About

Judith Bond is an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. She holds the position of Immediate Past President of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology and is an Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State University College of Medicine at Hershey. Her contact information is provided through the UNC Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. The page does not include additional details about her research focus, background, or key contributions.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Political Science
• Biology
• Biochemistry
• Telecommunications
• Management
• Chemistry
• Law

Selected publications

• Eileen Johnson

  The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society · 2025-12-10

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  Judith Bond has written a brief appreciation of Eileen Johnson, one of the founder members of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society, and later its Secretary and Chair.

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• List of contributors

  Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes · 2025-01-01

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• Meprin A

  Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes · 2025-01-01

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• Meprin B

  Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes · 2025-01-01

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• The Archive of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland

  The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society · 2024-12-31 · 1 citations

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  This article recounts the history of the Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland Archive from its first location in the Dorset County Museum to its current housing in the Dorset History Centre. It describes Judith Bond’s work in recording the thousands of miscellaneous items and describes some of the most interesting holdings and features of this Archive.

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• Lynn Mutti

  The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society · 2023-01-01

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  Lynn Mutti is remembered by four friends and colleagues in the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society. The article touches on her work as Secretary of the Society and on her PhD thesis on Warner and music.

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• Protein Synthesis and Degradation

  Elsevier eBooks · 2022 · 1 citations

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• William R. Brinkley (1936–2020)

  FASEB BioAdvances · 2021-03-30

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  Dr. William Robert (“Bill”) Brinkley (Figure 1), cell biologist, researcher, teacher, and leader with an extraordinary impact on science, died on 10 November 2020, at the age of 84. Bill was a past-president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) (1998–1999), and his work was featured in a dedicated FASEB meeting entitled the “Brinkley-Fest of Mitosis” in 2007. He was preceded in death by his father, Lee; mother, Roxie; sister Doris; brother Lee; sister Helen; and brother Gordon. He is survived by his wife, Shirley, of Houston; son, Kevin, of Oakland, California; and many nieces, nephews, friends, and colleagues. Bill was born in Weldon, Texas, on 31 May 1936, to Lee and Roxie Saline Brinkley, the youngest of five siblings. He earned his BS and MS degrees in life sciences from Sam Houston State University (1955–1960), then did predoctoral work in cell biology with John H. D. Bryan at Iowa State University, and completed his PhD in 1964. He pursued postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of T. C. Hsu at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston. He was an assistant and then associate professor of biology at M. D. Anderson, where he remained until 1972. Bill then moved to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, where he was named professor and Director of the Division of Cell Biology. Later, he moved to Baylor College of Medicine, where he served as professor and Director of Cell Structure in the Department of Cell Biology. In 1985, he became Chair of the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Concurrently, he was a Codirector of the Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center and senior scientist at the University's Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 1991, Bill returned to Baylor to serve as Vice President for Graduate Sciences and Dean of the Graduate School, while also serving as a Codirector of the W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology. Bill was Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School at Baylor from 2011. Bill made seminal contributions to mechanisms of cell division and to developmental biology. He devoted his career to studies of mitosis and the cytoskeleton of mammalian cells. He and his coworkers were the first to visualize and characterize the kinetochore, a protein structure that guides chromosomes to split evenly between daughter cells during mitosis and meiosis. He and Gerald M. Fuller developed the first monospecific antibodies against tubulin and discovered the cytoplasmic microtubule complex by indirect immunofluorescence. His studies also aimed to decipher the molecular basis of errors and defects in the nucleus and mitotic apparatus that cause aneuploidy. Bill was President of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) from 1979 to 1980. He also served as President of the International Federation for Cell Biology from 1980 to 1984. He served on numerous journal editorial boards, including the Journal of Cell Biology and Cell. He was Editor-in-Chief of Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, and was a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cell Biology Study Section and the Biomedical Sciences Study Section, serving as chair. He was a member of the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Special Programs Advisory Committee and was a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Bill also served on the Board of Directors of Research! America and the Genetics Policy Institute. He received the Wilson Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the ASCB, and was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine). Bill had significant impact on science policy as a leader of FASEB. He was President-Elect of FASEB in 1997, just as the notion of “doubling the NIH budget” was beginning to be discussed. His ability to work with a wide range of people in a variety of organizations helped build momentum for the proposal to rapidly expand NIH funding for biomedical research. Bill joined FASEB President Ralph Yount in a seminal meeting with Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chair John Porter (R-IL) who told the FASEB group that the key to success would be the development of a broad coalition of support. At Porter’s behest, Brinkley organized a delegation of Nobel laureates, patient advocates, and biotech executives to meet with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL), and during the remainder of his FASEB presidency, Bill worked closely with Research! America, the Campaign for Medical Research, and other organizations to launch the effort to double the NIH budget in 5 years. Bill’s support for research, however, was not limited to the biomedical sciences. He actively supported increased funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and, in 1999, he invited the presidents of the American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, and American Mathematical Society to join him in testimony on NSF funding before the House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee. His easy-going manner and gentlemanly approach to conflict resolution made him a remarkably effective leader, as did his poise and self-control under fire. When a letter critical of his support of the NIH funding bill written by Congressman David Obey was leaked to Science magazine, Bill remained firm in his support for the legislation. And after the bill was finally passed, in a gesture of bipartisanship, Bill presented FASEB’s Public Service Award to a Democrat (Senator Tom Harkin) and a Republican (Senator Arlen Specter) in a Capitol Hill Ceremony. Bill was also very active in The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST), serving as its president in 2012. Earlier, he had organized a meeting and edited a report from TAMEST, following the National Academy of Sciences’ report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm, which emphasized the importance of STEM education and its potential impact on the future of the State of Texas. In addition, he was an enthusiastic advocate for medical research in Texas, and was actively involved in early public policy activities with the former organization, Texans for the Advancement of Medical Research, advocating for embryonic stem cell research to the Texas legislature. Those who were fortunate enough to work closely with Bill were impressed by his generosity and modesty, and the fact that he never lost his ability to relate to people from all walks of life. He was a champion of women in science and medical and basic research, and throughout his career he was an active proponent of programs to improve science education that ranged from “science buses” for elementary school students to support for graduate students. He leaves a legacy of professional accomplishment and service. He will be fondly remembered and missed by the many scientists, legislators, staff members, friends, and trainees who had the pleasure of working with him.

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• Herbert Tabor (1918‐2020)*

  FASEB BioAdvances · 2020-12-14

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  Dr. Herbert Tabor, biochemist, renowned authority on the synthesis and function of polyamines, and Chief Editor extraordinaire for the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) for approximately 50 years, died August 20th at his home on the National Institutes Health campus in Bethesda Maryland. He was preceded in death by his wife Celia Tabor, a physician scientist and his professional colleague, who died in 2012. He is survived by their four children, Edward, Marilyn, Richard and Stanley, 10 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren (Figure 1). Herb was born in New York City, was educated in the public schools and graduated from Townsend Harris High School in 1933. He attended City College for two years, then transferred to Harvard College and received his bachelor’s degree and MD there, in 1937 and 1941, respectively. During his last year in medical school, he spent six months working in the laboratory of A. Baird Hastings, who was Chair of the Biological Chemistry Department at Harvard Medical School, and overlapped with such well-known figures as Birgit Vennesland, Jack Buchanan, Chris Anfinsen and Oliver Lowry. His first paper in the JBC arose from his studies in Hastings’ lab. In 1942, he interned at Yale-New Haven Hospital and spent some of his spare time in the laboratory of John Peters, who he credits with being an important influence on his thinking. He was also involved in the first major clinical trial of penicillin in the United States and the successful treatment of a case of streptococcal septicemia. After being commissioned in the U.S. Public Health Service in early 1943, he spent his first six months at sea as the sole medical officer on the Coast Guard cutter, U.S.S. Duane. One of us (RB) experienced some of his memories of this service during a birthday festschrift for Bob Hill in the summer of 1995, at the Rosario Resort on Orcas Island in Washington. Several of us were having dinner together in the resort hotel, and as we entered the restaurant Herb stopped abruptly in front of a large group of photographs of various ships and other marine subjects and then announced with a huge grin, “That was my ship.” It was indeed the Duane and we were subsequently entertained through dinner with several anecdotes of a “very young and surgically inexperienced Dr. Tabor avoiding one medical catastrophe after another” (or at least that was how he related it). He did admit he was extremely glad to get to the NIH in the fall of 1943, his next posting, and back to the laboratory. Herb’s association with the NIH was to be for the rest of his life, totaling some 77 years, the longest term of any NIH employee. When he first arrived at the NIH, he was assigned to the laboratory of Sanford Rosenthal where his initial efforts were on electrolyte changes in burns and shock. When this war time research wound down, Tabor and Rosenthal moved into studies on the metabolism of histamine and histidine that ultimately led to the pioneering work, with his wife Celia, on polyamines, which would characterize the rest of their careers. She was also trained in medicine and joined the NIH in late 1952. They had met several years earlier in Boston and were married in 1946. Three of their children were born prior to her USPHS commission while she was at George Washington University Medical School; the fourth, a couple of years later. Much of their early studies were focused on enzymology, and this emphasis underscores his active interactions with Bernie Horecker, Leon Heppel and Arthur Kornberg, who were colleagues with him at the NIH during his first several years there. He has described with enthusiasm their regular daily luncheon discussions/seminar meetings that started in 1946, and spanned approximately 50 years, and the importance of these interactions to the development of his research career. Arthur Kornberg recalled fondly at Herb’s 90th birthday celebration in 2008, that Herb became so enthusiastic and intent on the seminar presentation on one occasion that he unknowingly ate Arthur’s birthday sandwich that was adjacent to him rather than his own! Over the years, the luncheon meetings expanded to include many other notable figures in biochemical research. The combined efforts of the Tabors heralded the explosive growth of polyamine research, trained many postdoctoral fellows, and laid the foundation of this still active area of research. A critically important part of scientific advances is the accurate review of experimental data and entry into the scientific record. It could even be argued that the publishing of science is equally important as the discoveries themselves. Although many accomplished scientists devote significant parts of their career to scientific publishing, few have had the commitment and dedication to these activities that Herb had. Herb was on the editorial board of the JBC from 1961 to 1966 and then became an Associate Editor. Bill Stein, Editor of the JBC and a Rockefeller University professor and Nobel Laureate, contracted Guillain-Barre Syndrome in the late 1960s, and could not continue in his role as Editor. One of us (RB) remembers events at the meeting in Copenhagen in June of 1969 when Stein was stricken and spending the last night before he became ill at a reception with him at the Carlsberg Laboratory. Herb claimed, in his humble manner, that he was asked to take on the Editor responsibilities because he resided in the immediate vicinity of the American Society of Biological Chemists (ASBC) office and the business side of the Journal. More likely his ability to lead the Journal was well recognized; he assumed the role of Acting Editor in 1969 and Chief Editor in 1971 and remained in that role for the next 41 years. The Journal, which was launched in 1905 by founding editors Christian Herter and John Abel as an independent entity, had enjoyed, in addition to Stein, five earlier editors, four of whom had been managing editors, meaning that they were responsible for both the editorial and financial aspects of journal operations. John Edsall, who took over the editorship in 1958, oversaw the transition of the business side to the “new” offices of the ASBC (which became the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) several years later) so that Stein and then Herb were able to concentrate on the editorial side of things. The ASBC had assumed the responsibility for the JBC in 1919. Stein hardly got started as Editor before he was taken ill, but Herb more than made up for any lost time leading a phenomenal 45 year campaign of growth in size and prestige that included such important events as bringing the JBC on-line, the first biomedical journal to achieve this landmark accomplishment. In his own unassuming but steadfast approach, with a rigid attention to detail, an uncompromising commitment to excellence and a devotion rarely seen, he became a legend in science publishing, and he will long be remembered as such. Most impressively, Herb carried out all of his JBC activities on nights and weekends, while he and Celia worked in their NIH laboratory during the day, scrupulously avoiding any conflict with his government obligations. He oversaw a spectacular growth in the Journal, from 3,100 pages in 1968 to surpassing 55,000 published pages/year at one point. Likewise, the number of Associate Editors increased from 3 in 1968 to over two dozen recently, and editorial board members increased from 54 to hundreds from all over the world, illustrating that the size of his commitment was truly staggering. Herb also resisted pressure to print “hot” or “flashy” science but rather felt that all science that makes a substantial contribution to the biochemical and molecular biological literature should be published in the Journal. This attitude is the basis for the reputation of the JBC for outstanding, high quality publications that advance science and stand the test of time. Herb was also highly protective of the Journal and its assets and would become quite aggressive in shielding it when he thought the Finance Committee or the Council was contemplating using monies he considered were the Journal’s for other activities. This led, on more than one occasion, to some interesting exchanges. One such instance was the development of the online version of the Journal. Although he clearly recognized the value of such a venture, if successful, he also recognized that it could fail and end up financially crippling both the Journal and the Society. One of us (RB) was Treasurer at the time and had many of the same qualms. Witnessing his cautious and careful support of the project while at the same time not allowing it to get out of control was a perfect example of his leadership skills. Herb’s contributions to the ASBC/ASBMB were also substantial and are in many respects underappreciated. The histories of the Society and the Journal are entirely interwoven, even though they started separately, and the combination has been a significant and powerful contributor to the advance of bioscience. Everyone involved in the governance of the Society was aware of his constant presence and thoughtful contributions at meetings of the Council, the Financial Committee, as well as the Publications Committee, which spanned his time as the Editor of the JBC. And he did it all with a fantastic sense of balance and humor. He was nearly unflappable and was a calming influence regardless of how heated discussions became. He was at his best leading JBC Associate Editor meetings, commonly and accurately referred to as “the proverbial herd of cats” and securing consensus on topics that one would swear could not be reconciled. Herb was one of the calmest, most insightful and humblest individuals that either of us has known. He did have his moments though and felt passionately about some subjects. For example, one incident occurred several years ago and came about from a suggestion by the Publications Committee that the journal might be more appealing with a flashier name. On leaving the Publication Committee meeting where this suggestion had been made, Herb joined the ongoing meeting of the Council with the look of a man who had just had to shoot his dog. It was plainly evident that he was thoroughly distressed, and eventually related what the problem was in a private conversation. While this might not seem at first blush to be of such great concern, due to an accident of history, the Publications Committee had been originally created as a separate body within the society and was, at the time, still independent of Council and the elected officers, that is, it could make its own decisions that did not require any ratification or approval from any other part of the society. Thus, if it wanted to change the name of the JBC to something else it had the full authority to do so, and Herb was clearly afraid that it might choose to do just that. The only obvious solution was to change the society’s bylaws and end the autonomy the Publications Committee enjoyed, particularly since there was no longer any apparent reason for it as the circumstances that had engendered its independent authority had long ago been resolved. An appropriate revision was immediately drafted, and a handwritten copy delivered to Chuck Hancock, then the Executive Officer of the ASBMB, with instructions to bring this to Council for a vote as soon as it could be arranged. This was accomplished with dispatch and any crisis that was envisioned was averted. Herb received many honors. He was given the Arthur S. Fleming Award in 1956; the USPHS Meritorious Service Medal in 1970; he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971, and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1977; he received the Hillebrand Prize from the American Chemical Society in 1986; he and Celia received the William C. Rose Award from the ASBMB in 1994. The ASBMB created an award in his name, The Herbert Tabor Research Award, presented annually for exceptional established investigators and the JBC created Herbert Tabor Early Career Investigator Awards in his honor. In 2018, the Montgomery County Council in Maryland designated November 28 as “Herb Tabor Day,” and the State of Maryland honored him with a ‘Governor’s citation’ in honor of his many contributions to science. Those of us who have had the good fortune to work with Herb on editing the JBC and/or leading the Society will always remember him as a partner and friend who represented the very best of what the human race has to offer. He leaves a legacy of professional accomplishment in terms of scientific research and publishing that we can only marvel at. To say he will be missed is true but certainly not adequate; but there is also pleasure in knowing he will be fondly remembered, and hopefully emulated, by those who carry on his work (Figure 2). The authors have no conflict of interest.

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• To be there when the picture is being painted

  Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2020-11-01

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  There is nothing quite like the excitement of discovery in science—of finding something no one else knew and seeing a story unfold. One has to be part of an emerging picture to feel the elation. These moments in a lifetime are few and far between, but they fuel enthusiasm and keep one going. They are embedded in struggles and joys of everyday life, years of establishing what Louis Pasteur called “the prepared mind,” working with mentors, trainees, and colleagues, failures and successes. This article recalls 1) how I got to be a biochemist; 2) my contributions as an educator and researcher, especially regarding meprin metalloproteases; and 3) my participation in communities of science. Perhaps my reflections will help an aspiring scientist see how fulfilling a career in science can be. There is nothing quite like the excitement of discovery in science—of finding something no one else knew and seeing a story unfold. One has to be part of an emerging picture to feel the elation. These moments in a lifetime are few and far between, but they fuel enthusiasm and keep one going. They are embedded in struggles and joys of everyday life, years of establishing what Louis Pasteur called “the prepared mind,” working with mentors, trainees, and colleagues, failures and successes. This article recalls 1) how I got to be a biochemist; 2) my contributions as an educator and researcher, especially regarding meprin metalloproteases; and 3) my participation in communities of science. Perhaps my reflections will help an aspiring scientist see how fulfilling a career in science can be. I was born in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers (in the 1940s and 1950s), the mixing pot of cultures, second- and third-generation American families, with a great delicatessen, bakery, and movie theater in every neighborhood. The public schools were excellent, and education was a high priority of most families. 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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01DK054625

  NIH · $784k · 2003

• NIH Grant R01DK019691

  NIH · $4.2M · 2012

• NIH Grant R01AM019691

  NIH · $124k · 1989

• NIH Grant R37DK019691

  NIH · $1.0M · 1997

• NIH Grant R56DK019691

  NIH · $73k · 2006

Frequent coauthors

• Bettie Sue Siler Masters

  Duke Medical Center

  112 shared

• Robert D. Wells

  112 shared

• Judith P. Klinman

  QB3

  112 shared

• John P. Perkins

  The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

  100 shared

• T. Samuel Shomaker

  100 shared

• Donald O. Nutter

  University of Chicago

  100 shared

• Barry S. Coller

  100 shared

• Robert M. D’Alessandri

  Commonwealth Medical College

  100 shared

Labs

• UNC Department of Biochemistry and BiophysicsPI

Education

• Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  Penn State University College of Medicine at Hershey

• M.D.

  Penn State University College of Medicine at Hershey