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| International Society of Chemical Ecology | |
|---|---|
| Name | International Society of Chemical Ecology |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Jerrold Meinwald, Thomas Eisner |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Fields | Chemical ecology |
International Society of Chemical Ecology is a professional association dedicated to the study and promotion of chemical ecology, connecting researchers across disciplines and continents. The Society brings together scholars from institutions such as Harvard University, Cornell University, Max Planck Society, Smithsonian Institution, and University of California, Berkeley to advance research on chemical interactions among organisms. Its activities intersect with work at organizations including National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Royal Society, European Molecular Biology Organization, and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
The Society was established in 1980 by founders including Jerrold Meinwald and Thomas Eisner amid growing interest that paralleled developments at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Early meetings attracted researchers from University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, University of Chicago, and University of Tokyo, reflecting international ties with organizations such as International Union of Biological Sciences and UNESCO. Over time the Society expanded in response to advances linked to methods from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, ETH Zurich, Institut Pasteur, and University of Queensland.
The Society’s mission emphasizes fostering research that bridges laboratories at Princeton University, Yale University, University of California, Davis, Monash University, and University of British Columbia with applied work at agencies like Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, United States Department of Agriculture, European Commission, and Environment Canada. Objectives include promoting collaboration involving researchers affiliated with Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Entomological Society of America, Society for Experimental Biology, and International Union for Conservation of Nature to address questions spanning chemical cues, semiochemicals, plant-insect interactions, and microbial signaling.
Membership comprises faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and professionals from institutions such as University of Minnesota, University of Florida, Purdue University, University of Edinburgh, and Seoul National University. The Society is governed by an elected council with officers drawn from networks that include National Academy of Sciences, Royal Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, European Academy of Sciences, and regional bodies like Australian Academy of Science. Governance practices reference models from International Council for Science and adhere to fiscal oversight compatible with nonprofit standards observed by organizations like Wellcome Trust and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
The Society organizes biennial and annual meetings hosted at venues including University of California, San Diego, University of Wageningen, ETH Zurich, University of São Paulo, and Indian Institute of Science. These conferences feature plenaries and symposia with speakers from Harvard Medical School, Columbia University, University of British Columbia, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, and CNRS, and collaborate with meetings such as Gordon Research Conferences, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, European Congress of Entomology, and International Congress of Entomology.
The Society supports scholarly communication through partnerships with publishers like Springer Nature, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford University Press, Elsevier, and journals associated with Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Journal of Chemical Ecology, and Chemoecology. It administers awards named for pioneering figures comparable to recognitions given by Lasker Foundation, Kavli Prize, Royal Medal, and specialty prizes similar to those from Entomological Society of America. Honorary lectures and early-career awards celebrate work from investigators affiliated with Columbia University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, University of Helsinki, and University of Pretoria.
Research initiatives supported by the Society span chemical signaling in systems studied at Smithsonian Institution Tropical Research Center, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, University of Cape Town, National Taiwan University, and Peking University. Outreach targets audiences reached through collaborations with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Natural History Museum, London, American Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, and Science Museum Group. Training workshops and summer schools modelled on programs at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Marine Biological Laboratory, EMBL, Janelia Research Campus, and International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology support capacity building.
The Society partners with international and regional entities including European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Asian Pacific Association of Chemical Ecology, Latin American Society of Chemical Ecology, African Academy of Sciences, and funders such as National Science Foundation, European Research Council, Horizon Europe, Japan Science and Technology Agency, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Collaborative projects often involve concurrently affiliated labs at University of Wageningen, CSIRO, INRAE, CABI, and Tsinghua University, producing interdisciplinary work that crosses boundaries with researchers linked to Royal Society of London, American Chemical Society, Federation of European Microbiological Societies, and other learned societies.
Category:Scientific societies