American Microscopical Society

AMS Fall 2009 Newsletter

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AMS spring newsletter posted
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The American Microscopical Society (AMS) is pleased to announce the winner of the lottery for a one year membership in AMS, was John Pilger. This lottery took place as part of the annual SICB meeting in Boston, Jan 3-7, 2009

The American Microscopical Society (AMS) is also pleased to announce $100 travel awards for the following AMS student members who presented research at the SICB meeting as first authors:

• Jodi Caskey, Department of Biology, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
  The role of glucosamine in mate recognition of the caridean shrimp Palaemonetes pugio
• Glenn Elliott, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
  Evidence for chemical signalling systems (Glutamate, GABA and Nitric Oxide) involved in coordinated body contractions of Ephydatia muelleri
• Ivey Ellis, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University
  Histological and SCP-like Neuropeptide Investigations in the Larval Oyster Crassostrea virginica
• Juan Fraire-Zamora, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California at Riverside
  Molecular differences between male and hermaphrodite sperm in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
• Shanna Hanes, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University
  Investigations of structural dynamics during bleaching in two species of anemone, Aiptasia pallida and A. pulchella
• Jann Vendetti, Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley
  The fossil neogastropod genus Bruclarkiain the Eastern Pacific: investigations of its endemism and speciation

2008-12-05

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2008-06-07

AMS 2008
The American Microscopical Society (AMS) is pleased to announce the award of two AMS Student Research Fellowships for Summer, 2008. These Fellowship funds are designated for summer support of research projects involving microscopy. Any undergraduate or graduate student member of AMS is eligible to apply, with the exception of past Fellowship recipients. This year’s Fellows are:

• Ivey Ellis
  Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University
  Comparative neural development of the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica and the opisthobranch gastropod Berghia verrucicornis
• Andrea Cross
  Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
  Functional architecture of retinal photoreceptor arrays in endangered African spurred tortoise: Geochelone sulcata