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THE Biometric Society, a new international organisation the aim of which is the furtherance of quantitative biology in all its aspects, came into being at a conference held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, during September 1947. Its president is Prof. R. A. Fisher, and its secretary, Dr. C. I. Bliss, of New Haven, Connecticut. It is hoped to hold international meetings every few years, and all members will receive the journal Biometrics. For the purpose of more local activities, the Society is organised into regions, of which it is proposed that a British Region shall form one. A provisional committee, under the chairmanship of Dr. J. W. Trevan, vice-president for the Region, is now engaged in drafting proposals for the regional organisation and activities, which it is intended will primarily provide a means of bringing together all those biologists and biochemists who are interested in the application of quantitative methods, with the statisticians and mathematicians who can co-operate in developing these methods. It is hoped shortly to present these proposals to an inaugural meeting of the Region. Further information can be obtained from the Regional Secretary, Dr. K. Mather, of the John Innes Horticultural Institution London, S.W.19.
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The Biometric Society: British Region. Nature 161, 271 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161271b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161271b0