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NEWSLETTER
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"the Latest in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology" |
June 2005
The ASN Newsletter is published twice a year by the American Society for Neurochemistry
ASN
Officers
ASN Council
ASN Committees
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The address of the
business office is
9037 Ron Den
Lane
Windermere, FL 34786
Phone/Fax 407-876-0750
Email: amazing@iag.net
For inforamtion on ASN matters contact Sheilah Jewart the ASN Business
Manager.
For information regarding
this newsletter contact
Gary Gibson at ggibson@med.cornell.edu
2005
Membership Dues
Dues notices for 2005 have been mailed. Please keep your membership current and promptly renew your membership.
Change
in 2006 Dues
Voted In
At the annual business meeting the membership voted to change the annual dues for Ordinary and Emeritus members.
Starting in 2007 the dues for Ordinary members will be $125. Student dues will remain $30/year and Postdoc dues will remain $30/year for the first 3 years after graduation and then rise to $50/year.
In 2007 Emeritus dues will be $0.
Minutes of the
36th Annual Business Meeting
&
Committee Reports
Future Meeting
Dates
2006 - March 11-16, Portland, OR
2007 - August 19-25, Joint meeting with ISN, Cancun, Mexico
New
President-Elect
and Counselors Elected
Members of ASN elected Monica Carson the next President-Elect.
Monica
Carson
The six members that were elected to the post of Counselor were Regina Armstrong, Vittorio Gallo, Eric Murphy, Thomas Seyfried, David Shine, and Teresa Wood. Lucia Notterpek was elected Alternate to the Council. Thank you to all that participated voted in this election.
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Armstrong
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Gallo
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Murphy
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Seyfried
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Shine
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Wood
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Notterpek
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Mathew
Rasband
receives the
2005 Jordi Folch-Pi Award
receives the
2005 Marian W. Kies Award
New President,
Treasurer, and Secretary
Take their Positions
At the Annual Business Meeting Dr. Wendy Maklin became the new President, Dr. Jean Merrill became the new Treasurer, and Dr. Gary Gibson became the new Secretray. All three have previously been the respective officer elects.
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Macklin
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Gibson
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Abel Lajtha Receives
the Bernard Haber Award
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Abel
Lajtha
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Bernard
Haber
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The Bernard Haber Award is given in honor of Bernard Haber to an ASN member that has helped develop and strengthen relationships between the ASN and other neurochemistry and neuroscience societies from around the world including fostering research and academic cooperation and facilitating and encouraging the development of younger neuroscientists outside the US. The Bernard Haber Award Committee has chosen Abel Lajtha as the first recipient of this prestigious award.