E-Board No. 37

January 2006

ISDCI E-Board Number 37
January 2006

Dear ISDCI Colleagues

10TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ISDCI, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA
Registration is open for the 1oth Congress. Registration forms may be downloaded from http://www.isdci.org/congress/registration.pdf

The deadline for the reduced registration rate is 20th April 2006.

Abstracts for the Congress may now also be submitted. Details may be found on:
http://www.isdci.org/congress/callforpapers.shtml.
The deadline for submission of Abstracts is March 1st

TRAVEL BURSARIES
Applications for ISDCI pre/post doc bursaries can now also be made. Application forms may be downloaded from:
http://www.isdci.org/congress/travelawards.shtml

Applicants must send a completed application form, with letter of support from academic supervisor / advisor, copy of Abstract and proof of student/post doc status with their application. Please send applications by fax or post (not e-mail, please) to

Dr Val Smith, ISDCI Education Secretary
Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8LB, Scotland UK
Fax +44 1334 463443

The deadline is 1st April 2006.

Please note, in contrast to previous years, money MAY (funds permitting) also be available for junior academic / faculty staff within the first two years of their academic/ faculty appointment. Please see the Congress website above.

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ISDCI OFICER ELECTIONS

Voting for the new ISDCI Officers will take place in the next few weeks. This is a good opportunity to play an active part in Society affairs. PLEASE USE YOUR VOTE. Further announcements will be made soon.

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FREE ON-LINE JOURNAL IN INVERTEBRATE DEFENCE SYSTEMS

Invertebrate Survival Journal (ISJ) is an international and open access journal devoted to prompt and innovative studies on the basic defense mechanisms in invertebrates, in particular with a view to identifying biotechnologies able to act against derived diseases and related economic damage.

Contributions will be mainly in the form of Letters to the Editor, Visions and Perspectives, Short Communications, Research Reports, Review, Minireview and Reports of Meetings. Letters to the Editor can be commentaries or perspectives on invertebrate defence mechanisms or replies to the data published in ISJ. FREE downloadable pdf files.

See http://www.isj.unimo.it/default.htm

Editor-in Chief:
Enzo Ottaviani,
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia,
Italy
isj@mail.unimo.it

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OTHER FORTHCOMING MEETINGS

INSECT IMMUNITY: THE POST-GENOMIC ERA
ROSCOFF (BRITTANY, FRANCE)
JUNE 10TH – 14TH 2006 INCL.

The goal of this meeting is to specifically bring together researchers working on insect immunity independent of their model species. We have planned sessions on humoral immunity (recognition, signalling), haematopoiesis, cellular immunity (phagocytosis, wound healing, clotting, encapsulation), host-pathogen interactions (bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites), insect vectors, evolution and ecology.
It will start on Saturday evening (10/6) and will end on Wednesday at 12 AM (14/10). The meeting is a workshop supported by the CNRS and will be attended by a total of approximately 100 participants. Deadline for application: March 1, 2006. Do not hesitate to spread this information to other colleagues, especially those working on insects other than Drosophila.

Find more information at:

<http://www.cnrs.fr/dsg/vivant/colloques/cjm2006/cjmlemaitre_e.html>http://www.cnrs.fr/dsg/vivant/colloques/cjm2006/cjmlemaitre_e.html
NB THIS IS A NEW ADDRESS, REPLACING THAT CIRCULATED EARLIER

Contact: Bruno and Uli Lamaitre
E-mail : lemaitre@cgm.cnrs-gif.fr>lemaitre@cgm.cnrs-gif.fr

Centre de Genetique Moleculaire
CNRS
91198 Gif-sur-Yvette
Tel 33 1 69 82 32 27 or 31 82
Fax 33 169 82 43 86
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AQUA 2006-01-23
(World Aquaculture Society)
FLORENCE, ITALY
9-13 MAY 2006-01-23

Major international event of talks (invited and contributed speakers), trade show and events.

See:www.was.org
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COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY IN THE POST-GENOMICS ERA
LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
21ST FEBRUARY 2006

<https://www.regonline.co.uk/eventInfo.asp?MemberId=%2fGUYBDgrrYg%3d&JobId=1249408&EventId=25479>Click here to find out more about this meeting

This is a Euroscicon event comprising between 50 and 80 delegates). It will be informal with a select panel of speakers and delegates, allowing plenty of opportunity for lively discussion and networking

A 50% discount on the current registration fee is offered to academic researchers.
See:

http://www.euroscicon.com/>http://www.euroscicon.com

To obtain discount: just type in the code - expert - during your online registration

Contact: Margaret Bradley
margaret.bradley@euroscicon.com>margaret.bradley@euroscicon.com
P O Box 3079, Herts EN5 4ZD
Tel: (+44) 0870-199-731
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The next E-Board will go out in February. 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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