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Join the Undergraduate Affiliates Network (UAN)

"Success comes from having a community."
- Dr. J. Ellis Bell, Chair of the ASBMB Education and Professional Development Committee

 

How to Start a Chapter of the UAN:

All UAN chapters must be sponsored by a regular member of the ASBMB in good standing. This faculty advisor will be the primary contact for the chapter's activities.  The sponsoring faculty advisor will identify 10 student members and submit annually, a completed UAN Membership Form and UAN Membership Fee of $200.  (See UAN Membership Form below.)
Additional student members can be added for an additional fee of $20 per student.  The membership fees can come from the individual students or the host institution/university.  Please print additional UAN Membership Forms as needed.

Individual Student Members Interested in the UAN:

If an individual ASBMB student member at an institution that does not have a faculty advisor or a UAN chapter, wishes to be part of a UAN, please contact the ASBMB at uan@asbmb.org. The ASBMB will have the appropriate UAN regional director contact the student to assist them in working with the closest active chapter or help the student start their own chapter.

 

Multiple UAN Chapters at a Single Institution:

Universities with distinctly different departments wishing to have more than one UAN chapter at an institution must submit a request for approval by the ASBMB and the UAN committee prior to submitting applications and membership fees.  Please submit such requests to uan@asbmb.org.

UAN Membership Form:

Click here to Print the UAN Membership Form. Submit your completed UAN Membership Form and payment to:

ASBMB Undergraduate Affiliation Network
Attn: Steve Miller
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD  20814-3996
USA
Ph: 301.634.7145

Goals of the UAN:

The EPD has identified four goals of the UAN. They are:

  • To assist in the development of strong undergraduate programs in biochemistry and molecular biology.
  • To provide undergraduate programs with access to seminar speakers and regional programs and symposia.
  • To foster interactions between undergraduate educational and outreach programs both regionally and nationally.
  • To recognize outstanding educational activities in the arena of biochemistry and molecular biology by individuals and by programs.

Benefits of Joining the UAN:

  • Students become official ASBMB members
  • Enzymatic Newsletter
  • Free, online subscriptions to the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) and Molecular & Cellular Proteomics (MCP).
  • Free subscription to ASBMB Today - our award-winning, monthly news magazine.
  • Reduced subscription rates on other ASBMB publications (Research and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education).
  • Discounted registration fees for ASBMB Annual Meeting.
  • Free online access to Sciences's Next Wave.
  • Education and Professional Development Opportunities.
  • Career Resources - Access to FASEB's weekly online job listings, placement services workshops, etc.
  • Each affiliated program will be awarded one $400.00 travel grant to send an ASBMB undergraduate member to the ASBMB Annual Meeting to present their research in the Annual ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition.  These awards are based on the number of members in your chapter.  Each chapter receives one award for the first 10 members, 2 awards when a chapter has 20 members and a maximum of 3 awards when a chapter has thirty or more members.
  • Each affiliated program may nominate an outstanding ASBMB Senior undergraduate member for one of ten competitive Seniors in Science Excellence Awards. Award winners will receive a $350.00 travel grant to present their research in the Annual ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition.
  • UAN faculty advisors may apply for one of 20 competitive $500.00 travel grants to attend the ASBMB Annual Meeting.

 

UAN Regions and Region Directors:

To view the latest UAN region information or to contact a regional director, click a link below:
Northeast   Southeast
Ann Aguanno
Marymount Manhattan College 		  J. Ellis Bell
University of Richmond
     
North-Central   South-Central
Marilee Benore-Parsons
University of Michigan at Dearborn		   David O. Peterson
Texas A&M University
     
Northwest   Southwest
Joseph Provost
Minnesota State University, Moorhead

  Neena Grover
Colorado College
Mark A. Wallert
Minnesota State University, Moorhead		  

 
     
Members at Large    
Paul G. Siliciano
University of Minnesota Twin Cities 		   

ASBMB Undergraduate Affiliation Network
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3996 USA
Ph: 301-634-7145 Fax: 301-634-7126
uan@asbmb.org