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Grants. By the Paris Academy of Science, from the 

 Bonaparte Fund. Jean Poiignet: 2,000 fr., for researches on the 

 chemical and biological action of ultra-violet light; Alphonse Labbe: 

 2,000 fr., for researches on the modifications undergone by animals 

 on changing from salt to f resh water, or the reverse. 



Research funds. Prize for research in physiology or 

 PHYSIOL. CHEMiSTRY. A prize, to be awarded annually or biennially, 

 for the best essay by local investigators on research in physiology or 

 physiological chemistry, has been estabhshed at the University of 

 Manitoba. 



Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship for Women. The 

 committee in charge of the Sarah BerHner Fellowship offers, an- 

 nually, a fellowship of the value of one thousand dollars. It is 

 available for study and research in physics, chemistry or biology, in 

 either America or Europe, and is open to women holding the degree 

 Ph.D., or to those similarly equipped for the work of further re- 

 search. Applications for this fellowship should be sent to the chair- 

 man of the committee, Mrs. Christine Ladd-Franklin, 527 Cathedral 

 Parkway, N. Y. 



COMMIT. ON scientific RESEARCH OF THE AmER. MeD. AsSOC. 



The committee on scientific research under the auspices of the Amer. 

 Med. Assoc. has decided to use its new appropriation for the pro- 

 motion of medical research where suitable conditions exist but where 

 such work suffers for the lack of relatively small sums of money. 

 Applications for grants are invited and may be sent to any member 

 of the committee: Drs. Ludvig Hektoen, ly^'^ W. Harrison St., 

 Chicago; Simon Flexner, Rockefeiler Inst., N. Y., and Wm. Lit- 

 terer, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn. 



Lectures. Herter lectures. Five daily lectures upon the 

 Herter Foundation, on Colloids and their relation to biological chem- 

 istry, were delivered at the N. Y. Univ. and Bellevue Hosp. Med. 

 Coli., Jan. 12-16, by Prof. Sven G. Hedin, of the Univ. of Upsala. 



Harvey lectures. January 17: The phenomena of infection, 

 Prof. V. C. Vaiighan, Univ. of Mich. — January 24 : Colloidal reac- 

 tions and their relations to biology, Prof. Sven G. Hedin, Univ. of 

 Upsala. 



