aims
Focused on research related to nucleosides, nucleotides, oligonucleotides and nucleic acids, the aims of the IS3NA are:
- To coordinate and sponsor meetings and to promote publications.
- To provide means for the dissemination of knowledge dealing with current research.
- To act as a mediator for communication, cooperation and understanding between scientists of all nationalities.
- To provide information about and to stimulate interest in the above-mentioned areas among persons of all nationalities.
- To encourage the study of the above-mentioned areas in institutions of higher education and to improve the quality of teaching of these topics.
- To encourage national and international collaborations on research and application among academic, industrial, governmental and private institutional organizations.
history
At the XIII International Roundtable on "Nucleosides, Nucleotides and their Biological Applications" (XIII IRT),
held on September 1998 in Montpellier, France, Dr. G. Gosselin (one of the two local chairmen), Prof. J.-L. Imbach
and Prof. L. B. Townsend (the two « fathers » of the IRTs) gathered a group of fifteen prominent scientists in the
area together. J.-L. Imbach and L. B. Townsend made clear their desire that the IRTs be continued, but that the
control of the IRTs should become the responsibility of a new Society formed for that purpose. As a result of this
meeting, a small group of senior scientists, Drs. P. Dan Cook, Gilles Gosselin, Piet Herdewijn, Akira Matsuda, and
Jack Secrist, was selected from among the attendees and charged with the task of founding a new Society. This
new Society would not only take over the operation of the next IRTs, but would also bring together people
interested in each aspect of research related to nucleosides, nucleotides, oligonucleotides and nucleic acids. By the
time of the XIV IRT held on September 2000 in San Francisco, by-laws had been developed, and a nomination
committee had polled scientists around the world in setting a slate of candidates to inaugurate the activities of the
new Society, called the International Society for Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids (IS3NA).
Furthermore, during the XIV IRT in San Francisco, Prof. Frank Seela, from the University of Osnabrück,
announced to the participants that the previous International Society of Nucleic Acids Chemistry (ISNAC) will be
broken up at the end of this year, and he encouraged them to join IS3NA.Presidents of IS3NA since foundation
Piet Herdewijn 2001-2002
Jack Secrist 2003-2004
Joachim Engels 2005-2006
Akira Matsuda 2007-2008
Mike Gait 2009-2010
Victor Marquez 2011-2012
board
The board was elected for the term January 2009 - December 2010.
- President: Michael GAIT, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK
- Vice-President: Victor MARQUEZ, NCI Frederick, USA
- Immediate (2007-2008) Past President: Akira MATSUDA, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Secretary: Katherine SELEY-RADTKE, University of Maryland, USA
- Treasurer: Masad DAMHA, Mc Gill University, Montreal, Canada
- Chair, next Round Table: Peter STRAZEWSKI, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
- Advisory Committee Members:
- Gilles GOSSELIN, CNRS& Idenix Montpellier, France
- Piet HERDEWIJN, Leuven, Rega Institute, Belgium
- John A. SECRIST III, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, USA
- Mitsuo SEKINE, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
- Jean-Jacques VASSEUR, IBMM, Montpellier, France
- Jesper WENGEL, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
committees
Membership Committee
| Committee Chair: | K. Seley-Radtke |
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| Committee Members: | P. Strazewski
P. Herdewijn
S. Wnuk
C. Meier
Y. Hayakawa
S. Vittori
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| Affiliated Member: | M.-C. Bergogne |
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Finance Committee
| Committee Chair: | Y. Sanghvi |
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| Committee Members: | M. Damha
K. Makino
K. Pankiewicz
M. Hocek
R.F. Shinazi
J.A. Secrist III
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Nomination Committee
| Committee Chair: | J.A. Secrist III |
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| Committee Members: | D. Chu
G. Cristalli
P. Herdewijn
M. Sekine
V. Marquez
V. Nair
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Program Committee
| Committee Chair: | P. Strazewski |
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| Committee Members: | J.W. Engels
G. Gosselin
P. Herdewijn
A. Matsuda
J.A. Secrist III
J. Wengel
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Poster & Travel Awards Committee
| Committee Chair: | D.C.K. Chu |
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| Committee Members: | S.L. Beaucage
K. Jacobson
J. Engels
M. Gait
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Publication & Publicity Committee
| Committee Chair: | M. Gait |
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| Committee Members: | C. Leumann
K. Seley-Radtke
J. Rozenski
J.J. Vasseur
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| Affiliated Member: | M.-C. Bergogne |
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J.L. Imbach & L. Townsend Award Committee
| Committee Chair: | J.-P. Somadossi |
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| Committee Members: | G. Gosselin
P. Herdewijn
D.C. Liotta
M. Caruthers
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J. Montgomery Award Committee
| Committee Chair: | J. Secrist |
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| Committee Members: | A. Broom
T. Kalman
F. Seela
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XIX (2010) IRT Site-selection Committee
| Committee Chair: | P. Herdewijn |
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| Committee Members: | V. Marquez
G. Cristalli
K. Makino
J. Engels
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