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An Introduction to the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities

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Email: anthony.yeung@fccc.edu

ABRFA non-profit all-volunteer society since 1986

www.abrf.org What is the ABRF?

ABRF members are from over 300 international core laboratories in academia, government, and industry, in a broad spectrum of biomolecular technologies

The ABRF promotes the research, technology, communication and education of scientists through Research Groups and Committees, Affiliates and Chapters, annual conferences with educational courses, a quarterly journal, a Newsletter, Research Group publications, and Listserves

The ABRF is unique for providing benchmarking studies by its Research Groups and has efficient mechanisms for networking and sharing The annual meeting is a top technology meeting with over 1000 participants The ABRF hosts 2 on-line discussion forums with over 1800 participants: one

focused on scientific, technical and applications topics, the second devoted to administrative and management issues faced by core facility personnel.

ABRF is forming a core facility related VP network to complete the networking

www.abrf.orgA resource-rich

web site

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Research Groups are unique to ABRF

Activities:

Survey constituents for infrastructure, interests and recommendations

Benchmark reagents, instruments, software, and protocols.

Allows individual cores to benchmark their own performance anonymously

Discuss findings at annual meeting and publish at ABRF web site and in journals

Coordinate studies involving multiple RGs

Posters available on line

Provides contacts for members who seek consultation

Sharing of trusted protocols

Provides the infrastructure to support future research groups: e.g.: Flow, Translational Research, and Drug Screening

www.abrf.orgABRF tools for new Research Groups

• ABRF provide new Research Groups with a web page and Listserves for interactions, and an established institution to enable multi-center scientific collaborations

• Time, space and budget at annual meetings for interactions with colleagues through scientific sessions, workshops, and roundtables

• A conference call account and budget• Access to vendor leaders for support of benchmarking study• Access to core related administrators of various institutions• Access to groups with common interests to solve problems, to

benchmark, and for expensive technologies to get up to speed quickly• Access to a growing list of ABRF global affiliates and Chapters• Indemnity insurance as officers of ABRF• A volunteer career path to recognition and to demonstrate leadership

www.abrf.orgDNA Sequencing Research Group

Benchmark the applications of Next Gen sequencers

2011 Target enrichment Study:

Illumina and Roche/454 methods. Test multiple methods with a control sample of 2Mb continuous region.

2012 ABRF-SEQ Study:

Transcriptome comparison on all available NGS platforms

www.abrf.orgProteomics

Research GroupStandardization and Guidelines

www.abrf.orgLight Microscopy Research Group

Quantitative microscopy

www.abrf.org ABRF is NetworkingEmail Technology Forum listserv: http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/list.index

“There are no stupid questions”

Free and open to all

Searchable archive with 1700+ participants

www.abrf.org ABRF Committees

ABRF committee service is an excellent means of active contribution by our members and a significant networking opportunity

http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/group.commMenu

Executive Board ABRF Award Affiliates and Chapters Career Development Core Administrators Network - Coordinating Commi

ttee

Corporate Advisory Corporate Relations Education Finance and Investments Membership Nominations Publications Survey Travel Award Web Site

www.abrf.org Core Management

1. Core Administrator Network – Coordinating Committee (CAN-CC) - Formed in 2011 to promote two-way communication of core personnel with their administratorshttp://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/group.show/CoreAdministratorsCommittee.69.htm

2. Email CAN-CC Forum listservhttp://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/list.home/cancc.htm

3. Educational activities at annual meetings

4. ABRF Recommended Guidelines for Authorship on Manuscriptshttp://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/reference/Authorship.htm

5. Research Technologies: Fulfilling the Promise. Angeletti, Bonewald, de Jongh, Niece, Rush and Stults (1999)

FASEB Journal 13:595

www.abrf.org Education

Email Discussion Forum – the listservs

Journal of Biomolecular Techniques

Outreach to students, including at ABRCMS meeting

ABRF 2012 meeting – Mar. 17-20, 2012 - Orlando, FL,

Pre-meeting Courses: e.g.: Protein Purification and MS Metabolomics NextGen DNA Sequencing Core Facility Management

www.abrf.orgAdvisors to the

Executive Board

• Outreach to non-ABRF core facilities• Promote sponsorship of ABRF by academic

institutes• Consultation on future ABRF priorities with

respect to institutions, the nation, and the world

www.abrf.orgOutreach to non-

ABRF core facilities

• Comprehensive Cancer Center CCSG Cores• Academic centers not with a CCSG focus• NIH cores• NIH-funded special programs cores. E.g.:

CTSA, IDeA, NICL• International research centers

www.abrf.orgAcademic Sponsors

support ABRFWe need more academic sponsors

To become a sponsor:

http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/home/sponsors/Academic_Sponsors.htm

www.abrf.org Academic Sponsors

Academic sponsorship supports the missions of ABRF to be creative and confident in strengthening the core economy and the education of its members

Logos of sponsors are displayed throughout the ABRF web site

ABRF provides one to three free membership slots for each sponsor level and guidance to become active in ABRF

ABRF provides the infrastructure to initiate research groups in support of the technology focus the sponsors

www.abrf.orgNetwork of VPs

involved in cores• A new ABRF initiative to complete the networking mechanisms for the personnel,

administrators, VP and Provosts who influence the core facility economy an performance

• The initial panel who will facilitate the growth of the VP network are:

Reginald MillerAssociate Dean for Research ResourcesMount Sinai School of Medicine.

John SullivanVice Chancellor for ResearchUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School

Karl SteinerSenior Associate Provost for Research DevelopmentUniversity of Delaware

John GricoskiVice President of Research AdministrationFox Chase Cancer Center

Alan McClelland, PhDAssociate Vice President, Programs, Infrastructure and PlanningOffice of the Vice President for Translational ResearchMD Anderson Cancer Center

www.abrf.orgABRF Welcomes

Affiliates & Chaptershttp://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/home/affiliates_chapters.htm

NERLSCD

www.abrf.orgMembership

Benefits

Networking, education, research and technology communication

Opportunities for working with the best practitioners of core facility services

Opportunity to benchmark one’s performance with one’s peers

Opportunities to connect with personnel of all levels of the core economy, from technicians to directors to core administrators and VPs of numerous institutions

Connect with colleagues in industry and personal interactions with software, equipment and reagent manufacturers

Establish leadership, partnership and service internationally

www.abrf.orgABRF is active in FASEB Society

• FASEB is recognized as the policy voice of biological and biomedical researchers on policies and government affairs

• Members include 24 scientific societies• Combined membership over 100,000 researchers• ABRF members serve on many FASEB committees• Provides career resources through job/resume

postings, networking, and educational seminars • Promotes minorities in science and student

participation

http://www.faseb.org/Home.aspx