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ABRF
A non-profit all-volunteer society since 1986
An Introduction to the Association of
Biomolecular Resource Facilities
Email: [email protected]
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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
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A 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
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ABRF 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
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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
DNA Sequencing
Research Group
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Standardization and Guidelines
Proteomics
Research Group
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Light Microscopy
Research Group
Quantitative microscopy
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ABRF is Networking
Email Technology Forum listserv: http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/list.index
Searchable archive with 1700+ participants
“There are no stupid
questions”
Free and open to all
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ABRF committee service
is an excellent means of
active contribution by our
members and a
significant networking
opportunity
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ABRF Committees
Executive Board
ABRF Award
Affiliates and Chapters
Career Development
Core Administrators Network - Coordinating
Committee
Corporate Advisory
Corporate Relations
Education
Finance and Investments
Membership
Nominations
Publications
Survey
Travel Award
Web Site
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Core Management
1. Core Administrator Network – Coordinating Committee (CAN-CC)
- Formed in 2011 to promote two-way communication of core
personnel with their administrators
http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/group.show/CoreAdministratorsCommittee.69.htm
2. Email CAN-CC Forum listserv
http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/list.home/cancc.htm
3. Educational activities at annual meetings
4. ABRF Recommended Guidelines for Authorship on Manuscripts
http://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
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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
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Advisors 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
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Outreach to nonABRF 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
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We need more academic sponsors
Academic Sponsors
support ABRF
To become a sponsor:
http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/home/spons
ors/Academic_Sponsors.htm
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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
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Network 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 Miller
Associate Dean for Research Resources
Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
John Sullivan
Vice Chancellor for Research
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Karl Steiner
Senior Associate Provost for Research Development
University of Delaware
John Gricoski
Vice President of Research Administration
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Alan McClelland, PhD
Associate Vice President, Programs, Infrastructure and Planning
Office of the Vice President for Translational Research
MD Anderson Cancer Center
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ABRF Welcomes
Affiliates & Chapters
http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/page/home/affiliates_chapters.htm
NERLSCD
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Membership
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
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ABRF 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
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