This document summarizes the history of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR) from its founding in 1983. It provides details on: 1) The first meeting was held in 1983 in Rotterdam to discuss forming a society focused on interferon research. 2) Presidents of the society from 1983 to present are listed, with the last joint meeting being held in 2012 before merging with the International Cytokine Society. 3) Annual conference locations from 1983 to 2012 are provided, with many joint meetings with the International Cytokine Society beginning in 2000.

1. Past, Present & Future

2. Forerunner to the ISICR?

6. Copyright:Time Magazine

7. First meeting to discuss the formation of an
International Society focused on Interferon research
Biology of the Interferon System, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 18-22 April, 1983

8. W.E. Stewart II, 'The Interferon System' Springer Verlag 1980
Bill Stewart

9. Presidents
1983 - William Stewart, II (USA)
1984-85 Edward de Maeyer (France)
1986-87 Ion Gresser (France)
1988-89 Ernest Borden (USA)
1990-91 Ferdinando Dianzani (Italy)
1992-93 Samuel Baron (U.S.A.)
1994-95 Sidney Pestka (U.S.A.)
1996-97 Robert Friedman (U.S.A)
1998-99 Bryan Williams (U.S.A.)
2000-01 Kathryn Zoon (U.S.A.)
2002-03 Keiko Ozato (U.S.A.)
2004-05 Howard Young (U.S.A.)
2006-07 Otto Haller (Germany)
2008-09 Eleanor Fish (Canada)
2010-11 Leonidas Platanias (USA)
2012-13 Chuck Samuel (USA)

10. 1983 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2000 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands***
1984 - Heidelberg, West Germany 2001 - Cleveland, Ohio
1985 - Clearwater Beach, Florida 2002 - Torino, Italy***
1986 - Helsinki, Finland 2003 - Cairns, Australia
1987 - Washington, D.C. 2004 - San Juan, Puerto Rico***
1988 - Kyoto, Japan 2005 - Shanghai, China
1989 - Florence, Italy 2006 - Vienna, Austria***
1990 - San Francisco, California 2007- Oxford, UK
1991 - Nice, France 2008- Montreal, Canada***
1992 - Toronto, Canada 2009- Lisbon, Portugal***
1993 - Tokyo, Japan 2010- Chicago, Illinois***
1994 - Budapest, Hungary 2011- Florence, Italy***
1995 - Baltimore, Maryland
2012- Geneva, Switzerland***
Last joint meeting before the merger
1996 - Geneva, Switzerland***
1997 - San Diego, California
1998 - Jerusalem, Israel***
1999 - Paris, France
Meetings
***Joint with International Cytokine Society (ICS)

11. Honorary Members
1984 - Jean Lindenmann (Switzerland)
Yasuiti Nagano (Japan)+
1985 - Piet DeSomer (Belgium)+
1986 - Gertrude Henle (U.S.A.)
Werner Henle (U.S.A.)+
1988 - Karl Fantes (U.K.)
1989 - Yoshimi Kawade (Japan)
1990 - Norman B. Finter (U.K.)
1991 - Charles Chany (France)
1993 - David Tyrrell (U.K.)
Julius Youngner (U.S.A.)
1994 - Kari Cantell (Finland)
Ferdinando Dianzani (Italy)
1995 - Jaqueline DeMaeyer-Guignard+
(France)
Earle F. Wheelock (U.S.A.)
1996 - Lois Epstein (U.S.A.)
1997 - Gerhard Bodo (Austria)
Ion Gresser (France)
1998 - Samuel Baron (U.S.A.)
Ernest Knight (U.S.A.)
1999- Derek Burke (U.K.)
Edward DeMaeyer (France)+
2000 - Peter Lengyel (U.S.A.)
2001 - Thomas Merigan (U.S.A.)
2002 - Michel Revel (Israel)
2003 - Robert Friedman (U.S.A)
Jan Vilcek (U.S.A.)
2004 - No award given
2005 - Phillip Marcus (U.S.A.)
Kathryn Zoon (U.S.A.)
2005 - Wolfgang Joklik (U.S.A.)
Sidney Pestka (U.S.A.)
2007 - Ian Kerr (U.K.)
George Stark (U.S.A.)
+ Deceased Honorary Members
33 individuals – 10 countries

12. 1989 - Name changed from:
International Society for Interferon
Research
to:
International Society for Interferon &
Cytokine Research

14. Seymour Milstein
1920-2001

15. Milstein Awardees
1988- Tadatsugu Taniguchi (Japan)
1989- Michel Aguet (Switzerland)
1990- Ara G. Hovanessian (France)
Bryan R. G. Williams (Canada)
1992- Jordan Gutterman (U.S.A.)
Hans Strander (Sweden)
1993- Ian Kerr (U.K.)
Robert H. Silverman (U.S.A.)
1994- Charles E. Bugg (U.S.A.)
Yokio Mitsui (Japan)
Tattanahalli L. Nagabhushan (U.S.A.)
1995- Susan E. Krown (U.S.A.)
R. Michael Roberts (U.S.A.)
1996- Paula Pitha-Rowe (U.S.A.)
Robert D. Schreiber (U.S.A.
1997- James Darnell (U.S.A.)
Ian Kerr (U.K.)
George Stark (U.S.A.)
1998- Otto Haller (Germany)
1999- Michael Katze (U.S.A)
Adi Kimchi (Israel)
2000- John Kirkwood (U.S.A.)
Moshe Talpaz (U.S.A.)
2001- Sidney Pestka (U.S.A.)
2002- David Levy (U.S.A.)
Ganes Sen (U.S.A.)
2003- John Hiscott (Canada)
Tom Maniatis (U.S.A.)
2004- Ernest Borden (U.S.A.)
Keiko Ozato (U.S.A.)
2005- Nancy Reich (U.S.A.)
Menachem Rubinstein/Daniela Novick
(Joint award-Israel)
2006- Michael Gale, Jr. (U.S.A.)
Takashi Fujita (Japan)
2007- Shizuo Akira (Japan)
2008- Giorgio Trinchieri, (U.S.A)
2009- Peter Staheli (Germany); Glen Barber
(U.S.A.)
2010- Eleanor Fish (Canada); Sergei
Kotenko, (U.S.A.)
2011- Doug Hilton (Australia)
2012-Jean-Laurent Casanova (U.S.A.)
43 individuals – 10 countries