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Purina Mills Laboratory Animal Technician Award Announcement The Purina Mills Laboratory Animal Technician Award is one of the most time honored, respected and prestigious awards in the AALAS community. Purina Mills LabDiet® invites you, your colleagues or associates to submit nominations for this award. The unique feature of this annual award is that the winner is chosen by his or her peers. The winner of the award will receive $500 and the distinguished 2008 Purina Mills Laboratory Animal Technician Award Plaque presented at our Technician Award Dinner during National AALAS. Nominee's will be considered on the basis of experience, animal care activities and contributions to the advancement of all aspects of the animal technician field. The selection committee will comprise of the three most recent award winners. If you feel the work and achievement of a Laboratory Animal Technician from your organization merits the national recognition of the Purina Mills Laboratory Animal Technician Award, your submission must be completed and returned by July 1, 2008. Your submission must detail the nominee's professional experience; contributions to the advancement of technicians; a list of his or her published works; presentations and awards; national, state and local animal care activities; and a summary of "why you believe the nominee should receive the award". Please also include nominee's telephone number and e-mail address, for ease of contact should your nominee become the 2008 award winner. All nominees will receive the same careful and professional consideration. Please don't delay. Send your nomination to:
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LAB ANIMAL SPECIALIST AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT ACCMAL Lab Animal Specialist Award FESSACAL Lab Animal Specialist Award The Americas Regional Committee of the International Council on Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) announces two traveling fellowship awards sponsored by PMI Nutrition International, LLC, and the Charles River Laboratories Foundation. One award is available to an individual from member countries of the Associations of Central America, Caribbean and Mexico Laboratory Animal Science (ACCMAL). These are Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad y Tobago, El Salvador and Honduras. One award is available to an individual from member countries of Federation of South American Societies and Associations of Laboratory Animal Science Specialists (FESSACAL). These are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Each award will sponsor an individual to travel to the national AALAS meeting, November 9-13, 2008, in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. The AALAS meeting is the largest laboratory animal science meeting in the world. It includes seminars, workshops, special topic lectures, platform sessions, and poster sessions on laboratory animal diseases, biology, experimental techniques, and animal models. The learning resources / technology center includes a variety of videos and computer based programs. Each year there is an extensive commercial exhibit which contains the latest in equipment and ancillary items for the care and use of laboratory animals. The recipient should be a biomedical scientist or veterinarian involved with experimental animals who is a member of their local or regional laboratory animal science organization. The individual should be a person with the potential to make significant contributions to the teaching, research, or organizational aspects of laboratory animal science in his/her country. Preference is given to individuals who otherwise would not have funding for international travel to a scientific meeting. Each award consists of meeting registration, a monetary award (up to a maximum of $2,000) to be used for costs of transportation, housing, food, and incidental expenses associated with the annual AALAS meeting, a $500 honorarium for the recipient, and a commemorative plaque. The awards will be presented at the 2008 AALAS meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Nominations or applications should be written in English and consist of:
Complete nominations or applications should be submitted by E-mail or FAX to: Dr. Harry Rozmiarek Deadline for submission of applications is June 15, 2008. The decision of the committee will be communicated by July 31, 2008. Questions can be addressed to any of the following Americas Regional Committee members: Dr. Harry Rozmiarek, USA, |