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The '''International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology''' ('''IUBMB''') is an international non-governmental organisation concerned with biochemistry and molecular biology. Formed in 1955 as the '''International Union of Biochemistry''' ('''IUB'''), the union has presently 79 member countries and regions (as of 2020).<ref name="About">[https://www.cell.com/trends/biochemical-sciences/fulltext/S0968-0004(05)00119-2 IUBMB: the first half-century.] [https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15216540500128098 This is the IUBMB History.]</ref> The Union is devoted to promoting research and education in biochemistry and molecular biology throughout the world, and gives particular attention to localities where the subject is still in its early development.
==History== The first Congress of Biochemistry was held in 1949 in Cambridge, UK, organized by the Biochemical Society,<ref>{{cite journal|author=P. Campbell, W. Whelan |year=1961 |title=Golden Jubilee of the Biochemical Society |journal=Nature |volume=189 |pages=702–704 |doi=10.1038/189702a0}}</ref> and was inspired by German-born British biochemist Sir Hans Adolf Krebs as a means of bringing together biochemists who had been separated by World War II. At the time, biochemistry was blossoming as a discipline and was seeking its own recognition as a union within the International Council for Science (ICSU). The congress was a first step to recognize biochemistry as a separate discipline and entity. At the final session of this congress, the International Committee of Biochemistry was set up with 20 members from fourteen countries with the goal obtaining from the ICSU 'recognition as the international body representative of biochemistry, with a view to the formal constitution of an International Union of Biochemistry as soon as possible.' Discussions continued over the next few years, and by the third Congress of Biochemistry, which took place in Brussels in 1955, the International Union of Biochemistry (IUB) was formed and officially admitted to the ICSU.<ref>https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bmb.2005.494033032461 IUBMB 50th Anniversary and the history of BAMBED.</ref> In 1991, the IUB changed its name to the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB).{{cn|date=July 2024}}
==Members== The IUBMB unites biochemists and molecular biologists in 75 countries that belong to the IUBMB as an "Adhering Body" or "Associate Adhering Body" represented by a biochemical society, a national research council or an academy of sciences.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adhering Bodies and Associate Adhering Bodies|url=https://iubmb.org/about/adhering-bodies-and-associate-adhering-bodies/|access-date=2021-09-13|website=IUBMB.ORG|language=en-US}}</ref> It also represents the regional organizations,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Organizations & Special Members|url=https://iubmb.org/about/organizations-special-members/|access-date=2021-09-13|website=IUBMB.ORG|language=en-US}}</ref> Federation of Asian Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB), Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), and Pan-American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PABMB).{{cn|date=July 2024}}
==Meetings== IUBMB organizes a triennial Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and sponsors three annual focussed meetings. In addition, it supports symposia, educational activities (including the Tang Fellowships), award lectures (including Jubilee Lectures), and travel grants for students around the world.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
==Fellowships== The IUBMB is committed to providing training opportunities to biochemists and molecular biologists around the world. The Wood Whelan Research fellowship, established in honor of past-Presidents Harland G. Wood and William Joseph Whelan, provides opportunities for students to travel to a laboratory in a different country to work on a specified project. Mid Career Fellowships provide a similar opportunity to early career investigators.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fellowship programs|url=https://iubmb.org/activities/fellowship-programs/|access-date=2021-09-13|website=IUBMB.ORG|language=en-US}}</ref> The IUBMB collaborates with American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to offer PROLAB fellowships to provide opportunities for Latin American students to study in the US.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
==Biochemical nomenclature== The IUBMB publishes standards on biochemical nomenclature, including Enzyme Commission number nomenclature, in some cases jointly with the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The enzyme nomenclature scheme<ref name="isbn0-12-227164-5">{{cite book |last=Webb |first=E. C. |title=Enzyme nomenclature 1992: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology on the nomenclature and classification of enzymes |publisher=Academic Press |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-12-227164-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/enzymenomenclatu0000inte_d6c2 |url-status= |url-access=registration }}</ref> was developed in 1955 at the International Congress of Biochemistry and, with the addition of translocases in 2018, contains 7 classes of enzymes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ExplorEnz: Information|url=https://www.enzyme-database.org/news.php|access-date=2021-09-13|website=www.enzyme-database.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iubmb/enzyme/|title = Enzyme Nomenclature}}</ref>
==Publications== The IUBMB is associated with the journals ''IUBMB Life'', ''Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education'' (formerly ''Biochemical Education''), ''BioFactors'', ''Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry'', ''Molecular Aspects of Medicine'' and ''Trends in Biochemical Sciences''. The publishing program supports the IUBMB's mission of fostering growth and advancement of biochemistry and molecular biology as the foundation from which the biomolecular sciences derive their basic ideas and techniques in the service of humanity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IUBMB Journal - Wiley Online Library|url=https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/|access-date=2021-09-13|website=IUBMB|language=en}}</ref>
==Leadership== {| class="wikitable" |+ Presidents<ref>[https://iubmb.org/about-iubmb/executive-committee/ IUBMB Previous Officers]. Retrieved 23 February 2020.</ref> ! Nr. !! Term !! President !! From |- style="background:#ccffcc" | 21. || 2024–2027 || Dario Alessi || {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} |- | 20. || 2021–2024 || Alexandra Newton || {{flagcountry|Canada}} & {{flagcountry|USA}} & {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} |- | 19. || 2018–2021 || Andrew H. J. Wang || {{flagcountry|Taiwan}} |- | 18. || 2015–2018 || Joan J. Guinovart || {{flagcountry|Spain}} |- | 17. || 2012–2015 || Gregory Petsko || {{flagcountry|USA}} |- | 16. || 2007–2012 || Angelo Azzi || {{flagcountry|Switzerland}} & {{flagcountry|USA}} |- | 15. || 2006 || George L. Kenyon || {{flagcountry|USA}} |- | 14. || 2003–2006 ||Mary Osborn|| {{flagcountry|UK}} & {{flagcountry|Germany}} |- | 13. || 2000–2003 || Brian F.C. Clark || {{flagcountry|Denmark}} |- | 12. || 1997–2000 || William Joseph Whelan || {{flagcountry|UK}} & {{flagcountry|USA}} |- | 11. || 1994–97 || Kunio Yagi (ja) || {{flagcountry|Japan}} |- | 10. || 1991–94 || Hans L. Komberg || {{flagcountry|UK}} |- | 9. || 1988–91 || E.C. (Bill) Slater || {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |- | 8. || 1985–88 || Marianne Grunberg-Manago || {{flagcountry|France}} |- | 7. || 1979–85 || Harland G. Wood || {{flagcountry|USA}} |- | 6. || 1979 || Feodor Lynen || {{flagcountry|Germany}} |- | 5. || 1976–79 || Aleksander A. Bayev (ru) || {{flagcountry|Russia}} |- | 4. || 1973–76 || Osamu Hayaishi || {{flagcountry|Japan}} |- | 3. || 1967–73 || A. Hugo T. Theorell || {{flagcountry|Sweden}} |- | 2. || 1961–67 || Severo Ochoa || {{flagcountry|Spain}} & {{flagcountry|USA}} |- | 1. || 1955–61 || Marcel Florkin || {{flagcountry|Belgium}} |}
==See also== {{Portal| Biology| Chemistry}} * EC number * Federation of European Biochemical Societies * IUPAC nomenclature of organic chemistry * Nomenclature
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iubmb/ IUBMB Nomenclature Recommendations]
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