Education Committee

Call for Education Programs - submit your proposal today

Share your expertise with your core colleagues by offering an Education Program (panel, presentation, workshop) for the upcoming schedule of online events.  The ABRF Education Committee is now accepting proposals for online Education Programs.  Online sessions are typically scheduled in 1-hour or 2-hour (Zoom) blocks, with multiple sessions per program as needed to deliver content and engage the audience.  Recently hosted workshops were well-attended and recordings can be viewed here: https://www.abrf.org/workshops-webinars

Submit your proposal via this form

Mission

  • Promote, design, support, and implement educational programs, projects, and services that contribute to the continuing education and training of core staff,
  • Enhance the scientific and professional development of scientists
  • Facilitate the education and training of students and postdoctoral fellows who wish to pursue careers in core operations and management

Questions or interest in joining an ABRF committee?

Current Membership

  • Marie Adams (Executive Board liaison) - Van Andel Institute
  • Sridar Chittur –  SUNY Albany
  • Claudia Cosentino  (Chair)Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Joe Dragavon – University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Isabelle Girard – University of California - Davis
  • Gene Hess - Seattle Childrens Research Institute
  • Shixia Huang - Baylor College of Medicine
  • Kevin Knudtson - University of Iowa
  • Roy Martin – Waters Corporation
  • Sheenah Mische – NYU Langone Health
  • Jenny Schafer (CAB liaison) - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Frances Weis-Garcia – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Nicole White – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Membership History

Member Name Organization Details
Pamela Scott AdamsTrudeau InstituteMember, EB Liaison: 03/06 - 04/07
Keith AshmanMDS SciexChair: 04/02 - 11/02
Dr. Allis ChienStanford UniversityMember: 03/13 - 07/18
EB Liason: 03/15 - 04/17
Dr. Sridar ChitturSUNY, AlbanyCo-chair: 03/15-03/16
Chair: 03/16-03/17
Joseph FernandezRockefeller UnivMember: 02/03 - 02/06
Dr. Nancy FisherUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillEB Liason: 04/17 -
Dr Susan H HardinUniversity of HoustonMember, EB Liaison: 04/02 - 02/06
William HendricksonUniversity of Illinois at Chicago (Emeritus)Member: 04/18 -
Tim C HunterVermont Cancer CtrEB Liason: 05/12 - 03/14
Cvic InnocentBoston Children's HospitalChair: 04/18 -
Dr Karen R JonscherUniversity of Colorado DenverChair: 01/08 - 03/09
Member: 02/06 - 01/08
EB Liason: 04/09 - 04/12
Dr. Kevin L. KnudtsonUniv of IowaChair: 03/13 - 03/14
Member: 05/10 - 03/12
Dr. Elke Küster-SchöckMcGill University, CIANMember: 04/09 - 03/13
Dr. David LandsmanNIH/NLM/NCBIChair: 11/02 - 01/08
Dr. Ken I MitchelhillPeter MacCallum Cancer InstituteMember: 01/02 - 12/03
Dr. Janet M MurrayUniversity of VermontChair: 03/12 - 03/13
Co-Chair: 03/11 - 03/12
Dr. David S. NeedlemanUSDA/ARS Eastern Regional Research CenterMember: 01/08 - 03/13
John M NeveuHarvard UniversityMember: 05/06 - 04/10
Dr Natalia G. Reyero VinasMIssissippi State UniversityMember: 04/13 - 03/14
Chair: 03/15 - 03/16
Margaret RobertsonMember: 01/04 - 12/07
Caprice RosatoOregon State UnivMember: 03/08 - 03/11
Dr. Paul A RudnickNISTMember: 04/13 - 11/14
Brian C. SearleProteome Software Inc.Member: 07/10 - 03/14
Dr Katia Sol-ChurchAI duPont Hospital for ChildrenChair: 03/10 - 03/12
Ad hoc: 05/12 - 03/13
Laurey SteinkeUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterMember: 01/02 - 12/03
Chris W TurckMax Planck Institute of PsychiatryEB liaison: 04/07 - 04/09
James Van EeCornell UniversityMember: 01/11 - 03/16
Co-chair: 03/13 - 03/14
Chair: 03/14 - 03/15
Frances Weis-GarciaMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterMember: 04/18 -
Nicole WhiteCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterChair: 04/17 - 04/18
Michael ZianniPlant-Microbe Genomics Facility/Ohio State UniversityMember: 03/10 - 03/14
Member volunteered admin: 04/08 - 03/09