Communications of the ..Institiit International dhnibryologie** 



(Eiiil>ryological Section ol tlic i.l .h.S ) 



The I. I.E. has to announce with great regret the loss of its Honorary Presi- 

 dent, Prof. Dr. J. Boeke. who died in September. 1956. and of its active fellows 

 Prof. Dr. K. Henke. who died in September. 1956. and Prof. Dr. G. B. Wis- 

 locki. who died in October, 1956. 



The I.I.E. held an extra General Assembly on September 4th. 1957 in 

 St. Andrews. Scotland, at which meeting the following resolutions were 

 passed: 



a) The meetings of the Sections of Cell Biology and Embryology of the 

 I.U.B.S. will be coordinated in time and space. The meetings will be held in 

 reasonable proximity, but not in the same place and without overlapping in 

 time or subject. A coordination of subjects will also be aimed at with the 

 Genetical Section. 



b) The cooperation between the I.I.E. and the Hubrecht Laboratory has been 

 extensively discussed and the following statements have been made: 



1 ) The administration of the I.I.E. will remain at the Hubrecht Laboratory. 



2) The I.I.E. accepts an advisory- role with respect to the international admi- 

 nistrative (General Embrs'ological Information Service etc.) and scientific 

 acti\ities (Normal Table, international team work, etc.) of the Hubrecht 

 Laborators-. The latter is however subsidized and directed by the Royal Dutch 

 Academy of Sciences. 



3) In order to make the advisory role of the I.I.E. as effective as possible. 

 at least once a year an advisory committee, consisting of the president and 

 secretary of the I.I.E. together with two other fellows, will visit the Hubrecht 

 Laboratory- in order to discuss both forms of international activity. 



■i) The General Assembly expressed its high appreciation as to the interna- 

 tional team work project as an opportunity for young scientists to be trained 

 in the methods of experimental embr\'ology. It funher declared that it is of 

 great interest for the improvement of developmental biology that the Hubrecht 

 Laboratorv' is ready at ever>' period to receive young and more advanced 

 workers in the field of embryology and to supply them with living embryolo- 

 gical material of various native and foreign animals. 



c) The president Prof. Dr. M. W. Woerdeman and the secretary Prof. Dr. 

 Chr. P. Raven had expressed the wish to retire from the Board. Prof. Dr. A. 

 M. Dalcq. replacing the president at this meeting, thanked both retiring func- 

 tionaries for their important contributions to the development of the I.I.E. 

 After election of new functionaries the composition of the Board for the next 

 penod is as follows: 



President. Prof. Dr. A. M. Dalcq (member of the Board since 19-18) 

 Secretarv-treasurer. Prof. Dr. F. E. Lehmann (since 1949) 

 Vice President. Prof. Dr. P. A. Weiss (since 1949) 

 Member. Dr. H. B. Fell (smce 1952) 



Prof. Dr. S. Horstadius (since 1956) 



Prof. Dr. Et. C. Wolff (since 1957) 



Prof. Dr. S. Ranzi (since 1957) 



Adftmct Secretary-treasurer. Dr. P. D. Nieuwkoop. 

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