Vol. 55 Number 4 2013 The Pharmacologist December Also in this issue: • 2013 Year in Review • 2013 Contributors • 2014 Election Nominees • Program grid for ASPET Annual Meeting at EB 2014 • Holiday Gift Ideas for Pharmacologists • Meet the 2014 Washington Fellows • MAPS Chapter Meeting abstracts (online only) Katharine Dexter McCormick (Courtesy of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum) The Pharmacologist is published and distributed by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeu cs. Contents THE PHARMACOLOGIST PRODUCTION TEAM NEWS Gary Axelrod President's Corner 193 Suzie Thompson Judith A. Siuciak, Ph.D. 2013 Year in Review 194 Richard Dodenhoff 2013 Contributors 196 Danielle Jordan 2013 Corporate Contributors 197 COUNCIL 2014 Elec on Nominees 198 President Richard R. Neubig, M.D., Ph.D. ASPET Annual Mee ng at EB 2014 President-Elect Program Grid 200 Anne e E. Fleckenstein, Ph.D. Past President Important Dates, Informa on, and Links 202 John S. Lazo, Ph.D. Holiday Gi s for Pharmacologists 204 Secretary/Treasurer Sandra P. Welch, Ph.D. FEATURE Secretary/Treasurer-Elect Katharine Dexter McCormick and the Pill Paul A. Insel, M.D. by Rebecca J. Anderson, Ph.D. 206 Past Secretary/Treasurer Edward T. Morgan, Ph.D. DEPARTMENTS Councilors Journals 214 Charles P. France, Ph.D. Science Policy 215 John D. Schuetz, Ph.D. Kenneth E. Thummel, Ph.D. Social Media 221 Chair, Board of Publica ons Trustees Book Review: S ff : The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 222 James E. Barre , Ph.D. Chair, Program Commi ee In the Spotlight: Interviews with ASPET Members 223 Sco Waldman, M.D., Ph.D. Members in the News 225 FASEB Board Representa ve Staff News 227 Brian M. Cox, Ph.D. Execu ve Offi cer New ASPET Members 228 Judith A. Siuciak, Ph.D. In Sympathy 230 The Pharmacologist (ISSN 0031-7004) is published quarterly in Obituary: Carmine Paul Bianchi 230 March, June, September, and December by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeu cs, 9650 Rockville Obituary: Allan H. Conney 230 Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3995. Annual subscip on rates: $20.00 for ASPET members; $45.00 for U.S. nonmembers and Obituary: Ronald W. Estabrook 231 ins tu ons; $70.00 for nonmembers and ins tu ons outside Division News and Elec on Nominees the U.S. Single copy: $20.00. Copyright © 2013 by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeu cs Inc. All Behavioral Pharmacology 232 rights reserved. Periodicals postage paid at Bethesda, MD. GST number for Canadian subscribers: BN:13489 2330 RT. Cardiovascular Pharmacology 232 ASPET assumes no responsibility for the statements and opinions Drug Metabolism 233 advanced by contributors to The Pharmacologist. Integra ve Systems, Transla onal and Clinical Pharmacology 233 Deadlines for submission of material for publica on: Issue 1, February 15; Issue 2, May 8; Issue 3, August 6; and Issue 4, Molecular Pharmacology 234 November 5. Neuropharmacology 235 Postmaster: Send address changes to: The Pharmacologist, ASPET, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3995. Pharmacology Educa on 237 Toxicology 237 Chapter News 2014 Dues NoƟ ces Please check your mail and email inbox for Upstate New York Pharmacology Society 238 your 2014 Dues no ce. You can mail your Mid-Atlan c Pharmacology Society 238 payment or renew online at APPENDIX (ONLINE ONLY) www.aspet.org MAPS 2013 Annual Mee ng Abstracts D-1 no later than January 1, 2014. The Pharmacologist 192 Volume 55 Number 4, 2013 NEWS President's Corner Dear ASPET members, It is hard to believe that the year is nearly over. At our fall Council mee ng, we had a very dynamic strategic planning discussion. The three focus areas were: enhancing membership, educa on, and the future of ASPET. Over the next few months, we will be rolling out new ini a ves that evolved from those discussions. We would appreciate hearing your thoughts on these topics or other issues related to ASPET. As the year ends, we would also like to get your help with two other eff orts. Following on the membership discussion at our Council mee ng, I'd like to remind you about our Member-Get-A-Member campaign (hƩ p://www.aspet.org/membership/member-get-a-member/). The more you recruit, the more chances you have to win a prize. Also, the top recruiters will be recognized at the ASPET Annual Mee ng at EB 2014 and in the March issue of The Pharmacologist. Please take the me to recommend students or junior colleagues as members. Also, let's encourage people who are "prac cing pharmacology without a license" to join up. A lot of our colleagues currently doing pharmacology research may not consider themselves to be pharmacologists. Let's get them into our community. We also are working hard to endow some of our major awards (Abel, Axelrod, Goodman & Gilman, and Sollmann). Please help us meet our goal of making these awards a permanent fi xture of ASPET to recognize the giants in our fi eld. Addi onally, a number of funds for student and young scien st travel and member services would benefi t from your contribu ons. All dona ons can be made at hƩ p://www.aspet.org/donate/. I would like to specifi cally point out the generous matching pledge of $30,000 toward the Goodman & Gilman Award from an anonymous donor, which will double your contribu on to allow us to more rapidly meet our goal on that award. By now, I hope that you have submi ed your work to next year's EB 2014 mee ng. We have a very exci ng program and also will have joint sessions with the Chinese Pharmacological Society (CNPHARS). See you in San Diego! Sincerely, Rick Neubig The Pharmacologist 193 Volume 55 Number 4, 2013 NEWS 2013 Year in Review by Suzie Thompson We hope to con nue to grow the Society and a ract more members hat a year 2013 has been! In April, we held an excep onal Joint W who are doing research in pharmacology and experimental therapeu- Annual Mee ng with the Bri sh Pharmacological Society at Experi- cs, and we hope that you will con nue to do your part to keep our mental Biology. Despite the tumultuous start of the mee ng this year membership strong. Please tell a friend, colleague, or student about in Boston, we had record a endance, with 1,173 ASPET members at- ASPET, and spread the word about our member driven programming tending the mee ng and an overall 14,593 a endance for the whole at EB, our exci ng science policy eff orts, our travel awards and support mee ng. We awarded 83 Graduate Student Travel Awards, 32 Young for students, and much more. Currently, ASPET is running a Member- Scien st Travel Awards, and three SURF Fellow Awards. Our program Get-A-Member program in which we are rewarding members for their this year was packed with cu ng-edge science and leading speak- recruitment eff orts. For more informa on about this program, visit ers in our fi eld. We also had an incredible turnout for the GPCR Col- h p://www.aspet.org/membership/member-get-a-member/. loquium, which was held as a satellite mee ng to our main Annual Mee ng. If you haven't already, be sure to take a look at our program It has been a fantas c year, and we thank you for being a part of our for 2014 (h p://www.aspet.org/EB2014/program/), when we will be important Society. As you may know, ASPET is currently going through mee ng in San Diego along with the Chinese Pharmacological Society a re-branding process. We will be launching a new look, brand, logo, (CNPHARS). We expect next year's mee ng to be another fantas c and tagline in 2014. As the fi eld of pharmacology changes, ASPET is one. also changing to be er fi t the needs of our members and those who are doing research in pharmacology and experimental therapeu cs. The ASPET journals con nue to be leaders in the fi eld of phar- We hope to a ract new members and enhance our membership ben- macology. This year, we teamed up with the Bri sh Pharmaco- efi ts to our current members through this process. We have some ex- logical Society and Wiley to bring you a joint open access journal, ci ng things planned for 2014, so we hope that you will renew your Pharmacology Research & Perspec ves. Be sure to check it out at membership (if you haven't already) and get ready for an amazing www.pharmacolresperspect.com. The ASPET journals also got so- 2014! cial this year. Each of the journals is on Facebook and Twi er (h p://www.aspet.org/publica ons.aspx), so you can follow us and As always, we would love to hear your feedback, so please be sure get updates about new issues, ar cles of interest, and other fun facts. to tell us how we can help make your membership as benefi cial as The editors are all working hard on bringing you the best journals for possible! 2014, so be sure to submit your papers and keep reading. Wishing you a happy, healthy, and successful new year! Membership is also doing well. We have had more new Regular Mem- bers join ASPET this year than we have had in the past six years. Also, The ASPET Staff our reten on rate is great with over 85% renewing their membership. The Pharmacologist 194 Volume 55 Number 4, 2013 NEWS 2013 Contributions ASPET gratefully acknowledges the following individuals who have made contributions for 2013: John J.