This issue of ABRF NEWS should reach many of our members shortly before the ABRF Satellite Meeting in Baltimore on June 22, 1991. As in past years, the Satellite Meeting will immediately precede the Protein Society Meeting at the same location. A complete schedule for the Satellite Meeting is on page 2. This year's program has been organized by Beth Fowler and promises to be even more comprehensive than last year's successful program. New features include a presentation by the Peptide Synthesis/Mass Spectrometry Subcommittee and a keynote lecture by Gregory Buck from Virginia Commonwealth University. We also plan to expand the use of informal posters at the Satellite Meeting as a means of presenting some of the detailed information from this year's subcommittee studies. We anticipate that many of the results from the 1991 subcommittee research studies will be submitted to the Techniques in Protein Chemistry III volume, while other data will be published in future issues of the newsletter. We hope to meet with many of our members at the Satellite Meeting and encourage you to stay for the open discussion. This forum as well as one-on-one discussions provide the major means of feedback from our members.
I would also call your attention to a new Nucleic Acids Subcommittee that we plan to initiate. Formation of this subcommittee reflects the substantial and growing proportion of our members that are engaged in these activities. We hope that this new committee will develop as rapidly and successfully as the Peptide Synthesis/Mass Spectrometry Subcommittee has this year.
Finally, this is an appropriate time to acknowledge the extensive efforts of ABRF's founders. Many newer members may not be aware that ABRF was formally organized in 1988, largely through the sustained efforts in 1986-87 by a small group of dedicated scientists including: Donna Atherton, Audree Fowler, Rusty Kutny, Ronald Niece, Alan Smith, and Kenneth Williams. In addition to establishing ABRF, these founders continued to guide the organization during its critical infancy. During ABRF's first three years, our membership has expanded from less than 50 to nearly 200 member laboratories. This year the organization has reached a milestone as the last of the founders, Ron Niece and Ken Williams rotated off the Executive Board. Most of these founders continue to participate in ABRF activities, and the organization continues to benefit from their efforts and experience.
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