CAAT Newsletter: Vol. 13, No. 2, Winter 1996

Announcements

SCAW Presents Harry C. Rowsell Award to Temple Grandin

The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare presented the third Harry C. Rowsell Award to Temple Grandin, Ph.D., PAS at the national AALAS meeting in Baltimore on October 17^th, 1995. Grandin, assistant professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Colorado State University, is an internationally known researcher, lecturer and writer on agricultural handling. She has consulted with many companies and other segments of the livestock industry, advising on humane stunning methods in slaughter plants and handling procedures to reduce stress-related meat quality problems.

In Vitro Hematotoxicity, Drug Development and Regulatory Approval

An in-depth course on in vitro approaches to drug development and regulatory approval in hematotoxicology will be held in Bethesda MD on May 4-10, 1996. Topics to be covered at the meeting include the following: Development of in vitro hematotoxicology comparison of in vitro and in vivo hematopoiesis. In vitro systems used for hematotoxicity testing: pros and cons. Dealing with troublesome mechanisms of hematotoxicity in vitro. In vitro modeling and drug metabolism by bone marrow cell types. Potential applications of in vitro hematotoxicology: drug discovery and preclinical development. Bridging preclinical and clinical studies. Potential applications of in vitro hematotoxicology: Evaluation and approval of new molecular entities. Conference organizers are Martin J. Murphy and Ralph E. Parchment. For further information, please contact Cambridge Symposia, Richard D. Handy, Director of Programs, Tel: 617-630-1398; Fax: 617-630-1395, E-mail: symposia@cambridge.org.

Upcoming CATCMB Course

The Catholic University of America Center for Advanced Training in Cell and Molecular Biology (CATCMB) will hold the following courses in coming months.

• MARCH 1996
  • March 4-8 Recombinant DNA Methodology
  • March 11-15 Receptor Binding Techniques
  • March 25-29 Research Approaches in Cytogenetics & Genomics
• MAY 1996
  • May 6-10 Basic Cell and Tissue Culture
  • May 13-17 Recombinant DNA Methodology
  • May 18-20 PCR Techniques
  • May 21-24 DNA Sequencing
  • May 20-24 Immunocytochemistry
  • May 29-June 1 Site-directed Mutagenesis
• JUNE 1996
  • June 3-7 Plant Biotechnology, Gene Transfer and Expression
  • June 10-14 Expression of Recombinant DNA in Mammalian Cells
  • June 17-21 DNA-binding Proteins and Transcriptional Regulators
  • June 24-28 In situ Hybridization
• JULY 1996
  • July 8-12 Recombinant DNA Methodology
  • July 15-19 Non-radioactive Labeling Technology
  • July 19-20 Capillary Electrophoresis: Methods and Applications for Molecular Biology
  • July 22-26 Molecular Immunology and Immunochemistry
  • July 22-26 Mitochondrial Molecular Biology

For further information, please contact Office Manager, CATCMB\103 McCort Ward Bldg., The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Avenue N.E., Washington, D.C. 20064, Tel: 202-319-6161, Fax: 202-319-4467. E-mail: millerm@cua.edu

CAAT Recognition Award

The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) would like to honor an individual or organization who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of 3Rs alternatives and in vitro sciences. The award will be presented at the second World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, to be held in October 1996 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Deadline for receipt of nominations is June 1, 1996. Please send your nomination, including a one-page description of why this individual or organization should be recognized. Please include a curriculum vitae for individual nominees and a fact sheet or supporting documents for organizations. Forward to:

Alan M. Goldberg, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
111 Market Place, Suite 840
Baltimore MD 21202-6709
U.S.A.