E-Board No. 32

ISDCI E-Board 32

ISDCI E-Board Number 32
July 2005

Dear ISDCI Colleagues

A report on the Society membership in terms of numbers of members by region, country, membership status and gender has been prepared and within a few days will be available on the ISDCI members page of the Society web site. It is open for all ISDCI members to view but is password protected so you must use the password circulated on the last E-Board circulated in May. Please note this information cannot now be found on the E-Board archive.

On the members page, the ISDCI Photo Gallery is now beeing set up with the group delegate photos at each international meeting from 1983 to 2003. Enjoy! And please send any pictures you would like to add to the gallery (JPEG form,at please) to me at the address below.

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SYMPOSIUM ANNOUCEMENT
Bacterial Kidney Disease: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century

Date: November 15-17th, 2005

Location: Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA

Email: nwfsc.bkdconference@noaa.gov

Web site: http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/reutd/fhm/bkd-conference/index.html

Description: Bacterial kidney disease (BKD), caused by <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=1646>Renibacterium salmoninarum, continues to be a limiting factor for the successful culture of salmonids, especially Pacific salmon. Over the past thirty years significant resources have been invested in finding ways to control this problem. The development of new molecular tools has made available innovative approaches for management and, perhaps, prevention of BKD. This two and one half day conference will bring together experts to report on and examine the latest research and management techniques used to deal with this important pathogen and recommend the next steps that need to be taken. Included among the presentations will be the genome sequence of R. salmoninarum.

For further Information:
Gregory D. Wiens, Ph.D.
E-mail: gwiens@ncccwa.ars.usda.gov

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POSITION AVAILABLE
Research Associate (Postdoctoral) Position #R3-0447
Postdoctoral offer to join a study on the evolution of vertebrate
adaptive immunity: rearranging antigen receptors in jawless vertebrates
(Pancer et al., 2004, Nature 430:174-180; 2005, PNAS 102: 9224-9229).
PhD or MD degree with proven experience in Molecular Biology and/or
Immunology is required. My lab is part of the Center of Marine
Biotechnology in Baltimore, MD. Further information on position #R3-0447
can be found at: http://www.umbi.umd.edu/jobs/jobpostings.html. To apply
please send your CV including names of three references to Dr. Zeev
Pancer: pancer@comb.umbi.umd.edu.
Zeev Pancer, PhD
Center of Marine Biotechnology, UMBI
Columbus Center, Suite 236
701 East Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21202
Office: 410-234-8834
Lab: 410-234-8835
Fax: 410-234 8896
Email: pancer@comb.umbi.umd.edu
http://www.umbi.umd.edu/%7Ecomb/faculty/pancer/pancer.html

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The next E-Board will go out in September. Please send any announcements or items for posting to me at the e-mail address below

Val Smith
ISDCI Education Secretary
vjs1@st-and.ac.uk

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