President’s Welcome Message
Welcome to the Society for Free Radical Research Europe (SFRR Europe) website. You have arrived the right place if you are interested in redox signaling in biology and clinical sciences, or chemistry of reactive species. Mechanisms of redox biology is very important in many disciplines such as biochemistry, physiology, pathology, toxicology, clinical sciences and chemistry therefore the society promotes the science in the field of redox biology or in a field with a potential for cross-fertilization with redox biology.
SFRR Europe sponsors awards and prizes for outstanding senior investigators (SFRR Europe Basic Science Award, SFRR Europe Clinical Award) and young scientists who are not yet fully established (Catherine Pasquier Award) and also promising young “stars” (SFRR Europe Young Investigator Awards). Special sessions for young investigators are also programmed at the annual scientific meetings. We interact with other international scientific societies and organizations as advocates for the development of our field and the interest of our members. The biannual SFRR Europe Free Radical Summer School in Spetses Greece is dedicated to provide state-of-art training for graduate students and postdoctoral young scientists in the field of redox biology.
SFRR Europe recently adopted “Free Radical Biology and Medicine” (FRBM) as the Society’s official journal. Moreover, together with the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine (SFRBM) we have launched a new journal Redox Biology, an open access ‘sister’ to FRBM. The official date of the online launch of Redox Biology will be Thursday January 23rd and there will be at least a dozen accepted papers going online at that time, including some with the new style of ‘graphical review’.
The new SFRR Europe intranet has been just created; through this web site we will do our best to inform you about the meetings, conferences, summer schools and workshops relevant to redox biology, chemistry and medicine. The page is also the site where you will pay your subscription fee through PayPal; you can also select the optional electronic subscription to FRBM at a special price for members. The web site will also serve as a primary vehicle to publicize awards and job opportunities. Notices of Society election will appear on this web site and members will also be able to vote here with user names and password security.
As always, this is your society so please feel free to use this web site (contact us button at top right side) to send your suggestions, ideas, comments and criticisms. As President of SFRR Europe, my goal is to serve my best ability to all members of the Society. Together with the other officers of SFRR Europe we will do our best to make the Society stronger, more helpful and more relevant to our members’ interest and careers.
A Happy and Healthy New Year,
Nesrin Kartal Özer
President, SFRR Europe