Communications from the Hubrecht Laboratory 



I Information booklet 



An illustrated information booklet concerning the Hubrecht Laboratory has 

 been prepared. It was sent to more than 1,000 institutes and individual 

 embryologists in all parts of the world in January 1966. All institutes listed in 

 the 10th main issue of the "General Embryological Information Service" have 

 received at least one copy, and institutes newly listed in the present issue will 

 also receive one shortly. The booklet contains a description of the new building, 

 and surveys of the Laboratory's history, its international and research activ- 

 ities, and the facilities it offers to guests from all countries. 



Special chapters are devoted to the scientific staff and its research projects, 

 to the Central Embryological Collection, and to the Central Embryological 

 Library. Consequently, no special attention will henceforth be paid to these 

 topics in the "General Embryological Information Service". 



Investigators who are unable to use the booklet present in their institute, or 

 who have moved to another institute, but wish to possess a copy, may apply 

 for it; however, the supply is limited. A reprint from the booklet, which partic- 

 ularly concerns the Central Embryological Library and its extensive reprint 

 collection, is also available on request. 



II The international team project 



The [ifth international research team met at the new Hubrecht Laboratory 

 from February 1st till July 31st, 1965. Its central topic was: "Organogenesis in 

 vertebrate embryos". The team worked under the guidance of the Director and 

 of several staff members of the Laboratory. During the first eight weeks a 

 series of 13 seminars on organogenesis and related subjects was held, in which 

 all the team members and the entire staff participated. 



The team consisted of the following participants: 



Miss R. Czolowska, M.Sc. (Warsaw, Poland) 



R. Hirakow, M.D. (Tokyo, Japan) 



I. A. Niazi, Ph.D. (Jaipur, India) 



A. K. Ray, M.Sc. (Calcutta, India) 



G. Reynaud, M.Sc. (Marseille, France) 



Mrs. Z. Stefanova, Ph.D. (Prague, Czechoslovakia) 



Miss M. Svehlova, M.D. (Prague, Czechoslovakia) 



Four other scientists who had applied for the team were unable to come. 



The sixth team will in all probability meet in 1968. The topic on which it 

 will work has not yet been decided upon. A circular pertaining to this team 

 will be distributed in the fall of 1966. 



III Foreign guests 



Apart from the international research team, two foreign guests stayed at the 

 Laboratory in 1965. Dr. L. M. Knopp from Seattle, Wash., came in January 

 and stayed until August. He studied neuro-embryological techniques, partic- 

 ularly organ culture of the central nervous system. Prof. P. L. Risley from 

 Eugene, Oregon, stayed at the Laboratory from July till September to study 

 the Collection and the Library. 



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