INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND FACILITIES 



The Hubrecht Laboratory (International Embryological Institute) (for address see page 2 

 of this issue) 



Individual guest workers from all countries are welcome at the Laboratory. Partial 

 financial support is available in special cases only. 



Annual Progress Reports are available on request. They are in English and summarise 

 the current research of the staff and guest workers (both Dutch and foreign). 



Persons interested in receiving reprints of the Laboratory's pubUcations may ask to be 

 placed on the Mailing List. They will receive a reprint check list at regular intervals. 



The Laboratory offers the following international facilities: 



a) The Central Embryological Collection, containing embryonic material of man, many 

 mammals, and all other vertebrate classes, some of it very rare. Details will be suppHed on 

 request. A catalogue in book form is available. 



b) The Central Embryological Library, an extensive reprint library covering the entire 

 field of developmental biology, with documentation and bibliographical services attached. 

 Details will be supplied on request. 



c) International Research Groups in Developmental Biology. Aim: to stimulate research 

 in developmental biology by introducing young scientists from different countries into 

 the field and enabling them to engage in practical international co-operation. Age limit 35, 

 maximally 12 members. The ninth Research Group will probably be held in the first half 

 of 1979 or 1980. 



International Society of Developmental Biologists (Developmental Biology section of the 

 I.U.B.S.) 



The I.S.D.B. organises an International Embryological Congress once every four years 

 (IXth Congress to be held in 1981), as well as one or two regional Symposia every year. 

 Members receive a Developmental Biology Newsletter. International Secretary: Nicole 

 LeDouarin, Institut d'Embryologie du C.N.R.S. et du College de France, 49bis av. de la 

 Belle Gabrielle, 94130 Nogent-sur-Mame, France. Secretary -Treasurer: M.Spiegel, Depart- 

 ment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, U.S.A. Member- 

 ship close to 600. Membership list follows below. 



International Society of Differentiation 



This society holds triennial conferences, the next one being scheduled for August- 

 September 1978 in Minneapolis. Secretary: R. G. McKinnell, Dept. of Genetics and Cell 

 Biology, University of Minnesota, 250 BioScience Center, St.Paul, MN 55 108, U.S.A. 



European Developmental Biology Organization (E.D.B.O.) 



The Organization was provisionally established in 1976. At present it encompasses some 

 ten national Societies or Sections for Developmental Biology, as well as ca. 100 individual 

 members in other countries in Europe and the Middle East. For the time being its main 

 purpose is to disseminate information and to co-ordinate scientific meetings. Provisional 

 Secretary /Treasurer: J. McKenzie, Dept. of Developmental Biology, University of Aber- 

 deen, Marischal College, Aberdeen AB9 IAS, Scotland, U.K. 



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