Membership
Are you interested in virology? You can join ASV and reap many benefits. These include reduced meeting registration, free job posting, and reduced publication costs at affiliated journals.
“Beauty Is Infectious.” Immunofluorescence image of a virus plaque formed by human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in LLC-MK2 cells. HMPV (red) and nucleus (DAPI, blue).
Image courtesy of Jiuyang Xu (visting scholar, Tsinghua University School of Medicine) and John V. Williams, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh.
Membership Types
Membership is open to qualified individuals who are actively involved in virology research, teaching, or administration.
Both Associate and Student memberships require this verification letter (click to download) be signed to verify position and status in the laboratory.
To be qualified for regular (full) membership, an individual should be at least three years past their professional degree (Ph.D., M.D., D.V.M., M.S. or equivalent experience), and be actively involved in virology research (including basic, applied, and clinical sciences), teaching, or scientific leadership / policy related to virology.
Annual Dues: $150
Associate membership is for degree holding individuals and all individuals with undergraduate degrees, that are actively involved in virology research and/or teaching as postdoctoral associates, research staff, or clinicians involved in veterinary or human health.
Annual Dues: $45
Student membership is for graduate, undergraduate, or post-baccalaureate students interested in virology while enrolled in an academic program.
Annual Dues: $20
To qualify for Lifetime Membership, you must have been a Full Member of ASV for a minimum of five (5) years. You may then upgrade to Lifetime Member by renewing your membership online at the one-time rate.
One-time fee: $2,000
Any member of the Society in good standing (current years dues paid) who has retired from active employment because of disability, eligibility for retirement, or age, may, upon written request to the ASV Secretary-Treasurer and approval by the Council, be classified as a member Emeritus. Members Emeriti shall pay no membership fees or other assessments and shall retain all of the rights and privileges of full dues-paying members.
Why Join ASV?
Transmission electron micrograph of High Five cells infected with Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). Image shows a large vesicle containing more than one enveloped nucleocapsid.
Courtesy of Xiao-Wen Cheng, Miami University.
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Applications for membership should be made online by clicking the "ASV Membership Application" button, below. This application form should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae or NIH biosketch (for Full membership), or a letter or form documenting the individual’s position as postdoctoral associate, research staff, or student. Membership in the Society is not effective until payment of the annual dues is received.
Waived Membership Dues: Waived membership is available to applicants performing research activities in low to middle-income countries as defined by Wellcome using criteria from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Pricing: Adjustments may be made for unique circumstances on a case by case basis.
Refund Policy: All transactions are final. In the event your application has been denied, or in the event of a billing error, a refund will be issued.
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Reinstatement
The Council may reinstate a former member upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate. Reinstatement (without having to reapply for membership) is allowed only if the member is delinquent in the payment of dues for no more than 3 years (2 past years plus the current year) AND the member provides payment of the delinquent and current years dues. Members delinquent in the payment of dues for more than 2 years plus the current year must reapply for membership and submit the required documentation.
Resignation
Any member may resign upon written notification to the Council, at [email protected], whereupon such resignation shall be considered effective immediately.
Expulsion or Suspension
The Council shall have the power, by a two-thirds vote of the entire Council, to suspend or expel any member for conduct prejudicial to the interest of the Society, provided that any such member shall have received at least thirty days' notice of the time and place of a hearing by the Council upon any charges of such conduct, together with a copy of the charges against such member, at which hearing such member shall have an appropriate opportunity to be heard; provided also Article VII, Section 3, of the By-Laws shall govern any expulsion of a member for non-payment of dues.
Electron micrograph of Vero E6 cells infected with SARS-CoV-2, 8 h post infection. Viral replication organelles. These virus-induced structures accumulate in large clusters in the perinuclear region and primarily contain double-membrane vesicles (DMVs). See Ogando et al., “SARS-Coronavirus-2 Replication in Vero E6 Cells: Replication Kinetics, Rapid Adaptation, and Cytopathology.” 2020. J. Gen. Virol. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001453 PMID 32568027.
Courtesy of Ronald Limpens, Montse Bárcena and Eric Snijder, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands.