March

7:

The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare will be conducting its Advanced IACUC Workshop in Clearwater Beach, FL. Contact: tel: 301-345-3500; email: info@scaw.com; http://www.scaw.com/.

8–11:

The 34th annual meeting of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians will be held in Kissimmee, FL. Contact: tel: 515-465-5255; email: aasv@netins.net; http://www.aasv.org/aasv/annmtg/.

14–16:

The American Federation for Medical Research will hold its national meeting in Baltimore, MD. Contact: http://www.afmr.org/.

24–26:

The British Society of Animal Science will hold its annual meeting, titled “Integrated Approach to Functional Traits: Combining Physiology and Genetics”, in York, UK. Contact: email: john.woolliams@bbsrc.ac.uk; http://www.bsas.org.uk/.

April

2–4:

The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare will hold its symposium “Science in the Service of Animal Welfare” in Edinburgh, Scotland. Contact: tel: +44 1582 831818; email: scioff@ufaw.org.uk; http://www.ufaw.org.uk/symposium.htm/.

3–5:

The joint meeting of the Texas Branch AALAS and Lousiana Branch AALAS will be held in Galveston, TX. Contact: Suzanne Craig, email: scraig@mdanderson.org; http://www.aalas.org/texas/.

3–6:

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association will hold its 2003 Congress in Birmingham, UK Contact: tel: +44 1452 726720; email: congress@bsava.com; http://www.bsava.com/.

5–9:

The American Association of Cancer Research will hold its 94th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contact: tel: 617-621-1398; email: aacr@dbpub.com; http://www.aacr.org/2003AM/2003AM.asp/.

5–15:

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will conduct a course on “Cell and Developmental Biology of Xenopus” in Cold Spring Harbor, NY. Contact: tel: 516-367-8346; email: meetings@cshl.org; http://meetings.cshl.org/2003/2003c-xeno.htm/.

9–11:

The AALAS Midwest Regional Meeting will be held in Kansas City, MO. Contact: Tricia Rump, tel: 402-559-4034; http://www.neaalas.org/.

9–11:

The Institute of Animal Technology will hold its annual congress in Dublin, Ireland. Contact: email: CongressRegistrar@iat.org.uk; http://www.iat.org.uk/.