Organization:International Society for Antiviral Research

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International Society for Antiviral Research (ICAR)
Formation1987; 37 years ago (1987)
TypeScientific society
HeadquartersBirmingham, Alabama[1]
Location
  • United States
President of the International Society for Antiviral Research
Kara Carter
Key people
President-elect Katherine Seley-Radtke
Websitewww.isar-icar.com

The International Society for Antiviral Research (ISAR) is a scientific society that focuses on the discovery and clinical application of antiviral agents. It was founded in 1987 to encourage the exchange of information and collaborative research on the development of antiviral, biological and chemical agents.

ISAR sponsors the International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR), held yearly since 1988 when the second ICAR occurred in Williamsburg, Virginia. ISAR also provides scientific information through peer-reviewed scientific journals and administers several international awards.[2]

(As of January 2020), the president of the society was Johan Neyts and the president-elect was Kara Carter.[3] Johan Neyts was succeeded as president by Kara Carter, and the president-elect for 2020-2022 became Katherine Seley-Radtke.[4][5]

Founding

The foundation for the International Society for Antiviral Research (ISAR) was laid at meetings held in Rotterdam, Netherlands (April 30 – May 3, 1985)[2]:3, 23, 51 and in Il Ciocco, Italy (May 10-23, 1987) by NATO.[6]:37 The society, in the persons of William M. Shannon, Earl R. Kern, and Richard J. Whitley registered articles of incorporation in the United States in the state of Alabama, on May 14, 1987.[7]:6-7 The society's stated purpose was "the promotion and advancement of scientific knowledge in the area of antiviral scientific research".[7]

The original Board of Directors of ISAR included Alfons Billiau (KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium), Erik De Clercq (Rega Institute, KU Leuven), A. Kirk Field (Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, New Jersey), George J. Galasso (National Institutes of Health (U.S.)), Earl R. Kern (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah), William M. Shannon (Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama), and Richard J. Whitley (University of Alabama at Birmingham).[7][8] Richard Whitley became the first president of ISAR, serving from 1988-1990, with De Clercq as president elect.[8]

Conferences

The International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR) has been held every year since 1988. Its location circulates between the east coast of the United States, the west coast of the US, and the rest of the world, reflecting the distribution of its members. Locations have included Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia as well as the USA.[9]

It is generally agreed that the second ICAR was a meeting held in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1988, which was advertised as such.[2]:3, 23

Neither the Rotterdam meeting (1985) nor the Italy meeting (1987) was identified at the time as "the first" International Conference for Antiviral Research (ICAR). Since then, each meeting has been described as the first ICAR meeting by different proponents.[2]:3, 23 George Galasso and others consider Rotterdam the first meeting because at that meeting Galasso, Erik De Clercq and Alfons Billiau discussed formation of a Society and decided to approach Earl Kern and Richard Whitley. Erik De Clercq has emphasized the 1987 NATO meeting at Il Ciocco because ideas for both ISAR and ICAR were developed there.[2]:3, 23

Publications

  • Antiviral Research, established 1981.[10]
  • Antiviral Chemistry and Chemotherapy, established January 1990.[11]
  • Antiviral Therapy, established 1996.[citation needed]
  • ISAR NEWS (Newsletter of the International Society for Antiviral Research)[9]

Awards given

  • ISAR Award of Excellence, awarded intermittently:[12]:25 William Prusoff, 1988; Gertrude Elion, 1991; Erik De Clercq, 1998; Richard J. Whitley, 1998
  • Gertrude Elion Memorial Award (2000-)[13][14][12]:11
  • William Prusoff Young Investigator Award (2001-)[15][14][12]:12
  • Antonín Holý Memorial Award (2014-)[16][14]
  • Women in Science Speaker Award, (2017-)[17][14]

Presidents

  • Richard J. Whitley 1988-1990[18]
  • Erik De Clercq 1990-1992[2]
  • George J. Galasso 1992-1994[7]
  • Hugh J. Field 1994-1996[2]
  • Earl R. Kern 1996-1998[7]
  • John C. Martin 1998-2000[2][19]
  • Karen K. Biron 2000-2002[2]
  • John C. Drach 2002-2004[2][12]
  • John A. Secrist III 2004-2006[2][20]
  • Christopher McGuigan 2006-2008[2][12]
  • Amy K. Patick 2008-2010[21][2]
  • Joseph M. Colacino 2010-2012[2][22]
  • Phillip Furman 2012-2014[2][23]
  • Robert W. Buckheit, Jr. 2014-2016[2][24]
  • José Esté 2016-2018[2][25]
  • Johan Neyts 2018-2020[4][26]
  • Kara Carter 2020-2022[4]
  • President elect, 2020-2022, Katherine Seley-Radtke[5][4]

References

  1. ↑ Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 2. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service. 1997. p. 268. https://books.google.com/books?id=pjC_ynnVc8cC&pg=PA268. 
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 The International Society for Antiviral Research: The Third Decade 2008-2017. International Society for Antiviral Research. 2019. https://www.isar-icar.com/resources/Documents/ISAR%203rd%20Decade%20Book%20Final%20050719.pdf. 
  3. ↑ "NOTICE FROM ISAR: ICAR2020". 2020. https://www.isar-icar.com/ICAR. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "ISAR Officers". https://www.isar-icar.com/The-Society. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Seley-Radtke, Katherine (May 10, 2020). "Remdesivir explained – what makes this drug work against viruses?". https://www.thestreet.com/phildavis/news/remdesivir-explained. 
  6. ↑ "Report on the 25th ICAR, 16–19 April 2012, Sapporo, Japan". Antiviral Chemistry and Chemotherapy 23 (1): 35–43. August 2012. doi:10.3851/IMP2385. https://www.intmedpress.com/serveFile.cfm?sUID=b423487d-e590-4487-8d0d-8d947f4a0c2e. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 The International Society for Antiviral Research: The First Decade 1987-1997. International Society for Antiviral Research. 1998. https://www.isar-icar.com/resources/Documents/isar_-_the_first_decade.pdf. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Colacino, Joseph M. (April 2013). "Professor De Clercq and 25 Years of International Collaboration on Antiviral Research". Antiviral Chemistry and Chemotherapy 23 (2): 57–58. doi:10.3851/IMP2395. PMID 22992324. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 De Clercq, Erik (2016). "ICAR THROUGH THE YEARS". ISAR NEWS (Newsletter of the International Society for Antiviral Research) 25 (3): 16–18. https://www.isar-icar.com/resources/Documents/ISAR_News_Jan_16.pdf. Retrieved 12 May 2020. 
  10. ↑ "Antiviral Research". https://academic.microsoft.com/journal/137372404. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  11. ↑ Field, Hugh J. (February 2015). "AVCC 1990–2015 – A journal to combine antiviral biology and antiviral chemistry enters the third era". Antiviral Chemistry and Chemotherapy 24 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1177/2040206615574801. PMID 26149261. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 The International Society for Antiviral Research: The Second Decade 1998-2007. International Society for Antiviral Research. 2008. https://www.isar-icar.com/resources/Documents/isar_-_the_second_decade.pdf. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  13. ↑ "Professor Griffiths receives Gertrude Elion Memorial Award". 23 March 2018. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/infection-immunity/news/2018/mar/professor-griffiths-receives-gertrude-elion-memorial-award. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "ISAR presents the following awards and opportunities as listed below". https://www.isar-icar.com/Awards. 
  15. ↑ "William H. Prusoff, Ph.D". Yale University. 2001. https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/william-h-prusoff-phd/. 
  16. ↑ "Piet Herdewijn receives Antonin Holý Memorial Lecture award May 2014". 2014. https://rega.kuleuven.be/newsitems/ni_may_2014. 
  17. ↑ Vere Hodge, R. Anthony (28 June 2018). "Meeting report: 30th International Conference on Antiviral Research, in Atlanta, GA, USA". Antiviral Chemistry and Chemotherapy 26: 204020661878392. doi:10.1177/2040206618783924. PMID 29954186. 
  18. ↑ "Richard J. Whitley". http://apps.medicine.uab.edu/facultydirectory/FacultyData.asp?FID=22894. 
  19. ↑ "John C. Martin. Ph.D., MBA". https://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/leadership/visitors-board/2-uncategorised/692-martin. [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  20. ↑ Jung, Rhonda (November 13, 2006). "Southern Research Institute CEO Jack Secrist Recognized For Contributions In Cancer Drug Research". https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/southern-research-institute-ceo-b-jack-secrist-b-recognized-for-contributions-in-cancer-drug-research-/. 
  21. ↑ "Genelabs Appoints Amy K. Patick, Ph.D. Vice President, Biological Sciences". April 14, 2008. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080414005141/en/Genelabs-Appoints-Amy-K.-Patick-Ph.D.-Vice. 
  22. ↑ "PTC Therapeutics expands management team". Jan 24, 2014. https://ir.ptcbio.com/news-releases/news-release-details/ptc-therapeutics-expands-management-team-0?ReleaseID=820975. 
  23. ↑ "Phillip A. Furman". 10 April 2018. https://www.floridainvents.org/phillip-a-furman/. 
  24. ↑ "Immune Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Advisory Board Appointments". October 22, 2019. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/10/22/1933469/0/en/Immune-Therapeutics-Inc-Announces-Advisory-Board-Appointments.html. 
  25. ↑ "5th IAAASS 2020 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS". https://people.unica.it/iaaass/speakers-2/. 
  26. ↑ "Interview: Belgian virologist calls for global efforts against new viruses". 2020-02-07. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-02/07/c_138763451.htm. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]



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