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【組織簡介】 The Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB) is One of four regional organisation of the International Union Of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB). The other three regional organizations being the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), the Pan American Association for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PABMB) and the recently organized Federation of African Societies of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (FASMB). Each plays an important role in stimulating international cooperation between different national biochemical and molecular biological societies.
The Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists (FAOB) was jointly founded on 1 August 1972 by the Australian Biochemical Society, the Society of Biological Chemists (India) and the Japanese Biochemical Society to promote the development of biochemistry in the Asian and Pacific region. the Federation became officially incorporated as a tax-exempt association (FAOB, Inc,) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 8 December 1992 and undertook a change in name to Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB), incorporated on 7 December 1993. FAOBMB is an Associate Organization of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), with which it actively collaborates. The Federation's logo, adopted in 1989 and modified in 1993 to include the change in name, reflects the dynamic nature of the FAOBMB and the continual flow of information of biochemistry between members, which consists of countries in both the Asian and Pacific region.
FAOBMB is probably one of the first scientific associations focused solely on the Asian-Pacific region, which has become such an important force in the world economy. Its membership grew rapidly , and by 1997, FAOBMB had 12 Constituent Members, some formed as Groups rather than full-fledged Societies, so undoubtedly FAOBMB has played an important catalytic role in stimulating the association of biochemists in countries of our region. Presently, FAOBMB has 19 Constituent Members representing more than 18,000 biochemists (Table 1), constituting a sizable fraction of the total biochemists in the world. As can be see, membership of FAOBMB spans very large distances geographically, and covers not only a range of ethnic groups but also a wide spectrum in academic capability and manpower resources. For example, the largest society has some 10,000 biochemists and has been in existence for more than 60 years, while the smallest group(s) have only 10-20 members and have been in existence for le ss than 5 years.
