April

15–18:

The Scandinavian Society for Laboratory Animal Science (Scand-LAS) will be holding its 35th Annual Symposium and Educational Days in Uppsala, Sweden. Contact: Uppsala Kongress & Konferens AB, tel: +46 18 16 00 80; http://edu.ofa.ki.se/scandlas_2005/.

16–20:

The 96th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research will take place in Anaheim, CA. Contact: Meetings Department, tel: 215-440-9300; email: meetings@aacr.org; http://www.aacr.org/2005AM/2005AM.asp.

20–23:

The Charles Louis Davis Foundation and the Biological Resources Laboratory of the University of Illinois at Chicago will be sponsoring a workshop and symposium, “Laboratory Animal Diseases”, in Chicago, IL. Contact: James E. Artwohl, tel: 312-996-1217; email: jeart@uic.edu.

29–30:

The American Federation for Medical Research will hold its Clinical Research 2005 meeting in Washington, DC. Contact: tel: 978-927-8330; http://www.afmr.org/cr.cgi.

May

1–5:

The Jackson Laboratory will be holding a workshop, “Phenotyping New Mouse Models for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders”, in Bar Harbor, ME. Contact: Erin McDevitt, email: eem@jax.org; http://www.jax.org/courses/events/coursedetails.do?id=115.

11–14:

The World Small Animal Veterinary Association 2005 Congress will take place in Mexico City, Mexico. Contact: email: congress@wsava2005.com; http://www.wsava2005.com/eng/indexen.html.

11–25:

The Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics will be conducting a Veterinary Biologics Training Program in Ames, IA. Contact: Dawne Buhrow, tel: 515-294-7632; email: iicab@iastate.edu; http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu/services/institutes/iicab/vbtp05.html.

12–14:

The Poynter Center will be holding its 12th Annual Teaching Research Ethics Workshop in Bloomington, IN. Contact: tel: 812-855-0261; email: poynter@indiana.edu; http://www.poynter.indiana.edu/tre/workshop.shtml.

14–18:

An ACLAM Forum, “Pathways to Success for Laboratory Animal Veterinarians”, will take place in Asheville, NC. Contact: Mel and Judy Balk, email: mwbaclam@gsinet.net; http://www.aclam.org/educ_forum_info.html.