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EMAIL NEWSLETTER no. 7 - December 1997
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In This Issue:
1) Editor's Note
-news from ISEP-11 in Cologne
2) President's Message
3) List of Current Members and Officers
4) Annual Meeting 1997
5) ISEP Web site
6) ISEP-12: Flagstaff Contacts and Information
7) Founder's Fund Established
8) Treasurer's Report
9) ISEP-13 Call for nominations
10) News of our members
11) Proceedings from ISEP-11 available
12) New Publisher for ISEP Proceedings Sought
13) New critters at the ATCC
14) Membership Form
15) The last page
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1) Editor's Note
Gregory Hinkle, Newsletter Editor
ghinkle@umassd.edu
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Greetings All.
At long last a newsletter! Apologies for the long lapse in
information and many thanks for Charley O'Kelly for carrying the Newsletter
torch so long and far. In large part due to my tardiness (please don't blame
Charley) there is a lot of material to cover.
The News from ISEP-11
Many thanks to Michael Melkonian and his committee colleagues for a
stimulating and well run ISEP-11 in Cologne. The meeting of about 100
scientists from around the globe started with Mark Ragan's
tour-de-force President's lecture on the history of 'kingdoms' and
'protistology'. Those who could not attend missed a true feat of
scholarship. A noticeably large contingent from Australia was in
attendance; they outnumbered the North Americans. Goeff McFadden discussed
his work on plastids in Apicomplexa, work that nicely foreshadowed the
upcoming joint meeting of the phycologists and protozoologists in
Flagstaff. A large number of talks showed that the origin and evolution of
protist organelles continues to be the focus of many ISEP members research
interests. Agnes Germot talk on mitochondrial-type genes in
mitochondria-less trichomonads (and work by many others) stimulated much
discussion on the existence of ancestral amitochondrial lineages, a topic
sure to be front and center in Flagstaff.
The Cologne meeting heard the first, but certainly not the last, ISEP talks
on protist genome efforts; though no protist genomes are likely be
completely sequenced by the August 1998 meeting, quite a few will be
well along the way. Finally, congrats to Bob Anderson on his election to
the post of ISEP president-elect.
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2) President's Message
Oejvind Moestrup
moestrup@bot.ku.dk
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ISEP 12
Plans for ISEP 12 are progressing well and we look forward to the joint
venture with SOP and PSA. This made me sit back and think of previous
ISEP meetings I have attended. The strength of the ISEP meetings and
the single most important thing that makes people attend the
ISEP meetings is a common interest in the evolution
of protists. This applies to people with the most diverse backgrounds,
biochemists, mycologists, systematists, ecologists, etc. The people use
all possible techniques to elucidate how evolution may have taken place
and this diversity of approaches is in my opinion what makes ISEP
meetings so fascinating.
What also characterizes ISEP is that new techniques are immediately
tested by ISEP members and the results reported at the next
meeting. This may not appear to distinguish ISEP from other societies
but it actually does because a single - very important - new
technique may be taken up by many ISEP members and the next ISEP
meeting is then dominated by papers using this technique.
We saw this happening in the 1970s and early 1980s when flagellar
apparatus ultrastructure and reconstruction became dominating and we
see it now with trees based on gene sequencing dominate.
A wish for ISEP 12.
I hope the time will soon be ripe again for papers reporting on a
wide range of techniques. In other words I hope we will see at ISEP 12
a mixture of papers presenting trees based on many different genes, on
morphology and ultrastructure, on the fossil evidence, on pigments,
etc.
Let us try for total evidence this time! See you in Flagstaff -
Oejvind Moestrup
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3) ISEP Members List
ISEP Executive Committee
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If you've gotten this Newsletter via email or the WWW, and your name
is not listed below, we don't have you on record as a currently paid-up
member.
Gary has informed me that quite a number of renewals will come due this
coming Summer. This doesn't necessarily mean you haven't paid, only
that we don't have a record of it :-).
We welcome your membership! please contact me (ghinkle@umassd.edu)
or Gary Saunders (gws@unb.ca) to check on your status.
NEW members are always welcome! (They make great stocking stuffers for
graduate students)
AJIOKA, James W.
ANDERSEN Robert A.
BAKKER-GRUNWALD Tilly
BARR Donald J.S.
BLACKWELL Meridith
BLANCHARD Jeffrey
BRASELTON James P.
BURGER Gertraud
CAVALIER-SMITH Thomas
CHAPMAN, David J.
CHAPMAN Russell L.
CHESNICK Joby
CORLISS John O.
DELWICHE Charles F.
DEMOULIN Vincent
DINET Marie-Joseph
DOLAN Michael
DOUGLAS Susan E.
DROFFNER, Mary L.
DYER Betsey
FARMER Mark A.
FEAGIN Jean
FERNANDEZ-LEBORANS Gregorio
FISHER Karen
FLOYD Gary L.
GABRIELSON Paul W.
GOGGIN C. Louise
GRAY Michael W.
GUILLEMETTE Tracy
HACKSTEIN Johannes H.P.
HALLICK Richard B.
HANNAERT Veronique
HASHIMOTO Tetsuo
HEATH I. Brent
HERRICK Glenn A.
HEYWOOD Peter
HINKLE Gregory
HRDY Ivan
HUFNAGEL Linda A.
JEFFRIES Alex C.
JOHNSON, Alan
KATZ, Laura A.
KERK David
KISSINGER Jessica C.
KLASSEN Glen R.
KLAVENESS Dag
KUGRENS Paul
LANG B. Franz
LANG-UNNASCH Naomi E.
LEANDER, Brian, S.
LEANDER, Celeste, A.
LEIPE Detlef D.
LIPSCOMB Diana
LITTLEJOHN Tim
LONGCORE Joyce E.
LUDUENA Richard F.
LUKES, Julius
LYNN Denis H.
MAIER Uwe-G.
MARGULIS Lynn
MARTIN William
McFADDEN Geoff
MEDLIN, Linda K.
MELKONIAN Michael
MERINFELD E. Georges
MICHELS Paul A.M.
MIGNOT Jean-Pierre
MOESTRUP Oejvind
MOLLICONE Marilyn R.
MOTTA Jerome J.
MUELLER Bodo E.G.
MULLER Miklos
NERAD Thomas A.
O'KELLY Charles J.
OLENDZENSKI Lorraine
PALMER Jeffrey D.
PATTERSON David J.
PAWLOWSKI, Jan
PIENAAR Richard N.
POLIKARPOV Igor G.
PREISFELD, Angelika
PREISIG Hans R.
PRESCOTT David M.
PRZYBOS Ewa
PUESCHEL Curt M.
RAGAN Mark A.
ROBERTS Keith R.
ROTHSCHILD Lynn J.
SALDARRIAGA, Juan
SAUNDERS, Gary W.
SCHLEGEL Martin
SELLERS, C. Grier
SENSEN, Christoph
SIDDALL Mark E.
SILFLOW Carolyn D.
SIMPSON, Alastair
SLEIGH Michael A.
TAYLOR F.J.R. "Max"
TEAL Thomas
THOMPSON Michael
THOMSEN Helge A.
TURMEL Monique
TURNER Sean
VAN DER AUWERA Gert
van de PEER, Yves
WALNE Patricia L.
WEE James L.
WEEKERS, Peter
WILSON R.J.M. (Iain)
WRIGHT Andre-Denis G.
ZACKROFF Robert
ZAHN R.K.
ZHOU Yi-Hong
ISEP Officers 1996-1998
Ojvind Moestrup PRESIDENT
Robert A. Anderson PRESIDENT-ELECT
Lynn J.Rothschild SECRETARY
Gary W. Saunders TREASURER
Susan E. Douglas CANADIAN COUNCILLOR
B. Franz Lang CANADIAN COUNCILLOR
Mark A. Farmer U.S. COUNCILLOR
Hans R. Preisig EUROPEAN COUNCILLOR
Goeff McFadden COUNCILLOR-AT-LARGE
Greg Hinkle NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Addresses for all the officers are below (see also
ISEP Officers Directory.
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4) Annual Meeting 1997
Oejvind Moestrup
moestrup@bot.ku.dk
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ISEP's articles of incorporation and by-laws require us to hold an
Annual Meeting. The 1996 meeting was held during ISEP-11 in Cologne.
In intervening years, the Annual Meeting takes the form of a telephone
conference call. The 1997 meeting was held on 5 December 1997. Members "in
attendance" were Oejvind Moestrup, Franz Lang, Gary Saunders, Greg
Hinkle, Mark Farmer, Bob Andersen, Sue Douglas, Mark Ragan and Lynn
Rothschild.
Members should be aware that the off year phone "meeting" is open to
any member of ISEP who wishes to link in. If you're interested, please
contact me for further details. The next meeting will be in Flagstaff at
ISEP-12.
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5) ISEP Web site
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ISEP maintains a WWW presence on Franz Lang's U Montreal server. The
address is http://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca/isep/ . If there is
anything you wish to add to the site (news, pointers, etc.), please contact
Franz (at langf@bch.umontreal.ca) or Charley (okellyc@bch.umontreal.ca).
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6) ISEP-12: Flagstaff
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The sessions for ISEP-12 are a bit in flux, but the most important
information is set and provided below. As was agreed upon at ISEP-11,
the next meeting, ISEP-12, will be a joint meeting of the Phycological
Society of America (PSA), The Society of Protozoologists (SOP) and ISEP. The
ISEP meeting will bridge the SOP and PSA meetings, in schedule and in
essence.
The hosts for ISEP-12 are Lynn Rothschild and Lynda Goff. The local
host is Larry Fritz of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff Arizona.
The program is still in flux in part due to continuing efforts to insure
that ISEP will not get swamped by our larger brethren and yet still
interact.
More detailed information regarding registration and contacts will be
sent via email and posted via bionet in mid-January. For those who wonder
why we're headed for Arizona in the heat of Summer, be aware that
Flagstaff is in northern part of the state in in the high foothills of the
Rockies. If you haven't seen it, a trip to the Grand Canyon is highly
recommended.
The ISEP portion of the meeting (provided by Mark Farmer):
"ISEP is scheduled to run from August 1 until August 4 1998. The
program is briefly:
Aug 1 1200 - 1700 Registration
1400 - 1700 Exec. council Mtg.
1900 - ? Opening mixer
Aug 2 900 - 1230 Session I
1400 - 1700 Session II
Sunday evening is open with the possibility of having Oejvind's
President's Lecture and then a private tour of the Lowell Observatory
(one of the most famous astronomical observatories in the US) in the evening.
Aug 3 900 - 1200 Session III
1400- 1700 Session IV
1900 - ? PSA/SOP opening mixer
Aug 4 830 - 1200 ISEP/SOP/PSA Symposium
The ISEP/SOP/PSA Symposium is on "The Origin of Chloroplasts and
Mitochondria", is put together by Mike Adl of SOP, and will be
published in Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.
Housing at ISEP-12 (more information will be available in mid-January,
but here's what I have at the moment from Larry Fritz via Lynn Rothschild):
"150 rooms have been reserved at Northern Arizona
University residence halls ($45/night including 3 meals) but he (larry)
would like to reserve these for students. In addition, there are three hotels
within walking distance ($49-69/ night - very good rates for August)."
Local Host at Northern Arizona University:
Larry Fritz, PhD
Department of Biology
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5640
email: Lawrence.Fritz@nau.edu
lmf2@nau.edu
Phone (520) 523-8265
FAX (520) 523-7500
WWW: http://www.nau.edu:80/~electron/people/lawrence.fritz.html
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7) The Founder's Endowment Fund
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*This just handed me*
The Founder's Endowment Fund
In recognition of the dedication and imagination of FWR "Max" Taylor,
Lynn Margulis and Howard Whisler in establishing the International Society
of Evolutionary Protistology, the Endowment Fund Committee in consultation
with the ISEP Executive Council has created The Founder's Endowment
Fund.
The Fund will provide financial assistance for student travel to future
ISEP meetings (including Flagstaff!). Congratulations to the
Founders, and many thanks to Gary Saunders and the Endowment Committee for
their efforts on behalf of starving graduate students everywhere.
The Founder's Endowment Fund was established on 12 February 1997 for
the International Society of Evolutionary Protistology.
The Endowment Fund Committee Members:
Susan Douglas
Brent Heath
Hans Preisig
Gary W. Saunders (Chair)
The MANDATE of the Founder's Endowment Fund is to:
1. provide Travel assistance in the form of two Awards to eligible
students (outlined below) for attendance at the biennial ISEP meeting.
2. maintain an accessible financial reserve for the Society.
PROCEDURES:
Eligibility
Any student registered in a graduate program at the time of the
meeting, or
having graduated less than 3 months prior to the start of the meeting.
Criteria
1) Scientific excellence, innovation and likely impact (equally
weighted) of the research.
2) Quality (logic and clarity of expression) of the abstract.
3) In the event of equality based on criteria 1 and 2, distance
traveled (preference to those traveling furthest) and seniority (preference to
novice graduate studies).
Application procedure
Submit THREE copies of the application package (below) IN ADDITION TO
THE REGISTRATION MATERIALS to the Meeting Organizer(s) by the registration
deadline.
APPLICATION PACKAGE
1) Single page, single spaced, 12 point type, abstract of the paper to
be
presented, including full list of authors and institution at which the
work was conducted. In the event that the required abstract for the meeting
is close to this in size, the format required for the meeting would be
acceptable, but a 100-200 word abstract would be unacceptable.
2) Letter from the student's supervisor indicating:
a) that the student meets the eligibility criteria stated above
b) the extent of the work performed by the student relative to
co-authors.
3) Brief curriculum vitae of the student.
#### Special Note: Registration material for ISEP-12 in Flagstaff will
be
available in mid-January 1998 ####
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8) ISEP Treasure's Report
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The Treasurer's Report (as sent via email to GH by G.W. Saunders)
ISEP 27.vi.96 to 02.x.97 (Canadian dollars)
ACTIVE ACCOUNT
Balance Forward: $25,442.43
ITEM Income Expenses
Membership $ 1224.37
Interest $ 446.29
Certificates $ 45.58
Bank Fee DM conversion $ 10.00
Transfer to endowment fund
$22,000.00
Totals $ 1670.66 $22,055.58
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Balance $ 5057.51
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ENDOWMENT FUND
Balance Forward: Not applicable, Fund established
13.ii.97
ITEM Income Expenses
Transfer from ISEP account $22,000.00
Totals $22,000.00 $ 00.00
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Balance $22,000.00
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ISEP remains in a healthy financial state despite the recent transfer
of Can$22,000 to the new Endowment Fund. We are in the black and continue
to build revenue at a slow, but steady pace. A large number of
membership fees are due at the 1998 meetings and this should
significantly strengthen our financial position. The accounts have
been audited as per ISEP bylaws and everything is in order. If you have any
questions please contact me. I feel very positive about the financial
state of ISEP as we approach the New Year!
Gary W. Saunders
ISEP Treasurer
Dr. Gary W. Saunders
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, N.B.
Canada, E3B 6E1
ph: 506 452 6086
fa: 506 453 3583
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9) ISEP-13 Where will we be?
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Hate to fly? Stay home and host ISEP-13! Anyone interested in hosting
ISEP-13 in 2000 is urged to contact Oejvind (moestrup@bot.ku.dk) or Bob
Anderson (andersen@ccmp.bigelow.org) by 1 April 1998 (April Fool's Day
in NA; a Fruedian slip?!). Since the upcoming meeting is in North
America, ISEP-13 by tradition will be in Europe, though any and all potential
sites will of course be considered.
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10) News of Colleagues
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Changes to Officers's Addresses
ISEP Officers
1996-1998
Last modified: 4 October 1996 (from the www site)
PRESIDENT
Ojvind Moestrup
Department of Phycology
University of Copenhagen
ter Farimagsgade 2D
DK-1353 Copenhagen K
Denmark
tel: (45) 33 32 67 69
fax: (45) 33 14 57 19
e-mail: moestrup@bot.ku.dk
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Robert A. Andersen
CCMP: Provasoli-Guillard National Center for
Culture of Marine Phytoplankton
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
P. O. Box 475
McKown Point
West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575
USA
tel: (1) 207 633 9632
fax: (1) 207 633 9715
e-mail: andersen@ccmp.bigelow.org
IMMEDIATE PAST-PRESIDENT
Mark A. Ragan
NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences
1411 Oxford St
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3Z1
Canada
tel: (1) 902 426 1674
fax: (1) 902 426 9413
e-mail: Mark.Ragan@nrc.ca
SECRETARY
Lynn J. Rothschild
Ecosystems Science
NASA - Ames Research Center
Mail Stop 239-12
Moffett Field, CA 94035
USA
tel: (1) 415 604 6525
e-mail: LRothschild@mail.arc.nasa.gov
TREASURER
Gary W. Saunders
Department of Biology
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, N.B. E3B 6E1
Canada
tel: (1) 506 447 3088
fax: (1) 506 453 3583
e-mail: gws@unb.ca
CANADIAN COUNCILLORS
Susan E. Douglas
NRC Institute for Marine Biosciences
1411 Oxford Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3Z1
Canada
tel: (1) 902 426 8495
fax: (1) 902 426 9413
e-mail: Susan.Douglas@nrc.ca
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B. Franz Lang
Departement de Biochimie
Universite de Montreal
C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville
Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7
Canada
tel: (1) 514 343 5842
fax: (1) 514 343 2210
e-mail: langf@bch.umontreal.ca
U.S. COUNCILLOR
Mark A. Farmer
Center for Ultrastructural Research
Barrow Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2403
USA
tel: (1) 706 542 4080
fax: (1) 706 542 4271
e-mail: farmer@emlab.cb.uga.edu
EUROPEAN COUNCILLOR
Hans R. Preisig
Institut fur systematische Botanik
Universitat Zurich
Zollikerstrasse 107
CH-8998 Z�rich
Switzerland
tel: (41) 1 385 44 40
fax: (41) 1 385 44 03
email: Preisig@systbot.unizh.ch
COUNCILLOR-AT-LARGE
Geoff McFadden
School of Botany
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria 3052
Australia
tel: (61) 3 9344 5054 (office)
tel: (61) 3 9344 5053 (lab)
fax: (61) 3 9347 1071
e-mail:
mc_fadden@botany.unimelb.edu.au
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Greg Hinkle
Department of Biology
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300
USA
tel: (1) 508 999 9162
fax: (1) 508 999 8196
e-mail: ghinkle@umassd.edu
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11) Proceedings of ISEP-11
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Mark Ragan informed me that the Proceedings of ISEP-11 are available
from Archiv fur Protistenkunde " (vol. 148 no. 3). Unfortunately Mark also
informed me that no one knows what happened to the sign up list for
copies that was passed around at ISEP-11. If you would like to purchase the
issue, please contact Archiv fur Protistenkunde directly.
The special issue includes the following items and papers from the
ISEP-11 scientific program:
Ragan MA: A third kingdom of eukaryotic life: history of an idea.
Carreno RA, Kissinger JC, McCutchan TF & Barta JR: Phylogenetic
analysis of haemosporinid parasites (Apicomplexa: Haemosporina) and
thier coevolution with vectors and intermediate hosts.
Cavalier-Smith T: Sagenista and Bigyra, two phyla of heterotrophic
heterokont chromists.
Croan D & Ellis J: Monophyletic origin of the genus Sauroleishmania.
Dragos N, Peterfi LS & Popescu C: Comparative fine structure of
pellicular cytoskeleton in Euglena Ehrenberg.
Hashimoto T, Nakamura Y, Kamaishi T & Hasegawa M: Early evolution of
eukaryotes inferred from protein phylogenies of translation elongation
factors 1-alpha and 2.
Karpov SA: Cercomonads and their relationship to the Myxomycetes.
Meiers ST, Rootes WL, Proctor VW & Chapman RL: Phylogeny of the
Characeae (Charophyta) inferred from organismal and molecular
characters.
Simpson AGB: The identity and composition of the Euglenozoa.
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12) ISEP-12 Proceedings Publisher Needed
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Mark furthermore informed me that Archiv fur Protistenkunde is
changing to the journal Protista and will no longer be able to accept the ISEP
proceedings. The proceedings of typical ISEP meetings generally run to
10-15 fine papers. Any and all suggestions for publication of the
ISEP-13 proceedings are actively being sought by the ISEP Executive Committee.
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13) News and new critters from the friendly folks at the ATCC
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Tom Nerad asked me to enclose the following:
Please inform ISEP members about the exciting work going on with
Reclinomonas. The genus has received extensive coverage in Science and
Discovery magazine. Of the eukaryotic mitochondrial genomes looked at to
date, it's the largest.
We have three strains of Reclinomonas available:
Reclinomonas americana ATCC 50283 the type strain from Maryland
ATCC 50284 from Michigan
ATCC 50394 from New Zealand
ATCC 50633 from Russia
We now have Trimastix cultures available for distribution:
Trimastix sulcata (ATCC 50562)
Trimastix pyriformis (ATCC 50598)
The ATCC is also in search of new strains. Tom's request:
"The Protistology Collection at ATCC is in the process of expanding its
holdings of parasitic protozoans. In addition to parasitic protozoa,
we would like to expand our holdings of "lower" eukaryotes, in particular,
type strains. There is no cost to depositors for donating strains.
Once the strain(s) is accessioned into the collection it is available to the
depositor at no charge as often as needed whenever a request for the
strain is made in writing.
"There are, of course, restrictions on the importation of human
parasites and certain animal parasites into the US. There are also
restrictions on protozoans that are maintained in media that use serum
and or components derived from certain animals. For all human
parasites a Public Health Service Permit is required and for certain animal
parasites a USDA permit must be obtained. There are other restrictions
that may apply and it is best to deal with these on a case by case
basis.
One other condition for acceptance into the Collection is that the
protozoan must be cultivable in an in vitro system or in a simple
animal system. This, of course limits the number and types of strains that
can be acquired from other countries."
If you are interested in depositing strains at the ATCC please contact
Dr. Thomas A. Nerad in writing:
Dr. Thomas A. Nerad
Collection Scientist
American Type Culture Collection
10801 University Boulevard
Manassas, VA 20110
e-mail:tnerad@atcc.org
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14) ISEP Membership Form
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The International Society for Evolutionary Protistology welcomes
all persons interested in the diversity, taxonomy, phylogeny and
evolution of protists. Here's how to join:
[ 1 ] Make a hard copy of the form below.
[ 2 ] Airmail it, with your dues, to the ISEP Treasurer.
[ 3 ] Send me (ghinkle@umassd.edu) a message to let us
know you've signed up.
Step [ 3 ] is optional, but it really helps us to keep our records
together!
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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR EVOLUTIONARY PROTISTOLOGY
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION/RENEWAL
Name:
Postal address:
City, state/province, country:
Postal code:
Telephone number:
Fax number:
E-mail address:
Membership dues are US$ 25 (*) for two years.
[ ] I enclose for ISEP membership for the years 199__ through
____ .
Signature:
Date:
(*) Please remit US$ 25 per two years' membership to:
Dr Gary W. Saunders
Department of Biology
University of New Brunswick
Bag Service #45111
Fredericton, N.B. E3B 6E1
Canada
Payment may be made by personal cheque (within the USA),
bank money order or bank draft, international money order,
or postal money order.
Currently, payment must be made in U.S. dollars.
We can accept payment for two, four, or more years.
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15) The Last Page
Greg Hinkle (ghinkle@umassd.edu)
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BIONET.PROTISTA now "spam free". For those of you who gave up on
bionet.protista because of all the junk messages, be aware that Mark
Farmer has taken over curatorship and is now the moderator (read "filter")
for the group.
In 'honor' of Mark's anti-SPAM efforts, I present a few SPAM haikus,
all from the Internet.
Oh tin of pink meat
I ponder what you may be:
Snout or ear or feet?
Pink beefy temptress
I can no longer remain
Vegetarian
Old man seeks doctor
"I eat Spam daily", he says.
Angioplasty
Highly unnatural
The tortured shape of this 'food'
A small pink coffin
On a more serious note, please make my job easier by sending me
*anything*
you would like to see in the ISEP Newsletter.
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