News Notes 
79 
Research grants received recently at the 
University of Hawaii: 
From Research Corporation, New York: 
Grant to Dr. Paul Scheuer, Chemistry, for 
research on the synthesis of a degredation 
product of strychnine. 
Grant to Dr. Carl Weatherbee, Chemistry, 
for research on the synthesis of 3-A2a-3- 
alkylbicycl ( 3 , 35 !) nonan-9-ones; a direct 
synthesis of products related to dibena- 
mines. 
From the United States Public Health Service: 
Grant in aid to Dr. G. W. Chu, Bacteri- 
ology and Zoology, for an investigation of 
the life history and epidemiology of a 
dermatitis-producing marine schistosome. 
From Office of Naval Research: 
Research contract to Dr. R. W. Hiatt, 
Zoology, for research on methods of dis- 
persing schools of fish. 
Research contract to Dr. W. A. Gosline, 
Zoology and Entomology, for an investi- 
gation of the nature of the fish faunas of the 
southern Marshall and Gilbert Islands. 
Research contract to I. M. Newell, Entom- 
ology, for research on the correlation of 
larvae and adults of the polytrichous trom- 
bidiform mites. 
Dr. W. H. Peterson, of the Department of 
Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madi- 
son, Wisconsin, spoke on "Production of 
Antibiotics and Their Use in Animal Nutri- 
tion" at a seminar convened on September 24 
by the Hawaii chapter of Sigma Xi. Dr. and 
Mrs. Peterson were en route home from a 
3-month Eulbright lectureship in Australia. 
Dr. Claude ZoBell, of the Department of 
Microbiology, University of California, La 
Jolla, California, who was returning from 
several months with the Danish Deep-sea 
Expedition on the ship Galatea^ spoke on 
October 25 to a seminar of marine biologists 
about some of the microbiological aspects 
of the expedition’s investigations. 
Sir Edward Mellanby of London, en route 
home from Australia, on October 17 ad- 
dressed a meeting sponsored jointly by the 
local chapter of Sigma Xi and the Honolulu 
County Medical Society, on "Effect of 
Vitamins A and D on Bone and the Nervous 
System." 
The Food and Agriculture Organization of 
the United Nations is providing assistance in 
various technological and biological aspects 
of fisheries research and development to many 
countries of the world, including Peru, Chile, 
Brazil, Pakistan, Ceylon, Haiti, and Thailand. 
Additional technical assistance agreements 
between FAO and other countries are being 
negotiated presently. These projects require 
the services of experts in many fields. 
Generally the tenure of the positions is 1 
year, although it may be as short as 3 months. 
Persons interested in positions with the pro- 
gram are urged to write to the Fisheries 
Division, Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations, Vialle delle Terme di 
Caracalla, Rome, Italy. 
