E-Board No. 36

December 2005

Dear ISDCI Colleagues

SEASONAL GREETINGS AND EVERY GOOD WISH FOR 2006 TO ALL ISDCI MEMBERS!

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IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT 10th ISDCI INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, Charleston, S. Carolina, USA. July 2006.

Please note the following forthcoming deadlines:

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: 1st MARCH 2006

EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT: DEADLINE FOR REDUCED RATES is 20th April 2006

ISDCI members benefit from reduced registration rates. Extra discounted rates are available for ISDCI pre/post doc members.

Please make sure your own and your students registration is up to date. Urge any colleagues in your institute who may wish to attend to join the Society and encourage any new PhD or Master’s students in your lab to join.

ISDCI travel bursary awards will be available for ISDCI pre/post doc student members.

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LAST CALL

You can still make nominations for the vacant Society Officer positions (see E-Board 35). Please send names of nominees, with confirmation they have agreed to stand, and who proposed and seconded (sponsored) the nomination to Kenneth Soderhall (President Elect) as soon as possible (ideally by mid January 2006).
Kenneth.Soderhall@ebc.uu.se

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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP POSITION IN
EVOLUTIONARY IMMUNOBIOLOGY

A postdoctoral position is available to study evolutionary conservation of the immunological properties of heat shock proteins (hsps). Ongoing research exploits a comparative model that has been developed in the amphibian, Xenopus, to better understand the postulated dual role of some hsps (gp96, hsp70) in innate (signal of danger) and adaptive immunity (T-cell responses). In particular, this Xenopus model permits to study the immunological role of hsps in the presence (adult) or absence (tadpole) of MHC class I presentation. More specifically, the project involves construction of recombinant hsps, MHC and other immunologically-rellevant molecules, RNA interference, stable cell tansfection, adoptive cell transfer, the development of in vitro killing and proliferative assays, and the generation of transgenic frogs. More information on the lab current research can be fond in these web sites:
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/gebs/faculty/Jacques_Robert.htm
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/mbi/robert/index.html
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/mbi/xenopus/index.htm

This position is ideal for a recent Ph. D interested in broad and fundamentally-based molecular and cellular immunological research in an interactive and scientifically stimulating environment. A strong background in molecular biology and cellular biology is requiered.

Please send a CV, a statement of research interests, and names of three references to:
Jacques Robert Ph. D.,
Department of Microbiology & Immunology - Box 672
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY 14642.
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ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR PAPERS

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
http://www.biolsci.org
ISSN 1449-2288

International Journal of Biological Sciences publishes peer-reviewed
scientific papers of significance in all areas of biological sciences. Types
of articles include regular research papers, reviews, short research
communications, viewpoints and commentaries. In addition to the mainstream
areas of biology, the Journal encourages articles of new emerging fields or
cross-disciplinary with mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, and
computer science. The Journal will publish special issues that focus on
topics of common interest from time to time.

The Journal aims at rapid publication of high quality research results while
maintaining rigorous peer review process. The Journal is committed to
open access its online version to maximize the distribution of articles.
Full texts of published articles appear in PubMed Central, the US
National Library of Medicine's biomedical journal information archive,
and abstracts are indexed in PubMed.
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=294&action=archive

Submissions must use the Journal's online submission system to facilitate
rapid review and turnaround time. Only PDF or Word files can be accepted.
The whole manuscript must be submitted as a single PDF or Word file. Figures
and tables should be embedded in the PDF or Word of the manuscript in where
they will appear, and not separated as individual files. Submission implies
that the work is not previously published or under consideration for
publication elsewhere, that the manuscript has been approved by all
co-authors, and that the authors agree to all terms of the copyright and
publishing agreement of the Journal. The manuscript's first page should
include the title of the article; the author's name(s), affiliation(s) with
complete addresses, corresponding author's email address, phone/fax number,
an abstract of not more than 250 words, and a set of up to 6 keywords after
the abstract. The author may suggest two or more potential referees who work
in a closely related area and who can make expert evaluation of the
manuscript.

Detailed submission information can be found in
http://www.biolsci.org/submission.php
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The next E-Board will go out end of January 2006. 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

Gatty Marine Laboratory
School of Biology
University of St Andrews
Fife, KY16 8LB
Scotland, UK

Tel: +44 (0) 1334 463474
Fax: +44 (0) 1334 463443

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