History of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR)

Past, Present & Future

Forerunner to the ISICR?

Copyright:Time Magazine

First meeting to discuss the formation of an International Society focused on Interferon research

Biology of the Interferon System, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 18-22 April, 1983

W.E. Stewart II, 'The Interferon System' Springer Verlag 1980

Bill Stewart

Presidents1983 - William Stewart, II (USA)1984-85 Edward de Maeyer (France)1986-87 Ion Gresser (France)1988-89 Ernest Borden (USA)1990-91 Ferdinando Dianzani (Italy)1992-93 Samuel Baron (U.S.A.)1994-95 Sidney Pestka (U.S.A.) 1996-97 Robert Friedman (U.S.A)1998-99 Bryan Williams (U.S.A.)2000-01 Kathryn Zoon (U.S.A.)2002-03 Keiko Ozato (U.S.A.)2004-05 Howard Young (U.S.A.)2006-07 Otto Haller (Germany)2008-09 Eleanor Fish (Canada)2010-11 Leonidas Platanias (USA)2012-13 Chuck Samuel (USA)

1983 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2000 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands***1984 - Heidelberg, West Germany 2001 - Cleveland, Ohio 1985 - Clearwater Beach, Florida 2002 - Torino, Italy***1986 - Helsinki, Finland 2003 - Cairns, Australia1987 - Washington, D.C. 2004 - San Juan, Puerto Rico***1988 - Kyoto, Japan 2005 - Shanghai, China1989 - Florence, Italy 2006 - Vienna, Austria***

1990 - San Francisco, California 2007- Oxford, UK

1991 - Nice, France 2008- Montreal, Canada***

1992 - Toronto, Canada 2009- Lisbon, Portugal***

1993 - Tokyo, Japan 2010- Chicago, Illinois***

1994 - Budapest, Hungary 2011- Florence, Italy***

1995 - Baltimore, Maryland 2012- Geneva, Switzerland*** Last joint meeting before the merger

1996 - Geneva, Switzerland***

1997 - San Diego, California

1998 - Jerusalem, Israel***

1999 - Paris, France

Meetings

***Joint with International Cytokine Society (ICS)

Honorary Members1984 - Jean Lindenmann (Switzerland)

Yasuiti Nagano (Japan)+1985 - Piet DeSomer (Belgium)+1986 - Gertrude Henle (U.S.A.)

Werner Henle (U.S.A.)+1988 - Karl Fantes (U.K.)1989 - Yoshimi Kawade (Japan)1990 - Norman B. Finter (U.K.)1991 - Charles Chany (France)1993 - David Tyrrell (U.K.)

Julius Youngner (U.S.A.)1994 - Kari Cantell (Finland)

Ferdinando Dianzani (Italy)1995 - Jaqueline DeMaeyer-Guignard+

(France)Earle F. Wheelock (U.S.A.)

1996 - Lois Epstein (U.S.A.)1997 - Gerhard Bodo (Austria)

Ion Gresser (France)1998 - Samuel Baron (U.S.A.)

Ernest Knight (U.S.A.)

1999- Derek Burke (U.K.)Edward DeMaeyer (France)+

2000 - Peter Lengyel (U.S.A.) 2001 - Thomas Merigan (U.S.A.) 2002 - Michel Revel (Israel)2003 - Robert Friedman (U.S.A)

Jan Vilcek (U.S.A.)2004 - No award given2005 - Phillip Marcus (U.S.A.)

Kathryn Zoon (U.S.A.) 2005 - Wolfgang Joklik (U.S.A.)

Sidney Pestka (U.S.A.) 2007 - Ian Kerr (U.K.)

George Stark (U.S.A.)

+ Deceased Honorary Members

33 individuals – 10 countries

1989 - Name changed from:

International Society for Interferon Research

to:International Society for Interferon &

Cytokine Research

Seymour Milstein1920-2001

Milstein Awardees1988- Tadatsugu Taniguchi (Japan)1989- Michel Aguet (Switzerland)1990- Ara G. Hovanessian (France)

Bryan R. G. Williams (Canada)1992- Jordan Gutterman (U.S.A.)

Hans Strander (Sweden)1993- Ian Kerr (U.K.)

Robert H. Silverman (U.S.A.)1994- Charles E. Bugg (U.S.A.)

Yokio Mitsui (Japan)Tattanahalli L. Nagabhushan (U.S.A.)

1995- Susan E. Krown (U.S.A.) R. Michael Roberts (U.S.A.)

1996- Paula Pitha-Rowe (U.S.A.)Robert D. Schreiber (U.S.A.

1997- James Darnell (U.S.A.)Ian Kerr (U.K.)George Stark (U.S.A.)

1998- Otto Haller (Germany)1999- Michael Katze (U.S.A)

Adi Kimchi (Israel)2000- John Kirkwood (U.S.A.)

Moshe Talpaz (U.S.A.)

2001- Sidney Pestka (U.S.A.)2002- David Levy (U.S.A.)

Ganes Sen (U.S.A.) 2003- John Hiscott (Canada)

Tom Maniatis (U.S.A.)2004- Ernest Borden (U.S.A.)

Keiko Ozato (U.S.A.)2005- Nancy Reich (U.S.A.)

Menachem Rubinstein/Daniela Novick(Joint award-Israel)

2006- Michael Gale, Jr. (U.S.A.)Takashi Fujita (Japan)

2007- Shizuo Akira (Japan) 2008- Giorgio Trinchieri, (U.S.A)2009- Peter Staheli (Germany); Glen Barber (U.S.A.)2010- Eleanor Fish (Canada); Sergei Kotenko, (U.S.A.)2011- Doug Hilton (Australia)2012-Jean-Laurent Casanova (U.S.A.)

43 individuals – 10 countries