MINUTES OF THE PABMB COUNCIL MEETING

July 20, 2016

Vancouver (Canada)

PABMB officers and delegates met for the Council Meeting on Wednesday 20, July 2016 at 2:00 PM in Vancouver Convention Center during the joint XVI IUBMB Conference / XIII PABMB Congress / 59th CSMB Congress, in Vancouver (Canada).PABMB Chairman, Hugo Maccioni, chaired the meeting.

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Hugo Maccioni (Chairman PABMB); Sergio Grinstein (Vice-Chairman PABMB), Jorge Babul (Past Chairman PABMB), Carlos Argaraa (Treasurer PABMB), Bianca Zingales (Secretary General PABMB), Jos Luis Daniotti (Delegate of Sociedad Argentina de Investigacin en Bioqumica y Biologa Molecular), Sergio Lavandero (Past President of Sociedad de Bioqumica y Biologa Molecular de Chile), Alicia Kowaltowski (Delegate of Sociedade Brasileira de Bioqumica e Biologa Molecular), Ana Cristina Rego (Delegate of Sociedad Portuguesa de Bioqumica) and Federico Mayor Menndez (President of Sociedad Espaola de Bioquimica y Biologa Molecular).

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Representatives of the Canadian Society for Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology; Sociedad Mexicana de Bioqumica; Asociacin Panamea de Bioqumica y Biologa Molecular; Sociedad Qumica del Per; American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; American Chemical Society/Division of Biological Chemistry; Sociedad Uruguaya de Bioqumica y Biologa Molecular; Seccin Cubana de Bioqumica y Biologia Molecular; Sociedad Cubana de Qumica.

The Committee Meeting Agenda was informed on April 25, 2016 (see ANNEX I).

MEETING:

Bianca Zingales presented the initiatives undertaken by the PABMB Executive Committee in the period November 2013 December 2014, under the presidency of Jorge Babul and in the period January 2015 June 2016, under the presidency of Hugo Maccioni.

The support to PABMB Plenary lectures held in annual meetings of PABMB Constituent and Adherent Societies and in IUBMB and FEBS meetings was discriminated as well as support to fellowships for young scientists to attend meetings, courses and workshops (see ANNEX II).

In the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015 PABMB participated together with IUBMB and ASBMB in the PROLAB (Promoting Research Opportunities for Latin American Biochemists) program aimed at fostering interactions among biochemists in Latin America, Portugal and Spain with those in the United States. The specific objective of PROLAB is the support of graduate and post-doctoral students and young investigators from countries active in the PABMB, to spend short stays (1-6 months) in the laboratory of a scientist affiliated with ASBMB (average stipend 5,000 USD/fellowship). The list of 2016 fellowships winners is given in ANNEX III.

Additional actions in the period:

The participants commended the activities and asked additional information on some topics.

Carlos Argaraa presented (ANNEX IV) the Financial Report of PABMB (December 2013 June 2016).

The Chairman commented that some PABMB Constituent Societies such as Sociedad Mexicana de Bioqumica; Asociacin Panamea de Bioqumica y Biologa Molecular and Sociedad Qumica of Per, and the Associated Society Seccin Cubana de Bioqumica y Biologia Molecular and Sociedad Cubana de Qumica have a low participation in PABMB activities. He pointed out the need of promoting greater engagement of these Societies as well as the enrolment of additional Latin American Societies of Biochemistry and related sciences in PABMB. The attendants agreed with the suggestions and Jorge Babul offered to collaborate in these activities.

The Chairman inquired the attendants if the Societies they represent had suggested candidates for this position. Given the negative response, the Chairman informed that the Sociedad Uruguaya de Bioqumica y Biologa Molecular had indicated Dr. Jos Sotelo Silveira (Instituto de Investigaciones Biolgicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay), former president of this Society, as a candidate for PABMB Secretary General. The election was opened and Dr. Sotelo was elected by unanimous vote of the delegates present.

The Chairman summarized the proposal and comments and suggestions that were provided by the attendees of IUBMB Executive Committee Meeting.

ANNEX 1

ANNEX II

PABMB Lecturers

Year 2013

Year 2014

Year 2015

Year 2016 (Forthcoming Lecturers)

Travel Fellowships for young scientists

Year 2013

Year 2014

Year 2015

ANNEX III

2016 PROLAB Fellowship Winners

ANNEX IV

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