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.