Item BSDB/3/3 - BDSB Correspondence 1990s EDBO/ISDB/Biological Societies/Sponsorship

Extent: 1 folder

Misc. BSDB committee correspondence from the 1990s mainly with Jim Smith (Chairman) and Jonathan Slack (Secretary) including: Marcus Samuel Hicks, letter and CV 1995 Dr Azim Surani (CRC/Wellcome) re sponsorship, 1995. Jack Price (SmithKline Beecham pharmaceuticals) re role of 'Sponsorship Officer', 1996. Letters/Info about ISDB/EDBO and re BSDB affiliation to EDBO, reaffiliation and paying arrears, 1996. John M Lackie (Yamanouchi Research Inst.) re Abercrombie Symposium, 1996. Prof. Paul T Sharpe (Guy's) re Inter Society Liaison Group (ISLG) and the Learned Societies Corporation Group re funding methods for teaching, 1996. The Biochemical Society re 'strategy for 2000 and beyond', 1996 Letter from Linda Partridge about plans to abolish the Genes and Developmental Biology Committee at BBSRC, Dec 1996. The International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) review and assessment, 1997. Spanish Society of Developmental Biology re the International Society of Developmental Biologists (ISDB) and (decline of) the European Developmental Biology Organisation (EDBO), 1997. Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists journal front piece, 1997. ISDB letter from its president Peter Gruss on future and role of ISDB incl copy of its statutes and by-laws, 1997. Designs for Waddington Medal, 1997.

Admin History: James (Jim) C Smith (BSDB Chairman 1994-1999), Developmental Biology, National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), London Prof. Jonathan M W Slack (BSDB Secretary 1993-1998), Developmental Biology Programme, Sch. of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Bath, Zoo. Dept, Oxford, 1994-, : a developmental biologist and author of five books and over 200 scientific papers. He is an emeritus professor at the University of Bath, UK, as well as the University of Minnesota, USA, where he was Director of the Stem Cell Institute from 2007–2013. International Society of Developmental Biologists (ISDB) renamed 1968, formerly known as the International Institute of Embryology (IIE) founded by A. A. W. Hubrecht in 1911 , Section of Developmental Biology for the International Union of Biological Societies (IUBS). In 1997 the ISDB took over the functions of a parallel organization, the European Developmental Biology Organisation (EDBO), becoming the world umbrella of developmental biology associations.