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AAI NEWSLETTER
Dr. Finn Becomes 91st AAI
President; Dr. Bishop Elected
to AAI Council
Earlier this year, AAI members elected
candidates to AAI Council and committee
terms commencing July 1, 2007. Among
those elected were new AAI President
Olivera J. (Olja) Finn, Ph.D. (2007-2008)
and new AAI Councillor Gail A. Bishop,
Ph.D. (2007-2011).
Olja Finn
A leading scientist in the field of
tumor immunology, Dr. Finn is
Professor and Department of Immunology Chair at the
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and
Immunology Program Leader at the University of Pittsburgh
Cancer Institute (UPCI).
Dr. Bishop is Professor, Department of
Microbiology; Director, Interdisciplinary
Program in Immunology; and Associate
Director for Basic Science Research at the
University of Iowa’s Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. She and her lab
colleagues explore the molecular mechanisms of B lymphocyte activation.
Others elected this year (and pictured on
page 3 of this newsletter) include:
FOCUS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Senate Committee, House Provide SubInflationary Funding Increase for NIH
Both the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related
Agencies (“Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee”) have
provided a small funding increase for the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008. On June 7, the
House Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee approved its
FY 2008 appropriations bill, recommending a spending level
of $29.649 billion for NIH, a $750 million increase (2.6%)
over the current level. After a $201 million transfer to the
Global HIV/AIDS Fund, the increase to NIH is actually only
$549 million (a 1.9% increase), well short of both AAI’s
recommended increase (6.7%) and the projected rate of
biomedical research inflation for FY 2008 (3.7%). Subcommittee Chairman David Obey (D-7th, WI) included the
increase despite President Bush’s threat to veto any spending
bill that exceeds his recommended funding levels. The bill
provides an average increase of 1.5% for each Institute and
Center, and a 6.4% increase for the Office of the Director,
see Focus on Public Affairs, p. 2
Gail Bishop
2007 AAI Meeting
Photo Highlights:
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Inside
• Vice-President (2007-2008): Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
• Awards Committee (2007-2010): Christine A. Biron, Ph.D.
• Finance Committee (2007-2010): Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Ph.D.
• Nominating Committee (2007-2008): Pamela J. Fink, Ph.D.
(Chair); Michael P. Cancro, Ph.D.; Wendy L. Havran, Ph.D.;
Judith A. Kapp, Ph.D.; and Yvonne Paterson, Ph.D.
• Program Committee (2007-2010): Pamela L. Schwartzberg,
M.D., Ph.D., and Ulrich H. von Andrian, M.D.
• Publications Committee (2007-2011): JoAnne L. Flynn, Ph.D.
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AAI Election Class of 2007 (cont’d)
Photo Highlights: IMMUNOLOGY 2007
2008 AAI Annual Meeting Announcement
Members in the News
In Memoriam: David B. Klug, Ph.D.
In Memoriam: Harvey R. Colten, M.D.
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Culminating
his year at
AAI’s helm,
Lewis Lanier
appears at
IMMUNOLOGY
2007, the 94th
AAI Annual
Meeting, in
Miami Beach.
Additional
photos from
the meeting
begin on
page 4.
Grant-Related News
Meetings Calendar
AAI Thanks 2007 Abstract Programming Chairs
AAI Welcomes New Members
AAI Regular, Trainee Member Applications
AAI Thanks 2007 Annual Meeting Sponsors
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Senate Committee, House Provide Sub-Inflationary Funding
Increase for NIH (cont’d)
Member Services
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including $495 million for the newly established “Common Fund” to fund trans-NIH
initiatives (a $12 million, or 2.5%, increase over FY 2007).
The Journal of Immunology
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The JI Homepage: www.jimmunol.org/
Council
President
Olivera J. Finn, Ph.D.
Vice President
Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.
Past President
Lewis L. Lanier, Ph.D.
Secretary-Treasurer
Steven J. Burakoff, M.D.
Councillors
Betty A. Diamond, M.D.
Jeffrey A. Frelinger, Ph.D.
Leslie J. Berg, Ph.D.
Gail A. Bishop, Ph.D.
Ex Officio Councillors
M. Michele Hogan, Ph.D.
John G. Monroe, Ph.D.
Robert R. Rich, M.D.
Judy M. Teale, Ph.D.
Staff
Executive Assistant to the Director
Michael W. Cuddy, M.A.
[email protected]
F O C U S O N P U B L I C A F F A I R S (CONT’D FROM P. 1)
The full House Appropriations Committee approved the Subcommittee bill on July 11, and
on July 19, the House passed the bill by a vote of 276-140. During House debate, House
Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-6th, TX) offered an
amendment to increase funding for NIH by $700 million by allowing NIH to retain the 2.4%
of its budget that would otherwise have to be transferred to the Department of Health and
Human Services (“HHS”) for HHS-wide program evaluation activities. This amendment
failed by a vote of 249-181. The Administration issued a formal statement of opposition to
the bill due to “irresponsible and excessive” spending.
On June 20, the Senate Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, chaired by Senator Tom
Harkin (D-IA), approved its appropriations bill. The subcommittee provided NIH with a $1
billion (3.5%) increase, for a total budget of $29.9 billion ($250 million over the House
committee approved level). After its own transfer of $201 million to the Global HIV/AIDS
Fund, the Senate increase for NIH is actually $799 million, a 2.8% increase over the FY 2007
funding level. The Senate Labor/HHS Appropriations bill provides individual NIH Institutes
and Centers with increases ranging from 2.2% to 2.5%, and allocates $36 million more for
the Common Fund ($531 million) than the House bill. On June 21, the full Senate
Appropriations Committee approved this bill. The schedule for Senate floor consideration of
the bill is uncertain at this time.
AAI has been working to increase funding levels for NIH throughout the appropriations
process. AAI co-signed letters to both Senate and House Appropriations Committee
Chairmen Robert Byrd (D-WV) and David Obey, urging them to provide the Labor/HHS
Appropriations Subcommittees with a $14 billion increase over FY 2007 so that more funds
might be available to NIH. AAI members were asked, via a FASEB alert, to contact their
see Focus on Public Affairs, p. 18
Director of Public Policy &
Government Affairs
Lauren G. Gross, J.D.
[email protected]
Publication Director
The Journal of Immunology
Kaylene J. Kenyon, Ph.D.
[email protected]
Director of Finance
Jan C. Massey, C.P.A.
[email protected]
Membership Coordinator
Lisa McFadden
[email protected]
Director of Meetings
Barbara J. Plantz
[email protected]
For a full staff listing, visit:
www.aai.org/office/staff.htm#Staff
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The AAI Committee on Public Affairs (CPA) presented the IMMUNOLOGY 2007 session
“Advocating for Biomedical Research: Top 10 Things You Should NOT Say While
Education Lawmakers.” Panelists included (L-R): Gary Kline, Legislative Assistant to
Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA); CPA member Bonnie Blomberg; FASEB Director of
Legislative Relations Jon Retzlaff; Lauren Gross, AAI Director of Public Policy and
Government Affairs; CPA member Louis Justement; CPA chair Ellen Kraig; and CPA
members William Green and Gail Bishop.
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2007 AAI Election Results
(cont’d from p. 1)
Nominating Committee (cont’d)
Wendy L. Havran, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Immunology, The Scripps
Research Institute
Council Officer
VICE PRESIDENT
Arthur Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., Ephraim P.
Engleman Distinguished Professor of
Rheumatology and Investigator, HHMI,
Department of Medicine, Division of
Rheumatology, University of California,
San Francisco
Judith A. Kapp, Ph.D., Professor of
Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at
Birmingham
Awards Committee
Christine A. Biron, Ph.D., Esther Elizabeth
Brintzenhoff Professor of Medical Science
and Chairperson, Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology, Division of
Biology and Medicine, Brown University
Yvonne Paterson, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Microbiology, and Associate
Dean for Postdoctoral Research Training,
University of Pennsylvania
Program Committee
Finance Committee
Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Ph.D., A. W. and Mary
Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of
Medicine, Pathology, Microbiology and
Immunology, University of California,
San Francisco (UCSF); Director, UCSF
Diabetes Center; and Director, Immune
Tolerance Network
Nominating Committee
Pamela J. Fink, Ph.D., Chair, Professor,
University of Washington, Seattle
Pamela L. Schwartzberg, M.D., Ph.D.,
Senior Investigator, Genetic Disease
Research Branch, National Human
Genome Research Institute, National
Institutes of Health
Ulrich H. von Andrian, M.D., Professor
and Edward Mallinckrodt Jr. Endowed
Chair of Immunopathology, Department of
Pathology, and Senior Investigator, CBR
Institute for Biomedical Research, Harvard
Medical School
Publications Committee
Michael P. Cancro, Ph.D., Professor of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine
JoAnne L. Flynn, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Molecular Genetics and
Biochemistry and Department of
Immunology, University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
Complete 2007-2008 AAI Committee Rosters will appear in the next AAI Newsletter.
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2007 AAI Annual Meeting
Photo Highlights: Day 1
At left: AAI
President Lewis
Lanier acknowledges
a colleague’s greeting
just before taking the
podium at the Jackie
Gleason Theater.
Dr. Lanier formally
launched the 94th
AAI Annual Meeting
with his Presidential
Address, “NK Cells:
From No Receptors to
Too Many.”
Panelist Sherri Adams presents her talk at the AAI Committee on the
Status of Women session “Networking and Mentoring: How to Make it
Work for You.” Co-panelists were Laura Haynes (chair) and Jeremy Boss.
At right, Lewis Lanier (R)
appears with Jim Allison (L)
and Michele Hogan prior to
the AAI Presidential Address.
Dr. Allison introduced Dr.
Lanier to open the session.
At left: Panelists at
the 2007 AAI-NIAID
Contemporary Topics
in Immunology
Symposium included
(L-R): John Monroe
(session co-chair),
Virginia Pascual,
Lawrence Stern,
Denise Kirschner,
Alison Deckhut
Augustine (session cochair), and Adolfo
García-Sastre.
Presenters at the AAI Clinical Immunology Committee Symposium
“Animal Models of Autoimmune Disease: What They Have and
Have Not Taught” (L-R): David Corry, Chella David, Ward
Wakeland, Nora Sarvetnick, and session chair Ralph Budd.
Attendees make their way to the
Miami Beach Convention Center,
site of IMMUNOLOGY 2007.
Trainees gather for refreshments, networking, and dancing at the Young Investigators Party co-sponsored by BD Biosciences.
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2007 AAI Annual Meeting
Photo Highlights: Day 2
Speakers at the AAI-Cancer Research Institute session “Immunity and Regulation in
the Tumor Microenvironment” (L-R): Dimitry Gabrilovich, Vic Engelhard (session cochair), Jérôme Galon, Hua Yu, Olja Finn (session co-chair), Jay Berzofsky, Hyam
Levitsky, and Sacha Gnjatic.
Dan Littman leads off the AAI
Distinguished Lecture series with his
presentation “Lineage Choices in
the Thymus and Periphery: From
Epigentics to Inflammation.”
From left to right, 2007 John H. Wallace High School Teachers Program
Fellows Mark Paul, Debra Paul, Philip Lundy, and Ann Brokaw appear
with incoming chair Brian Cobb and current chair Art Tzianabos.
The AAI Publications Committee
session “Writing, Rebuttals, and
Angst in Scientific Publishing”
featured (L-R) The Journal of
Immunology deputy editor
Jeff Frelinger (session chair),
Jeremy Boss, and Beth Fischer.
Over 300 participants attended the sold-out AAI Careers Roundtable session, an annual
feature of the AAI meeting since 2003. The 2007 session was chaired by AAI Committee
on the Status of Women (CSOW) Chair Mercedes Rincón and co-sponsored by the CSOW
and the AAI Education Committee.
Thomas Waldmann (left) accepts the 2007
AAI-Dana Foundation Award in Human
Immunology Research from AAI President
Lewis Lanier.
Presenters in the AAI-British Society for Immunology (BSI) joint symposium “Signal
Transduction in the Immune System” (L-R): AAI Program Committee Chair John Monroe
(session co-chair), BSI International Secretary Chris Rudd (session co-chair), Amnon
Altman, Doreen Cantrell, Victor Tybulewicz, and John Cambier.
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Photo Highlights: Day 3
At right:
exhibitors,
attendees, and
poster session
participants make
the rounds of the
IMMUNOLOGY
2007 exhibit hall.
Above: Distinguished Lecturer Anjana Rao
(left) chats with John Monroe prior to her
presentation.
Below: Minority Affairs Committee
Workshop speaker Larry Prograis (L) speaks
with attendees following his presentation,
“NIH Funding Realities: Implications for
Underrepresented Minority Scientists.” In
the accompanying photo below, Dr. Prograis
(R) appears with Guest Lecturer Avery
August (L) and AAI Minority Affairs
Committee Chair Randy Brutkiewicz.
Fred Alt (R) accepts the 2007 AAIHuang Foundation Meritorious
Career Award from AAI President
Lewis Lanier.
Uli von Andrian (M) receives the 2007
AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award
from AAI President Lewis Lanier (L) and
BD General Manager for Life Sciences
Research Reagents Jeanne Brosnan.
Pictured (L-R) prior to the AAI Committee on Public Affairs (CPA) “Meet the
Directors: NIH Priorities, Funding, and You” session: NIH Office of Portfolio
Analysis and Strategic Initiatives (OPASI) Director Alan Krensky; AAI Executive
Director Michele Hogan; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Director Anthony Fauci; National Institute on Aging Director Richard Hodes;
AAI President Lewis Lanier; and CPA Chair Ellen Kraig (session chair).
At right: A presenter
(R) discusses her
research with AAI
poster session
attendees in the
exhibit hall.
Laying the groundwork for next year’s AAI meeting, Program Chair
John Monroe (standing) and Program Committee members consider
proposed major symposium topics for 2008.
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2007 AAI Annual Meeting
Photo Highlights: Day 4
Recipients of 2007 AAI-Huang Foundation Trainee Achievement
Awards (L-R): Weifeng Xu, Joseph Volpe, Parinaz Aliahmad,
Elizabeth Wohlfert, Jacques Moisan, and Colby Zaph.
Olivia Martinez
shows off her
Distinguished
Service Award in
recognition of her
leadership of the
AAI Advanced
Course in
Immunology.
Lewis Lanier opens the 2007 AAI Presidential Symposium,
“From Academics to Biotech and Back,” with introductions
of speakers Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Yong-Jun Liu,
Giorgio Trinchieri, and Steven Ziegler.
The AAI Public Service Award is presented to
National Institute on Aging Director Richard
Hodes (second from left) by (L-R) AAI Executive
Director Michele Hogan, AAI President Lewis
Lanier, and AAI Public Affairs Chair Ellen Kraig.
Excellence in Mentoring
Award recipient Eli
Sercarz (R) appears with
Shaherazade SadeghNasseri, who nominated
and introduced Dr. Sercarz.
Shane Crotty (L) receives
the Pfizer-Showell Travel
Award from AAI President
Lewis Lanier.
AAI Minority Scientist Award recipients appear with AAI Minority Affairs Chair
Randy Brutkiewicz (front row, second from right). In addition to the 47 members
who received AAI Minority Scientist Awards, an additional 85 scientists received
AAI Junior Faculty Awards to attend IMMUNOLOGY 2007.
AAI Lifetime Achievement
Award recipient Ellen Vitetta (R)
accepts her award plaque from
AAI President Lewis Lanier.
Jianguo Liu displays
his Cynthia Chambers
Memorial-eBioscience
Junior Faculty Award.
Michel Nussenzweig
heads to the podium
as AAI Distinguished
Lecturer.
Speakers at the AAI Education Committee
Workshop “Skills for the Big Chill – How to
Survive and Thrive as a Newly Independent
Scientist” (L-R): David Scott, Gail Bishop,
Andrea Itano, and Chris Pennell.
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Photo Highlights: Et Cetera
“How sweet it is!”
A sculpture depicting
the antic pose of
comedian Jackie
Gleason greets visitors
to the theater named in
his honor, adjacent to
the Miami Beach
Convention Center.
The theater was the
site of AAI plenary
lectures, symposia,
and award presentations featured at
IMMUNOLOGY 2007.
FASEB Career Services’
Jacquie Roberts (L),
Director of the Minority
Access to Research
Careers (MARC)
Program, appears with
Anthony Coelho, who
chairs the annual NIH
Grant Workshops at the
AAI Annual Meeting.
The Journal of Immunology (The JI) Editor-in-Chief Bob Rich (far
right) chairs an orientation for new members of The JI editorial board.
At right: Pictured
during their spring
meeting are AAI
Council members
(clock-wise from far
left) Bob Rich, Art
Weiss, Paul Allen, John
Monroe, Jeff Frelinger,
Steve Burakoff, Michele
Hogan, Lewis Lanier,
Olja Finn, and Leslie
Berg (missing:
Betty Diamond).
At left: Shirley Fitch (second from left) rates AAI
“Number 1” at the President’s Reception sponsored
by BD Biosciences. Also pictured (L-R): Bonnie
Blomberg, Frank Fitch, Tom Malek, and Katherine
Knight.
Attendees visit the exhibits (above), plan itineraries (above, right),
gather between sessions (below, right), visit the poster sessions
(below, left), and catch quality time with featured speaker Richard
Hodes (left).
Representating event sponsor
BD Biosciences at the
President’s Reception are
Jeanne Brosnan (L), General
Manager, Life Sciences
Research Reagents, and Bob
Balderas, Vice President of
Research and Development.
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Anthony Fauci Selected to Receive the National
Medal of Science
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., AAI ‘73, Director of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has been
selected to receive the National Medal of Science, the nation’s
highest honor for science. Dr. Fauci is one of eight distinguished
individuals to be awarded by President Bush on July 27 at the
White House.
According to his National Medal of
Science citation, Dr. Fauci is being
recognized for pioneering the understanding of the mechanisms whereby
the human immune system is regulated,
and for his work on dissecting the
mechanisms of pathogenesis of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that has
served as the underpinning for current
strategies for the treatment of HIV disease.
Congress established the National Medal of Science in 1959 as
a Presidential Award to individuals “deserving of special
recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to
knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or
engineering sciences.” Since 1980 it has also recognized
outstanding contributions in the social and behavioral sciences.
In an NIH press release, NIH Director Elias Zerhouni noted that
Dr. Fauci is the sixth NIH staff member, and first from NIAID, to
receive the Medal.
Dr. Fauci has been Director of NIAID since 1984. While he
oversees NIAID’s extensive research portfolio of basic and
applied research, he also serves as a key advisor to the White
House and to the Department of Health and Human Services on
global AIDS issues and on initiatives to bolster medical and
public health preparedness against emerging infectious disease
threats such as pandemic influenza. Dr. Fauci also continues to
conduct his own research and has made many contributions
through basic and clinical studies of the pathogenesis and
treatment of immune-mediated diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
Dr. Fauci was the 2005 recipient of the AAI Lifetime Achievement
Award in recognition of his distinguished scientific accomplishment and extraordinary service to the immunology community.
In 2000, he received the AAI Public Service award for extraordinary leadership in advocating for biomedical research and
advancing immunology. He has been a frequent speaker at
scientific and policy sessions held at the AAI annual meeting, has
served on AAI committees and as an associate editor and
reviewer for The Journal of Immunology, and meets on an annual
basis with the AAI Council.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Fauci received his A.B. from
the College of the Holy Cross and an M.D. from Cornell
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University. He completed his internship and residency at New
York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center. Among his many honors
and awards, Dr. Fauci is a member of the National Academy of
Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.
Further information about the National Medal of Science, which
is administered by the National Science Foundation, can be
found at www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/nms/medal.htm.
Kim Bottomly Named Wellesley College’s 13th
President
Kim Bottomly, Ph.D., AAI ‘79, a renowned immunobiologist and
a deputy provost at Yale University, has been named Wellesley
College’s 13th president.
A native of Helena, Montana,
Dr. Bottomly graduated from the
University of Washington (B.S.,
Zoology) and earned her doctorate
(Biological Structure) from the
University of Washington School
of Medicine. She did postdoctoral
work in immunology at the National
Institutes of Health and the Fox
Chase Cancer Center before joining
the Yale University faculty in 1980. She became Professor of
Immunobiology and of Dermatology at the Yale University
School of Medicine and of Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental Biology at Yale University. Since 2005, she has
served as the Deputy Provost for Science, Technology, and
Faculty Development, where she has been instrumental in Yale’s
efforts to recruit and retain women in the sciences and
underrepresented minorities in all fields.
Dr. Bottomly’s research focuses on the molecular and cellular
factors that influence the initiation of immune responses. She
pioneered studies defining cellular changes associated with
allergic and asthmatic responses. She and her lab colleagues
explore how people respond to allergens and why inhaled
allergens lead to lung injury. She has served on the NIAID
Advisory Council and received the NIH Merit Award.
Dr. Bottomly is a past AAI Distinguished Lecturer, annual
meeting Block Chair, and associate and section editor for The
Journal of Immunology. She has served on various AAI
committees, including Awards; Nominating; Public Affairs;
Education; Program; and Status of Women (including as chair).
She assumes her full duties as Wellesley president effective
August 1. Committed to educating women since its founding in
1870, Wellesley’s 500-acre campus near Boston is home to 2,300
undergraduate students from all 50 states and more than 65
countries.
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Members in the News (cont’d from p. 10)
Four AAI member scientists were among 72 new members and 18
foreign associates recently elected to the National Academy of
Sciences “in recognition of their distinguished and continuing
achievements in original research.” Election to the academy is
considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S.
scientist or engineer.
The AAI electees include:
Michael B. Brenner, M.D., AAI ’88
Theodore Bevier Bayles Professor of
Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and
Chief, Division of Rheumatology,
Immunology and Allergy, Brigham &
Women’s Hospital
Dr. Brenner’s research addresses peptide
and lipid antigen recognition in the
immune system and the immunology of
inflammatory arthritis.
Dr. Brenner is a past member of the AAI Clinical Immunology
Committee and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. He received his B.S. (Biology) from Washington
University in St. Louis and M.D. (magna cum laude) from the
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Pamela J. Fraker, Ph.D., AAI ’79
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology and of Food Science and Human
Nutrition, Michigan State University
Dr. Fraker is among the world’s leading
nutritional immunologists; her work has
earned NIH funding support for nearly
three decades. Her lab studies the impact
of zinc and other nutrients on immune
defense systems. Zinc is involved in the activity of approximately
100 enzymes and many other cell functions being key to an
optimally functioning immune system. Zinc deficiency
accompanies many chronic diseases, including AIDS, Crohn’s
disease, pancreatitis, renal disease and sickle cell anemia. In
developing countries, illness and malnutrition can devastate the
immune system. Fraker’s work is being used to help improve
patient health and stabilize immune defense.
Fraker received her doctorate from the University of Illinois.
The NAS is a private organization of scientists and engineers
dedicated to the advancement of science and its use for the
general welfare. Congressionally established in 1863, it acts
as an official adviser to the federal government upon request,
in any matter of science or technology.
Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D., AAI ’84
Investigator, HHMI, and Professor of
Medicine and of Pathology and
Immunology, Washington University
School of Medicine
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Four AAI Scientists Elected to National Academy
Dr. Yokoyama, who is also the Sam J.
Levin and Audrey Loew Levin Professor
of Research in Arthritis, is internationally
recognized for research that has helped
show how various mechanisms license, restrain, and unleash
natural killer (NK) cells. In 1992, Yokoyama’s lab was the first to
identify a receptor on the surface of NK cells that inhibits NK
cell function when it recognizes the appropriate credentials -- in
this case, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I
molecules -- usually expressed by normal cells . These
molecules are typically absent on tumors and virus infected cells,
allowing the NK cell to then attack the abnormal cell. The
landmark paper reporting these findings was recently selected for
The Journal of Immunology’s “Pillars of Immunology” series.
Dr. Yokoyama’s laboratory has also identified a cluster of genes
that encode the inhibitory receptors as well as receptors that
activate NK cells. Recent studies indicate that NK cells use these
receptors to specifically recognize cells infected by viruses and
that these receptors are involved in the functional development
of NK cells, in a process termed “licensing.”
Dr. Yokoyama has served on the AAI Nominating Committee,
Program Committee, and Clinical Immunology Committee, as an
associate editor for The Journal of Immunology, and is a 2007
AAI Advanced Course faculty member. He was the 2001
recipient of the Novartis Prize for Basic Research in Immunology
(awarded triennially at the International Congress in
Immunology).
Dr. Yokoyama earned his medical degree at the University of
Hawaii at Manoa.
Brigitte A. Askonas, Ph.D., AAI Hon. ’77
Visiting Professor, Imperial College of
Science, Technology and Medicine,
London
Dr. Askonas is credited with having made
seminal contributions to understanding
the molecular basis of lymphocyte
responses to proteins, and especially to
infectious agents. Her early work focused
on antibody synthesis; subsequent efforts
involving macrophages and antigen processing set the stage —
before the discovery of B and T cells — for the discovery of
see Members: Askonas, p. 28
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Paula Lutz Named College Dean at Montana State
University
division’s focus reflects the increasingly broad range of health
concerns that scientists have started linking to the immune
system, including growth and development.
Paula M. Lutz, Ph.D., AAI ‘88, who in
2002 became the first woman dean
(College of Arts and Sciences) at the
University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR),
has been appointed dean of the
College of Letters and Science at
Montana State University (MSU).
The new professorship honors the fundamentally important
contributions of Emil Unanue, a pioneering immunologist and
Shaw mentor who headed the department for more than 21 years.
Dr. Unanue remains at the department as the Paul and Ellen Lacy
Professor of Pathology.
In her new role, Lutz oversees the more
than 500 faculty and staff members and
2,278 students comprising MSU’s largest college, which spans
the sciences, arts, humanities, and social sciences and offers
nearly 50 majors, 25 minors and more than 25 graduate degrees.
The Shaw lab explores the recognition and signaling processes
that occur during interactions between T cells and other immune
cells. Dr. Shaw and his colleagues have pioneered the use of
mathematical modeling as an approach to understanding how
multiple variables effect T cell recognition of material from
foreign invaders, important both for fighting disease and
preventing misdirected immune system attacks on the body’s
own tissues.
Dr. Lutz’s research has focused on immunotoxicology (effect of
lead on the immune system), membrane biochemistry, and
surface proteins of B lymphocytes (regulation and cell-surface
expression). Her research on the effects of lead on children’s
immune systems has drawn NIH funding since 1990.
In addition to her research and teaching activities, Dr. Lutz has
been active in mentoring women and minority scientists and
academicians. At UMR, she helped to create a Women’s
Leadership Institute, worked with her university’s chapter of
Women in Science and Engineering, and helped start UMR’s
Expanding Your Horizons program to encourage interest in
science and math in junior high-aged girls. She was named
UMR’s Woman of the Year in 1999, received a UMR Alumni
Merit Award the same year, and was the recipient of more than a
dozen outstanding teaching and faculty excellence awards
during her nearly two-decade tenure at the university.
Dr. Lutz is a member of AAI’s Committee on Public Affairs. A
chemistry graduate of UMR, Lutz received her Ph.D. from the
Duke University Medical Center’s Department of Microbiology
and Immunology.
Andrey Shaw Appointed First Unanue Professor at
Washington University
Andrey S. Shaw, M.D., AAI ’91, has been
named the Emil R. Unanue Professor of
Immunobiology in the Department of
Pathology and Immunology at
Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis.
Dr. Shaw is a national leader in
immunology who has gained prominence
in the area of how T cells recognize
invaders and contribute to the immune response. As the first
Unanue professor, Shaw also becomes director of the new
Division of Immunobiology within the department. The
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Shaw’s research also focuses on podocytes, cells in a kidney
structure called the glomerulus that filter the blood to make
urine. In 1999, Shaw unexpectedly discovered that knocking
out a gene he had discovered in his immune research caused
kidney failure in mice. Further investigation showed the gene’s
protein is required for the normal function of podocytes. During
that same year, a Finnish group linked an inherited form of
kidney failure to a gene expressed by podocyte cells. Today, the
Shaw lab focuses on how podocyte dysfunction leads to some of
the most common causes of kidney failure.
A music graduate of Columbia College, Shaw obtained his
medical degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and
Surgeons. He joined Washington University’s School of
Medicine in 1991 as assistant professor of pathology after
completing his residency and postdoctoral training in the
Department of Pathology at Yale University.
Dr. Shaw is a member of the AAI Program Committee.
Marc Rothenberg, David Wilkes Named to NIAID
Advisory Council
Two AAI members are among the newest members of the National
Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council, principal
advisory body of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID). They are:
Marc E. Rothenberg, M.D., Ph.D.,
AAI ’97 -- Dr. Rothenberg is professor of
pediatrics and director of the Division of
Allergy and Immunology at Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He
also serves as director for the Cincinnati
Center for Eosinophilic Disorders. His
see Members: Rothenberg, Wilkes, p. 13
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Members in the News
(cont’d from p. 12)
Rothenberg, Wilkes Join NIAID Council (cont’d)
research focuses on molecular mechanisms of allergic
inflammation. He studies the genes and molecules involved in
allergic responses, cellular and molecular immunology, and the
development and analysis of genetically engineered and
antigen-driven models of allergic disease in mice. He also
conducts translational clinical trials.
A graduate of Brandeis University (Chemistry/Biochemistry),
Dr. Rothenberg received his M.D. and Ph.D. (Immunology)
degrees from Harvard University. He completed an internship
and residency at Children’s Hospital, Boston and postdoctoral
fellowship (Allergy/Immunology & Hematology/Oncology) at
Children’s Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. Rothenberg is a past associate editor for The Journal of
Immunology. The recipient of the 2007 E. Mead Johnson Award
from the Society for Pediatric Research, Dr. Rothenberg is an
elected member of the American Society for Clinical
Investigation and the American Pediatric Society and a
diplomate of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and
Immunology.
David S. Wilkes, M.D., AAI ‘00 -- Dr. Wilkes is Dr. Calvin H.
English Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. A
pulmonary and critical care physician,
he is also the director of the Center for
Immunobiology at Indiana. He researches
the immunopathogenesis of lung
transplant rejection with a focus on
alloimmune-induced autoimmunity in
lung transplant recipients. Dr. Wilkes has
served as an NIH study section member
and co-chaired the NIH-sponsored
workshop on Lung Transplantation:
Opportunities for Research and Clinical
Advancement.
A graduate of Villanova University, Dr. Wilkes received his M.D.
from the Temple University School of Medicine. He completed a
residency (internal medicine) at Temple University Hospital and
a postdoctoral fellowship (pulmonary and critical care) in the
Department of Medicine at the UT Southwestern Medical Center,
Dallas.
The NIAID Council is composed of physicians, scientists and
representatives of the public who contribute their time and
expertise for a four-year term. It provides recommendations on
the conduct and support of research, including training young
scientists and disseminating health information derived from
NIAID research.
In Memoriam
David B. Klug, Ph.D.
July 4, 1962 - October 29, 2006
The following tribute to Dr. David Klug (AAI ‘98) is re-printed
with the kind permission of co-authors Rita Aguilar, Heather
Poetschke Klug (AAI ‘04), Ellen Richie (AAI ‘78), and Joy
Williams.
Dr. David B. Klug, 44, passed away on
October 18, 2006, at The University of
Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in
Houston, Texas, following a valiant battle
against melanoma cancer. David was a
beloved son, cherished husband, devoted
father, loyal friend, and avid golfer.
Born on the Fourth of July, 1962, David
moved to Brownsville as a child and quickly made this his home,
later graduating from Pace High School, followed by the
University of Texas with a B.S. in Microbiology and a Ph.D. in
Biological Sciences.
While at school in Austin, David met Heather Poetschke, a fellow
doctoral student, who became his wife on completion of their
doctoral degrees. He later worked at the National Cancer
Institute, National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland.
David and Heather recently celebrated their seventh wedding
anniversary, on October 9, together with their daughters,
Hannah Joy, 3 and Mia Hope, 1.
David devoted his research career to immunology and cancer
biology, having worked at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center in Smithville, Texas for more than ten years as a
graduate student, post-doctoral fellow, and research scientist
before moving to Maryland to work at the National Cancer
Institute of the National Institutes of Health for another three
years. The couple moved back to Brownsville in 2003, where
David continued working with collaborators at the NCI, NIH.
While at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. David Klug was
one of the first scientists to recognize that T cell development
depends on mutually inductive interactions between immature T
cells and epithelial cells in the thymus. His findings, published
in several journals including the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, are widely referenced and established the
standard now used to define thymic epithelial subsets.
David continued to pursue his interest in defining the
underlying mechanisms responsible for the normal development
of the thymic stromal compartment while at the National
Institutes of Health. His unique technical expertise in this area
of immunology, in addition to his personable nature, were the
basis for many fruitful collaborations during his NIH stay.
While at the NIH, he also served as an elected member of the
NIH-wide Immunology Interest Group steering committee.
see In Memoriam, p. 14
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David B. Klug, Ph.D.
David was a member of the Brownsville Temple Beth El. He
loved the theater and acted in performances at the Camille
playhouse starting at an early age and continuing through high
school. He was also a formidable, yet gracious, golfer who
could win a round before anyone ever noticed he was ahead.
His love and dedication to the sport helped to determine his
grace and diplomacy both on and off the course, and never a
harsh word was heard of or from him.
David is survived by his wife, Dr. Heather Poetschke Klug, and
daughters, Hannah Joy and Mia Hope of Brownsville; mother
Guta Klug of Brownsville; brother Alan and nephew Joshua of
Austin; mother- and fathers-in-law Marian and James Manning
and Willie Poetschke; sister- and brother-in-law Holly and Clint
Pearson; niece Madison and nephew Blake Pearson; sister- and
brother-in-law Heidi and Tommy Lawrence; nephews Ryan,
Austin, Dillon and niece Meghan Lawrence; and brother-in-law
Harvey R. Colten, M.D.
January 11, 1939 - May 24, 2007
Dr. Harvey Colten, AAI ’69, a leading pediatric immunologist
who served as AAI Secretary-Treasurer from 1991-1997, died in
May in New York City. The following obituary is re-printed with
the kind permission of Northwestern University, where Dr. Colten
served as medical school dean and vice president for medical affairs
from 1997-1999.
Former Medical School Dean Harvey Colten Dies
Harvey R. Colten, MD, who served as medical school dean and
vice president for medical affairs at Northwestern University
from 1997–99, died May 24 at New York Presbyterian Hospital
of complications from colon cancer. He was 68.
A native of Houston, Dr. Colten received his undergraduate
degree from Cornell University and his MD degree from Case
Western Reserve University. After clinical training and two
years’ service in the U. S. Public Health Service, he spent five
years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) before joining
Harvard Medical School in 1970. During his 16 years at
Harvard, he was chief of the pediatric allergy division as well as
chief of pediatric cell biology and pulmonary. In 1986 he joined
Washington University as chair of the pediatrics department; he
also served as pediatrician in chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Supported by NIH grants, Dr. Colten led a team of researchers
who found a genetic link to a form of respiratory failure in
newborns. He also played a role in advances in the care and
treatment of cystic fibrosis and other respiratory diseases in
children. Dr. Colten’s research extended to the understanding of
the immune system and the body’s inflammatory responses. He
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Karl Poetschke, of Plano, Texas; and numerous life-long friends
and colleagues from Brownsville to the East Coast.
A graveside service [was] held at 1:00 P.M. on Sunday,
November 5, 2006, at the Hebrew Cemetery located at Madison
and 3rd Street in Brownsville, TX.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be
made honoring the memorial of Dr. David B. Klug to establish a
Graduate Student Fellowship in his name at the University of
Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Smithville for students
from the Rio Grande Valley. Checks may be sent to:
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | P.O. Box
4486 | Houston, TX 77210-4486 (indicate “in Memory of Dr.
David Klug” in the memo section). Alternatively, credit card
donations to the memorial of Dr. David Klug may be made by
calling (800) 525-5841 or online at www.mdanderson.org/gifts
The family wishes to thank all those family and friends who have
supported the Klug family during this time of sorrow.
conducted revolutionary studies on DNA
and the immune system, and as a result,
he was able to identify genetic changes
and deficiencies associated with autoimmune diseases. He trained more than
60 investigators in pediatric allergy/
immunology, pulmonology, and other
disciplines.
© Jim Ziv
In Memoriam (cont’d from p. 13)
During his tenure at Northwestern,
Dr. Colten helped lead the expansion of
research programs [at the medical school]. In 2002, he joined
Columbia University Medical Center as vice president and
senior associate dean of academic affairs.
Dr. Colten served on the editorial boards of 18 leading medical
journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine,
Journal of Biomedical Science, and Proceedings of the Association of American Physicians. He was a fellow of the Royal
Society of Medicine and the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. Among his many honors, he received
the E. Mead Johnson Award for Pediatric Research, an NIH
MERIT award, and honorary membership in the Hungarian
Society of Immunology.
Survivors include wife Susan, daughters Jennifer Schmidt and
Lora, son Charles, father Oscar, brother Richard, sister Faith
Fiore, and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be
made to St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics,
1 Children’s Place, St. Louis, MO 63110.
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Grant-Related News
JDRF Issues Special Request for Applications
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund International (JDRF) is
launching two new Special Emphasis Programs to promote better
understanding of recurrent long-term autoimmunity, which is
crucial towards finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes. They include:
1) Immune Memory in Type 1 Diabetes (statement of intent 8/1/
07; application due 9/5/07), and
2) Common Mechanisms of Autoimmune Disease (letter of
intent 8/31/07; application due 11/1/07)
JDRF intends to direct up to $3 million to each of these programs
over the next three years.
For more information and how to apply, please:
1) visit www.jdrf.org/MemoryRFA;
2) visit www.jdrf.org For Scientists Information for
Applicants; or
3) contact Olivia Lou, Ph.D. | Scientific Program Manager Immunology | Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
International (JDRF) | 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor | New York, NY
10005 | Phone: (212)479-7606 | Fax: (212)480-2459 |
[email protected] | http://jdrf.org
Lupus Foundation Welcomes Nominations for
2007 Evelyn V. Hess Award
Established in 2004, the Lupus Foundation of America’s Evelyn
V. Hess Award is given annually to a clinical or basic researcher
whose body of work has advanced understanding of the
pathophysiology, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, or
treatment of lupus.
The award, which includes a $3,500 cash prize, recognizes Dr.
Hess’ outstanding contributions to lupus research over the course
of her long career.
Candidates for the award must meet the following criteria:
• Academic degree of M.D. or Ph.D.
• A career of achievement in basic or clinical research in lupus
• Academic appointment at Associate Professor or above
Nomination packages must include:
• a nominating letter describing the candidate’s contributions to
lupus research;
• a seconding letter; and
• the candidate’s CV
Please submit all materials to Susan Drinan-Bowes, Manager,
Education & Research, Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., 2000
L St. NW, Suite 710, Washington, DC 20036, or via e-mail to
[email protected].
Nominations and supporting materials must be received by the
LFA no later than September 14, 2007.
The award will be presented at an honorary reception during the
annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in
Boston, MA, in November, 2007.
Evelyn V. Hess, M.D., MACP, MACR, is an internationally known
expert in lupus with a special interest in the area of the
environmental aspects of lupus. She began her training at
University College in Dublin, Ireland, and completed her
internships and residencies in London. She then taught at the
University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine in the Division
of Internal Medicine/Immunology and was the director of the
Division of Immunology from 1965 to 1995. She is the recipient
of a College of Medicine endowed chair and has held the
McDonald Professorship at the University since 1969. She was
awarded the University of Cincinnati Drake Medal in 2001 for
distinguished service to the College. The University has also
recognized her by establishing a fund for the Evelyn V. Hess
Chair in Rheumatology to support faculty and fellow salaries for
research and education in rheumatic diseases in the Division of
Immunology/Rheumatology at the College of Medicine.
AAI extends condolences to the families, friends, and
colleagues of the following recently deceased members:
Harvey R. Colten, M.D.
New York, New York
David B. Klug, Ph.D.
Brownsville, Texas
Chi-Jen Lee, Sc.D.
Rockville, Maryland
John J. Marchalonis, Ph.D.
Tucson, Arizona
Oliver Roholt, Ph.D.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Ji-Won Yoon, Ph.D.
North Chicago, Illinois
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MEETINGS CALENDAR
August 18-21, 2007
Third International Conference on “B cells and Autoimmunity,”
Focus on Infection, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil —
Satellite meeting of 13th International Congress of Immunology
www.histo.ufrj.br/LIB/satellite
October 11-13, 2007
40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology:
Inflammation, Innate Immunity & Cancer, Royal Sonesta Hotel,
Boston, MA
www.leukocytebiology.org/2007meeting
August 19-23, 2007
21st International Conference of the World Association for the
Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP), Ghent, Belgium
www.waavp2007.be
October 11-14, 2007
SACNAS Conference: Stretching the Imagination to Support
Leadership and Sustainability, Kansas City, MO
www.sacnas.org/confNew/confClient/
August 21-25, 2007
13th International Congress of Immunology, Riocentro
Convention Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Contact: Prof. Jorge Kalil, President of ICI 2007, [email protected]
www.immunorio2007.org.br
October 17-19, 2007
Fraunhofer Life Science Symposium Leipzig 2007,
Leipzig, Germany
www.fs-leipzig.com
September 5-8, 2007
Basic Science Symposium 2007 of The Transplantation Society
(TTS) (co-organized by the Canadian Society of Transplantation
(CST)), Halifax, Nova Scotia
www.bss2007.ca/
September 13-16, 2007
10th International Workshop on Langerhans Cells, Berne,
Switzerland -- Contact: [email protected]
www.lc2007.ch
September 16-19, 2007
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 29th
Annual Meeting, Honolulu Convention Center, Honolulu, HI
Contact: (202) 367-1161 or [email protected]
www.asbmr.org
September 17-20, 2007
The 47th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
Contact: 202-942-9348, Email: [email protected]
www.icaac.org
September 29, 2007
Update in Allergy and Immunology 2007: A CME Symposium,
Tampa, FL
www.cme.hsc.usf.edu/allergy_immunology
October 7-12, 2007
3rd International Conference on Autoimmunity: Mechanisms and
Novel Treatments, Hilton Conference Center, Rhodes, Greece
www.aegeanconferences.org
October 9-10, 2007
Cancer and Inflammation (sponsored by the Center for Cancer
Research, NCI), Masur Auditorium, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD
Contact: [email protected] or 301.228.4027
www.ncifcrf.gov/events/cancerandinflammation/
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October 18-20, 2007
3rd World Congress on Regenerative Medicine, Leipzig,
Germany
www.regmed.org
October 23-27, 2007
American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 57th Annual
Meeting, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
www.ashg.org/genetics/ashg/ashgmenu.htm
October 26-30, 2007
Cytokines in Health and Disease, International Cytokine Society
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
www.cytokines2007.org
October 27-28, 2007
The 33rd Annual New England Immunology Conference,
Woods Hole, MA
Contact: Kenneth Bourell, [email protected]
http://neic2007.uchc.edu
November 3-7, 2007
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
www.sfn.org/
November 7-10, 2007
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
(ABRCMS), Austin, TX
www.abrcms.org/index.html
November 7-10, 2007
Association for Molecular Pathology 2007 Annual Meeting &
Exhibits, Los Angeles, CA
www.amp.org/
see Meetings Calendar, p. 17
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MEETINGS CALENDAR (cont’d from p. 16)
November 8-10, 2007
SGI 2nd International Summit on Reproductive Medicine —
From Embryo and Endometrium to Implantation: The
Translational Research, Valencia, Spain
www.sgionline.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=2318
June 20-26, 2008
AAI Introductory Course in Immunology,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
www.aai.org/Courses
November 11-14, 2007
Annual Meeting of the Society for Glycobiology, Park Plaza
Hotel, Boston, MA
www.glycobiology.org
July 12-16, 2008
The American Society for Virology 27th Annual Scientific
Meeting, Ithaca, NY (Sponsor: Cornell University)
www.asv.org
2008
January 26-29, 2008
Midwinter Conference of Immunologists at Asilomar, Pacific
Grove (near Monterey), CA (limited to 250 attendees)
Registration packet available in September: [email protected];
deadline: Friday, November 16, 2007
www.midwconfimmunol.org
April 5-9, 2008
AAI Annual Meeting, Experimental Biology 2008,
San Diego, CA
www.eb2008.org/
April 5-9, 2008
Experimental Biology 2008, San Diego, CA
www.eb2008.org/
April 9-11, 2008
Comparative Models of Immune Response, Lake Arrowhead
Conference Center, Lake Arrowhead, CA
www.westernu.edu/cmir
April 18-22, 2008
American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting
2008, San Diego, CA
www.aacr.org/
April 23-27, 2008
Gene Expression and Signaling in the Immune System, Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
www.cshl.edu
April 27 - May 1, 2008
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO),
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Contact: [email protected]
www.arvo.org
June 4-8, 2008
World Conference on Breast Cancer Foundation 5th World
Conference on Breast Cancer, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
www.wcbcf.ca/
July 19-24, 2008
AAI Advanced Course in Immunology,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
www.aai.org/Courses
September 12-16, 2008
ASBMR 30th Annual Meeting, Palais Des Congres, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
www.asbmr.org/
October 9-12, 2008
SACNAS Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
www.sacnas.org/
November 5-8, 2008
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
(ABRCMS), Orlando, FL
www.abrcms.org/index.html
December 7-11, 2008
The Annual Meeting of the America Society for Matrix Biology
(ASMB), Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA
www.asmb.net
2009
May 8-12, 2009
AAI Annual Meeting, IMMUNOLOGY 2009™
(stand-alone), Seattle, WA
www.aai.org
April 18-22, 2009
Experimental Biology 2009, New Orleans, LA
www.faseb.org/meetings/
September 11-15, 2009
ASBMR 31st Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
www.asbmr.org/
see MEETINGS CALENDAR, p. 18
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M E E T I N G S CALENDAR
(cont’d from p. 17)
October 20-24, 2009
American Society of Human Genetics Meeting, Honolulu, HI
www.ashg.org/genetics
2010
May 7-11, 2010
AAI Annual Meeting, IMMUNOLOGY 2010™
(stand-alone), Baltimore, MD
www.aai.org
April 24-28, 2010
Experimental Biology 2010, Anaheim, CA
www.faseb.org/meetings/
August 22-27, 2010
14th International Congress of Immunology, Kobe, Japan
www.ici2010.org/
October 8-12, 2010
ASBMR 32nd Annual Meeting, Metro Toronto Convention
Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
www.asbmr.org/
FOCUS ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS
(CONT’D FROM P. 2)
Senate Committee, House Provide Sub-Inflationary
Funding Increase for NIH (cont’d)
legislators to urge them to support this increase. Although
neither subcommittee received the full $14 billion, both
Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittees did receive about
2/3 of the requested amount.
AAI also submitted testimony to both the Senate and House
Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittees, urging them to
increase the NIH budget by 6.7% in FY 2008. AAI, FASEB,
and other groups in the biomedical research community have
joined together to advocate that Congress put NIH funding
“Back on Track”: a 6.7% increase this year, accompanied by
identical increases in FY 2009 and FY 2010, would restore
the loss in purchasing power that has occurred since the NIH
budget “doubling” ended in FY 2003. AAI members received
a FASEB alert requesting that they contact their Members of
Congress and urge them to support this 6.7% increase for NIH.
AAI will continue to advocate for the largest possible increase
in funding for NIH for FY 2008, as well as for the best use of
the funds that ultimately are allocated to NIH.
2011
AAI Annual Meeting, IMMUNOLOGY 2011™
(stand-alone), dates/site TBD
www.aai.org
April 9-13, 2011
Experimental Biology 2011, Washington, DC
www.faseb.org/meetings/
September 16-20, 2011
ASBMR 33rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
www.asbmr.org/
2012
May 4-8, 2012
AAI Annual Meeting, IMMUNOLOGY 2012™
(stand-alone), Boston, MA
www.aai.org
April 21-25, 2012
Experimental Biology 2012, San Diego, CA
www.faseb.org/meetings/
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THE 2008 MIDWINTER
CONFERENCE OF
IMMUNOLOGISTS AT
ASILOMAR
Chairpersons
Michael Cancro and Wendy Havran
The 47 th Midwinter Conference of
Immunologists will convene January
26-29, 2008, at the Asilomar Conference
Grounds located in Pacific Grove
(Monterey) California. The detailed
program information, a schedule of the
guest speakers and all pertinent forms may
be downloaded from the website:
www.midwconfimmunol.org
For registration information, please email
the Registrar at [email protected] or
phone (650) 571-8367 (Pacific Time Zone)
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AAI Welcomes New AAI Members
October 2006 — July 2007
Ninan Abraham, Ph.D., Vancouver, Canada
Babita Agrawal, Ph.D., Alberta, Canada
Maureen Ajuebor, Ph.D., Shreveport, LA
Omid Akbari, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Amin Al-Shami, Ph.D., The Woodlands, TX
Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D., Rochester, NY
Subhashini Arimilli, Ph.D., Winston-Salem, NC
Mohamed S. Arredouani, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Geraldine Arrode, Ph.D., Kansas City, KS
Fred J. Aswad, Ph.D., Richmond, CA
Jeffrey J. Auletta, M.D., Cleveland, OH
Subash Babu, Ph.D., Temil Nadu, India
Naveen Bangia, Ph.D., Buffalo, NY
Marcello Barcinski, M.D., Ph.D., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marcel Batten, Ph.D., South San Francisco, CA
Salma Begum, Ph.D, New York, NY
John R. Bethea, Ph.D., Miami, FL
Marina Boukhvalova, Ph.D., Rockville, MD
Maria E. Bruno, Ph.D., Lexington, KY
Jack D. Bui, Ph.D., M.D., La Jolla, CA
Chuanhai Cao, Ph.D., Tampa, FL
George Carayanniotis, Ph.D., St. John’s, Canada
William H. Carr, D.V.M., Ph.D., Durban, South Africa
Maria G. Castro, Ph.D., Los Angeles, CA
Federica Cavallo, Ph.D., Turin, Italy
Saso Cemerski, Ph.D., St. Louis, MO
Kausik Chattopadhyay, Ph.D., Bronx, NY
Minjian Chen, M.D., Boston, MA
Lingyun Chen, Ph.D., Scarborough, ME
Yi-Guang Chen, Ph.D., Bar Harbor, ME
Weisan Chen, Ph.D., Melbourne, Australia
Xiuxu Chen, Ph.D., Madison, WI
Dhana Chinnasamy, Ph.D., Milwaukee, WI
Divaker Choubey, Ph.D., Cincinnati, OH
Daniela Cihakova, M.D., Ph.D., Baltimore, MD
Fabio Cominelli, M.D., Ph.D., Charlottesville, VA
Graciela Cremaschi, Ph.D., Buenos Aires, Argentina
Massoud Daheshia, Ph.D., Austin, TX
Satya Dandekar, Ph.D., Davis, CA
Eduardo Davila, Ph.D., New Orleans, LA
Reno Debets, Ph.D., Rotterdam, Netherlands
Vilma Decman, Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA
Albert B. Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D., San Diego, CA
Victoria Del Pozo, M.D., Madrid, Spain
Said Dermime, Ph.D., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Yuanpu Peter Di, Ph.D., Pittsburgh, PA
Michael S. Diamond, M.D., St. Louis, MO
C. Marcela Diaz-Montero, Ph.D., Charleston, SC
Andreas Diefenbach, M.D., Ph.D., Freiburg, Germany
Francesco Dieli, M.D., Palermo, Italy
Wei Duan, Ph.D., La Jolla, CA
Peter Dube, Ph.D., San Antonio, TX
Jeremy S. Duffield, M.D., Ph.D., Boston, MA
Jehad H. Edwan, Ph.D., Cincinnati, OH
Mohey Eldin El Shikh, M.D., Richmond, VA
Iris Estrada, Ph.D., Mexico City, Mexico
Alexander Filatenkov, M.D., Stanford, CA
B. Brett Finlay, Ph.D., Vancouver, Canada
Karen A. Fortner, Ph.D., Burlington, VT
Paul Foster, Ph.D., Newcastle, Australia
Deborah J. Fowell, Ph.D., Rochester, NY
Xin-Yuan Fu, Ph.D., Indianapolis, IN
Shin-ichiro Fujii, M.D., Ph.D., Yokohama, Japan
Elena Galkina, Ph.D., Charlottesville, VA
George Fu Gao, D. Phil, Beijing, China
Elizabeth M. Gardner, Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA
Marie-Claire Gauduin, Ph.D., San Antonio, TX
Xinhui Ge, Ph.D., Seattle, WA
Andrew E. Gelman, Ph.D., St. Louis, MO
Beatriz C. Gil-Torregrosa, Ph.D., Palau-Solita
i Plegamans, Spain
Tatiana N. Golovina, Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA
Ethel J. Gordon, Ph.D., Greensboro, NC
Tomomi Gotoh, Ph.D., Kumamoto, Japan
Marcelo Gottschalk, Ph.D., Quebec, Canada
Abdeliah S. Gounni, Ph.D., Winnipeg, Canada
Peter M. Gray, Ph.D., Rahway, NJ
Maria Antonieta Guerrero-Plata, Ph.D., Galveston, TX
Benoit Guilbault, Ph.D., Vancouver, Canada
Ihsan Gursel, Ph.D., Ankara, Turkey
David J. Hackam, M.D., Ph.D., Pittsburgh, PA
Thorsten Hagemann, M.D., Ph.D., London,
United Kingdom
George Hajishengallis, Ph.D., Louisville, KY
Gregory A. Hale, M.D., Memphis, TN
Hitoshi Harada, Ph.D., Shizuoka, Japan
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Jodi F. Hedges, Ph.D., Bozeman, MT
Roger A. Herr, Ph.D., St. Louis, MO
Keli L. Hippen, Ph.D., Minneapolis, MN
Tadakazu Hisamatsu, M.D., Tokyo, Japan
Rikard Holmadahl, Ph.D., M.D., Lund, Switzerland
Junko Hori, M.D., Ph.D., Tokyo, Japan
Sonsoles Hortelano, Ph.D., Madrid, Spain
Sam Hou, Ph.D., Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Michael D. Howell, Ph.D., Denver, CO
Eric A. Hryhorenko, Ph.D., Rochester, NY
Jiafen Hu, Ph.D., Hershey, PA
Yujun Huang, Ph.D., La Jolla, CA
Koho Iizuka, M.D., Minneapolis, MN
Richard M. Jack, Ph.D., San Diego, CA
Liselotte E. Jensen, Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA
Lei Jin, Ph.D., Denver, CO
Pramod S. Joshi, D.V.M., Madison, WI
Steffen Jung, Ph.D., Rehovot, Israel
Murali Krishna Kaja, Ph.D., Seattle, WA
Yoshihide Kanaoka, M.D., Ph.D., Boston, MA
Naoki Kanayama, Ph.D., Okayama, Japan
Hajime Karasuyama, M.D., Ph.D., Tokyo, Japan
Mobin A. Karimi, M.D., Stanford, CA
Duraisamy Kempuraj, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Jeffrey S. Kennedy, M.D., Albany, NY
Samantha E. Kerry, Ph.D., Saint Marys City, MD
Mehmet Kilinc, Ph.D., Buffalo, NY
In-Jeong Kim, Ph.D., Saranac Lake, NY
Jenney S. Kim, Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
In Sik Kim, Ph.D., Daejeon, South Korea
Wan-uk Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Suwon, South Korea
Carolyn G. King, Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA
Yuki Kinjo, M.D., Ph.D., La Jolla, CA
Hernan D. Kopcow, Ph.D., Cambridge, MA
Jeremy J. Kroll, Ph.D., Ames, IA
Koichi Kubota, M.D., Ph.D., Sagamihara, Japan
Marcelo J. Kuroda, M.D., Ph.D., Covington, LA
Sergei Kusmartsev, Ph.D., Gainesville, FL
Byungsuk Kwon, Ph.D., Ulsan, South Korea
Joanne Lancaster, M.D., Indianapolis, IN
Micheline N. Laurent, M.D., Smithville, TX
Jinhee Lee, Ph.D., D.V.M., Worcester, MA
Zang Hee Lee, D.D.S., Ph.D., Seoul, South Korea
Delphine J. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Los Angeles, CA
Cynthia A. Leifer, Ph.D., Ithaca, NY
Jonathan M. Levitt, Ph.D., Houston, TX
Eli C. Lewis, Ph.D., Beer-Sheva, Israel
Bin Li, Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA
Huifen Li, Ph.D., Baltimore, MD
Fu Jun Li, M.D., Ph.D., Birmingham, AL
Hanfen Li, Ph.D., M.D., Memphis, TN
Lina Lim, Ph.D., Singapore
Chie-Huang Lin, Ph.D., Taipei, Taiwan
Qian Liu, M.D., Newark, NJ
Xiao Song Liu, M.D., Ph.D., Brisbane, Australia
Yusen Liu, Ph.D., Columbus, OH
Kui Liu, Ph.D., Dallas, TX,
Steven K. Lundy, Ph.D., Ann Arbor, MI
Irina V. Lyadova, Ph.D., Moscow, Russia
Laurent Malherbe, Ph.D., Milwaukee, WI
Gal Markel, Ph.D., M.D., Tel Hashomer, Israel
Kieren Marr, M.D., Portland, OR
Francesc Marti, Ph.D., Ann Arbor, MI
Amanda Lee Marzo, Ph.D., Chicago, IL
Paola Massari, Ph.D., Roxbury, MA
Takashi Matozaki, M.D., Ph.D., Maebashi, Japan
Tadashi Matsuda, Ph.D., Sapporo, Japan
Rachel M. McLoughlin, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Rachel M. McLoughlin, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Eric Meffre, Ph.D., New York, NY
Thorsten R. Mempel, M.D., Charlestown, MA
Jennifer Meyers, Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
Lucia Mincheva-Nilsson, M.D., Ph.D., Umea, Sweden
Yu Keung Mok, Ph.D., Singapore
Concepcion Mora-Giral, Ph.D., Barcelona, Spain
Chantal M. Moratz, Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
Esmaeil Mortaz, Ph.D., Utrecht, Netherlands
Janice M. Moser, Ph.D., Orlando, FL
Michael Mullenix, Ph.D., Thousand Oaks, CA
Takashi Murakami, M.D., Ph.D., Tochigi, Japan
Karuppiah Muthumani, Ph.D., Philadelphia, PA
Srinivas Nagaraj, Ph.D., Tampa, FL
Christina L. Nance, Ph.D., Houston, TX
Julie M. Nauroth, Ph.D., Columbia, MD
Glen R Nemerow, Ph.D., La Jolla, CA
Traci L. Ness, Ph.D., Savannah, GA
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Mikhail Olferiev, M.D., New York, NY
Diana G. Pages, Ph.D., Rochester, MN
Utpal Pal, Ph.D., College Park, MD
Gianfranco Pancino, M.D., Ph.D., Paris, France
George K. Papadopoulos, Ph.D., Arta, Greece
Michelle A. Parent, Ph.D., Newark, DE
James C. Paulson, Ph.D., La Jolla, CA
Geoffrey Payne, Ph.D., Prince George, Canada
Amnon Peled, Ph.D., Jerusalem, Israel
Anne-Laure Perraud, Ph.D., Denver, CO
Bjorn Peters, Ph.D., La Jolla, CA
Mark C. Poznansky, M.D., Ph.D., Charlestown, MA
Kesavannair Praveen, Ph.D., Aurora, IL
Yufen Qin, Ph.D., Irvine, CA
Mahboob Hossain Qureshi, M.D., Ph.D., Henderson, NV
Sharath K. Rai, D.V.M., Ph.D., Kalamazoo, MI
Balaji Ramanathan, Ph.D., Charlottetown, Canada
P. Srirama Rao, Ph.D., San Diego, CA
Joshua Reece, Ph.D., Beltsville, MD
Carlo Riccardi, M.D., Perugia, Italy
Ian Rifkin, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Marjorie Robert-Guroff, Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
Yacov Ron, Ph.D., Piscataway, NJ
Nathalie Rufer, Ph.D., Epalinges, Switzerland
Lixin Rui, M.D., Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
Michel Sadelain, M.D., Ph.D., New York, NY
Bita Sahaf, Ph.D., Palo Alto, CA
Norihisa Sakamoto, M.D., Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
Kemichi Sakurai, M.D., Ph.D., Tokyo, Japan
Ignacio Sanz, M.D., Rochester, NY
Takahiro Satoh, M.D., Ph.D., Tokyo, Japan
Thomas J. Schneider, Ph.D., Cambridge, MA
Adam G. Schrum, Ph.D., Rochester, MN
Melanie Scott, M.D., Ph.D., Pittsburgh, PA
Limin Shang, Ph.D., New York, NY
Long Shen, Ph.D., Buffalo, NY
William J. Simmons, Ph.D., Washington, DC
John Simms, Ph.D., Manassas, VA
Catherine A. St. Hill, Ph.D., Saint Paul, MN
Timothy Sulahian, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Arthur Summerfield, D.V.M., Ph.D., Mittelhaeusern,
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Haruhiko Takada, Ph.D., Sendai, Japan
Kazue Takahashi, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Jun Tang, M.D., Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
Mauro Teixeira, Ph.D., Pampulha Belo Horizonte,
Brazil
Philippe Tessier, Ph.D., Quebec, Canada
Elizabeth A. Trachtenberg, Ph.D., Oakland, CA
Doris B. Tse, Ph.D., New York, NY
Yasuhiro Tsuda, M.D., Ph.D., Osaka, Japan
Tetsuya Uchida, Ph.D., Tokyo, Japan
Alain Vandewalle, M.D., Ph.D., Paris, France
James W. Verbsky, M.D., Ph.D., Milwaukee, WI
Laurent K. Verkoczy, Ph.D., Durham, NC
Carola Vinuesa, Ph.D., Canberra, Australia
Eric von Hofe, Ph.D., Worcester, MA
Jatin M. Vyas, M.D., Ph.D., Boston, MA
Junxiang Wan, Ph.D., M.D., Los Angeles, CA
Qin Wang, Ph.D., New York, NY
Qun Wang, Ph.D., Gaithersburg, MD
Chengming Wang, D.V.M., Ph.D., Auburn, AL
Aaron Weinberg, Ph.D., Cleveland, OH
Robert J. Winchester, M.D., New York, NY
Isabelle C. Wolowczuk, Ph.D., Lille, France
Woong-Jai Won, Ph.D., Birmingham, AL
Wenbin Xiao, M.D., La Jolla, CA
Zheng Xiao, M.D., Ph.D., San Francisco, CA
Li-Li Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Bethesda, MD
Wen Yang, M.D., Cambridge, MA
Kangkang Yang, Ph.D., Brookline, MA
Yili Yang, M.D., Frederick, MD
Yang Yang, Ph.D., Stanford, CA
Mark D. Zabel, Ph.D., Fort Collins, CO
Ali A. Zarrin, Ph.D., Boston, MA
Yuanyuan Zha, Ph.D., Chicago, IL
Xin Zhang, M.D., Chapel Hill, NC
Yi Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., Charleston, SC
Xian Zhang, Ph.D., D.V.M., Charleston, SC
Yan Zheng, M.D., Ph.D., Chicago, IL
Yan Zheng, South San Francisco, CA
Delu Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., South San Francisco, CA
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Brigitte A. Askonas, Ph.D., Elected to National Academy (cont’d)
antigen processing and peptide-MHC antigen presentation in T cells. More recently, her findings related to influenza
virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) have proven highly pertinent to the current understanding of pandemic
influenza.
The holder of B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees (Biochemistry) from McGill University, Dr. Askonas earned her Ph.D. from the
University of Cambridge (UK). From 1952 to 1988, she served on the scientific staff and then as head of the Division
of Immunology at the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Mill Hill, London. She later served as visiting
professor at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London, before assuming her current Imperial College appointment.
Dr. Askonas is a recipient of the Robert Koch Gold Medal and the Feldberg Foundation Prize, a fellow of the Royal
Society, and an honorary member of the British Society of Immunology, Societe d’Immunologie Francaise, and
German Society for Immunology. She has been active wi nnmn th the European Network of Immunological Institutes
(ENII) and the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).
Dr. Askonas was elected to AAI Honorary Membership by the AAI Council in 1977. AAI Honorary Membership may
be conferred on scientists residing outside the United States in special recognition of exceptional achievements in the
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