Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
Statement of Organization and Procedures
(Approved by Council April 1981, Amended April 2004, Amended
April 2009)
ARTICLE I. Name
The name
of this organization is the Cell and Molecular Physiology Section (CAMPS) of
the American Physiological Society.
ARTICLE II. Purposes
The
purposes of this Section are to:
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Advise the Society on matters of interest to the members of the Section.
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Assist the Society, through representation on the Joint Program
Committee, in the organization of the scientific meetings of the
Society.
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Nominate individuals for membership on Society committees.
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Be open to all members of the Society expressing an interest in Section
membership.
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Provide the President-Elect with recommendations of and supporting
material for individuals to be nominated by the Society for awards.
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To recognize members who have made significant contributions to the
affairs of the Section and the Society.
ARTICLE III. Membership
Membership
is open to any member of the Society (student, affiliate, regular, emeritus,
or honorary) who wishes to become a member. Section membership is conferred
by designating Cell and Molecular Physiology as a primary or secondary
section for affiliation through the APS Membership Services Department.
Secondary members may serve as members of committees with the approval of
the steering committee.
ARTICLE IV. Officers
Section 1.
Steering Committee
The responsibility for management and supervision of the affairs
of the Section shall be vested in a Steering Committee. The members of the
Steering Committee shall be the Chair, the Vice-Chair, three Councilors, two
Program Officers, a post-doctoral fellow representative, a liaison with
industry representative, and Sage. The Editor of AJP:Cell shall be an ad hoc
member of the Steering Committee. A quorum for conducting official business
for the Section will be three of the eight members of the Steering
Committee. The Steering Committee will meet or converse twice yearly, i.e.,
at the annual spring meeting, at a fall conference of the Society, by
conference call, or at the meeting of a parallel-interest society.
Section 2.
Steering Committee Members and Their Duties
The
Steering Committee members shall serve three-year or four-year terms and
those terms shall overlap so that as few members of the Steering Committee
shall be elected each year as possible. The Chair, Vice Chair and the three
Councilors shall serve for 3 years. The two Program Officers will serve for
four years.
The Chair
shall call and chair meetings of the Steering Committee and supervise the
election process in coordination with the Vice-Chair. The Chair may appoint
committees that are necessary for the proper conduct of the affairs of the
Section. The Chair will serve as the Section Advisory Committee (SAC)
Representative.
The
Vice-Chair shall keep the minutes of the Steering Committee meetings and the
membership list, prepare and send the newsletter to the membership of the
Section and maintain fiscal records.
One of the
Councilors shall be the representative to the Committee on Committees.
The senior
Program Officer will be the section representative to the Joint Program
Committee. The senior Program Officer will be the Chair of the Section
Program Committee (SPC) and the junior Program Officer (JPO) shall act as
secretary. The SPC shall be composed of all members of the section’s
steering committee and the editor of the American Journal Physiology: Cell.
The SPC shall be charged with developing the Section’s scientific program
for the Experimental Biology meeting. The SPC Chair will interact with the
Society’s Joint Program Committee to ensure minimal overlap or redundancy
with respect to other sections’ programming activities and to develop joint
programs integrating more than one section.
The Sage
will serve for 3 years and will provide wise advice to the Steering
Committee.
Section 3.
Election of Officers and Terms of Office
The terms
of office shall be for three years or four years. The Chair and SPC Chair
both should have served on the Steering Committee prior to being elected to
their respective offices. All officers will be elected by ballot vote of the
regular membership with a primary affiliation in the Cell and Molecular
Physiology Section and on the occasion of an election for membership on the
Steering Committee.
Terms of office of the Program
Officers and Trainee Advisory Committee representative shall begin in
January. Terms of office of all other members of the Steering Committee
shall begin and end at the close of the annual spring meeting of the
Society.
Rotation and beginnings of terms shall be as follows: Chair, 3 years, May
2010; Vice-Chair, 3 years, April 2009; Program Officer 1, 4 years, January,
2010; Program Officer 2, 4 years, January 2009; Councilor 1, 3 years, May
2010, Councilor 2, 3 years, April 2011; Councilor 3, 3 years, April 2009;
Trainee Advisory Committee Representative 3 years, January 2011; Liaison with Industry Representative, 3 years, April 2010; Sage
3 years, April 2010.
The
Past-Chair serves a three year term as Sage. If the past chair declines this
exalted position, it will be offered to a past member of the steering
committee.
Section 4.
Nomination for Membership on the Steering Committee
The
Nominating Committee will be chaired by the CAMPS councilor for
nominations (Councilor 2) and shall consist of all steering committee
members. The responsibilities of the Nominating Committee are to solicit
and compile nominations for all Cellular and Molecular Physiology Section
officers and for membership on all CAMPS committees. This includes Section
Chair, Vice Chair, Program Officer 1 and 2, Councilors 1, 2 and 3, Trainee
Advisory Committee Representative as well as candidates for APS Council and
APS Presidency.
Nominations for membership on the Steering Committee will be made annually,
as appropriate, by the Section’s membership in response to a request by the
Steering Committee. Election will be by ballot distribution and counted by
the Membership Services Department of the Society. The election shall be
scheduled to take place prior to the annual spring meeting of the Society.
If a current officer runs for Chair or Vice-Chair then the ballot must
include enough nominees for other officers so that the roster of officers
can be filled.
ARTICLE V. Dues
Dues will
not be assessed.
ARTICLE VI. Amendments and Quorum of the Membership
Section 1.
Amendments
Amendments to these procedures
must be proposed in writing by the Steering Committee. The proposal must
then be sent to the members electronically for an electronic vote. Amendment
requires the approval of two-thirds of votes received. Alternatively,
amendments to these procedures may be proposed in writing to the Steering
Committee by five Section members at least two months prior to the annual
meeting of the membership, which normally will be held at the Society’s
spring meeting. The proposal must then be sent to the members prior to the
annual meeting of the membership. Each amendment requires the approval of
two-thirds of the members present at the annual dinner meeting.
Section 2.
Quorum
The quorum
for all membership business meetings is no less than 25 members of the
Section.
ARTICLE VII. Awards
Awards
will be made as financial and other circumstances permit in order to
recognize members of the Section and the Society who have made substantial
contributions to the affairs of the Section and the Society. Student and new
investigator awards will also be made when appropriate. Nominations for
awards will be accepted when called for by instructions published in a
newsletter.
The Cell and Molecular Physiology Section New
Investigator Award ($1,000 plus reimbursement of the advance
registration fee) recognizes an outstanding investigator in the early stages
of his/her career. Candidates should be investigators who have made
meritorious contributions to the area represented by the Cell and Molecular
Physiology Section. They should not be above the rank of Assistant
Professor or a comparable position in a research track at an academic
institution or in industry (e.g. Scientist, Sr. Scientist, Research
Investigator, etc.). They should receive nominations from at least two
regular members of the APS.
Candidates will be judged on their publications, how
the publications relate to the Cell and Molecular Physiology Section and
evidence for independence and promise (grant funding, peer review
activities, etc.). Although this is not an abstract-based award, awardees
must submit an abstract by the meeting submission deadline and are expected
to attend EB and make an oral or poster presentation. Unlike the other
CAMPS awards, they need not be first author of the submission, but are
anticipated to be senior author. Contributing students and fellows are
recognized in the award.
The candidate must be an APS member in good standing
with a primary affiliation in the Cell and Molecular Physiology Section
Candidates must upload: a curriculum vitae, 2
nomination letters from APS members, and 3 reprints. Awardees are recognized
at the Cell and Molecular Physiology Banquet at the EB Meeting. Abstracts
must be submitted by the meeting deadline, and then all additional
application materials must be completed online by January 15 in the year of
the EB meeting.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Nomination Letter 1
- Nomination Letter 2
- Publication Reprint 1
- Publication Reprint 2
- Publication Reprint 3
OTHER DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
- EB Abstract Submission Number
- EB Abstract First Author’s full name
- EB Abstract Submission pdf
The Cell and Molecular Physiology Section Research
Recognition Awards ($500 plus reimbursement of the advance registration
fee) will be given to TWO successful candidates for work performed while in
the first through fifth postdoctoral year or medical residency.
Applicants must be first author on an abstract submitted by the abstract
deadline to the Experimental Biology meeting and this work will be the
primary basis for evaluation.
The trainee and / or their direct mentor must be a
member in good standing of the APS, with a primary affiliation in the Cell
and Molecular Physiology Section. The award will go to the first-author
trainee, but the mentor and all author trainees will be recognized in the
award statement.
Members of the CAMPS
Steering Committee as well as former CAMPS awardees at the junior faculty
level will evaluate all submitted abstracts and supporting documents and
then select 5-6 semi-finalists who will be announced via email
and a newsletter to the CAMPS membership prior to the EB meeting. The
semi-finalists will make a special poster presentation to the judges and
public the morning of the Cell and Molecular Section Banquet at the EB
meeting (CAMPS diner). Finalists will be selected by the panel at this time
and awards announced, for the first time, and presented at the CAMPS dinner
that night.
Applicants must upload: 1) a copy of the submitted
abstract; 2) their curriculum vitae; and, 3) a brief (e.g. half page)
recommendation letter from their mentor describing why the trainee is
deserving of the award.
The abstract must be submitted by the EB abstract
deadline and all application materials must be completed online by January
15 in the year of the EB meeting.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
- Abstract number
- Abstract author’s full name
- pdf of abstract
- Applicant curriculum vitae
- Recommendation letter
- Abstract sponsor or advisor’s full name
- Abstract sponsor email and phone number
- Abstract Sponsor’s membership ID number
The Cell and Molecular Physiology Section Robert
Gunn Student Awards ($300 plus reimbursement of the advance
registration fee) are available for up to TWO pre-doctoral
candidates, allotment depending on applicant pool. One award will be given
for work done while enrolled as a medical or graduate (doctoral or
masters) student. An undergraduate researcher is given priority for
the second award. Applicants must be first author on an abstract submitted
by the abstract deadline to the Experimental Biology meeting and this work
will be the primary basis for evaluation. The trainee and / or their
direct mentor must be a member in good standing of the APS, with a primary
affiliation in the Cell and Molecular Physiology Section. The award will go
to the first-author trainee, but the mentor and all author trainees will be
recognized in the award statement.
Members of the CAMPS
Steering Committee as well as former CAMPS awardees at the junior faculty
level will evaluate all submitted abstracts and supporting documents and
then select 5-6 semi-finalists who will be announced via email
and a newsletter to the CAMPS membership prior to the EB meeting. The
semi-finalists will make a special poster presentation to the judges and
public the morning of the Cell and Molecular Section Banquet at the EB
meeting (CAMPS diner). Finalists will be selected by the panel at this time
and awards announced, for the first time, and presented at the CAMPS dinner
that night.
Applicants must upload: 1) a copy of their abstract; 2)
their curriculum vitae; and, 3) a brief (e.g. half page) recommendation
letter from their mentor describing why the trainee is deserving of the
award.
The abstract must be submitted by the EB abstract deadline and all
application materials must be completed online by January 15 in the year of
the EB meeting.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
- Abstract number
- Abstract author’s full name
- pdf of abstract
- Recommendation letter
- Abstract sponsor or advisor’s full name
- Abstract sponsor email and phone number
- Applicant curriculum vitae
- Abstract Sponsor’s membership ID number
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