(CANCER RESEARCH 49, 1071-1072. February 15, 1989]
Announcements
(Requests for announcements must be received at least 3 months before publication.)
EIGHTIETH
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION
FOR CANCER RESEARCH, INC.
The scientific sessions of the 80th Annual Meeting of the American
Association for Cancer Research, Inc. will be held at the Moscone
Convention Center, San Francisco, California, from 8:00 a.m., Wednes
day, May 24, 1989, until midday on Saturday, May 27, 1989. After the
conclusion of the regular scientific sessions, the Association will spon
sor several workshops on laboratory techniques during the afternoon
of Saturday, May 27, 1989. The AACR meeting will be preceded by
that of the American Society of Clinical Oncology to be held on May
21-23, 1989, in the Moscone Center.
Members of the AACR and interested nonmembers will be able to
register in advance of the 1989 meeting. Forms for this purpose were
mailed to members as part of the First Announcement of the meeting
in early autumn, and can also be found in the December 1, 1988
through the March 15, 1989 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
at the Moscone Center beginning in the afternoon of Tuesday, May 23,
1989, and will continue throughout the meeting. On Tuesday, May 23,
only, on-site registration will also be held in the evening at the San
Francisco Hilton, the Association's headquarters hotel, in conjunction
to attend either the AACR or the ASCO meeting, or both, are available
from:
NCI Minority Travel Awards
American Association for Cancer Research, Inc.
530 Walnut Street, 10th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215/440-9300
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
to receive complete brochures and application forms for participation
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, 530
Walnut Street, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
with an opening reception.
The deadline for submitting abstracts for presentation at the meeting
was December 8, 1988. Abstracts that were submitted in conformity
with regulations and were considered to be of acceptable quality will be
published in the March 1989 Proceedings of the American Association
for Cancer Research. All subscribers to the journal Cancer Research will
receive a copy of the Proceedings in April.
Forms for the Association's Employment Register appear in the
program announcement and in the December 1, December 15, and
January 1 issue of Cancer Research. Again this year registered employ
ers and candidates will be able to place listings in the Proceedings and
in two issues of Cancer Research. The Association will also schedule
appointments for employers and candidates during the annual meeting.
Further information may be obtained from the office of the American
Association for Cancer Research: 530 Walnut Street, 10th Floor,
Philadelphia, PA 19106. Telephone: 215-440-9300.
TRAVEL GRANTS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE
BIOMEDICAL PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL CANCER
INSTITUTE
Funds will be provided to help a limited number of minority scientists
to attend the AACR and ASCO Annual Meetings. The NCI is funding
this program in order to encourage participation in the annual meetings
by predoctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and physicians in training
from minority groups which have traditionally been underrepresented
in cancer research. Eligible scientists are those who are either engaged
in cancer research or who have training that could lead to contributions
in this field. By action of the AACR Board of Directors, only citizens
of the U.S. and Canada or scientists who are permanent residents in
those countries may receive one of these awards. Awardees will be
selected by an advisory committee consisting of members of AACR and
ASCO based on a completed application and letters of reference. The
maximum award available will be $350 plus economy air or land
transportation to and from the meeting.
Applicants will be chosen from both minority institutions and the
larger bodies of universities and research institutions. Although pref
erence will be shown to those who are authors of abstracts accepted for
presentation at the annual meetings, this is not a requirement. Appli
cations will be accepted until March 1, 1989. Awardees are expected to
attend at least three full days of scientific sessions. They are also
expected to submit a brief report after the meeting commenting on the
sessions they attended.
Application forms and further information regarding travel awards
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MOLECULAR EVENTS IN MUTATION AND CANCER
May 21-23, 1989
Tiburón Lodge & Conference Center, Tiburón (Marin County), CA
Co-Chairmen
B. A. Singer, University of California, Berkeley, CA
D. J. Patel, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York, NY
GENE EXPRESSION IN CANCER CELLS
May 22-24, 1989
San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, CA
Chairman
Inder M. Verma, Salk Institute, San Diego, CA
Topics and Speakers
Suppressor Oncogenes: Webster K. Cavenee, Ludwig Institute for
Cancer Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
myc: Mark T. ( ¡rondine,Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute,
Seattle, WA
EGF Receptor: Joseph Schlessinger, Rorer Biotechnology, Inc.,
Rockville, M D
Steroid Receptors: Ronald M. Evans, Salk Institute, San Diego, CA
EIA and Cyclic-AMP Regulation: Thomas E. Shenk, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ
fos und ./'un: Inder M. Verma
mas: George F. Vande Woude, Jr., NCI-Frederick Cancer Research
Facility, Frederick, MD
MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF GROWTH CONTROL
Joint Meeting with the Japanese Cancer Association
May 28-31, 1989
Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, HI
Co-Chairmen
Enrico Mihich, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, NY
Takashi Sugimura, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
Program Committee (U.S.A)
Vittorio Defendi, New York University School of Medicine,
New York, NY
Joseph A. DiPaolo, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Hidesaburo Hanafusa, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Inder M. Verma, The Salk Institute, San Diego, CA
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Topics
Oncogene and Cancer Cell Phenotypes
Cytokines and Regulatory Factors
Gene Function and the Carcinogenic Process
Control Mechanisms and Cancer Therapeutics
THE CELL MEMBRANE AND CELL SIGNALS AS TARGETS
IN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY
Joint Meeting with BACR and EORTC (PAM)
September 14-16, 1989
Queens' College, Cambridge, England
Program Committee
AACR
Garth Powis, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Chairman
Edward J. Modest, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, WinstonSalem, NC
Garth L. Nicolson, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute,
Houston, TX
Thomas R. Tritton, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
BACR
John A. Hickman, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Anne P. Simmonds, Kirby Warwick Pharmaceuticals,
Bury St. Edmunds, UK
EORTC (PAM)
Paul Workman, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK
Jean-Pierre Abita, Institute for Research on Diseases of the Blood,
Paris, France
Wolfgang Berdel, Technical University, Munich, Fed. Rep. of
Germany
Timothy J. Rink, Smith, Kline & French Research, Ltd., Welwyn,
UK
MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Winter 1990
Location to be announced
Chairman
Bert W. O'Malley, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH
1989
1990
1991
1992
May
May
May
May
24-27
23-26
15-18
20-23
San Francisco, California
Washington, D.C.
Houston, Texas
San Diego, California
COLLECTED PERSPECTIVES
IN CANCER RESEARCH
Oncogenes, natural killer cells, breast cancer treatment modalities,
colon cancer, and retroviruses, including their relationship to AIDS,
are among the topics of current interest featured in the recently pub
lished Collected Perspectives in Cancer Research: 1986-1987. Contain
ing the twenty-two articles published as "Perspectives in Cancer Re
search" in the last two volumes of the journal Cancer Research, the
compilation presents the insights and interpretations of recognized
authorities in the study of cancer. Each article explores contemporary
and sometimes controversial areas of investigation, analyzing recent
progress in cancer research and offering ideas on where such research
should be heading. This collection of incisive and stimulating view
points will serve as a valuable resource and teaching tool for the cancer
research community. Copies of this publication may be ordered from
the Subscription Fulfillment Department, Waverly Press, Inc., P.O.
Box 64473, Baltimore, Maryland 21264-0473, at a price of $9.00 per
copy. Orders outside the U.S. add $2.00/copy to offset postage costs.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
International Breast Cancer Research Conference, March 5-9, 1989, Tel Aviv Hilton Conference Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Contact: Dr. Marvin
A. Rich, Secretary-General, IABCR, AMC Cancer Research Center, 1600 Pierce Street, Denver, CO 80214. Telephone: (303) 233-6501; or Dr.
lafa Keydar, Conference Chairperson, Dean, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
Telephone: 972 (3) 413532, 972 (3) 5459800.
Fourth Dr. Robert K. Match Distinguished Scholar Program: Living with Radiation—Risk/Benefits Equation, March 9-10, 1989, Waldorf
Astoria, New York, NY. Contact: Ann J. Buchine. CMP, Associate Director for Continuing Education, Long Island Jewish Medical Center,
New Hyde Park, NY 11042. Telephone: (718) 470-8650.
International Interface of Laboratory and Clinical Responses to Anticancer Drugs, March 13-15, 1989, Centre d'Information Scientifique A. R.
C., Villejuif, France. Contact: Mrs. Z. Badouraly, Meeting Secretariat, Institut du Cancer et d' Immunogènétique,
Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14,
Ave. Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, 94800 Villejuif, France. Telephone: 33 (1) 46 77 00 00, ext. 358 or 317.
USC-Amgen Mini-Symposium on Regulation of Organelle Proteins and Their Genes in Eukaryotes, April 10, 1989, University of Southern
California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA. Admission is open to all and there is no charge. Contact: Dr. Peter A. Jones, USC School of
Medicine, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033-0800. Telephone: (213) 224-6503.
International Symposium on Nutritional Toxicology and Food Safety, April 11-13, 1989, Toulouse, France. Contact: Dr. Y. Fernandez,
Secretariat, INSERM, U-87, 2 rue Francois Magendie, 31400 Toulouse, France. Telephone: 61 55 65 38.
"Magnetic Resonance in Experimental and Clinical Oncology," April 13-14, 1989, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Contact: Dr. Jeffrey
L. Evelhoch, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Dept. of Medicine, Wayne State University, P. O. Box 02188, Detroit, MI 48201. Telephone:
(313)745-4700.
The Dorothy Snider Foundation Forum on Cancer Research: "Cell Regulators and Cancer," April 14, 1989, Memphis, TN. Contact: Dr. James
E. Hamner, III, Forum Director, The University of Tennessee, Memphis, 62 South Dunlap, Room 507, Memphis, TN 38163. Telephone: (901)
528-6354.
Twelfth International Symposium on Clinical Hyperthermia, April 27-30, 1989, Rome, Italy. Contact: Organizing Secretariat, ClÃ-nicaChirurgica,
II Università di Roma, Ospedale S. Eugenio, 10, Piazzale Umanesimo, 00144 Rome, Italy. Telephone: +39-06-59.15.398, +39-06-5904/ext.
2468; or International Clinical Hyperthermia Society, 1100 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46223. Telephone: (317) 264-8147.
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