Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities

Name

Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities

Legal name

Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities

Website

https://abrf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services for Biomolecular Research

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Research Administration & Compliance (Sponsored Programs, IRB/REB) (EDADAKAH)

Keywords

• Biomolecular core facilities
• Professional membership association
• Shared research resources
• Scientific conference services
• Peer-reviewed journal publication

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: ABRF generates revenue through annual membership dues from its 4,000+ members across government, academia, research, industry, and commercial settings. Members receive access to conferences, the quarterly journal, research group studies, conference scholarships, and networking opportunities.
2. Annual Meeting Registrations: Revenue generated from registration fees for the ABRF Annual Meeting, which is a major event for the core facilities community featuring scientific sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities.
3. Corporate Sponsorships: Corporate partners and sponsors provide financial support through various sponsorship tiers including signature sponsors (QIAGEN), event sponsors (Waters Corporation sponsors Lightning Talk Awards), and chapter sponsorship opportunities. Sponsorships help fund ABRF activities and provide visibility for corporate partners within the core facilities community.
4. Digital Marketing and Advertising: ABRF offers digital marketing opportunities including banner ads on the website reaching over 17,000 monthly visitors, Knowledge Center content placement, and Solutions Center vendor listings. These performance-based marketing tools enable companies to connect with qualified core facilities professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

ABRF is a nonprofit professional membership association that delivers education, networking, and research support to scientists and administrators working in or supporting biomolecular resource ("core") facilities. Its core offerings are the Journal of Biomolecular Techniques peer-reviewed journal, the annual ABRF Meeting, six regional chapters, eight domain-specific Research Groups that run multi-center studies, and an online community platform and mobile app. Membership, meeting registration, and corporate sponsorships are the primary channels through which these services are delivered to the 4,000+ members across 400+ laboratories.

Product overview

The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) operates as a membership society rather than a technology product company. Its primary offerings include: the Journal of Biomolecular Techniques (a peer-reviewed publication), the ABRF Annual Meeting (an annual conference), Regional Chapters (six geographic networks), Research Groups (specialized scientific communities in areas like Flow Cytometry, Genomics, and Proteomics), the ABRF Career Center (job board and career resources), Workshops and Webinars (ongoing educational programming), the ABRF App (mobile member resource), and the ABRF Knowledge Center (a resource library of industry content). These offerings collectively support education, career advancement, and networking for core facility professionals in biomolecular research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Journal of Biomolecular Techniques: The official peer-reviewed journal of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities, published with four regular issues and one supplemental meeting issue per year.

Products and services

• ABRF Annual Membership Annual membership providing access to conferences, the Journal of Biomolecular Techniques, research group studies, conference scholarships, and networking for core facility professionals across government, academia, research, industry, and commercial settings.
• Journal of Biomolecular Techniques (JBT) Peer-reviewed journal published by ABRF with four regular issues and one supplemental meeting issue per year, promoting the role of biotechnology in contemporary research and disseminating information across biomolecular resource facilities.
• ABRF Annual Meeting ABRF's flagship annual conference featuring scientific sessions, workshops, networking, awards, and exhibitions for core facility professionals. The 2026 meeting is scheduled for March 28–31 in Pittsburgh, PA; the 2027 meeting is planned for April 4–7 in Dallas, TX.
• ABRF Regional Chapters Six regional member networks — MAD SSCi (Mid-Atlantic), MWACD (Midwest), NERLSCD (Northeast), SC3 (South Central), SEASR (Southeast), and WACD (Western) — that organize local meetings and professional development opportunities for core facility staff in their geographies.
• ABRF Research Groups Specialized scientific communities within ABRF that conduct multi-center research studies and publish findings to advance member practices, covering Flow Cytometry, Genomics, ImmunoHistoChemistry, Light Microscopy, Proteomics/Metabolomics/Mass Spectrometry, and Spatial Transcriptomics and Proteomics.
• ABRF Career Center Job board and career resources platform offering job listings, mentoring programs, compensation surveys, and professional development resources specifically for core facility professionals.
• ABRF Workshops and Webinars Year-round educational programming including monthly recurring Lab Operations Management Software Discussions, peer mentoring conversations, DEIB training series, and webinars on topics such as marketing strategies for core facilities.
• ABRF Knowledge Center Digital content library featuring white papers, product guides, reports, and research from industry experts, with content on DNA Sequencing, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Mass Spectrometry, Genome Editing, and Spatial Transcriptomics.
• ABRF App Mobile application available to all ABRF members providing access to resources, event information, and community features on mobile devices.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,000+ members representing 400+ laboratories in government, academia, research, industry, and commercial settings
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered signature, core, major and minor.

• QIAGENsignatureGTM or Marketing PartnerQIAGEN serves as ABRF's Signature Sponsor, providing year-round support for ABRF activities. This is the highest tier of corporate sponsorship, indicating a significant ongoing partnership relationship with the organization.
• AMR (American Management Resources)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerABRF partners with AMR to provide valuable management services and infrastructure support for ABRF activities. This is a key operational partnership enabling ABRF to function as an organization.
• Waters CorporationmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerWaters Corporation sponsors the ABRF Lightning Talk Awards at the Annual Meeting, providing $500 prizes, complimentary membership, and reduced registration fees to winners. Waters has sponsored these poster awards for an extended period, traditionally referred to as the Waters Poster Awards.
• FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerABRF has an established relationship with FASEB, a federation of scientific societies. ABRF is listed as an affiliated organization under FASEB, indicating a formal collaborative relationship within the broader scientific community.
• Regional Chapter Sponsors (MAD SSCi, MWACD, NERLSCD, SEASR, WACD)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerABRF regional chapters offer unique sponsorship opportunities for groups to engage with the core facilities community in their geographic areas. Each chapter manages its own sponsorship relationships.
• Core Technologies for Life Sciences (CTLS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTLS co-sponsors the Spencer Shorte Legacy Award with ABRF, demonstrating a collaborative international partnership between ABRF and this European core facilities organization. Award recipients must be members of either ABRF or CTLS.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Histochemical Society: The Histochemical Society is a smaller, specialized scientific society focused on histology and microscopy techniques. It is comparable to ABRF in scale, scope, and operating model, and overlaps directly with ABRF's Light Microscopy and ImmunoHistoChemistry research groups.
• FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology): FASEB is a federation of 22 scientific societies serving life-science researchers. ABRF is an affiliated organization under FASEB, making FASEB the most directly comparable peer in scope, governance structure, and member-base profile.
• Core Technologies for Life Sciences (CTLS): CTLS is the European counterpart to ABRF, focused on core facilities and shared research resources. The two organizations co-sponsor the Spencer Shorte Legacy Award, and CTLS serves the same core-facility professional community in Europe that ABRF serves in the US.

Broad incumbents

• American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB): ASCB is a US-based scientific society serving cell biologists, with significant overlap in shared-resource facility usage (imaging, flow cytometry, genomics). ASCB's annual meeting and journals cover many of the same core-facility disciplines ABRF supports.
• American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG): ASHG serves human genetics researchers, a core ABRF audience. ASHG operates an annual meeting, peer-reviewed journal (AJHG), and member programs that overlap with ABRF's Genomics Research Group activities.
• Society for Neuroscience (SfN): SfN is a large US scientific society serving neuroscience researchers, many of whom work in or manage core facilities. SfN's annual meeting and journal (Journal of Neuroscience) reach a substantial portion of ABRF's potential member base.
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB): ASBMB is a larger US scientific society serving biochemists and molecular biologists. Many ABRF members work in ASBMB-adjacent disciplines (proteomics, genomics, metabolomics), and ASBMB operates a peer-reviewed journal and annual meeting that overlap with ABRF's content scope.
• International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR): ISSCR is an international scientific society serving stem cell researchers, many of whom rely on shared core facilities. Its annual meeting, journal, and member programs share ABRF's professional society operating model and audience overlap.
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): AAAS is the broadest US scientific society and publisher of Science. While AAAS operates at a much larger scale, its membership model, journal, and annual meeting are structurally analogous to ABRF's, and AAAS represents a potential aggregator competitor for ABRF's professional society niche.
• Genetics Society of America (GSA): GSA is a scientific society serving geneticists, with conferences and journals (GENETICS, G3) that overlap ABRF's Genomics Research Group scope. GSA operates on a similar professional society model with comparable sponsorship and member revenue structures.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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