Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

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Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
AbbreviationSEBM
Formation1903
Type Nonprofit organization
PurposeResearch
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Location
  • 3220 N Street NW #179, Washington, DC, 20007
Membership (2004 [1] )
>1,600 [1]
President
Stephania A. Cormier
President-Elect
Michael Lehman
Past President
Thomas Thompson
Treasurer
Holly A. LaVoie
Key people
Graham Lusk (co-founder)
Main organ
Experimental Biology and Medicine
Website www.sebm.org

The Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (abbreviated SEBM) is a nonprofit scientific society dedicated to promoting research in the biomedical sciences.

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Founding

The SEBM was founded in 1903, after Samuel J. Meltzer proposed founding a society dedicated to experimental biology and medicine. Meltzer then teamed up with Graham Lusk to invite eight New York scientists to a conference at Lusk's home, where they discussed the possibility of founding a biomedical society. At the conference, the attendees uniformly agreed to appoint a committee for a permanent society. [2] [3]

Journal

The SEBM's official journal is Experimental Biology and Medicine , published by Frontiers Media. [4] It was founded in 1904 as the Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, and obtained its current name in 2001. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine" (PDF). 2004-11-16.
  2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Blackwell Science. 1921. p. 7.
  3. Gies, William J. (1903-03-20). "The Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine". Science. 17 (429): 468–469. doi:10.1126/science.17.429.468-a. ISSN   0036-8075.
  4. "Frontiers welcomes new publishing partnership with the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine". www.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  5. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.) (2001). "Experimental biology and medicine". pp. v. Retrieved 2017-08-03.