[CANCER RESEARCH 50, 5594-5595. September I, 1990]
Announcements
(Requests for announcements must he received at least 3 months before publication.)
EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERI
CAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH, INC.
The regular scientific sessions of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the
American Association for Cancer Research, Inc. will be held at the
George R. Brown Convention Center. Houston, TX, from 8:00 a.m.,
Wednesday, May 15. 1991, until 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, 1991.
One methods workshop is tentatively scheduled for late afternoon on
Tuesday, May 14, 1991. Please note that the AACR meeting will
precede that of the American Society of Clinical Oncology to be held
on May 19-21, 1991, in the Brown Center.
AACR members and interested nonmembers are encouraged to
register in advance of the 1991 meeting. During the Fall of 1990, forms
for this purpose will be mailed to AACR members and nonmembers
who have attended previous AACR meetings. Forms will also be
published in the December 1. 1990, through the March 15, 1991, issues
of Cancer Research. Additional forms may be obtained by writing to
the office of the American Association for Cancer Research. On-site
registration will be conducted in Houston, beginning on the afternoon
of Tuesday, May 14, 1991, and will continue throughout the meeting.
The deadline for submitting abstracts for presentation at the meeting
will be November 30, 1990. Abstracts that are submitted in conformity
with regulations and are accepted for presentation at the meeting will
be published in the March 1991 Proceedings of the American Association
for Cancer Research. All subscribers to the journal Cancer Research will
receive a copy of the Proceedings as part of their subscriptions to the
journal.
Forms for the Association's Employment Register will be mailed
along with meeting registration forms in the Fall and will also appear
in the December 1, December 15, and January 1 issues of Cancer
Research. Registered employers and candidates will be able to place
listings in the Proceedings and in two issues of Cancer Research. The
Association will schedule appointments for employers and candidates
during the annual meeting upon request. To ensure full participation
in the Employment Register, forms for the Register should be submitted
to the Association Office by January 25, 1991.
Further information may be obtained from the office of the American
Association for Cancer Research: Public Ledger Building, Suite 816,
6th & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. PA 19106. Telephone: 215-4409300; FAX: 215-440-9313.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
FOR THE SCIENTIFIC
AWARDS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
FOR
CANCER RESEARCH
The American Association for Cancer Research presents four awards
to distinguished scientists at its annual meeting. The Awards Commit
tee, consisting of four separate subsections, will recommend candidates
for each award to the AACR Board of Directors. Below you will find a
description of each award. Those wishing to make nominations should
provide a description of the candidate's accomplishments and include
a curriculum vitae. If necessary, the appropriate subcommittees will
obtain further documentation on suitable candidates. Nominations may
be directed to the Association Office for forwarding to the appropriate
subcommittee, or they may be sent directly to the subcommittee chair
person. This material should be received no later than October 12,
1990.
Clowes Memorial Lecture. The Eli Lilly Company established the
Clowes Memorial Lecture to honor Dr. G. H. A. Clowes, a founding
member of the AACR and a research director of Eli Lilly. The purpose
of the award is to give "recognition of outstanding research accom
plished in some recent period." The Clowes Award recognizes outstand
Clowes Subcommittee Chairperson
Dr. Paul A. Marks
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award. The Rosenthal Foundation
established this award to "recognize research which has made or gives
the promise of soon making a notable contribution to improved clinical
care in the field of cancer." The award honors young investigators
relatively early in their careers. The award is restricted to individuals
who are engaged in the practice of medicine, who reside in the Americas,
and who will not be more than fifty years of age at the time of the
award.
Rosenthal Subcommittee Chairperson
Dr. Frederick P. Li
Dana-Farber Cancer Center
Mayer 3A28
44 Binney Street
Boston, MA 02115
Rhoads Memorial Award. In 1979 an anonymous donor established
this award in memory of Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads, a founder and the
first Director of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.
This annual award gives recognition to an individual for meritorious
achievement in cancer research. The awardee must be a young investi
gator; the receipient must not have reached his or her forty-first birthday
by the time of the award.
Rhoads Subcommittee Chairperson
Dr. Susan B. Horwitz
Department of Molecular Pharmacology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
Cain Memorial Award. The Warner-Lambert Company instituted
this award to honor the memory of Dr. Bruce F. Cain of New Zealand
for his work in the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of
potential anticancer drugs. The award gives recognition to an individual
or research team for outstanding preclinical research that has implica
tions for the improved care of cancer patients. Examples of such
research include discovery of a significant new anticancer agent and
major contributions to a compound's application as an antitumor agent.
The award recognizes outstanding contributions in the fields of medic
inal chemistry, biochemistry, or tumor biology as related to drug
discovery. It encompasses anticancer, antiviral, or antifungal agents;
has no age limit; and is international in scope.
Cain Subcommittee Chairperson
Dr. Bruce A. Chabner
Division of Cancer Treatment
National Cancer Institute
Building 31, Room 3A-52
Bethesda, MD 20892
AACR SPECIAL CONFERENCES
IN CANCER RESEARCH
A number of meetings are now being organized in the AACR's new
series of smaller scientific meetings. The topics, dates, locations, and
program committees for these meetings are given below. When full
details of each meeting are available. AACR members will be the first
ing recent accomplishments in basic cancer research; this includes both
laboratory research and epidemiological investigations.
to receive complete brochures and application forms for participation
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Giovanna F-L. Ames, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Anna Maria Casazza, Bristol-Myers Company, Wallingford, CT
Phillipe Gros, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
John Riordan, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
in these important conferences. Nonmembers may receive this infor
mation by sending their names and addresses to Meetings Mailing List.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH, Public
Ledger Building, 6th & Chestnut Streets, Suite 816, Philadelphia, PA
19106.
NEGATIVE CONTROLS ON CELL GROWTH AND THEIR
BREAKDOW N DURING THE PATHOGENESIS OF CANCER
(tentative topic)
October 20-24, 1991
Chatham Bars Inn, Chatham (Cape Cod), MA
Chairperson
Robert A. Weinberg, Whitehead Institute for BiomédicalResearch,
Cambridge, MA
CHROMOSOMAL AND GROWTH FACTOR
ABNORMALITIES IN LEUKEMIA
October 14-18, 1990
Chatham Bars Inn, Chatham (Cape Cod), MA
Organizers
Janet D. Rowley, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Peter C. Nowell, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA
Donald Metcalf, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Leo Sachs, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER
February 8-12, 1991
San Diego, CA
Organizers
Alfred G Knudson, Jr., Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
(Chairperson)
Garrett M. Brodeur, Washington University Medical School,
St. Louis, MO
Webster K. Cavenee, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Stephen Friend, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA
George F. Vande Woude, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research Facility,
Frederick, MD
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT IN MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE,
DEVELOPMENT, AND DISEASE
March 10-14, 1991
Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Organizers
Susan B. Horwitz, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
(Co-Chairperson)
Victor Ling, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(Co-Chairperson)
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND CONCEPTS FOR
MULTISTAGE CARCINOGENESIS
(tentative topic)
(Joint Meeting with European Association for Cancer Research)
November 7-9, 1991
Italy
Chairpersons
I. Bernard Weinstein, Columbia University College of Physicians &
Surgeons, New York, NY
Peter Bannasch, German Cancer Research Center. Heidelberg, FRG
FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
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RECENT DEATH
We regret to report the death of Dr. Luke M. van Putten, former
Associate Director of the Radiobiological Institute TNO, Rijswijk, The
Netherlands. Dr. van Putten was a Corresponding Member of the
American Association for Cancer Research.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for Complex Carbohydrates, "Glycobiology in San Diego," October 10-13, 1990. Hyatt Regency, La
Jolla, California. Contact: Cass Jones, Professional Management, Inc., 7916 Convoy Court, San Diego, CA 92111. Telephone: (619) 565-9921.
Fourth International Workshop on Monoclonal Antibodies and Breast Cancer, November 5-6. 1990. Miyako Hotel, San Francisco, California.
Contact: Carolyn Klinepeter. John Muir Cancer & Aging Research Institute. 2055 North Broadway, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. Telephone: (415)
943-1182.
Sixth International Symposium on Platinum and Other Metal Coordination Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy, January 23-26, 1991,
Sheraton Harbor Island East Hotel, San Diego, California. Deadline for abstracts: October 1. 1990. Contact: Cass Jones, Professional Conference
Management, Inc., 7916 Convoy Court, San Diego, CA 92111. Telephone: (619) 565-9921.
Wellcome Symposia in Molecular Therapeutics: Cancer Therapy into the Twenty-first Century, March 3-6, 1991, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina. Contact: Dr. Brian E. Huber, Wellcome Research Laboratories, 3030 Cornwallis Road. Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Telephone(919)248-3779.
Tenth International Symposium of the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology—Recent Advances in Steroid Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, May 26-29, 1991, Paris, France. Deadline for abstracts: January 8, 1991. Contact: Dr. J. R. Pasqualini, C. N. R. S. Steroid
Hormone Research Unit, Foundation for Hormone Research, 26 Boulevard Brune, 75014 Paris, France. Telephone: (33) (1) 45.39.91.09. FAX:
(33) (1)45.42.61.21.
Second International Conference on Eicosanoids and Other Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation, and Radiation Injury, September 18-21,
1991, Berlin, Germany. Contact: Dr. Santosh Nigam, Eicosanoid Research, Dept. of Gynecological Endocrinology, Universitatsklinikum Steglitz,
Free University Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000 Berlin 45, Federal Republic of Germany.
Eighteenth International Congress of Chemotherapy, June 27-July 2, 1993, Stockholm, Sweden. Contact: Stockholm Convention Bureau, P. O.
Box 6911, S-102 39 Stockholm, Sweden. Telephone: 46-8-23 09 90. FAX: 46-8-34-84 41.
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