business Office activities focusedon the 2017 In Vitro Biology Meeting, 2018In Vitro Biology Meeting, preparations forthe 2019 Meeting and 2020 WorldCongress, publications, and membership.
2017 IN VITRO BIOLOGYMEETING
The 2017 In Vitro Biology Meeting washeld June 10–14, 2017 at the RaleighConvention Center and Raleigh MarriottCity Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.Plans for this meeting started in 2015. Thisyear’s meeting highlighted a Keynotepresentation by Anthony Atala, MD,Director and Chairman of the Wake ForestInstitute for Regenerative Medicine, and theW. Boyce Professor and Chair of Urologyat Wake Forest University, who spoke about“Regenerative Medicine: Current Conceptsand Changing Trends.” After the Keynotepresentation, the 2017 Lifetime AchievementAwards were presented to Gregory C.Phillips, PhD, and J. Denry Sato, DPhil,PhD, in honor of their years of exemplaryresearch. Also, during the OpeningCeremony, SIVB President, Dwight T.Tomes, PhD, presented DistinguishedService Awards to Vadim Beilinson, PhD;
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TREASURER’SREPORT
2017 closed in a positive financialposition for our society. Again this wasachieved predominantly through ourjournals – In Vitro – Animal and In Vitro –Plant. Additional revenue streams areneeded in order to increase and maintain afirm financial base for the society. Theconstant attention toward cost cutting madeby the New Beginnings Management staffand the diligence of our Officers, BoardMembers, Committee Chairs andCommittee Members continue to be criticalfactors. Our investments, held at MorganStanley Smith Barney, have remained stablein spite of the sometimes tumultuous ups anddowns of the financial markets, and we arecurrently working closely with our advisorto identify an approach to investment ofcurrently banked funds with potential forincreased revenue.
However, as per statements made andrepeated in recent reports from this office,identifying and obtaining the resourcesneeded to keep us a healthy and growingsociety has proved to be a major challenge,not only for us but for the advancement ofscience overall. Two major efforts must beaddressed by every member of the SIVB, notjust by those on specific committees,increasing membership and fundraising.With respect to increasing membership, wemust work ever more diligently in seekingnew members and in bringing formermembers back into the fold. Creativeapproaches to gaining and increasing thenumber of donors to provide funding supportfor our society and its goals were initiatedover the past year and have shown somelevel of success, providing support for theannual meeting. In 2017 an initiative waslaunched presenting the opportunity foremeritus members to continue showing theirlove and support for the society and its futurethrough estate planning.
We are a unique society, with membersfrom a broad range of disciplines who careand believe in the importance of our role inthe future of in vitro biology. Let us thereforedo all we can to ensure that future!
components that provide documentedingredients. Seems a little hard to imaginehow critical these bioactive compounds arebecoming and in a way that significantlyreduces dependency risks compared to otherdrug choices.
I also take this opportunity to thankMarietta, fellow board members, and otherswho have been so gracious in providingadvice, answering questions and willing toshare their ‘best ideas’ during my tenure.And one last thought—each and every oneof us is ‘called’ to recruit new members whocan profit from the SIVB advantages ofaccessibility, the best science, meeting newfriends, and renewing acquaintances. I’ll seeyou in St. Louis!
Dwight T. Tomes, [email protected]
Incoming President John Harbell enjoyslearning about the dinosaurs during the 2017Tuesday night special event.
The Treasurer’s Summary Report can befound at the end of this Annual Report
Barbara B. DoonanTreasurer
appreciate all of their efforts on behalf of theSIVB. We couldn’t have done it withoutyour help.
2018 IN VITRO BIOLOGYMEETING
The upcoming 2018 In Vitro BiologyMeeting will be held from June 2 – 6, 2018at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Archin St. Louis, Missouri. Plans for thismeeting began in 2016. In 2017, theBusiness Office began work with theProgram Committee to organize thescientific sessions and determine theKeynote Speaker. They also worked withthe Local Organizing Committee to makearrangements for the special eventshappening during the meeting. The 2018Meeting will highlight a keynotepresentation by Rachel Haurwitz, Presidentand CEO of Caribou BioSciences. She willbe presenting a talk on “CRISPR GenomeEditing: Hacking the Genome to Transformthe Future of Medicine, Animal Health, andAgriculture.” There will also bepresentations of the Lifetime AchievementAwards to John J. Finer, PhD, and SandraL. Schneider, PhD. At the PlantBiotechnology Section Meeting, FredyAltpeter, PhD, and Randall P. Niedz,PhD will receive the SIVB Fellow Award;J. Pon Samuel, PhD, will receive theDistinguished Scientist Award; and EstherE. Uchendu, PhD, will receive the YoungScientist Award. In addition, there will beDistinguished Service Awards, studentawards, student competitions and morepresented at the meeting.
The 2018 Meet Me in St. Louis SilentAuction will begin during the WelcomeReception on Saturday, June 2 and will endon Tuesday morning, June 5, 2018.Attendees will also be invited to enjoy anEvening at the Anheuser Busch Grant’sFarm on Tuesday, June 5 and one of twospecially-created Wednesday afternoonscientific tours: the R&D Innovation Tourvisiting MilliporeSigma and the “Heart ofBiotechnology Tour” visiting DonaldDanforth Plant Science Center, KWSGateway Research Center, St. LouisCommunity College BRDG campus, andMonsanto Company’s Chesterfield Campus.
exhibitors themselves, a virtual registrationbag including pdfs all of the items SIVBprepared for the registration bag, separatequick reference pages to all the posters andall the non-scientific events, and “MyNetworking Connections” which provideda QR code to allow participants to connectdirectly through the app.
At the 2017 In Vitro Biology Meeting,the final number of registrants reached 398.There were 131 members, 20 groupregistrants, 11 non-members, 17 researchtechnicians, 17 post docs, 89 student, 5 one-day, 12 two-day, 2 emeritus, 4 guests, 11volunteer and 59 speaker registrants. Therewere also 2 staff registrants and 18exhibitors. Positive circumstances that canbe sited in having contributed to 2017attendance numbers include SIVB’s solidpresence in North Carolina due to thesignificant biotech community in whichSIVB was able to reach, active solicitationof speakers from local universities by theProgram Committee, our Local OrganizingCommittee’s reaching out to local scientiststhat may have not heard of us, accessibilityto Group Registration Rates, and workingwith the NC Biotechnology Center whoincluded us on their calendar of events.
Vivian R. Dayeh, PhD; Michael J. Fay,PhD; Theodore M. Klein, PhD; Sergei F.Krasnyanski, PhD; Qiudeng Que; J. PonSamuel, PhD; and Mary E. Welter fortheir support of the Society and its activities.During the Plant Biotechnology SectionMeeting, the 2017 Distinguished ScientistAward was presented to Allan R. Wenck,PhD; the 2017 Fellow Award was presentedto Kan Wang, PhD, and the 2017 YoungScientist Award was presented toSukhpreet Sandhu, PhD. During the InVitro Animal Cell Sciences (IVACS) SectionMeeting, the 2017 Fellow Award waspresented to Miho Kusuda Furue, PhD.
This meeting began on Saturday, June 10with an all-day workshop, “Grow with theFlow: Expand Your Applications inBiological Research with Flow Cytometry”which provided both lectures and hands-ondemonstrations to both animal- and plant-focused researchers.
Special events held at the meetingincluded Tuesday evening’s Night at theMuseum at the North Carolina Museum ofScience; Wednesday Scientific tours: a tourof the Research Triangle Park and a NorthCarolina State University tour “AnAfternoon in the Trees”; and the City ofOaks Silent Auction. Both of Wednesday’stours were exceptionally well attended. TheIVACS and PBS Oral PresentationCompetitions were held along with astudent poster competition. As a last minutesurprise, SIVB was able to arrange for aprivate screening of the documentary “FoodEvolution” before it had been released to thepublic. This was shown on Monday nightafter the Joint Sections Social.
The Meeting’s mobile app wasconfigured to include information on theprogram, abstracts, bios and pictures of thepresenters, exhibitors, contributors, a“Happening Now” button, programinformation, a map of the hotel, a way toupload social media and send messages toother attendees, a meeting survey, and theability to review and take notes on uploadedpresentations. New functionality this yearincluded an updated Program-at-a-glance(including social as well as scientific eventsat the meeting), more detailed logos andexpanded descriptions provided by the
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SIVB members explore science exhibits at theNorth Carolina Museum of Science.
In addition, the SIVB Business Officeprepared a grant on behalf of the Societywith the North Carolina BiotechnologyCenter which was approved. These fundsassisted in supporting the 2017 Meetingprogram and Student Initiative.
The Business Office offers a special thankyou to the volunteers who offered theirassistance during the 2017 In Vitro BiologyMeeting, many of them working additionalhours above what was required. We greatly
Meeting. We are looking to expand thisprogram further and this year contributorswill have the opportunity to personallymentor a student attendee at the meeting.
The Business Office met with the LocalOrganizing Committee participating duringvarious conference calls and assisted thecommittee in coordinating the preparationand dissemination of numerousadvertisements to universities andorganizations surrounding St. Louis and innearby states. The Office also sent directcorrespondence to companies who hadstrong potential interest in the organizationwith details on sponsoring, exhibiting andattending the meeting, as requested.
The Office also reviewed the abstractsubmission process and worked with themeeting’s mobile app company to adjust theprocess to include a new step for all studentauthors where they are required to have theirsubmissions approved by their supervisor orprofessor to alleviate any concerns of workbeing submitted without the co-author’sknowledge or permission.
In addition, the Business Office workedwith Valerie Pence on the first steps inestablishing a new Student Award to beoffered beginning in 2018, the ExceptionalPlant Research Award, which providestravel funds for up to two students to attendthe Annual Meeting of the SIVB in theamount of $500 each, to present their invitro research benefitting the long-termconservation of one or more non-agricultural, endangered exceptionalspecies. This award will be availablethrough 2020’s World Congress.
Saturday, we are offering a specialfollow up workshop to last year’s successfulSaturday Flow Cytometry workshopentitled “Go with the Flow: Flow Cytometryfor Genome Sizing, Editing, and RNATargeting.” This year’s session will focus onvarious topics for targeting and gene editingwith plant specific applications and requiresseparate advance registration to participate.
SIVB has been offering its StudentInitiative Program since 2003 and we arehappy to celebrate its success over the last15 years. This year, the initiative providesfree registration to all student attendees whosubmit an abstract at the 2018 meeting andfree student 2019 student membership tothose who attend the 2018 meeting. TheStudent Committee has organized a StudentWorkshop on “Publishing Academic Work:Unmasking Predatory Journals,” aNetworking Luncheon on “EmployerEngagement,” and a Non-competitive OralPresentation Symposium during themeeting to encourage growth andparticipation of student members, bothgraduate and undergrad. Both the IVACSand the Plant Biotechnology sections willoffer Oral Presentation Competitions forstudents and Post Docs. The IVACS sectionwill hold a joint Post Doc/Studentcompetition and the PBS section willpresent separate Student and Post Doccompetitions. SIVB will also offer theSponsor-a-Buddy program where for only$25, members and attendees of the AnnualMeeting can help support the StudentInitiative for the meeting. Contributors tothe Sponsor-a-Buddy-program will beacknowledged at the 2018 In Vitro Biology
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2019 AND 2020 IN VITROBIOLOGY MEETINGS
In 2017, the Business Office worked withthe SIVB Board of Directors to finalize thecontracts for the 2019 In Vitro BiologyMeeting. Next year’s annual meeting will beheld in Tampa, Florida from June 8–12,2019 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hoteland Marina. The SIVB has been indiscussion on locations for the 2020 WorldCongress on In Vitro Biology and expect tofinalize contracting in 2018.
At the welcome reception of the 2017 Meeting, attendees used the opportunity to learn about newresearch while catching up with colleagues.
MEMBERSHIP2017 Membership numbers increased this
year by 6.12% for overall membership and6% for Regular members. Membershipinitiatives included the extension of theMember-get-a-Member campaign and aspecial drawing for members who renewedby December 31st, 2017. The 2018 contestwinners will be drawn during the 2018 SIVBBusiness Meeting this June and prizesinclude one–year of free membership in theSIVB and free registration to the 2019 InVitro Biology Meeting in Tampa, Florida.The Business Office worked to encourage2017 and 2018 membership renewals byincluding monthly notices distributedthrough both email and regular mail.
The Business Office regrets to inform themembership that we learned of the passingof the following members in 2017: Chen HoChen and Gordon H. Sato.
SIVB provides the member benefits offree job postings and discounted resumepurchase opportunities through our CareerCenter job bank. These job listings are linkedto our Facebook page providing highervisibility for your positions. Don’t forget tocheck it out under “Employment” on theSIVB website.
The Plant journal has worked to addressduplicate submissions including submissionof the exact same article to both the IAPBand SIVB paper flows of the plant journal.While Springer cannot provide us with awatch list of authors, the Editors have takensteps to help protect the reputation of theSIVB and our journals.
The Business Office has also workedwith Springer and the PublicationsCommittee in updating the look andformatting of articles published in ourjournals. The goal is to allow ourpublications to be as modern and readableas possible in today’s market. This year’schanges included replacing the paper stockfor our print issues and approvingSpringer’s new “Large layout format”which provides a different, but clean headerfont throughout the published articlesamong other changes. This new format hasbegun to show up in both journals for 2018.
Based on a request from the MembershipCommittee and Board of Directors, thePublications Committee has been reviewinga potential survey to track our members’usage of the journals between print vsonline access to the content as compared toprior survey data which was prepared andrevised by the Business Office. This processwill be ongoing in 2018.
In Vitro – Animal’s flow of submissionsbegan to slow down in 2017 after theexceptional influx of papers received in2015 and 2016. Even with a rise to ourrejection rate, all issues were able to publishat or above their new higher page budget perissue from the new Springer contract. The2016 impact factor dropped to .897. This islikely due to the higher number of paperspublished in the last 2 years that had one orno citations. To address this drop, Editor-in-Chief, Tetsuji Okamoto, worked with theorganizers of the 14th InternationalConference on Invertebrate and Fish CellCulture to gather submissions for a specialsection published in the May issue entitled“Current Topics on Invertebrate and FishCell Culture.” This section included 4special papers. In addition, SIVB workedwith a number of our senior members whowere creating a manual on “Best Practices”in tissue culture to publish their work in theIn Vitro – Animal journal. The premise of
SIVB also offers a number of ways tosupport the organization. In 2017, theBusiness Office worked with the Board ofDirectors offering the opportunity foremeritus members to bequeath charitablegifts and/or estate contributions to theSociety through Qualified CharitableDistribution (QCD). Should you beinterested in participating in this opportunity,please contact me at [email protected]. You canalso make an individual contribution tosupport the next generation of scientists byvisiting www.sivb.org, clicking on the“Donation” button at the bottom of the page,and choosing to contribute to one ofavailable student and Post Doc funds.
SIVB’s committee activity has increasedas the desire to secure the Society’s healthhas grown. The Business Office endeavoredto assist the Committees in fulfilling bothrequests from the Board and action itemsfrom within the committees themselves Inaddition to other activities listed, theyworked with the Finance Committee inpreparing and distributing correspondenceto Emeritus members to encourage them tocontribute to the organization; the Programand Local Organizing Committees inbuilding press releases to expand theoutreach of the meeting; the NominatingCommittee in reaching out to potentialcandidates, collecting biographies andplatform statements from candidates,preparing the online ballot, anddisseminating the ballots for the 2018 –2020 Officers and Committee Chairselections, and following up with variousCommittees on other action items requiringtheir attention.
The Business Office worked with JohnHarbell and Brad Upham coordinatingSIVB’s participation in the Society forToxicology’s 57th Annual Meeting andToxExpo which ran from March 12–14,2018 at the Henry B. Gonzales ConventionCenter in San Antonio, Texas. In 2017, theBusiness Office was instrumental inresearching the exhibit requirements,helping prepare the SIVB’s exhibit,coordinating with the exposition servicescompany and the Society for Toxicology;organizing and preparing flyers andhandouts; budgeting for the event. Final
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preparations were completed in 2018. It ishoped that SIVB may gain some additionalmembers, meeting attendees and exhibitorsfrom the ToxExpo participants at theconclusion of their meeting.
PUBLICATIONSThe Business Office’s Publications
Department’s supports the SIVB’s print andonline publications and maintains andsupports the SIVB Website.
The Publications Committee andEditorial Offices continue to work withSpringer in updating the journals to beanalagous with similar journals in theirrespective fields. In 2017, SIVB’s journalstook additional steps to work towardprotecting our publications fromplagiarism and encouraging proper ethicalbehavior. SIVB’s Publications Committeehad reviewed new ethical compliancerequirements recommended by Springer and,in 2017, revised the instructions forauthors based on the needs of each journal’scontent. In addition, the In Vitro – Animal’sinstructions were updated to provide a linkto ICLAC’s Database of Cross-contaminatedor Misidentified Cell lines. Both journalsoffer manuscript processing throughEditorial Manager, which is updated as theindustry’s requirements change. In 2017, wehave added a new submission questionaddressing submission of copyright transferforms to the In Vitro – Animal journal.
Both journals continue to use Ithenticateto try to prevent the publication ofplagiarized materials or duplicate publicationof articles. The Animal journal limitsmanuscripts they will review to those thathave an Ithenticate score of 40% or lower.
SIVB welcomes both members and prospectivemembers to join us at our annual meeting.
(@SIVBiology), please do so. We providequick and timely reminders about upcomingdeadlines, member benefits, and otherinformation of interest to membersthroughout the year. Also, you can let peopleknow more about SIVB just by sharing posts!Use our name and hashtags at the beginningof your relevant posts: @SIVBiology for theorganization, #SIVBiology2018 for the 2018In Vitro Biology Meeting; #SIVBIVAN forIn Vitro – Animal, and #SIVBIVPL for InVitro – Plant).
New Beginnings Management, Inc.(NBM) runs the Business Office for theSIVB and manages the daily operations ofthe organization. The staff of NBM consistsof Michele Schultz and myself. We greatlyappreciate the efforts of all those whovolunteer their time on behalf of the SIVBwith a special thanks to the ExecutiveCommittee, Board of Directors, CommitteeChairs and Section Officers whose work sohard helping support the goals of theorganization and its long term health. We areappreciative of your encouragement andsupport of NBM for the effort we put forthon behalf of the Society. We look forward tomany more years working on behalf ofSIVB as it continues to grow in the future.
The Business Office welcomes yourthoughts and ideas on ways to expand ourmembership and grow the Society for inVitro Biology as an organization. Pleasecontact me directly by sending yoursuggestions to [email protected].
Marietta Wheaton SaundersSIVB Managing Director
and career to your fellow members, such asjob transitions, new publications, births,marriages, or other information you thinkwould be of interest to your colleagues.Send your news along with a jpg picture ofyourself to the Editors, Michael Fay andSylvia Mitchell. In addition to the MemberNews, issues contain special articles aboutindividual members under the MembershipProfiles, Membership Matters, and newmember announcements. Special Editor’sCorner articles are published by the SIVBEditors-in-Chief to share information aboutcurrent publication issues of interest. This isyour publication; therefore, the Report canonly be useful to you as a member, if youcontribute. Reach out if you have news,article suggestions or information to sharewith either of the Co-Editors-in-Chief,Michael Fay or Sylvia Mitchell. News canalso be forwarded to [email protected].
The SIVB continues to look at ways toupdate the functionality of our website tokeep our organization accessible to a modernaudience, in addition to the meeting programand informational updates that are processedthroughout the year. Social media hasbecome an essential mechanism to shareSIVB’s message and the Business Officeuses many methods to reach out to ourmembers including broadcast emails andFacebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter posts. Byposting similar information to these threeoutlets, SIVB has allowed our members tokeep up with SIVB deadlines and importantinformation without limitations due toaccessibility to certain websites while atwork. If you haven’t friended us onFacebook, joined the SIVB group onLinkedIn, or started following us on Twitter
these articles was to get to the nitty grittythat these experienced scientists talk aboutamongst themselves when doing tissueculture, but have not written downanywhere. The articles covered how oneshould handle a cell line from its receiptthrough the publication of data. These 8articles were published in the Septemberthrough November/December issues of thejournal. They have been highlighted in theIn Vitro Report Journal Highlights andspecial feature article. We encourage ourmembers to read this content to see howtheir techniques could apply to your work.Dr. Okamoto also encourages activeparticipation from the Associate Editors andmembers of the Society to publish in ourjournal as well as looking for suggestionsfor new special issues.
In Vitro – Plant journal’s impact factordropped slightly to 1.024 in 2016. Editor-in-Chief, David Duncan had been workinghard to identify ways to increase thejournal’s flow of quality papers to the SIVBportion of the Plant journal and began toshow success in meeting our page budget inthe second half of 2017. The journalpublished a Cryobiology special issue inJuly–August and is currently acceptingpapers for a Medicinal Plants issue with adeadline for submissions in 2018. It is hopedthat the Medicinal Plants issue may also helpour journal’s viability to apply for inclusionin PubMed, which has been a goal of the InVitro – Plant Editorial Board for a numberof years. In addition, SIVB has gotten theapproval to replace the standard cover imageon the In Vitro – Plant hard copy issuecovers when the Editor-in-Chief finds aparticularly interesting image submittedfrom an accepted article in that issue.
We encourage our new and seniormembers to submit papers wheneverpossible to support the SIVB publicationsand share your research directly with yourfellow members.
The In Vitro Report publishes onlineissues quarterly and includes informationpertinent to and from our members. Weencourage everyone to take an active role inthis publication, especially in the SciNewsand Explants sections of each issue, bysharing their personal news. Use thisopportunity to provide updates on your life
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While science is key, fellowship and camaraderie are also important aspects of the SIVB.
competition were judged by Addy Alt-Holland, Mae Ciancio, Justin Colacino,Michael Dame,Barbara Doonan,MichaelFay, John Harbell, Kolla Kristjansdottir,and Brad Upham. Robert Garcia(Midwestern University) received 1st placefor Enhanced Directional Axon Outgrowth ofPeripheral Nerve Fibers Using SubmicronTopographic Cues and Live Cell Imaging;Sarah J. Poynter (University of Waterloo)received 2nd place for Scavenging forBacteria: Identification and Characterizationof Rainbow Trout MARCO; and Shawn J.Waller (University of North Carolina)received 3rd place for CharacterizingFunctional Differences in Sea AnemoneHsp70 Isoforms Using Budding Yeast.
The IVACS Annual Business Meeting,held June 12, 2017 at the In Vitro BiologyMeeting, Raleigh Conference Center. Themeeting started with the recognition of theIVACS elected officers for 2016/2018 term.� Michael K. Dame – Chair� Joshua Z. Gasiorowski – Vice ChairMeeting Program
� Kolla Kristjansdottir – Vice ChairMembership
� Stephanie DeWitte-Orr – Secretary� Brad L. Upham – Fundraising Officer
IVACS recognized the leadership anddedication of the Board of Directors: � Dwight T. Tomes – President� John W. Harbell – President Elect� Sukhpreet Sandhu – Vice President� Eugene Elmore – Past President� Harold Trick – Secretary� Michael J. Fay – Publications Chair� Thomas J. Flynn – Public Policy Chair� Fredy Altpeter, John J. Finer, J DenrySato, Brad Upham – Members-at-largeWe also recognized and thanked all of
the IVACS members who helped to raisefunds for the 2017 SIVB In Vitro BiologyMeeting. We sincerely thanked thefollowing sponsors for their generousfinancial support. IVACS members – let’smatch their example and effort where wecan to build our program and future!� ATCC� Barbara Doonan� Beckman Coulter� Michael J. Fay� JHarbell Consulting LLC
Dr. Anthony Atala, Director of the WakeForest Institute for Regenerative Medicine,delivered a remarkable Keynote Address,Regenerative Medicine: Current Conceptsand Changing Trends. He captivated theaudience with his work in organ and tissuetransplantation driven by recent advance invitro biology and bioengineering.
The meeting commenced with a Saturdayworkshop conducted by Beckman Coulterexperts, Grow with the Flow: Expand YourApplications in Biological Research withFlow Cytometry. Meeting presentation topicsincluded: Innovative Advances in FlowCytometry and Cell Sorting for Plant &Mammalian Cells; From Single Cell Analysisto Multiplexed Screening Assays of CellCultures; Cell Culture Systems forAgricultural and Environmental Research;Microbiome Challenges to Scale Production;In Vitro and Silico Databases and Analysis;Scaffolds from Plants and Animals forHuman Tissue Engineering; Microfluidicsfor Applied Biology; Exosomes/Secretomes;and Natural Products and Biologics. In all,there were 17 IVACS symposiumpresentations and 4 plenary presentations.IVACS Contributed Papers broke out into 3sessions to make room for 10 presentations.Other posters included 5 interactive posters,23 posters, and 6 silent abstracts.
Students are an important component ofthe SIVB meetings. They presented anenjoyable and vigorous interactive eveningsymposium, Persuasive Presentations: Tipsand Techniques for Public Speaking; anetworking luncheon, Creating WinningResumes and CV, a Student Affairs; an AdHoc Student Committees Breakfast; and anon-competitive student oral presentationsession. Student and postdoctoral IVACS oral
IN VITROANIMALCELL SCIENCES
The 2017 In Vitro Biology Meeting,held June 10–14 in Raleigh, NorthCarolina, was an resounding success,thanks to the diligent efforts of the ProgramCommittees, Local Organizing Committee(LOC) and the SIVB Business Office:Addy Alt-Holland (Program Chair; TuftsUniversity), Joshua Gasiorowski (IVACSProgram Chair; Midwestern University),Pon Samuel (PBS Program Chair; DowAgroSciences), Sadanand Dhekney (PBSSr. Co-Chair; University of Wyoming),Pierluigi Barone (PBS Jr. Co-Chair; DowAgroSciences), Albert Kausch (EducationChair; University of Rhode Island), ElenaArthur (IVACS Student Co-Chair; NorthCarolina Central University), WhitneyHarchenko (PBS Student Co-Chair;Montana State University), Allan Wenck(LOC Chair; Bayer CropScience), MariettaWheaton Saunders (Meeting Secretariat andManaging Director for Society for In VitroBiology; New Beginnings Management),and Michele Schultz (Publications Managerfor In Vitro-Animal and In Vitro-Plant;New Beginnings Management). The LocalOrganizing Committee included JeffreyAdelberg (Clemson University), Addy Alt-Holland (Tufts University), Elena Arthur(North Carolina Central University),Christopher Bagley (Bayer CropScience),Vadim Beilinson (AgBiome), Ming Cheng(BASF Corporation), Yinghui Dan(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and StateUniversity), Thomas Gurganus (BASFCorporation), Sergei Krasnyanski (NorthCarolina State University), John Lehman(East Carolina University), Baochun Li(Bayer CropScience), Hong Luo (ClemsonUniversity), Samson Prabhakar Nalapalli,Yufuko Nishimura (Bayer CropScience),Yongqing Niu (Bayer CropScience),Qiudeng Que (Syngenta Crop Protection),Weiming Wang (ArborGen), and MargaretYoung (Elizabeth City State University).Over eighty IVACS members attended themeeting, representing a unique cross-section of universities and industries, bothlocal to the meeting venue and from aroundthe world.
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The IVACS Section Chair, Michael K. Dame (L),greets attendees at the Welcome Reception.
Foaziatu Bukari (PBS Student Co-Chair),Marietta Wheaton Saunders (MeetingSecretariat), and the Local OrganizingCommittee, Charles L. Armstrong, PieroBarone,Mike Boyer, Brad Castanho, RajDeepika Chauhan,Kevin Cook, JeanLayton,Mary Ann Saltarikos, SukhpreetSandhu,Vladimir Sidorov,David Stanley,Shubha Subbarao, Nigel J. Taylor, VeenaVeena, Dannette Ward, Ningning Zhang,and Zhanyuan J. Zhang.
2018–2020 IVACS officers. We wouldlike to welcome and thank the upcomingIVACS officers for their continueddedication and service to SIVB: KollaKristjansdottir (Midwestern University)for Chair, Mae J. Ciancio (MidwesternUniversity) for Vice-chair Meeting Program,Andrew W. Truman (University of NorthCarolina) for Vice-chair Membership, andMatthew Desrosiers (Worcester PolytechnicInstitute) for Secretary. In the same spirit,IVACS would like to sincerely thankMarietta Wheaton Saunders (ManagingDirector), Michele Schultz (PublicationsManager), and the entire staff of NewBeginnings Management for their constantwork to execute the daily functions of SIVBand to make possible our annual meetings.
Future role of IVACS. The 2017Keynote speaker,Anthony Atala, eloquentlyshowed the vital role of continually emergingin vitro discoveries. His presentation trulyexemplified the translational importance ofthe cutting edge synergy between in vitrobiology, material science and bioengineering.Robert Whitehead (now at VanderbiltUniversity) published in the IVACS flagshipjournal, In Vitro Cellular & DevelopmentalBiology, in 1987 a method to isolateindividual crypts from human colon mucosato culture in a three-dimensional collagengel. Recently this technique laid the groundwork for the organoid culture model, whichitself was named the 2017 Method of theYear (Nat. Methods). The In Vitro AnimalScience Section is ideally positioned to serveas a platform to engage the scientificcommunity with this exciting attention on thefield of in vitro biology.
Michael K. DameIn Vitro Animal Cell Sciences
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One IVACS member, J. Denry Sato, washonored with Lifetime Achievement Awardfor his years of exemplary research,achievements, and pioneering contributionsto the field of cell culture. We thanked theAmerican Type Culture Collection (ATCC)for their special contributions to this award.
Two IVACS members were presentedwith the Distinguished Service Award,Vivian Dayeh and Michael Fay. Studentawards were recognized: The 2017 SIVBCellular Toxicology Award to MattDesrosiers (Worcester Polytechnic Institute);the Joseph F. Morgan and Student TravelAward to Matthew Guerriero (Universityof Guelph); the Wilton R. Earle and StudentTravel Award to Sarah Poynter (Universityof Waterloo); and Student Travel Awards toShannee Herrington-Krause (WilfridLaurier University) and Amanda Youssef(Midwestern University).
IVACS should recognize another specialevent for 2017. The Intel InternationalScience and Engineering Fair (July2016–July 2017; see In Vitro Report Issue51.3) is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, providing aforum for more than 1,500 high schoolstudents from over 40 countries to showcasetheir independent research. Over 100students received SIVB certificates andletters of recognition for projects related tothe areas of in vitro biology. At the NorthCentral State Science & Engineering FairGregory Johnson (Burnsville, Minnesota)was awarded Best Exhibit from SIVB wasfor The Potential Antimicrobial Capabilitiesof Common Home Remedies.
The 2018 SIVB In Vitro BiologyMeeting, returns to St. Louis, Missouri onJune 2–6. We anticipate an outstandingprogram due to the efforts of the meetingleadership and session conveners; David D.Songstad (Program Chair), JoshuaGasiorowski (IVACS Program Chair),Sadanand Dhekney (PBS Program Chair),Piero Barone (PBS Sr. Co-Chair), RajDeepika Chauhan, (PBS Jr. Co-Chair),Albert Kausch (Education Chair), TristenD. Wright (IVACS Student Co-Chair),
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PLANTBIOTECHNOLOGY
The 2017 In Vitro Biology was heldfrom June 10th–14th at the RaleighConvention Center located in Raleigh, NC.The Keynote speaker Anthony Atala (WakeForest Institute) provided an engagingcutting edge talk titled “RegenerativeMedicine: Current Concepts and ChangingTrends”. Following the joint sections’ socialon Monday was a special pre-screeningpresentation of “Food Evolution,” adocumentary from the Academy Award®-nominated director Scott HamiltonKennedy that is narrated by the sciencecommunicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. Thefilm’s focus was to separate the publicityfrom the science in the polarized debate thatis incited by gross misperceptionsurrounding GMOs and food.
Prior to the start of the conference an allday workshop titled “Grow with the Flow:Expand Your Applications in BiologicalResearch with Flow Cytometry” sponsoredby Beckman Coulter was well attended.Pon Samuel was the moderator of theworkshop that included demonstrations andpresentations by Sarah Schuett (NCSU),Dharlene Tundo (Vitaquest) and EmilyWear (NCSU).
The 2017 Plant Biotech Section ProgramPlanning Committee did an excellent job inproviding a diverse and cutting edgeprogram. The committee was lead by PonSamuel (Program Chair), SadanandDhekney (Sr. Co-Chair) and Piero Barone(Jr. Co-Chair). Plenary Symposia included‘Innovative Advances in Flow Cytometryand Cell Sorting for Plant and MammalianCells’, ‘Microbiome Challenges to ScaleProduction’ ‘Scaffolds from Plants andSynthetic Materials for Human TissueEngineering’ and ‘Natural Products andBiologics’. There was a total of nine Plantsymposia included such diverse topics suchas ‘ Cannabis: Past, Present and Future’,‘Biosafety Best Practices for GMOs andRegulatory Challenges with GenomeEditing’, Regulatory Protocols forTransgenic Crops-Assessing Pollen-Mediated Transgene Flow in Annual andPerennial Crops’, ‘Practical Media
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Despite a reduction in the number ofagricultural biotechnology companies thathistorically have supported the plant section ofSIVB, fund raising efforts were successful ingenerating $44,001 for the SIVB PlantActivity Fund (an increase over last year).Companies donating to the Plant ActivityFund include the old standbys and several newand up and coming companies. Companies tobe recognized include AgBiome, Agristarts,Ball Horticultural Company, BayerCropSciences, Bayer Vegetable Seed, CanopyGrowth Corp., Corteva, Cotton Incorporated,Council of Biotechnology Information,Dow Agrosciences, Duarte Dry CreekLabs, Dupont Pioneer, Meristematic Inc.,Monsanto, Precision Biosciences, Syngentaand The Scotts Miracle Grow Co. A grantfrom the USDA-Biotechnology RiskAssessment Grant Program (BRAG)provided an additional $12,300 (submittedby Sadanand Dhekney). Also, individualdonations continue to provide much neededfinancial support to the society. A total of$92,201 in funds was secured through fundraising for all SIVB funds and activities.
As the journal In Vitro – Plant generates asignificant source of revenue for the society,I would strongly encourage all PlantBiotechnology section members to considersubmitting manuscripts for publication. DaveDuncan is the current Editor and iswelcoming new manuscripts to review. Forthose wishing to share personal achievementswith the society, Sylvia Mitchell is lookingfor input for the In Vitro Report Explants.
The 2018 In Vitro Biology Meeting willbe held June 2nd through June 6th in St.Louis, MO at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis atthe Arch. The 2018 Plant BiotechnologySection Program Planning committeeconsists of Sadanand Dhekney (ProgramChair), Piero Barone (Sr. Co-Chair) and RajDeepika Chauhan (Jr. Co-Chair). The fourplenaries will focus on genome editing, aswill many of the plant plenaries. Plantplenary topics are as diverse as ‘CannabisGenomics’ to ‘GLP for High-ThroughputPlant Production Systems’. We will befortunate to hear the latest on CRISPRtechnology from Rachel Haurwitz (CaribouBioSciences) as she will highlight some ofthe cutting-edge areas of research andproduct development for CRISPR in ex vivocell therapies and livestock breeding.
In addition another flow cytometryworkshop scheduled for June 2nd willprovide opportunities for attendees to learnabout state of the art techniques on flowcytometry for gene editing and RNAtargeting purposes. Beckman Coulter is thecorporate sponsor for this workshop. Theworkshop should provide for ampleopportunities for intellectual interactionwith your fellow scientists around the use offlow cytometry.
It takes a huge commitment and lots ofvolunteer hours to put together a scientificprogram that is diverse and innovative for themeetings each year. There’s not enough spaceto describe the commitment and dedicationI’ve witnessed by the PBS program planningcommittee members that I’ve had thepleasure to work with the last two years. Ipersonally would like to provide a specialthanks to Pon Samuel (2017 PBS Chair),Sadanand Dhekney (2017 PBS Sr. Co-Chair/2018 PBS Chair), Pierluigi (Piero)Barone (2017 Jr. Co-Chair/ 2018 Sr. Co-Chair, and Raj Deepika Chauhan (2018 Jr.Co-Chair) for all their hard work to providesuch a diverse and engaging meetings.
There will be a new slate of officerstaking over at the 2018 meeting. RandallNiedz will be the new PBS Section Chair,Jeff Beringer the PBS Section Vice Chairand Jessica Rupp as PBS Secretary/Treasurer. On behalf of myself and the out-going PBS officers Ming Cheng (ViceChair) and Mary Ann Saltarikos(Secretary/ Treasurer), I would like towelcome the new officers and wish themmuch success in their new roles.
Mary WelterPlant Biotechnology Section Chair
Improvement Using DOE: Case StudyComparisons of a Commercially AvailableMS Media Improvement Kit’, ‘MedicinalPlants’, and a workshop titled ‘Workshop onCannabis Best Practices and Regulation’. Inaddition there were the interactive postersessions and student workshops.
Jeff Beringer and Piero Baronecoordinated the Student and Post-DoctoralOral Competitions, respectively. The StudentOral Competition, judged by Nancy Reichert,Michael Kane and Randall Niedz, awardedfirst place to Kerri Neugbauer (Kansas StateUniversity), second place to Quang T.Nguyen (University of Queensland), andthird place to Megan Philpott (CincinnatiZoo & Botanical Garden). The Post-DoctoralOral Competition, judged by Prakash Kumar,Dennis Gray and Daniel Bergey, awardedfirst place to Bin Tian (Kansas StateUniversity), second place to Anne-CatherineVanhove (Cincinnati Zoo & BotanicalGarden), and third place to Ratna Karan(University of Florida). Jordan Brungardtand Matt Desrosiers moderated a Non-competitive Student Oral Presentation.
At the SIVB opening ceremonyacknowledgments were provided to thosewho received the Distinguished ServiceAwards for their commitment and service tothe society. Recipients included VadimBeilinson (AgBiome), Vivian Dayeh (U. ofWaterloo), Michael Fay (MidwesternUniversity), Theodore Klein (consultant),Sergei Krasnyanski (North Carolina StateUniversity) Quidend Que (Syngenta) PonSamuel (Dow AgroSciences), and MaryWelter (consultant). The 2017 LifetimeAchievement award was presented toGregory Phillips (Arkansas State University)in recognition for his outstanding efforts to theSociety, his scientific contributions to many invitro culture systems, and his editorial servicesto Plant Cell Reports and In Vitro Cellular andDevelopmental Biology – Plant. Dr. Phillips’research has focused on the development andapplication of cell genetics and biotechnologyto improve crop plants. At the SIVB PBSbusiness meeting acknowledgements weregiven for the Young Scientist award toSukhpreet Sandhu (Bayer Vegetable Seeds),the Distinguished Scientist award to AllanWenck (Bayer Crop Science) and the Fellowaward to Kan Wang (Iowa State University).
Plant Biotechnology members use the postersessions and social event to learn more abouteach other.
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HISTORYAND RECORDS
The History Society was established in1979 at the Seattle Washington TissueCulture Association (TCA) meeting as theRecords and Historical Committee. Thecharge of the committee is to preservehistorical information concerning the growth,maintenance and in vitro experimental use ofcells, tissues and organs. The History Society,in conjunction with the Records andHistorical Committee oversees contributionsto the SIVB archives located in the mainlibrary of the University of Maryland,Baltimore, MD. This archived material isavailable to all that would like to acquaintthemselves with the history of tissue cultureand scientific application to in vitro biology.
Members of the History Society andRecords Historical Committee include:Sandra L. Schneider (Chair), Research &Clinical Laboratory Systems; Gertrude C.Buehring (Co-Chair), University of California,Berkeley; Barbara B. Doonan, New YorkMedical College.; Ian Freshney, Universityof Glasglow; Cynthia L. Goodman, U.S.Department of Agriculture, ARC, BiologicalControl of Insects Research Laboratory;Leonard Hayflick, University of California,San Francisco; Wallace L. McKeehan, Centerfor Cancer & Stem Cell Biology Institute ofBiosciences and Technology (IBT) Texas A&MHealth Science Center, Houston, TX; TetsujoOkamoto, Department of Molecular OralMedicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, GraduateSchool of Biomedical Sciences, HiroshimaUniversity, Japan; Jon Ryan, ConsultantWheaton; Yvonne Reid, American Type CultureCollection and Global Biological StandardsInstitute (GBSI) Cell Authentication; DenrySato, Manazar Project Foundation, and GuySmagghe, Ghent University, Belgium.
The History Society and Records HistoryCommittee nominated and supported the 2017Lifetime Achievement Award for J. DenrySato, D.Phil and SIVB Fellow status for MihoKusuda Furue, DDS, PhD. Dr. J. Denry Sato,Scientist of the Manazar Project Foundationand Emeritus Editor-In-Chief of In VitroCellular & Developmental Biology/Animalwas honored for his pioneering contributionsto the field of in vitro biology and applicationsto human disease and cancer treatment. Dr.
Sato pioneered the development of serum-freemedia specific for hybridoma and stem cellculture. This work led to the discovery of theepidermal growth factor (EGF) signalingpathway for proliferation and differentiation ofnormal and cancer cells, as well as cellselection based on cholesterol autotrophy. Theproduct of this technology was the first FDAapproved monoclonal antibody to human EGFreceptor (Erbitux/Certuximab) to treatadvanced colon cancer. The award for Dr. Satowas generously funded by the American TypeCulture Collection (ATCC).
Dr. Furue, DDS, PhD, Project Leader,Laboratory of Stem Cell Cultures, NationalInstitutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health andNutrition was recognized with SIVB Fellowstatus for her regenerative medical research onthe culture, development, and application ofpluripotent stem (iPS) cell technology. Award
travel for Dr. Furue was generously funded bythe Nikon Corporation.
The History Society recognizes the passingof Dr. Gordon H. Sato, emeritus pioneeringscientists, mentor and lifetime friend to hismany Society colleagues.
THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDThe Lifetime Achievement Award, initiated in 1991, is the highest award given by the Society
to those scientists who have achieved academic excellence in their field of study; to honorthose who have made significant contributions to the field of in vitro biology and/or in thedevelopment of novel technologies that have advanced in vitro biology. The emeritus scientiststhat have been recognized and received the Lifetime Achievement Award to date include:NAME YEAR NAME YEAR
Richard G. Ham, PhD 1991 Vimla Vasil, PhD 2007Toshio Murashige, PhD 1991 Indra K. Vasil, PhD 2007Judah Folkman, MD 1992 Jack M. Widholm, PhD 2008Folke Skoog, PhD 1992 Toyoki Kozai, PhD 2009Leonard Hayflick, PhD 1995 Glenn B. Collins, PhD 2009Nelly Auersperg, MD, PhD 1997 Christopher J. Bayne, PhD 2009Katherine K. Sanford. PhD 1997 Masayoshi Namba, MD 2009Joseph Leighton, PhD 1998 Peggy G. Lemaux, PhD 2010Sergey Fedoroff, PhD 1999 Wilf A. Keller, PhD 2010James L. Vaughn, PhD 2000 Donald E. Ingber, PhD 2010Atsushi Komamine, DSc 2000 Niels C. Bols, PhD 2012Jun Mitsuhashi, PhD 2000 Wallace L. McKeehan, PhD 2012Karl Maramorosch, PhD 2001 William J. Smith, PhD 2013June A. Bradlaw, Ph.D. 2001 Paul J. Price, PhD 2013Ian Freshney, PhD. 2001 Michael E. Kane, PhD 2014Sadar S. Sohi, PhD. 2002 David W. Barnes, PhD 2014Gordon A. Sato, Ph.D 2002 Gertrude Case Buehring, PhD 2015Thomas Grace, PhD 2004 Delia Bethell, PhD 2015Trevor Thorpe, PhD 2004 Eugene Elmore, PhD 2016Walter Nelson-Rees, PhD 2004 Yvonne Reid, PhD 2016Oluf Gamborg, PhD 2005 J. Denry Sato, DPhil 2017Robert Langer, ScD 2005 Gregory C. Phillips, PhD 2017Wei-Shou Hu, PhD 2006 Sandra L Schneider, DrPH* 2018Bob Conger, PhD 2006 John J. Finer, PhD* 2018
*Nominated
Dr. Gordon Hisashi Sato(December 24, 1927–March 31, 2017
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Dr. Gordon H. Sato, an innovator inmammalian tissue culture and integratedcellular physiology, passed away in 2017. Intribute to Dr. Sato, a collection of invitedremembrances from six colleagues whoseassociations with Dr. Sato spanned more than40 years was published as. A tribute to Dr.Gordon Hisashi Sato (December 24, 1927-March 31, 2017). Sato JD, Okamoto T, BarnesD, Hayashi J, Serrero G, McKeehan WL. InVitro Cell Dev Biol Anim. 2018 Mar;54(3):177-193. doi: 10.1007/s11626-018-0230-1. Dr Satowas a past president of the Tissue CultureAssociation (now the Society for In VitroBiology), editor-in-chief of In Vitro Cellularand Developmental Biology (1987–1991), andthe recipient of the lifetime achievement awardfrom the Society for In Vitro Biology (2002).He was elected to the US National Academyof Sciences in 1984.
Sandra L. SchneiderRecords and Historical Chair
STANDINGCOMMITTEESAWARDS
The Awards Committee consisting ofMary Welter (Chair, Plant BiotechnologySciences), Ming Cheng (Vice Chair, PlantBiotechnology Sciences), Michael Dame(Chair, In Vitro Animal Cell Sciences),Kolbrun Kristjandottir (Vice Chair, InVitro Animal Cell Sciences) and Maria M.Jenderek (Chair) discussed and recommendedfor approval SOP for the Life AchievementAward. The approved by the Board ofDirectors SOP outlines eligibility criteria,fundraising requirements for Life Achieve-ment Awards nominators (to cover theawardee expenses to attend the awardceremony) and the time frame for thenomination process. The Committee madeefforts to inspire all Society members tonominate accomplished colleagues and theresponse was very positive. The Committeewould like to express a deep appreciation toall Nominators and congratulate the 2017Awardees; job well done and the awards trulydeserved. The Society has outstandingmembers who make our organizationsuccessful and of interest to young scientistsand students. The awards criteria are postedat the SIVB website https://sivb.org/ awards.html
gene transfer systems for onion, chili pepperand tomato. His lab also worked with desertwillow, pecan, cacti, peanut, cotton, alfalfa,and soybean. At Arkansas State University,he maintained a small research program onrice biotechnology, rice microbiome, andsoybean haploids. While at New MexicoState University, Dr. Phillips held a series ofpart-time administrative roles in research,graduate education and departmentdevelopment. At the Arkansas StateUniversity he served as Dean of the Collegeof Agriculture and Technology for eightyears before returning to the faculty. He hasserved as Vice President of the SIVB, andserved as an officer for the NMSU chapterof the honor society Gamma Sigma Delta.Dr. Phillips was active for over 20 years asan editor for the journal Plant Cell Reports,and served as acting managing editor whenmanaging editor Oluf Gamborg was awayfrom the office. In 1999–2007, he assumedthe role of editor-in-chief for the society-based journal In Vitro Cellular andDevelopmental Biology – Plant after servingas an associate editor. Dr. Phillipsestablished the first functioning editorialboard for In Vitro Plant, advocatedpublishing the IAPTC/IAPB newsletter aspart of In Vitro Plant, and was involved intransitioning from a self-published journalto one offered through Springer, which hasstrengthened the financial viability of thejournal. He coordinated the development ofan updated editorial scope for the journalwith peer review criteria for each category.In 2004, Dr. Phillips was inducted as aFellow of the Society for In Vitro Biology.
Fellow AwardsDr. Miho Kusuda Furue (IVACS) and Dr.
Kan Wang (PBS) won the Fellow Awards.
Dr. Miho Kusuda Furue holds degreesas Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) and aPhD in Dentistry, Maxillofacial Surgery,Hiroshima University and is a licensedDentist. Dr. Furue has been active in theJapanese Tissue Culture Association since1988 and in SIVB member since 1994. Shehas been awarded the SIVB DistinguishedAward for demonstrated service to theSociety. She has also been a member ofboard of directors for JTCA since 2005. Dr.Furue has over 58 original publications, 9reviews, 5 book chapters and 13 platformpresentations. She holds 6 patents with
2017 AwardsLifetime Achievement Awards
Dr. J. Denry Sato (IVACS) and Dr.Gregory Philips (PBS) won the 2017 LifeAchievement Award.
Dr. J. Denry Sato received his Doctorateof genetics from Oxford University, UK,was a postdoc in Dr. Gordon H Sato groupat University of California San Diego, andthen worked at numerous locationsincluding Cold Spring Harbor biologicallaboratory, Beckman Research Institute, W.Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Mt. DesertIsland Biological Laboratory and at ATCC.Dr. Sato has a long list of scientificachievements including the development ofmedia and growth conditions for hybridomaand stem cells, development of firstneutralizing anti-EGFR, characterizedVEGF, and helped produce FDA approvedmonoclonal antibody for human coloncancer treatment (Erbitux/certuximab). Dr.Sato has 100 peer-reviewed articles, 5patents, and 14 genbank submissions. Heserved as an Ad hoc reviewer for numerousjournals including PNAS, Journal ofImmunology Methods and Journal ofCellular Physiology. Dr. Sato has receivednumerous awards including the nationalresearch service award, institute of generalmedical scientists and SIVB seniorinvestigator, fellow and distinguishedservice awards. Dr. Sato has beenextraordinarily active in SIVB since 1985including but not limited to serving as thereviewer, associate editor, editor-in-chief,emeritus editor in chief of In Vitro Cellularand Developmental Biology-Animaljournal, SIVB board of directors, worldcongress scientific advisory board, programcommittee, symposium contributor, andhistory and records committee.
Dr. Gregory Phillipswas an early leaderin legume tissue culture. He developed acomprehensive tissue culture system for redclover, including legume basal medium L2,micropropagation, somatic embryogenesis,meristem-tip culture for virus elimination,immature zygotic embryo rescue to recoverinterspecific hybrids, and cell suspensionculture. He was an early adopter of the useof picloram as a synthetic auxin in planttissue culture. At New Mexico StateUniversity, he developed or refinedmicropropagation, plant regeneration and
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several pending patent application on thedevelopmental of stem cell technology. Dr.Furue is an expert on embryonic stem cellsand induced pluripotent stem cell culture anddifferentiation. She modified a pre-existingserum free medium for mouse myeloma cellsand created a feeder cell-free culture systemthat supported the pluripotency andproliferation of mouse embryonic stem cellsfor over 200 population doublings.Subsequently, Dr. Furue modified the mouseserum- and feeder-free ES medium for usewith human ES cell lines. This medium canalso be used to propagate pluripotent humancells (iPSC) derived by reprogrammingdifferentiated cells. Dr. Furue madesignificant scientific achievements in the fieldof stem cell culture. She has been an active ofthe Japanese Tissue Culture Association since1988 and active as a SIVB member since1994. Dr. Furue has been instrumental inmaintaining and supporting the SIVBinternational scientific relations with theEuropean and Japanese Associations.
Dr. Kan Wang is widely recognized as anoted pioneer and world expert on themechanisms of Agrobacterium tumefaciensand Agrobacterium plant transformation ofmonocot and dicot crops. Dr. Wang is theeditor of the highly regarded and widely usedbook Agrobacterium Protocols. She leadsmultiple roles at Iowa State University (ISU)that includes Global Professor ofBiotechnology, Professor of Agronomy, Co-Director of the Crop Biotechnology Center,Director of the Center of PlantTransformation/Plant Science Institute andDirector of the Plant Transformation Facility(PTF). PTF has served globally over 200research groups from 17 countries and itsrobustness has supported many researchprojects that have led to significant advancesin genomic research. Dr. Wan has publisheda total of 72 peer-reviewed original articles,18 book chapters, 4 proceedings and 3 booksfor which she was author, co-author orcorresponding author. Dr. Wang hasrecruited and mentored many students asfaculty member of four interdepartmentalgraduate programs at ISU. She has mentored15 PhD/MS graduate students, supervised 31scientific and professional staff, trained 14undergraduate student interns, trained 18international visiting scholars and co-mentored 39 undergraduate students fromMidwest non-research colleges and historic
black colleges. Her outreach to the scientificcommunity includes being on the editorialboard for five international journals, facultyexpert to the World Food Prize YouthInstitute and contributed to many workshopsin the public education of plant geneticengineering. Dr. Wang has been an activemember of SIVB for 13 years and has servedit in many capacities. She has served as PBSProgram Chair, Senior Co-Chair, and Jr. Co-Chair from 2009-2011, the AwardsCommittee Chair 2014-2016, member of theProgram Committee 2005-2006 and hascontributed as author and reviewer for theJournal In Vitro Cellular and DevelopmentalBiology-Plant.
Distinguished Scientist AwardDr. Allan Wenck won the 2017
Distinguished Scientist Award. Dr. Allan Wenck received his Master of
Science from University of Tennessee,Knoxville TN and his PhD in BiologicalSciences from University of South Carolina.He received his JD from North CarolinaCentral University in 2013.Dr. Wenck hasbeen employed by three plant biotechnologycompanies since 1998. First at Syngenta, hewas a Scientist and team leader anddeveloped pipeline level transformationactivities in maize, wheat, rice and barleyand establishing fluorescent tools fordeveloping transformation technologies inmultiple crops. At BASF he was team leaderinvolved in transformations in maize,soybean and other crops and developed newnon-GM rice with resistance to multipleACCase inhibitors. Most recently, at BayerCrop Sciences he serves as a team leader of60 scientists covering all aspects oftransgenic plant production from vectordesign through to seed hand off for fieldstudies. Dr. Wenck has 11 publications and2 patents. Dr. Wenck has been activelyinvolved in SIVB as Vice President for thesociety, Co-chair plant section, Senior co-chair of plant section, local organizationalchair for 2017 meeting, co-convener for 7symposiums and helped raise over $150,000as VP and Jr-co chair. He has also beenassociate editor for the In Vitro Plant journal.Dr. Wenck has extensive scientificaccomplishments at biotechnologycompanies and has helped improve thescience that is needed to generate novelproducts through development of alternative
selection methods and higher efficiencyapproaches to transformation.
Young Scientist Award Dr. Sukpreet Sandhu won the Young
Scientist Award. Dr. Sukpreet Sandhu received her
Master of Arts in Biochemistry from PunjabAgricultural University in India and her PhDin plant genetics from University of Florida.She has served as a research assistant in riceresearch at Punjab University and atUniversity of Florida, she studied transgenicgrasses under the direction of Dr. FredyAltpeter. She is currently a Scientist at BayerCrop Sciences where she works on vegetableseeds and cell biology techniques to fasttrack breeding programs in vegetable crops.Recently, she spent 6 months in MannheimGermany on special assignment for hercompany. Dr. Sandhu has received severalgraduate student awards from the Universityof Florida and Punjab University. She has 11publications and 2 patents. She received atravel award, volunteered at the meeting andreceived 2nd place in the graduate studentposter competition. She has received theSIVB distinguished service award. Sheserved as plant program co-chair in 2014,plant program chair 2015 and serves as VicePresident for In Vitro Biology 2016-2018.She also was able to help obtain a NIFA-BRAG grant in support of SIVB sessions.This young scientist has 11 publications andis responsible for managing her departmentat Bayer Crop Sciences. Dr. Sandhu hastaken an active role in SIVB since a graduatestudent earning her way up the ranks to VicePresident for In Vitro Biology.
The evaluating committee this yearconsisted of Pamela Weathers (Chair),Vivian Dayeh, Argelia Lorence, SylviaMitchell, and Cindy Goodman. The SIVBStudent Award Program provides recognitionand financial support for students who havecontributed and made outstandingachievements in the field of in vitro biology.The following awards were presented at the2015 meeting. The Wilton R. Earle andStudent Travel Awards were presented toSarah Poynter, University of Waterloo, for“Scavenging for Bacteria: Identification andCharacterization of Rainbow TroutMARCO.” The Philip R. White Awardwasgiven to Michelle McKee, Worcester
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Polytechnic Institute, for “A Novel Approachto Cell Selection from Taxus Plant CellCulture via an Engineered MammalianCaspase”. The John S. Song Award wasgiven to Lauren Erland, University ofGuelph for “A New Balancing Act: Melatoninand Serotonin as Mediators of PlantMorphogenesis”. The Honor B. Fell andSIVB Travel Awards were presented toCassandra Downey, University of Guelphfor “Micropropagation of Miscanthus xgiganteus ‘Illinois’: Improved RegenerationCapacity of Callus Cultures and OptimizedMicrorhizome Development of in VitroPlantlets”. The Cellular Toxicology Awardwas presented to Matt Desrosiers, WorcesterPolytechnic Institute, for “Absorption andDistribution of the Antimalarial DrugArtemisinin Delivered Orally as Dried Leavesof Artemisia annua”. The Hope E. Hoppsand Student Travel Awards were given toNeelam Negi, Jawaharlal Nehru University,for “Overexpression of AhCuZnSOD andPyramiding of AhCuZnSOD with theAhcAPX Gene Enhance Salinity andDehydration Stress in Brassica juncea”. TheJoseph F. Morgan and Student TravelAwardswere given to Matthew Guerriero,University of Guelph, for “The First Waveof Inflammation: Elucidating the Ability ofAF and NP Cells to Respond to IVDHerniation Triggered Damage”. StudentTravel Awards were given to WhitneyHarchenko, Montana State University, for“RNAi Knockdown of Potato Genes Crucialfor Potato Virus Y Replication”; to ShanneeHerrington-Krause, Wilfrid LaurierUniversity, for “Identifying CytoplasmicDNA Sensors, DHX9 and DDX3, inRainbow Trout”; to Benham Tabatabai,Morgan State University, for “Enhancementof halotolerance in Fremyella diplosiphonby electroporation-mediated overexpressionof malate dehydrogenase gene”; and toAmanda Youssef, Midwestern Universityfor “The Influence of Defined ExtracellularGeometries on Mammalian TransgeneExpression”. Certificates were presented atthe SIVB Business Meeting on June 13,2017 to honor these exceptional students.
Maria M. JenderekAwards Committee Chair
[email protected] J. Weathers
Student Affairs Committee Chair [email protected]
The Distinguished Services Award Recipients included: (top row, L to R) Sergei Krasnyanski, TedKlein, J. Pon, Samuel, Mary Welter, (bottom row, L to R) Vivian Dayeh, and Michael Fay. (Bottom Row, Far right images) Student poster competition winners included Eric Dean (L) and Kevin Piunno (R).
Pam Weathers (L) and Dwight Tomes (far right) congratulate the student award winners (from L to R) Benham Tabatabai, Michelle McKee, Amanda Youssef, Neelam Negi, Matthew Guerriero,Shanee Herrington-Krause, Sarah Poynter, Lauren A. E. Erland, Matthew Desrosiers, CassandraDowney, and Whitney Harchencko (insert).
Left image: Lifetime Achievement Award Winer J. Denry Sato (center) is congratulated by (L to R)Tetsuji Okamoto, Ahn Lee, Sandra L. Schneider, and Miho Furue.Right image: Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Gregory Phillips (L) is congratulated by Baochun Li (R)
Left image: Mary Welter (L) presents Allan Wenck (R) with the 2017 SIVB Distinguished Scientist Award.Right image: Kan Wang accepts the 2017 SIVB Fellow Award.
2017 Award Winners
CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWSIn 2017, no items were brought to the
Constitution and Bylaws Committee eitherby the Board of Directors or members ofthe Society. Since not all members are ableto attend the June committee meetings inperson, should you wish to suggestimprovements to our governing documentsand volunteer to assist in preparingrecommendations, you may reach out tothe Committee Chair with your thoughts.
Theodore KleinConstitution and Bylaws
Committee [email protected]
DEVELOPMENTThe Development Committee helps to
secure financial support for the society. In2017, the core members of this teamincluded Piero Barone, SadanandDhekney and Sukhpreet Sandhu (Chair).This core team was supported by IVACSand PBS members who helped to generatecontributions for the 2017 In Vitro BiologyMeeting. Piero made an outstanding effortby actively identifying prospective donorsand working with SIVB members to gainsupport from companies. We receivedcontributions from 23 companies 10individuals contributions. We generated$92,201. in contributions. Kudos to amarathon effort by Piero in raising thissupport for SIVB . A big part of this successcame from grants. Sadanand secured aUSDA grant, and Marietta Saunders secureda grant from The North CarolinaBiotechnology Center. Another remarkablecontribution was secured by Pon Samueland Mary Welter from Beckman Coulterfor a Flow Cytometer Workshop. Not onlyis the workshop a great addition to the InVitro Biology program, but such apartnership with key companies could be amodel to generate funding for SIVB in thefuture. Great job Pon and Mary!
The core team heavily relied on supportfrom the Local Organizing Committee, led byAllan Wenck (also past-Vice President,SIVB). Allan had set the stage with a solidcontribution in 2016. In 2017, we expected achallenging environment considering majorconsolidations in the Ag Industry and overalla tough market environment, the impact of
which is evident from smaller contributionscoming from big Companies. Nevertheless,we were able to generate interest from smallcompanies, e.g. Duarte Dry Creek Labs,Agristarts. We have been very fortunate tohave members like David Songstad, whosecontinued efforts to rally support for theSociety has helped us tremendously. Weappreciate the support from severalindividual contributors who have been longtime members of SIVB. It goes to show theircommitment and belief in SIVB’s mission.We continue to urge SIVB members to helpin this pursuit. We appreciate your ideas foralternate sources of funding and relying onyour networks. We are trusting on supportfrom all SIVB members to help us secure athriving future of SIVB.
Support for SIVB came from thefollowing funding sources: AgBiome,AgriStarts, ATCC, Ball HorticulturalCompany, BASF Corporation, BayerCropScience, Bayer Vegetable Seeds,Beckman Coulter, Cotton Incoroprated,Council of Biotechnology, DowAgroSciences, Duarte Dry Creek Labs,DuPont Pioneer, Hort Americas, JHarbellConsulting LLC, JV Biolabs, MonsantoCompany, National Anti-Vivisection Society,International Foundation for Ethical Research,Precision Biosciences. Syngenta, and TheScotts Miracle Grow Company. Grantfunding from USDA Biotechnology RiskAssessment Grant Program (BRAGP) and theNorth Carolina Biotechnology Center.Individual contributors are: Barbara Doonan,Dwight Tomes, J. Denry Sato, Michael Fay,Ming Cheng, Nancy Reichert, PamelaWeathers, Robert and Gale Lawrence,Timothy Burcham, and Wayne Parrott.
Sukhpreet Sandhu, DevelopmentCommittee Chair
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EDUCATIONThe Education Committee has the task to
further the educational goals of the Societyfor In Vitro Biology (SIVB). Over the years,the committee has worked together with theStudent Affairs Committee to provide anumber of engaging events at the SIVBannual meeting. The following is a highlightof events from 2017 and upcoming events atthe 2018 Annual Meeting.
The Education Committee includes anoutstanding group of participants. TheCommittee is currently under thechairmanship of Albert Kausch, Universityof Rhode Island, and includes: Addy Alt-Holland, Tufts University; Daniel J. Barnes,Mississippi State University; Yinghui Dan,Virginia Polytechnic Institute And StateUniversity; Vivian Dayeh, University ofWaterloo; Michael E. Kane, University ofFlorida; Sylvia Adjoa Mitchell, University ofthe West Indies; Kerri Allison Neugebauer,Kansas State University; Valerie C. Pence,Center for Conservation and Research ofEndangered Wildlife; Jessica L. Rupp,Montana State University; James J. Sadler,University of Florida; Carol M. Stiff, KitchenCulture Kits, Inc; and, Margaret M. Young,Elizabeth City State University.
The events that had been planned for the2017 meeting in North Carolina weresuccessful. One contribution from theEducation Committee and the policyCommittee was the synthesis and submissionof a public commentary submitted to theUSDA and the FDA regarding policy on theregulation of products from gene editing. Thesmall ad hoc committee included AlbertKausch, Wayne Parrott John Cordts; RayShillito; Wayne Parrott; Alan McHughen;David Songstad, Dwight Tomes; AllanWenck, and others. There are current plansto construct a formal policy statement for theSociety based on those documents. Thisyear’s meeting (2018) features a Plenarysession on this topic co-convened by AddyAlt-Holland and Albert Kausch.
The 2017 SIVB meeting included a posterpresentation competition with prizes awardedincluding Best Student Poster. As with allother forms of research presentation,students were judged on the overall qualityof their presentation and work. On Sundayevening, June 11 from 7:30pm–9:30 pmthere was a special symposium on Persuasive
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Presentations Tips and Techniques for PublicSpeaking. This interactive workshop providedparticipants with practical tools for publicspeaking in any setting.
On Monday afternoon, June 12 from12:30–1:30 pm there was a special StudentLuncheon–Creating Winning resumes andCVs. This workshop provided a frameworkon how to build an effective resume and CV.A career expert rendered a lecture onpractical ways to create a resume and CV andhow to make it stand out from everyone else.We should make a recommendation at thisyear’s meeting to create separate section onthe website to include this information morebroadly for students.
Also on Monday afternoon, June 12 from3:30 pm–5:00 pm a special Non-competitiveStudent Oral Presentation Session washeld. This session was well received as anopportunity for graduate students to practicetheir oral presentation skills in a low pressuresetting and to receive valuable feedback fromSIVB members.
On Tuesday, June 13 at 7:00 am–8:00 amthe SIVB Student Affairs and Ad HocStudent Committees attended a specialbreakfast meeting for the Student AffairsCommittee and 2017 Award recipients.
This year in St. Louis, we have plannedvisits to several of the areas biotechnologycompanies. The committee will be workingwith the program development committee toschedule events for this year’s meetingincluding; scheduled visits, and the SIVBStudent Affairs and Ad Hoc StudentCommittees.
Dr. Kausch has developed an entire courseon Biotechnology as a general educationcourse at the University of Rhode Islandwhich has become quite popular andsuccessful. It is developed as both a onlineand on campus course and is cross listedbetween four departments. At the Universityof Rhode Island this course enrolls over 600students per semester. For the online courseall of the lectures have been video recordeddigitally and edited with the powerpointsintercalated, so that they appear as livelectures. The Education Committee will beseeking to look into the prospects for makingthese made available through SIVB (free asa resource, and available for credit throughURI and perhaps other institutions). This willall need to be vetted through SIVB.
In addition we will also be making arecommendation for updating the Protocolstab for the SIVB website.
Albert KauschEducation Committee Chair
[email protected] Bukari
Plant Student [email protected]
Tristen D. WrightAnimal Student Co-Chair
LONG-RANGE PLANNINGThe Long Range Planning Committee
(LRPC) is a standing committee of the SIVBcharged with discussing and developingstrategic ideas for the long-term benefit ofour membership. In helping to develop thesociety’s Strategic Plan for the LRPC, theConstitution and Bylaws Committee(C&BC) provided considerable guidancewhich directed that the LRCP to work withthe various Committees and sections in thesociety to implement the Strategic Plan. Thefinal Strategic Plan was approved by theSIVB board in 2016. The details of theStrategic Plan were provided in the 2016annual report for this committee.
Below are the strategic priorities fromthat plan that the LRPC is working toimplement: Overarching goal: Expand,convey and promote the embeddedknowledge and experience of in vitroscience. This goal includes basic and appliedresearch, sharing research results viapublications and meetings, service/outreachefforts for novel techniques, training,enhancing student scientific competencies,sharing information with lay audiences, andpromoting the professional development andrecognition of members.
Several major areas of LRPC activitywith the responsible primary committee in2017 were:1. Promote and enhance the knowledge base
and information exchange of in vitroscience (Publications).
2. Promote scientific competencies amongDevelop/strengthen partnerships withfederal agencies to encourage establishmentof standards to ensure application of
standardized cell culture research practices(Education, Program).
� The “Best practices in mammalian cellculture” project headed by Dr. YvonneReed is now complete and themanuscripts have been published in InVitro-Animal. This project drew on theexpertise of a number of senior societymembers to share their uniqueperspectives in various aspects ofmammalian cell culture.
3. Promote the professional development ofmembers (Membership, Awards, Programand Sections (all)).
� Recognize and reward excellence amongmembers within the Society.
� Provide opportunities for all members toparticipate in all facets of the Society,including governance, serving oncommittees and contributing in otherareas of interest to the members.
� Provide opportunities to contribute to theSociety’s annual meetings as presenters,session chairs or co-chairs, and asmembers of the program committee andlocal program committee.
4. Insure that financial practices, annualmeetings, and other activities of thesociety are conducted effectively, and ina fiscally sound manner that allowscontinuation and expansion of the SIVB(Development and Program Committeesand sections).
� Develop a diversified and structuredapproach to fund-raising and generationof revenue.
5. Insure continuity of the activities of theSociety (Finance).
� Develop an active Emeritus membergroup including an active bequestprogram.This program was developed in 2017 and
is being implemented in 2018.It should be remembered in all of these
efforts, the business office has played amajor role in facilitation and coordination ofthe programs.
Respectfully submitted for thecommittee, Dwight Tomes, Nancy Reichert,Addy Alt-Holland, David Songstad, andMarietta Wheaton Saunders
John W. HarbellLong-Range Planning Committee Chair
complete the referral form athttps://sivb.org/membership/membership-referrals.html. The program has brought ina few new members each year. If everymember starts a conversation about thebenefits of being an SIVB member to acolleague, we would see the continuedincrease in membership in the future.
A special prize drawing was held duringthe SIVB Business Meeting for all memberswho renewed their 2017 membership byDecember 31, 2016. The winners of thedrawing were: Zhanyuan J. Zhang, whowon free membership for 2018, and JosephTumilowicz, who won free registration tothe 2018 In Vitro Biology Meeting.Congratulations to you both.
The Membership Committee continuesto discuss ways to build the membershipbase. At their June Committee Meeting, anumber of suggestions were proposed, suchas limiting the cities where SIVB holds itsannual meeting to 2–3 set locations; offeringdiscounted rates to speakers who are notcurrently members to join the SIVB the yearafter they speak; offering options for multi-year memberships; reviewing the currentprint vs. online subscription model formembers; reaching out to the EducationCommittee to further develop the SIVBwebsite’s videos to increase outreach; andthe creation of a GoogleDoc prepared inconjunction with the Local OrganizingCommittee to identify and reach out toappropriate colleagues near the meeting cityto personally encourage participation. Someof these options have been tabled for thetime being and others are beingimplemented in 2018.
As always, please contact the SIVBoffice ([email protected]) if you have amembership initiative idea. We would loveto hear from you!
Vivian DayehMembership Committee Chair
NOMINATINGNew officers were chosen from the
assembled slate of candidates in the 2018election. Join us in supporting our newestofficers as they assume positions at theBoard meeting in the St. Louis.
LABORATORY MATERIALSAND BIOSAFETY
The Laboratory Materials and BiosafetyCommittee (LMBC) provides a mechanismwithin the Society for In Vitro Biology(SIVB) to promote laboratory standards,biotechnology practices, laboratorymaterials, safety equipment, and facilitiesthat constitute biosafety levels 1–4associated with in vitro and biotechnologymethodology. The goals of the LMBC are:1) to provide an educational process andformat to distribute information regardingpotential hazards and risk assessmentassociated with: the cell culture process, theuse and handling of biological agents,quality control of biomaterials, and updateson federal regulation pertinent to research,industry and clinical biotechnologyapplications; 2) to recommend laboratorypractice, operation, or materials based onrisk assessment of the agent or material andthe laboratory activity involved; and 3) topromote the interaction of committeemembers with national and internationalscientists, professional groups, andmanufacturers regarding the design,processing, and use of material for in vitroand biotechnology methodology.
The LMBC committee membersrepresent government, university/academia,private industry and include: Linda B.Jacobsen (chair); Sandra L. Schneider(co-chair), Research and ClinicalLaboratory Systems; Walter Finkbeiner,University of California-San Francisco;Thomas Goodwin, Sovaris Aerospace;John Harbell, JHarbell Consulting, LLC.;John Masters, University College London,Institute of Urology-UK; Tohru Masui,JCRB Cell Bank, Division of Bioresources,National Institute of Biomedical Innovation,Osaka, Japan; Colette J. Rudd, Rudd &Associates; Lynn Rutsky; The University ofTexas Health Science Center Houston; GlynN. Stacey, National Institute for BiologicalStandards and Control-UK; and AldaVidrich, University of Virginia HealthSciences Center.
The area of regenerative medicine andbioengineering has hypothesized anddeveloped decades of technology to findand characterize adult human progenitor-like cells to treat human disease. Well themajority of this work has been done with
adipose or bone marrow derived adultmesenchymal stem cells (MSC), majororgans have been explored as a progenitorcell repository. Scientists at the DiabetesResearch Institute (DRI), University ofMiami, have isolated, identified andcharacterized a population of cells in adefined area of the human pancreas. Thesecells can be stimulated in culture with andFDA-approved growth factor bonemorphogenic protein 7 (BMP-7) to developinto glucose-responsive beta cells. CellReports Volume 22, Issue 9, p2408–2420,27 February 2018. P2RY1/ALK3-ExpressingCells within the Adult Human ExocrinePancreas Are BMP-7 Expandable andExhibit Progenitor-like Characteristics.These studies have the potential as anendogenous cell repository for pancreatic Bcell regeneration for therapeuticapplications to Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Sandra L. SchneiderLaboratory Materials and Biosafety
Committee [email protected]
MEMBERSHIPThe continued success of the SIVB is
due to its membership. Membership has hada steady decline since 2011; however,hopefully the tide has turned as membershiphas seen an increase of 6.12% in 2017. Thelargest increase is in regular (6% increase)and student membership (17% increase). Atthe end of 2017, our total membership was451 members, which included: 81 EmeritusMembers, 3 Honorary Members, 7 LifeMembers, 279 Regular Members, 74Student Members and 7 Post DoctoralMembers. This increase is likely due to thecombination membership and annualmeeting registration discount offered to newand returning members.
The SIVB office continues to encouragemembership renewal by sending outbroadcast emails and hardcopy membershipforms. The annual meeting local organizingcommittee and the membership committeehas been connecting with current and pastSIVB members to ensure continuedengagement with the society. This initiative,along with the Member-get-a-Membercampaign, will increase membership in thecoming year. For more information on theMember-get-a-Member campaign please
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attendees, 59 speakers, 11 volunteers, 4guests, 18 exhibitors, and 2 staff members.13 exhibitor spaces were utilized by 12exhibitors, including the Society. Theprogram included 64 speaker abstracts, 83student abstracts, and 75 regular abstracts.
It was my responsibility and privilegedto serve as the Program Chair of the 2017SIVB Conference. I believe that the successof this meeting stems from 1) thecommendable efforts of the LocalOrganizing Committee that spread the wordabout the event and assisted in the planningof the special events and tours, 2) thecommitment of the IVACS and PBS Chairsand co-chairs for organizing exciting andsessions on current research topics, and lastbut not least, 3) the hard work anddedication of the SIVB Business Office thatspearheaded the organization of theconference as a whole.
Addy Alt-Holland2017 Program Chair
PUBLICATIONSOur Society journals, In Vitro Cellular &
Developmental Biology–Animal and In VitroCellular & Developmental Biology–Plant,continue to publish important researchrelated to in vitro biology from around theworld. The Society for In Vitro Biologyand the Publications Committee thank ourjournal Editors, Tetsuji Okamoto andDavid Duncan, for their dedicated service.As outlined in the Annual Reportsubmitted by David Duncan for In VitroCellular & Developmental Biology–Plant,the impact factor for the journal slightlydecreased in 2016. The current initiative to
presented Miho Furue, PhD, and KanWang, PhD, with the SIVB Fellow Award.Vadim Beilinson, PhD, Vivian Dayeh,PhD, Michael J. Fay, PhD, Ted Klein,PhD, Sergei Krasnyanski, PhD, QiudengQue, PhD, Pon Samuel, PhD and MaryWelter were selected by the SIVB Presidentto receive the SIVB Distinguished ServiceAward. At the Plant Biotechnology Sectionmeeting, Allan Wenck, PhD, received theSIVB Distinguished Scientist Award, andSukhpreet Sandhu, PhD, received theSIVB Young Scientist Award.
Special events held at the conferenceincluded a state-of-the-art workshop thatwas sponsored by Beckman Coulter. Thisworkshop was titled “Grow with the Flow:Expand your Application in BiologicalResearch with Flow Cytometry” andincluded 37 attendees. In addition to threedistinct receptions, and the America’s FinestSilent Auction, the conference’ socialactivities encompassed the “Tuesday Nightat the Museum” at the North CarolinaMuseum of Science, the “Research TriangleIndustry Tour” and the “Afternoon in theTrees: A North Carolina State UniversityTour.” The Tuesday Night at the Museumevent was full as was the NCSU Afternoonin the Trees Tour. The Research TrianglePark tour was sold out with a waiting list.Additionally, the Joint Sections’ Social wasfollowed by a special pre-screeningpresentation of the documentary “FoodEvolution.” The IVACS and PBS OralPresentation Competitions were held alongwith an impressive student postercompetition, a Student Symposium titled“Persuasive Presentations: Tips andTechniques for Public Speaking, and aStudent Networking Luncheon that focusedon “Creating Winning Resumes and CV.”
The 2017 SIVB conference allowedstudents, post-docs, members and invitedspeakers to learn from each other, exchangeknowledge and ideas, strengthen existingcollaborations and establish new ones in afriendly and welcoming environment. Themeeting statistics showed that the totalregistration was 398, of which 131 wereSIVB members and 11 nonmembers, 20group registrants, 17 Research Technicians,2 Emeritus members, 17 Post docs, 89students, 5 one-day attendees, 12 two-day
The election results are as follows: SIVB Officers and Committee ChairsAllan Wenck – President Elect Sukhpreet Sandhu – Vice President Harold Trick – SecretaryBarbara Doonan – Treasurer Kan Wang (PBS) – Member-at-LargeMichael Dame (IVACS) Member-at-LargeMichael J. Fay – Publications Chair Wayne Parrott – Public Policy ChairMaria Jenderek – Awards ChairTed Klein – Constitutions and Bylaws Chair Albert Kausch - Education Chair In Vitro Animal Cell Sciences Section OfficersKolla Kristjansdottir – Chair Mae Ciancino – Vice Chair for MeetingAndrew Truman – Vice Chair forMembership Matt Desrosiers – Secretary
Plant Biotechnology Section OfficersRandall Niedz – ChairJeffrey Beringer - Vice Chair Jessica Rupp – Secretary
We encourage you to actively participatewith the Society and its Officers to facilitateyour professional development and toensure the Society’s continued role inpromoting in vitro sciences.
Eugene ElmoreNominating Committee Chair
PROGRAMThe Annual Conference of the Society for
In Vitro Biology was held from June 10th toJune 14th, 2017, at the Raleigh ConventionCenter and Raleigh Marriott City Center, inRaleigh, North Carolina. We were honoredto have Dr. Antony Atala, the Director andChairman of the Wake Forest Institute forRegenerative Medicine, as the conference’Robert H. Lawrence Jr. Keynote Symposiumspeaker. Dr. Atala’s stimulating lecture titled“Regenerative Medicine: Current Conceptsand Changing Trends” was followed by aspecial Keynote Reception.
During the Opening Ceremony, theSIVB President, Dwight Tomes, PhD,presented Gregory C. Phillips, PhD, andDenry J. Sato, PhD, with the SIVBLifetime Achievement Awards. He also
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Martina Garda saves the memory of GregPhillips receiving the Lifetime AchievementAward during the Opening Ceremony.
Thirty-one countries were represented inthe submissions received in 2017/2018.Eighty-three percent (83%) of submissionswere from China (120), Iran (54), Korea(24), India (18), Turkey (17), Japan (16),and USA (19). Average time from receipt tofirst decision in the review process was 2.5weeks compared to 2.3 weeks overall lastyear. All new submissions were receivedthrough the online system.
The In Vitro–Animal journal publishes10 individual issues at or around pagebudget levels and continues to publish onschedule. The 2016 impact factor for IVAwas .897, which is decrease from the 2015impact factor of .971 and the 5 year impactat 1.061. More than 93% of the submissionscame from outside the US so there is anstrong awareness of and a market for InVitro-Animal beyond the US and NorthAmerican research communities.
In Vitro-Animal continues to publishpapers in traditional areas such as cell linederivation and toxicology, but we are alsoreceiving increasing numbers ofsubmissions in the areas of adult andpluripotent stem cell biology, tissueengineering, cell signaling, and methodsdevelopment for cell line characterization.
In the past year several submissionsincluded irregularities (eg. duplication,manipulation or misrepresentation of data)that were discovered by editors, reviewersor readers. IVA will take quick and decisiveaction in such cases to maintain theintegrity of the journal and to retain thetrust of its authors.
The editorial board will not review anymanuscripts with the iThenticate similarityscores higher than 40%.
In Vitro Cellular andDevelopmental Biology-Plant
The impact factor for In Vitro–Plantdecreased from 1.152 in 2015 to 1.024 in2016, a number slightly lower than the 9-year running average of 1.041. Oneapproach to increasing interest in the journalhas been to increase the number of reviewarticles published. In 2017 this numberincreased to six; a level not seen since 2007.We are working hard to maintain this higherlevel of review articles and encourage allSociety members to submit a review
continues to grow, and we are activelyencouraging authors who publish in ourjournals to share the news of theirpublication on social media outlets such asTwitter and Facebook. As Chair of thePublications Committee, I want to thankMarietta Saunders and the followingmembers of the Publications Committee fortheir hard work and dedication: BarbaraDoonan, David Duncan, John Finer,Cynthia Goodman, John Harbell, MariaJenderek, Jiarui Li, Sylvia Mitchell,Ewen Mullins, Tetsuji Okamoto, GregoryPhillips, Barbara Reed, Denry Sato,Dwight Tomes, and Michele Schultz.Remember to talk to your colleagues aboutIn Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology–Animal and In Vitro Cellular &Developmental Biology–Plant, and encouragethem to submit their manuscripts.
In Vitro–Animal(For the year 3/1/17 through 2/28/18)The journal experienced a decrease (18%)
in total submissions of new manuscriptsover the comparable period last year (305compared to 374 in 2016–2017) which isthe first decrease experienced since 2011.
The numbers of submitted manuscriptsfor the past year compared to the prior yearwere: 280 regular papers (344 in2016–2017), 12 Reports (12 in 2016–2017),9 Reviews (13 in 2016–2017), 4 opinionLetters-to-the-Editor (0 in 2016–2017), andno book reviews (0 in 2016–2017). Of the305 submissions, 58 were accepted (19%acceptance rate), 173 (56.7%) rejected, 13(4.5%) withdrawn, 42 (13.7% were still inreview or revision and 19 transferred toother Springer Publications (6.1%).
increase the impact factor for In VitroCellular & Developmental Biology–Plantincludes publishing special issues andmore review articles. The special issue ofIn Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology–Plant on the topic of Cryopreservationedited by Barbara Reed highlights thesuccessful implementation of thisinitiative. As outlined in the Annual Reportsubmitted by Tetsuji Okamoto for In VitroCellular & Developmental Biology–Animal, the journal also experienced aslight decrease in the impact factor for 2016.A current strategy to increase the impactfactor for the journal includes publishingmore review articles. The publication of aseries of review articles in In Vitro Cellular& Developmental Biology–Animal on theBest Practices in Cell Culture demonstratesthe successful implementation of thisstrategy. The working group of scientistswho contributed to the Best Practices inCell Culture papers include: Dr. John M.Baust (CPSI Biotech), Dr. Gertrude CaseBuehring (UC Berkeley), Dr. Lia H.Campbell (Tissue Testing Technologies,LLC), Dr. Eugene Elmore, Dr. John W.Harbell (JHarbell Consulting, LLC), Dr.Ray W. Nims (RMC PharmaceuticalSolutions, Inc.), Dr. Paul Price (CellCulture Media Consultant), Dr. Yvonne A.Reid (ATCC), and Frank Simione(ATCC). An important issue for bothjournals is to increase the number ofsubmitted manuscripts, and the PublicationsCommittee encourages the membership ofthe Plant Biotechnology Section (PBS) andIn Vitro Animal Cell Sciences Section(IVACS) to submit their manuscripts to oursociety journals. This past year thePublications Committee worked withSpringer and the journal Editors toimplement a modified authors checklist, anew format and print layout, and a changeto the printed journal paper stock. ThePublications Committee congratulatesRaymond Ramonas, Springer JournalsProduction Manager, on his retirement fromSpringer; and we look forward to workingwith his replacement, Jodi Borgenicht. Thequarterly on-line newsletter for the Society,the In Vitro Report, continues to serve animportant role of keeping our membershipinformed and connected throughout theyear. The Society’s social media presence
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Poster sessions continue to be one of the mosteffective ways to share your scientific researchone-on-one during the meeting.
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concerning the subject of your currentresearch or that introductory thesis chapter.
Half of the reviews published in 2017were in the special topic issues coveringcryopreservation guest edited by BarbaraReed. The next special topic issues willfocus on the In vitro chemistry ofendangered species with Praveen K.Saxena as guest editor. Please contact theEditor in Chief if you have a suggestion fora special topic issue and would like tovolunteer as a guest editor for the issue.
In addition to these efforts to increaseinterest in the journal, we have revampedthe journal cover. Now the Editor in Chiefwill select a figure to be featured on thecover of each new issue. This figure willhighlight a notable manuscript published inthat issue.
Although we are pursuing these newavenues to increase the relevancy andimpact of our journal, 2017 was achallenging year to fill the pages of eachissue of In Vitro–Plant. Only 459manuscripts were received, which is justtwo more than in 2016. Of those 459manuscripts, almost 66% were rejectedleaving a mere 34% acceptable forpublication. Of the rejected manuscripts,almost 20% were rejected for plagiarism, acontinuing problem for the journal but animprovement over the 37% plagiarized of2016. Over 44% were rejected for technicalflaws. Even though, over the past threeyears the number of manuscripts receivedeach year has basically remained the same,there does seems to have been a qualityimprovement in the manuscripts receivedthis year.
In 2017 there was a diverse array ofcountries from which manuscripts weresubmitted to the journal. The top 10countries were, in descending order, India,China, Iran, Brazil, USA, Turkey, Pakistan,Mexico, Malaysia, and Egypt. Unlike 2016,70% of these countries are also in the top 10for supplying reviewers. However, one ofthe biggest problems to having a robustjournal is the lack of researchers willing toreview manuscripts. A total of 508individuals were invited to reviewmanuscripts in 2017 but only 39% of thoseinvited (199) completed reviews. Please,when asked to review a manuscript do not
Journal Highlights, SIVB Meeting Updates,Feature Articles on SIVB Award Recipients,Editor’s Corner, Member Profiles, andMembership News. We encourage all SIVBmembers to share their news andaccomplishments through the In VitroReport, and don’t forget to read the latestissue of the In Vitro Report by clicking onthe icon located at the upper right corner ofthe website for the Society for In VitroBiology (https://www.sivb.org). If you havesuggestions for improving the In VitroReport, please contact the Co-Editors( m f a y x x @ m i d w e s t e r n . e d u ,[email protected]) or thePublications Manager ([email protected]).
Michael J. FayPublications Chair and
Co-Editor of the In Vitro [email protected]
David R. DuncanEditor-in-Chief, In Vitro Cellular and
Developmental Biology – Plant
Sylvia A. MitchellCo-Editor-in-Chief, In Vitro [email protected]
Tetsuji OkamotoEditor-in-Chief,
In Vitro Cellular andDevelopmental Biology – Animal
Michele SchultzPublications Manager
hesitate to do so. Your effort helps thesociety, is a perk on your C.V., and helpsinsure that when you submit a manuscriptthere will be reviewers available to quicklyassess your work.
Finally, to maintain journal excellenceSIVB members are encouraged to publish inIn Vitro–Plant. Apart from supporting thesociety and fellow scientists, there areadvantages to publishing in In Vitro–Plantsuch as a rigorous and fair peer reviewprocess, discounted color photographprinting, and timely publishing in arespected international journal.
In Vitro ReportThe In Vitro Report is the quarterly on-
line newsletter for the membership of theSociety for In Vitro Biology (SIVB). The InVitro Report provides a mechanism for theSociety’s membership to communicate witheach other outside of our annual meetingand on a year-round basis. The Co-Editorsare Michael Fay and Sylvia Mitchell, whowork together to represent the In VitroAnimal Cell Sciences Section (IVACS) andthe Plant Biotechnology Section (PBS). TheCo-Editors are thankful to Michele Schultz(Publications Manager) who facilitates theeditorial and publication process. The Co-Editors are also thankful to TetsujiOkamoto (Editor-In-Chief of In VitroCellular & Developmental Biology-Animal),David Duncan (Editor-In-Chief of In VitroCellular & Developmental Biology–Plant),and the Publications Committee for theirguidance and support. Routine articles in theIn Vitro Report include: President’s Report,
Keynote Speaker Anthony Atala answers questions from the audience with the help of JoshuaGasiorowski during the Keynote Symposium at the 2017 In Vitro Biology Meeting.
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PUBLIC POLICYThe Public Policy Committee is a standing
committee of the Society for In Vitro Biology(SIVB). The Committee assists Societymembers and the scientific community-at-large to better understand in vitro biology,biotechnology and the current research andpublic policy issues affecting the scientificcommunity. The Committee supports theSIVB to interact with members of Congressand other governmental officials for thepurpose of giving scientific advice on fundingpriorities and issues relevant to in vitro biologyand biotechnology.
The SIVB is an associate member of theAmerican Institute of Biological Sciences(AIBS) and the Council for AgriculturalScience and Technology (CAST). Thesecollations of scientific organizations supportthe SIVB Public Policy Committee throughtheir legislative and lobby activities to affectnational and international scientific publicpolicy for: federal spending to supportscientific research and education, impacts onnatural resources and agricultural systems,protection of human rights and the ecosystem,scientific ethics and equity.
Some Public Policy Committee activitiesin 2017 included the following: 1) respondingto public inquiries about the “SIVB PositionStatement on Crop Engineering” posted on thePublic Policy page of the SIVB website; 2)sending notifications to SIVB members ofnation-wide events to encourage governmentsupport for science including National Call-InDay (February 2) and the March for Science(April 22); 3) notifying SIVB members of acall for comments from the U.S. FDA on its
ATCCNo report was received from this organization.
COUNCIL FORAGRICULTURAL SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY (CAST)
The Society for In Vitro Biology is amember of CAST, which is a nonprofit501(C)(3) organization composed ofindividual members and representativesfrom scientific societies, nonprofit and tradeorganizations, and commercial companies.CAST addresses issues surrounding animal,plant and food sciences, and agriculturaltechnology including biotechnology. Theirmission is to “assemble, interpret, andcommunicate credible science-basedinformation regionally, nationally, andinternationally to legislators, regulators,policymakers, the media, the private sector,and the public.” A complete list of theirreports, to date: http://www.castscience.org/publications. Issue papers, commentaries,and one-page quick CASTs are freelyavailable online. Dr. Nancy Reichert has
represented the SIVB in CAST as a memberof their Board of Representatives. Sheassumed the presidency at the October 2017CAST meeting in Saint Louis. Members ofthe Board also sit on one or more of thestanding working groups. As a new memberof the Food Science and Safety WorkGroup, I am learning the issues generallyand those that are germane to the SIVB inparticular. One example of major workproducts of the working group are issuespapers. One of these is an issue paper onfood biofortification lead by Nancy.Biofortification focuses on the improvednutritional value of crops throughagronomic practices, conventional breedingand biotechnology. Others include GenomeEditing in Agriculture—Methods,Applications, and Governance and Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Health Benefits and DietaryRecommendations. Any and all suggestionsfor future CAST reports would bewelcomed — just email me.
John W. HarbellCAST Board of Representatives, SIVB
RESPRESENTATIVES OF THE SIVB
draft guidance for “Regulation ofIntentionally Altered Genomic DNA inAnimals.”; 4) submitting responses to theUSDA-AMS for their “proposed rulequestions under consideration” for GMOlabeling; 5) submitting responses to theUSDA-AMS for their “proposed rulequestions under consideration” for GMOlabeling; 6) submitting comments to USDA-APHIS on their 2017 Proposed Biotechnology
Regulations; and 7) submitting comments toFDA in response to their FDA Request forComments (RFC) about Genome Editingin Plants.
Some new initiatives that are ongoinginclude the following: 1) development of anSIVB position statement on genome editingand gene drive in animals (e.g., transgenicinsects) with a special thanks to John Harbellfor taking the lead on this initiative; and 2)ways to make SIVB position statements morediscoverable by web search engines and morereadily accessible to the general public on theSIVB website.
As outgoing Chair of the Public PolicyCommittee, I want to acknowledge andthank the other members of the Public PolicyCommittee for their hard work anddedication: Patrick Arsenault, Todd Jones,Nancy Reichert, Pamela Weathers, andSydney Shaw.
Thomas FlynnPublic Policy Chair
Impromptu gatherings at the SIVB meetings, such as the one pictured above, allow for theexchange of scientific ideas addressing serious issues facing our members.
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Keynote speaker, Anthony Atala, graciously took time to meet with the students who attended the2017 Meeting.
During the Joint Section’s Social, Hobbit Nirvana entertained our members who took to the dancefloor when they weren't enjoying the evening’s refreshments.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONFOR PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY(IAPB)
I would like to take this opportunity tothank all of our members for supportingIAPB in 2017. Founded in 1963, theInternational Association for Plant Bio-technology is the largest internationalprofessional organization representing theinterests of the world-wide plantbiotechnology community and has beenhosting successful symposia around theworld since the early 60’s. You are cordiallyinvited to participate in the 14th InternationalAssociation for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB)congress, which will be held in Dublin(Ireland) from 19th to 24th August 2018,with an expected delegate number to Irelandof >800. IAPB is pleased to announceesteemed keynotes speakers: Prof. Roger N.Beachy, Prof. Kevin M. Folta, Prof.Christine A. Raines, Prof. Poul ErikJensen, Prof. Prakash P. Kumar, Prof.Cathie Martin, Prof. Sophien Kamoun,Prof. Rainer Fischer, Prof. Henry Daniell,Dr. Randy Niedz, Dr. Hugo De Groote, andDr. Angela Sessitsch. IAPB congress will beopened on the 19th August 2018 by a NobelLaureate Prof. Ada Yonath. Due to populardemand the absolute final closing date forthe submission of abstracts is now extendedto March 30th. Authors will be notified onApril 30th of their status. Last date to availof early registration is May 31st.
Reduced conference rates for IAPBsymposia are offered to all members, IAPBlooks forward to good collaboration with itspersonal members to further improve theimpact and the visibility of plant science inUSA and beyond. IAPB offers excellent valuefor money and is probably the lowestmembership rate for any professionalorganization at $25 per year. Members willreceive a copy of the IAPB newsletter twiceyearly and two issues of the journal. I inviteyou to activate your membership with IAPB.The two societies IAPB and SIVB also workclosely together and members can renew theirIAPB membership through SIVB. Pleasecontact me and I will send you an application.
Siva VelivelliUS Correspondent, IAPB
There are so many ways to reach out to SIVB and your fellow members. We welcomeyour active participation and hope you’ll find us through one or more of these outlets.
Discussion Forum: sivb.org/forum/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SIVBiology/
Twitter: twitter.com/SIVBiology
Linkedin: linkedin.com (Search for Society for In Vitro Biology)
Website: sivb.org
Contact SIVB:Society for In Vitro Biology514 Daniels St. Suite 411Raleigh, NC 27605Phone: (910) 755-5431, Fax: (910) 755-5432Email: [email protected]
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