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Author(s) -
Whelan William J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
iubmb life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.132
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1521-6551
pISSN - 1521-6543
DOI - 10.1080/713803497
Subject(s) - flourishing , political science , subject (documents) , library science , order (exchange) , european union , law , public administration , international trade , computer science , psychology , business , finance , psychotherapist
In the growth of a flourishing science there comes a time when effective collaboration at an international level becomes essential, both for the exchange of knowledge and for the rapid advancement of the subject. By the summer of 1949 when the First International Congress of Biochemistry was held in Cambridge (UK) it was clear to many of those taking part that this time had now arrived and an International Committee of Biochemistry was accordingly set up under the Chairmanship of Sir Charles Harington. The objectives of this Committee were not only to arrange for a continuing series of International Congresses of Biochemistry but also to establish an International Union of Biochemistry (IUB) and in due course to approach the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) in order to obtain their recognition of this proposed new Union.