May

18–20:

The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science will be held in Tokyo, Japan. Contact: email: 52jalas@cs-oto.com; http://www.cs-oto.com/52jalas/english.htm.

23–26:

An international consensus meeting on “Harmonization of the Care and Use of Fish in Research” will be held in Gardermoen, Norway. Contact: Adrian Smith, email: adrian.smith@veths.no; http://oslovet.veths.no/fish/2005/.

June

1–4:

The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) 2005 Forum will take place in Baltimore, MD. Contact: email: ACVIM@ACVIM.org; http://acvim.org/www.fp/Forum/welcome.htm.

5–8:

The Society for In Vitro Biology will hold its 2005 meeting in Baltimore, MD. Contact: Marietta Wheaton Ellis, email: sivb@sivb.org; http://www.sivb.org/meetings.asp.

5–8:

Kansas State University is holding its 67th Annual Conference for Veterinarians in Manhattan, KS. Contact: Linda M. Johnson, email: johnson@vet.k-state.edu; http://www.vet.ksu.edu/depts/itc/conted/cent05.htm.

5–8:

The Jackson Laboratory is conducting a workshop, “Surgical Techniques in the Laboratory Mouse”, in Bar Harbor, ME. Contact: Judi Medlin, email: judih@jax.org; http://www.jax.org/courses/events/coursedetails.do?id=112.

6–8:

The 2005 TriBranch Symposium will be held in Atlantic City, NJ. Contact: email: symposiumchair@tribranch.org; http://www.tribranch.org/triac.html.

12–14:

The Annual Cornell Veterinary Conference, “Translating Discovery!”, will take place in Ithaca, NY. Contact: email: cvmerm@cornell.edu; http://www.vet.cornell.edu/education/conED.htm.

13–24:

An intensive international course on laboratory animal science will take place at the Universiteit Utrecht in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Contact: Stephan van Meulebrouck, email: pdk@las.vet.uu.nl; http://www.vet.uu.nl/site/viavet_english/.

25–28:

The Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science is holding its 44th Annual CALAS-ACSAL Symposium in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Contact: email: symposium@calas-acsal.org; http://www.calas-acsal.org/vancouver/conference/symposium-van.html.