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Technician Award Announcement 
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 2010 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, 2010. 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 2010 award winner.
All nominees will receive the same careful and professional consideration. Please don't delay.
Send your nomination to:
PMI Nutrition International, LLC
Attn: Tricia Lutman
P.O. Box 66812
St. Louis, MO. 63166-6812
LAB ANIMAL SPECIALIST AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT
ACCMAL Lab Animal Specialist Award
FESSACAL Lab Animal Specialist Award
The Americas Regional Committee (ARC) of the
International Council for Laboratory Animal Science
(ICLAS) announces three traveling fellowship awards
sponsored by PMI Nutrition International, LLC-Lab
Diets, Charles River’s Commitment to Humane Animal
Research Through Excellence and Responsibility
(CHARTER) Program, and Lab Products, Inc. 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.
One award will select the best remaining candidate
from all applications regardless of their country.
Each award will sponsor an individual to travel to
and participate in the national meeting of the
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
(AALAS) to be held on November 7-11, 2010, in
Atlanta, Georgia, 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,
facility manager 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 of this kind.
Each award consists of a monetary award (up to a
maximum of $2,000) to be used for costs of air
travel, housing, and meeting registration associated
with the annual AALAS meeting. In addition, a $500
honorarium will be provided for each recipient to
cover costs of meals, local travel, incidentals and
any other expenses. The awards will be presented at
the 2010 AALAS meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Nominations or applications should be written in
English and consist of:
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A
cover letter, which should include the
candidate’s career goals and a statement with
detailed information on the reasons why the
candidate is interested in attending the AALAS
Annual Meeting. This statement should indicate
what he/she is hoping to gain, how he/she would
use the knowledge and experience to be acquired,
how that knowledge would be disseminated, where
and to whom, and what benefits will be derived.
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A
curriculum vitae, maximum of 10 pages in length,
with emphasis on laboratory animal science
training and experience.
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Proof
of proficiency in the English language.
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A
letter of recommendation from the employer.
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At
least one letter of recommendation from an
individual familiar with the qualifications and
professional interests and activities of the
candidate.
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A
letter from the applicant’s local or regional
association assuring their current membership.
Complete
nominations or applications should be submitted by
mail, E-mail or FAX to:
Dr. Harry Rozmiarek
University of Pennsylvania/Fox Chase Cancer Center
6491 Drexel Road, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Email:
rozmiar@pobox.upenn.edu FAX: 215-214-4040
Deadline
for submission of applications is April 15, 2010. The
decision of the committee will be communicated by
June 1, 2010.
Questions
can be addressed to any of the following Americas
Regional Committee members:
Dr. Harry Rozmiarek, USA,
rozmiar@pobox.upenn.edu
Dr. Silvia Ortiz, Brazil,
silviabortiz@gmail.com
Dr. Denna Benn, Canada
dbenn@uoguelph.ca
Dr. Cecilia Carbone, Argentina
ccarbone@fcv.unlp.edu.ar
Dr. Rafael Hernandez, Mexico
rafael.hernandez@ceneval.edu.mx
Dr. Ana Maria Gueraldo, Brazil
guaraldo@unicamp.br
Dr. Liliana Pazos, Costa Rica
lpazos@cariari.ucr.ac.cr
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