BSCB Newsletter Winter 1997 - News
Vacancies on the
Committee
Call for Topics for Meetings
Science Education
Bursaries for young scientists
from Eastern Europe
Young Cell Biologist of the Year
Poster Prize 1998
Honor Fell travel awards
Vacancies on the Committee
Does the BSCB do what you want it to? If not, here is an easy
solution - become involved yourself.
There are currently vacancies for two non-office bearing
committee members. Please send suggested names for nominations,
with full name, contact details (including e-mail address if possible),
plus a supporting sentence, to the Secretary (Birgit Lane) by the
end of March (or earlier). Self nominations are also welcome! Elections
will take place at the next AGM, to be held during the meeting at
Lancaster in April 1998.
Call for Topics for Meetings
Are we missing something? If you think we are missing something
from the programmes of the BSCB meetings, or would like to suggest
a topic for either the annual meeting or for one of the smaller
meetings, please let us know. All suggestions will be considered.
Send your suggestions (plus your name, address and contact details)
to the Meetings Secretary (Murray Stewart).
Science Education Interacting
with, and presenting research to science educators is fun and
mutually rewarding. Contribute to science education, and give
a BSCB supported lecture at the Association for Science Education's
Annual Meeting. The ASE is the umbrella organization for science
teachers in secondary schools. In January each year, the ASE is
keen to hear about research in cell biology that is likely to
have either a major impact on biology in general or challenges
current thinking. Previous lecture topics have been programmed
cell death (Martin Raff, 1996) and the human genome project (Kay
Davies, 1997). Paul Nurse will talk about the cell cycle at the
1998 ASE meeting. If you are interested in presenting your research
topic at the 1999 ASE meeting, please contact the BSCB secretary
(Birgit Lane). Nominations are also welcome. Please provide name,
address and contact details.
Bursaries for young
scientists from Eastern Europe
Six bursaries available for young scientists from Bulgaria,
Commonwealth of Independent States, Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and the former
states of Yugoslavia to attend the BSCB/BSDB Joint Spring Meeting
at Lancaster, 31 March to 3 April 1998.
These bursaries, sponsored by the BSCB and the Journal
of Cell Science, will cover the cost of registration, accommodation
and meals, and in 1997 a travel award of up to £250 per person.
Applications, in duplicate, including a brief CV and concise reasons
for wishing to attend should be sent to:
Birgit Lane, CRC Laboratories, Department of Anatomy
and Physiology, Medical Sciences Institute, University of Dundee,
Dundee DH1 4HN.
BSCB members - if you know of any young scientists
from central and eastern Europe who would benefit from attending
this meeting, please send them the above information.
Young Cell Biologist of the
Year Poster Prize 1998
All research students are invited to enter the next poster
competition at our Spring 1998 meeting at the University of Lancaster,
31 March to 3 April 1998. The prize is a trip to the USA to attend
the 1998 ASCB meeting, to be held in sans Francisco, December
12-16 1998, as their guest, with an opportunity to present the
winning poster. For more details, click here.
Honor Fell travel awards
Honor Fell Travel Awards are made, up to a limit of £250,
to provide financial support for young BSCB members to attend
meetings. Applications are considered for any meetings relevant
to cell biology, although the applicant must be presenting a poster
or talk. For more details, click here.
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