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Welcome to the December issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
A Million Thanks!
When I took on the role of editing Anastomosis, the Society newsletter in May 2010, I quite honestly did not expect to oversee a run of 116 issues. I am however, glad with the way the newsletter has evolved: an established frequency, a defined role for communicating and publicizing the efforts of the Society's members, and an outreach tool for touching members and colleagues in faraway lands. Along the way, I have been supported by the truly wonderful submissions and comments from members (without whom the newsletter would quite simply have been impossible to produce) and some outstanding partnerships with the newsletter publishers (without whom the newsletter would quite simply have been impossible to publish - many thanks Zushna and Mark!). Issue number 116 is the final issue that I will be editing but I am confident that there are very capable hands and heads in the Society to continue to lead this newsletter into the future. I look forward to reading all the wonderful contributions that continue to define what Anastomosis represents for the Society. To everyone, a million thanks.
Raj Ettarh, Editor, Anastomosis 2010-2019
Deadlines
Mark your calendar!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2020. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
In this issue, check out the montage of the Image Prize Posters that have been published in Anastomosis from 2011-2019.
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following for their reports following Society-sponsored participation at events:
Symington Bequest
Sourav Bhattacharjee, Professor Andy Chirculescu at the 19th Congress of The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA 2019), 9-11 August 2019, London; Associate Professor Lopa Leach at the International Federation of Placental Associations (IPFA 2019), 10-13 September 2019, The Catholic University, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Erin Boland - at the Matrix Biology Ireland Annual Meeting 'Extracellular Matrix: Development, Disease and Evolution', 21-22 November 2019, Dublin, Ireland.
Awards
Congratulations to the following for their awards to support participation at events:
Barclay Smith Travelling Fund
Morven Burton, Ambreen Muhammed, Amy Wilkinson - at the Anatomical society Winter Meeting, Lancaster, 18-20 December 2019.
Symington Bequest
Eiman Abdel Meguid - at the British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA), Winter Scientific Meeting, Newcastle, 17 December 2019.
Best image Award
Dr Emily Noël and Juliana Sanchez Posada, University of Sheffield for their image Developing Zebrafish heart. Joint runners-up were Dr Crispin Wiles, University of Warwick and Dr Matthew J. Mason, University of Cambridge.
Public Engagement and Outreach Award
Dr Catrin Rutland - An anatomical science communication and outreach project based at the University of Nottingham which will be available world-wide, entitled, 'Anatomy for ALL - Making Anatomy Accessible', throughout 2020.
Research
Anatomical Society Studentships
Dr Cecilia Brassett, University of Cambridge (supervisor) and Professor Manohar Bance, University of Cambridge (co-supervisor); Dr Imelda McGonnell, Royal Veterinary College, London (supervisor) and Dr Claire Russell, Royal Veterinary College, London (co-supervisor); Professor Zoltan Molnar, University of Oxford (supervisor: and Dr Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen, University of Oxford (co-supervisor); Professor Fergal O'Brien, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin (supervisor) and Dr Adrian Dervan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin (co-supervisor).
Research RFAs
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) has announced RFAs for the Innovator Awards for Early-Career Investigators. 1. Innovator Awards for Early Career Investigators in Neuroscience. www.nyscf.org/neuroaward (applicants do not need to be working in areas related to stem cells). These awards foster truly bold, innovative scientists with the potential to transform the field of neuroscience. Open to applicants around the world. 2. Innovator Awards for Early Career Investigators in Translational Stem Cell Research. www.nyscf.org/stemcellaward. These awards support innovative scientists with the potential to transform the field of stem cell research and to advance the use of stem cells for the treatment of human disease. Open to applicants around the world. Applications close Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 5:00pm Eastern Time.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at
www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: pain in the back
It is natural to assume that back pain is caused by something "wrong in the back". There have been many studies looking into back pain but the question Mohammadreza Pourahmadi and colleagues at the Iran University of Medical Sciences and Bethesda Physiocare USA were interested in was whether hip muscles show macroscopic changes. Their systematic review which examined evidence from studies involving major hip muscles revealed that atrophy is evident in patients with low back pain. You can read more in their paper "Changes in the macroscopic morphology of hip muscles in low back pain" in the January issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13086
Aging Cell: biology of aging versus disability and disease
Significant evidence has been accumulated on the biology of aging. Strong correlations have been shown with phenotypes that are typical of aging. How do we use the information from the biology to improve the quality of life with aging? Luigi Ferrucci and colleagues at the NIH National Institute on Aging and the University of Maryland USA addressed this question by reviewing published evidence on biology and diseases associated with aging. You can read more in their paper "Measuring biological aging in humans: A quest" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.13080
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for appointment as Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. The successful candidate will be expected to teach, conduct tutorials and demonstrations, support curriculum design, and develop teaching materials. Closing date: 31 December 2019
Applications are invited for a Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor in Anatomy at Qatar University - College of Medicine with a strong commitment to teaching. The successful candidate will also be expected to promote collaborative and interdisciplinary research. Closing date: 4 January 2020.
The College of Pharmacy - Qatar University invites applications for a full time faculty position - Physiology and Human Anatomy at the Associate/Full Professor level
beginning August 2019. The successful candidate will teach and coordinate courses associated with undergraduate human physiology and anatomy, and postgraduate human physiology. Closing date: 4 January 2020
The University of Bristol - Centre for Applied Anatomy is inviting applications for a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Applied Anatomy. The successful candidate will act as the Director of Teaching and work with the Head of Centre in providing educational direction, leadership and management for the Centre for Applied Anatomy (CAA). Closing date: 12 January 2020.
Applications are invited for an Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience at University of Oxford - Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics to undertake discovery science, secure external funding to prosecute an independent research programme and educate undergraduate and postgraduate students. Closing date: 20 January 2020.
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
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Welcome to the November issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Anatomical Society will be held at 12:30 -13:30pm on Thursday 19th December 2019 in the George Fox Lecture Theatre, George Fox Building, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4RY
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The Winter meeting of the Society will be held at Lancaster University from December 18-20, 2019. Speakers include Professor Dame Sue Black, Professor Alison Gartland, and Professor Jim Gallagher. More details at http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/meetings/our-meetings
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following for their reports following participation at Society-sponsored events: Michael Graham, Oscar Romilly, Sophie Gray, Joanna Tomlinson, following Barclay Smith-sponsored participation at the 19th Congress of The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA ), 9-11 August 2019, ExCel Centre, London; Jane Holland, Debra Patten following Symington Bequest-sponsored participation at the 19th Congress of The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA ), 9-11 August 2019, ExCel Centre, London; Juan Fons Romero following Symington Bequest-sponsored participation at the Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentiation Conference, 1-6 September 2019, Worcester College, Oxford; Kerry Thompson following a departmental seminar by Dr. Emmanuel Reynaud, 11 November 2019 at NUI Galway, Ireland.
Research
Project resumes for the undergraduate student summer vacation research scholarships are available on the society website www.anatsoc.org.uk from Denis Barry/Melody Cui Sun, Juan Fons Romero/Emily Gaul, Helen Dodson/Victoria Ward, Matthew Mason/Rebecca Eden, Oran Kennedy/Amit Kalra, Charlotte Dean/Ambreen Muhammad.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: pressing the heart
We know that genes and the environment affect cardiogenesis but do abnormal pressure loads during development affect the expression of genes? Matthew Parnall and colleagues at the University of Nottingham explored this question using outflow tract banding. Left-side anomalies, ventricular septal defects and reduced apoptosis are just some of the effects that are reported in their paper "Characterisation of the developing heart in a pressure overloaded model utilising RNA sequencing to direct functional analysis". You can read more about their findings in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13112
Aging Cell: b one cell membrane in aging
Osteocytes stay trapped in their bony surrounding as we grow and their plasma membranes become disrupted with loading. What happens to these membrane disruptions with aging? Mackenzie L. Hagan and colleagues at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta found a rapid repair rate with impaired downstream mechanotransduction. You can read more about their suggestion that these represent new targets for improving bone mechanosensitivity with aging in their paper "Decreased pericellular matrix production and selection for enhanced cell membrane repair may impair osteocyte responses to mechani-cal loading in the aging skeleton" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.13056
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering - Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification is inviting applications for an Anatomy Technician. The successful candidate will provide technical support to all aspects of Thiel, plastination and anatomical provision for teaching and research. Closing date: 4 December 2019.
Applications are invited for University Teacher - Anatomy at University of Sheffield - Department of Biomedical Science to teach Human Anatomy to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and supervise final year post-graduate pedagogical research projects. Closing date: 11 December 2019
Keele University - Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences School of Medicine is inviting applications for an Associate Teaching Fellow in Anatomy (Maternity cover). The successful candidate will be expected to deliver anatomy teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the School of Medicine. Closing date: 9 December 2019
Applications are invited for appointment as Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. The successful candidate will be expected to teach, conduct tutorials and demonstrations, support curriculum design, and develop teaching materials. Closing date: 31 December 2019
Applications are invited for a Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor in Anatomy at Qatar University - College of Medicine with a strong commitment to teaching. The successful candidate will also be expected to promote collaborative and interdisciplinary research. Closing date: 4 January 2020.
The College of Pharmacy - Qatar University invites applications for a full time faculty position - Physiology and Human Anatomy at the Associate/Full Professor level beginning August 2019. The successful candidate will teach and coordinate courses associated with undergraduate human physiology and anatomy, and postgraduate human physiology. Closing date: 4 January 2020
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
Best Image Prize Deadline
31 May 2020
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2020. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0 MB. For more information click here
Items should reach the editors a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
If you have any news, events or announce-ments that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
December Table of Contents Journal of Anatomy
The electronic table of contents of the December issue of the Journal of Anatomy is available here
Welcome to the October issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Departmental Seminar
Dr. Eva Sweeney, Queens University Belfast will host Dr. Kerry Thompson, NUI Galway on 4 November 2019 for the seminar "Advanced Microscopy Techniques"
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 Oct 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
The Winter meeting of the Society will be held at Lancaster University from December 18-20, 2019. Speakers include Professor Dame Sue Black, Professor Alison Gartland, and Professor Jim Gallagher. Deadline for early bird registration is November 16. More details at http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/meetings/our-meetings
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Professor Gabrielle Finn for her report following Symington Bequest-sponsored participation at the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) meeting, 3-5 July 2019, Glasgow.
Awards Congratulations to the following:
Symington Bequest Award
Ms Erin Boland - to participate in the Matrix Biology Ireland Annual Meeting 'Extracellular Matrix: Development, Disease and Evolution', 21-22 November 2019, Dublin, Ireland.
Support for Student Societies Award
Ms Lydia Dean of the Cambridge University Surgical Society and Cambridge University Anatomy Society for the event Cambridge NaSRAC (National Surgical and Radiological Anatomy Competition) on 28 March 2020 at the Anatomy Lecture Theatre and Dissection Room, Downing Site, Cambridge.
Departmental Seminar Awards
Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid, Queen's University, Belfast; Dr Caroline Curtin, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland; Dr Kerry Thompson, NUI Galway, Ireland.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: sympathetic milky omentum
The relationship between the immune system and sympathetic nerve activity is well known but whether this extends to the milky spots of lymphoid tissue found in omenta had not been established until Cindy Cleypool and colleagues at Utrecht University, Netherlands decided to tackle the subject head on. In a very elegant and straightforward approach, they describe the presence of sympathetic nerve tissue in and relationship to omental milky spots as part of our understanding of the peritoneal immune response. You can read more about their paper "Sympathetic nerve tissue in milky spots of the human greater omentum" in the current issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13077
Aging Cell: blind mole rats age well
The blind mole rat lives long and well, tolerates hypoxia and resists cancer - all the things humans wish for. Amani Odeh and colleagues at the University of Haifa, Israel decided to search for the secret ingredients by investigating whether cellular senescence in the rat is accompanied by inflammation. They found the kind of efficient DNA repair mechanism and orderly housekeeping that one would expect with longevity. You can read more about the study in their paper entitled "Downregulation of the inflammatory network in senescent fibroblasts and aging tissues of the long-lived and cancer-resistant subterranean wild rodent, Spalax" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.13045
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The University of Warwick - Warwick Medical School is
inviting applications for a Senior Teaching Fellow (Clinical Anatomy and Physiology). The successful candidate will contribute to a range of teaching, learning and assessment activities within the MBChB programme, including CBL facilitation, tutoring small group sessions, OSCE examinations and written assessment creation and delivery. Closing date: 29 October 2019.
The Royal Veterinary College, University of London is inviting applications for a Lecturer in Comparative Anatomy and Physiology. The successful candidate will contribute to integrated, systems-based curriculum of the first and second year BVetMed programme, the Accelerated year for graduates, the pre-BVetMed Gateway year, and the BSc Biosciences and Bioveterinary Sciences courses. Closing date: 31 October 2019.
Applications are invited from medical graduates for 10 full-time Medical Demonstrator posts for 12 months at the University of St Andrews - School of Medicine. Successful candidates will gain wide experience in the teaching and assessment of regional anatomy, clinical skills and case-based tutorials to medical students. Closing date: 4 November 2019.
Applications are invited for a Head of Anatomy at University of St Andrews - School of Medicine. The successful candidate will be expected to have a range of interests, be active in publishing research that strengthens or complements those in the School and to be capable of teaching the subject to undergraduate and taught postgraduate students from a wide range of backgrounds. Closing date: 15 November.
Applications are invited for a temporary 5-year Lecturer in Anatomy at University College Dublin - School of Medicine and Medical Science. The successful candidate will have a background in Anatomy, Embryology or Biomedical Engineering, develop and maintain a competitive programme of research activity in Anatomy aligned with School Research Strategy, and deliver Anatomy modules that support the teaching and learning aims of the Medicine and Radiography Degree Programmes. Closing date: 14 November 2019.
Best Image Prize Deadline 31 October 2019
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0 MB.
Welcome to the August issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Departmental Seminar Awards 2018/19
The Society invites applications for the Departmental Seminar Awards 2018/19 Round 6. Information and application forms at anatsoc.org.uk. Deadline for receipt of applications is 5 September 2019.
Deadlines
Mark your diary! The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 Oct 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
The deadline for receipt of applications for Round 6 of the Departmental Seminar Awards 2018/19 is 5 September 2019.
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Dr. Neal Anthwal for his report following Symington Bequest-funded participation at the 12th Inter-national Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, 21-25 July 2019, Prague; Professor Anthony Graham and Dr Larissa Kennel for their reports following Symington Bequest-funded participation at the 19th Congress of The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA 2019), 9-11 August 2019, London.
Departmental Seminar Awards 2018/19
The Society invites applications for Round 6 of the De-partmental Seminar Awards 2018/19. Information and ap-plication forms at anatsoc.org.uk. Deadline for receipt of applications is 5 September 2019.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: protecting the brain with an inhibitor
Neuroserpin is protective in hypoxia-ischemia in babies and stroke in adults. But where exactly in the brain is it located? Istvan Adorjan and colleagues in Hungary, US, Denmark, China and the UK decided to explore this question during physiological human brain development using immunohistochemistry and single cell RNA sequencing. You can read more about their report "Neuroserpin expression during human brain development and in adult brain revealed by immunohistochemistry and single cell RNA sequencing" in the current issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12931
Aging Cell: telomere length and aging health
The relationship between telomere length and aging has been studied in various models but Chia-Ling Kuo and colleagues from universities and institutes in Connecticut, Exeter, and Baltimore decided to explore some more using inherited genetic variation in peripheral white blood cells. They report an association between telomere length and lowered risk of coronary heart disease but increased risk for cancer. You can read more about the study in their paper entitled "Telomere length and aging-related outcomes in humans: a Mendelian randomization study in 261,000 older participants" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.13017
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The University of Warwick - Warwick Medical School is inviting applications for a Senior Teaching Fellow (Anatomy and Physiology). The successful candidate will be expected to develop and deliver education and training in clinically-applied physiology and anatomy primarily for the MBChB programme, and contribute to other teaching, learning and assessment activities including CBL facilitation, tutoring small group sessions, OSCE examinations and written assessment creation and delivery. Closing date: 1 September 2019.
The University of Liverpool - Faculty of Health & Life Sciences is inviting applications for two Demonstrators in Anatomy. The successful candidate will teach human cadaveric anatomy across a range of degree programmes and advance anatomical scholarship. Closing date: 4 September 2019
Applications are invited for a Teaching Associate in Veterinary Physiotherapy at the University of Nottingham - Veterinary Medicine & Science. The successful candidate will teach anatomy, musculoskeletal physiology, neurology, behaviour and physiotherapeutic techniques on the part-time MSc Veterinary Physiotherapy course. Closing date: 6 September 2019
Applications are invited for an Associate Professor (Teaching Focussed) at University of Leicester. The successful candidate will be a part time senior educator with a background in biomedical science (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, or pharmacology or related disciplines) and will be expected to work within the Phase 1 team, take a lead role on one of the units, and contribute specifically in the area of assessment (either written examination, or assignments). Closing date: 15 September 2019
Applications are invited for an Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Waikato - School of Health, Sport and Human Performance (New Zealand). The successful candidate will be an outstanding academic scholar in the area of Biomedical Sciences covering Human Immunology, Anatomy and Pathophysiology. Closing date: 8 October 2019
Best Image Prize Deadline
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0 MB. For more information click here.
If you have any news, events or announce-ments that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
September Table of Contents Journal of Anatomy
Welcome to the July issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you up-dated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
IFAA World Congress August 2019
The IFAA World Congress in Anatomy 2019 will be held from 9-11 August 2019 at the ExCel Conference Centre, London. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com.
Society Journals: Impact factors for 2018
New impact factors for 2018 for the Society's journals have been released in the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation report.
Aging Cell 7.346
Journal of Anatomy 2.638
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 Oct 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Awards and Prizes
Congratulations to the following who have received the following awards:
Best Image Award: Dr Francesca Pieropan for the image 'Cerebellar slice culture'.
Runner-Up Award to Professor Evelyne Sernagor for the image 'Warhol retinal clusters'.
Barclay-Smith Awards: Ms Hazel Allardyce, Ms Fiona Cronin, Dr Ahmad Elmansouri, Ms Catherine Geoghegan, Ms Sophie Gray, Mr Adam Ismail, Ms May Sallem, Ms Kudighe Udoh, Ms Prarthana Venkatesh -- to participate in the 19th Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA ), 9-11th August 2019, ExCel Centre, London.
Symington Bequest Funding: Dr Zubeyde Bayram-Weston, Professor Andy Chirculescu, Dr Declan McLaughlin, Ms Olivia Murray, Professor Debra Patten -- to participate in the 19th Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA ), 9-11th August 2019, ExCel Centre, London; Dr Neal Anthwal - to participate in the 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, 21-25th July 2019, Prague, Czech Republic; Professor Albert Basson - to participate in the Genome Architecture in Cell Fate and Disease Gordon Research Conference, 4-9th August 2019, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong, China; Professor Gabrielle Finn - to participate in the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME), 3-5th July 2019, Glasgow; Dr Juan Fons Romero, Dr Isabelle Miletich - to participate in the Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentiation Conference, 1-6th September 2019, Worcester College, Oxford; Dr Salman Goudarzi - to participate in the XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, 10-13th July 2019, Porto, Portugal; Associate Professor Lopa Leach - to participate in the International Federation of Placental Associations (IPFA 2019), 10-13th September 2019, The Catholic University, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Mr Pritishkumar Tidke - to participate in the Microscience Microscopy Congress (MMC), 1st to 4th July 2019, Manchester, UK.
PhD Prize Research Studentships: Ms. Charlotte King;
supervisors: Dr Susannah Thorpe, Professor William Sellers (Birmingham and Manchester Universities).
Public Engagement and Outreach Award: Ms Ines Boehm -- Provision of Interactive Body Painting Workshops, Midlothian Science Festival, 5-19th October 2019, Midlothian, Scotland.
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Dr Sara Sulaiman, Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid -- for their reports (Symington Bequest) following participation at the 36th annual meeting of the Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA). 11-14th June 2019, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; Dr. Zubeyde Bayram-Weston, for her report (Public Engagement and Outreach) on Snap Anatomy.
Departmental Seminar Awards 2018/19
The Society invites applications for Round 6 of the Departmental Seminar Awards 2018/19. Information and ap-plication forms at anatsoc.org.uk. Deadline for receipt of applications is 5 September 2019.
Research
Anatomy PhD Studentships 2019/20
The Anatomical Society offers up to 4 well-funded, high quality, PhD Prize Research Studentships to be held in departments undertaking research in anatomical sciences in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Funding is provided for three years to cover the stipend of the student (currently comparable to MRC funding levels), tuition fees, generous contribution towards project running costs, and a travel allowance for attendance at Anatomical Society meetings and to one international meeting. More information at anatsoc.org.uk. Closing date for applications is Friday 23 August 2019.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: long flexor and hidden pulley
The long flexor of the big toe runs in a tunnel under the talus that is sealed by a fibrous pulley that restrains physiological movement. What the pulley is made of has been unresolved until Chris Tzioupis and colleagues at medical centers and universities in Switzerland examined the histological characteristics. You can read more about their report "Identification of the retrotalar pulley of the Flexor Hallucis Longus tendon" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13046
Aging Cell: reducing muscle change during aging
Muscle starts becoming fibrous with age and this appears to be associated with activation of enhancers that up regulate extracellular matrix production. To reverse this fibrous conversion of muscle, Jiajian Zhou and colleagues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Jinan University, China examined inhibitors of enhancer activation and report data that suggest restoration of myogenic differentiation potential. They report their findings in their paper "Elevated H3K27ac in aged skeletal muscle leads to increase in extracellular matrix and fibrogenic conversion of muscle satellite cells" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12996
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The Queen's University Belfast - School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Biomedical Sciences Education is inviting applications for a Teaching Associate. The successful candidate will teach histology/embryology to undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences, and contribute to related administrative, and outreach activity. Closing date: 5 August 2019.
The Queen Mary University of London - Institute of Health Sciences Education is inviting applications for a Lecturer in Anatomy. The successful candidate will lead, develop and deliver to MBBS students, high quality teaching, learning and assessment in the clinically relevant basic sciences, with an emphasis on the anatomical sciences. Closing date: 14 August 2019.
Applications are invited for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Anthropology (Physical, Forensic) at University of Dundee - Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification. The successful candidate will participate in the development and delivery of research and high quality programmes of education and training in undergraduate and postgraduate forensic and physical anthropology, osteology, anatomy and/or related subjects. Closing date: 15 August 2019.
Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor - Anatomy/Medical Sciences at the University of Nottingham - Medical Science & Graduate Entry Medicine. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading anatomy teaching to Graduate Entry Medicine students and contribute to the delivery of lectures, workshops and seminars to students on other medicine programmes. Closing date: 16 August 2019.
Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Medical Sciences Anatomy at the University of Central Lancashire - School of Dentistry. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching, course co-ordination and the development of research and knowledge transfer opportunities across the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy / Biomedical Sciences. Closing date: 18 August 2019
Best Image Prize Deadline
31 October 2019
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0 MB. For more information click here
August Table of Contents Journal of Anatomy
The electronic table of contents of the August issue of the Journal of Anatomy is available here
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Welcome to the June issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you up-dated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
IFAA World Congress August 2019
The IFAA World Congress in Anatomy 2019 will be held from 9-11 August 2019 at the ExCel Conference Centre, London. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com. The Society is providing increased support under the Symington Bequest Awards (between £400-1000) and Barclay Smith awards (up to £400) to assist members participate (present an abstract) at the Congress.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Research
Anatomy PhD Studentships 2019/20
The Anatomical Society offers up to 4 well-funded, high quality, PhD Prize Research Studentships to be held in departments undertaking research in anatomical sciences in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Funding is provided for three years to cover the stipend of the student (currently comparable to MRC funding levels), tuition fees, generous contribution towards project running costs, and a travel allowance for attendance at Anatomical Society meetings and to one international meeting. More information at anatsoc.org.uk. Closing date for applications is Friday 23 August 2019.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: mole-rats, African drummers
High-speed hind limb strikes on the ground (drumming) allows mole-rats to communicate via seismic signaling. How does this alternating flexion-extension of hip and knee affect limb osteology and musculature? Lauren Sahd and colleagues at universities in South Africa explored this question in 3 species and report on the adaptive changes in their paper "Hind foot drumming: morphological adaptations of the muscles and bones of the hind limb in three African mole-rat species" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13028
Aging Cell: small indicators of aging and dying
Mathematical modeling for aging and dying addresses relationships within data. Yasuhiro Kitazoe and colleagues at universities in Japan have taken this a step further by renormalizing mass-specific basal metabolic rate using body mass index. The predictive outcome of their calculations (or re-calculations) is reported in their paper "Renormalized basal metabolic rate describes the human aging process and longevity" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12968
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The University of Bristol - Centre for Applied Anatomy is inviting applications for a Head of the Centre for Applied Anatomy. The successful candidate will lead the formulation of academic strategy, policy and planning for the Centre, working with senior colleagues in the Centre and the wider University in implementing plans to deliver that strategy. Closing date: 4 July 2019.
Applications are invited for an Anatomy Demonstrator at The Royal Veterinary College, University of London - Comparative Biomedical Sciences Department. The successful candidate will teach in dissection practicals and small group tutorials based around live animals, and will facilitate some directed learning sessions. Closing date: 8 July 2019.
Applications are invited for an Anatomy Demonstrator at the University of Plymouth - Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. The successful candidate will primarily teach topographical and functional anatomy and help students advance their anatomy knowledge and understanding in an applied context. Closing date: 10 July 2019.
Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship examining Muscle physiology and its dependence on healthy micro-structure at University of Surrey - Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences. For the successful candidate, the project will consider novel ways to characterise muscles so that the physiological response is linked to their underlying structure, enabling short- and long-term effects of trauma to be simulated and better understood. Closing date: 31 July 2019
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Best Image Prize Deadline
31 October 2019
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0 MB. For more information click here
Welcome to the May issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you up-dated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
IFAA World Congress August 2019
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com. The Society has increased it support under the Symington Bequest Awards and Barclay Smith awards to assist members participate (present an abstract) in the IFAA 2019 Congress. Limits for Symington Bequest funding increases to between £400-1000 while Barclay Smith funding increases up to £400.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to the following who have received the following awards:
Barclay Smith Awards to participate in the 19th Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA ), 9th to 11th August 2019, ExCel Centre, London: Maclyn Augustine, Michael Graham, Orla McCorry, Oscar Romilly, Joanna Tomlinson.
Symington Bequest Funding to participate in the 19th Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA ), 9th to 11th August 2019, ExCel Centre, London:
Dr Sarah Allsop, Dr Daniel Baumgardt, Dr Sarah Beth Channon, Dr Lemonia Chatzeli, Dr Mandeep Gill Sagoo, Professor Jeremy Green, Dr Larissa Kennel, Dr Clemens Kiecker, Dr Scott Paterson, Dr Katherine Sanders, Dr Alison Thomson, Dr Paula Vickerton; Dr Samuel Cobb - to participate in the 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), 21-25 July 2019, Prague, Czechoslovakia; Dr Helen Dodson - to participate in the Microscience Microscopy Congress (MMC), 1-4 July 2019, Manchester, UK; Dr Sara Sulaiman - to participate in the 36th Annual Meeting of The Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) and the associated Postgraduate Course: Neuroanatomy of adolescent brain cognitive development and mood disorders, 11-14 June 2019, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Undergraduate Student Summer Vacation Research Scholarship Awards:
Melody Cui Sun (Supervisor Denis Bar-ry), Simon Kershenbaum (supervisor Elia Benito-Guitierrez), Amy Wilkinson (supervisor Graham Burton), Morven Burton (supervisor Eilidh Ferguson), Ambreen Muhammad (supervisor Charlotte Dean), Victoria Ward (supervisor Helen Dodson), Emily Gaul (supervisor Juan Fons Romero), Amit Kalra (supervisor Oran Kennedy), Rebecca Eden (supervisor Matthew Mason).
Best Paper Prizes
Congratulations to Nutmethee Kruepunga and colleagues who have been awarded the Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2018 for their paper entitled "The development of the cloaca in the human embryo". Runner-up prize went to David Dora and colleagues. Congratulations to Monica Elmore and colleagues who have been awarded the Aging Cell Best Paper Prize 2018 for their paper entitled "Replacement of microglia in the aged brain reverses cognitive, synaptic and neuronal deficits in mice".
Research
Anatomy PhD Studentships 2019/20
The Anatomical Society offers up to 4 well-funded, high quality, PhD Prize Research Studentships to be held in departments undertaking research in anatomical sciences in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Funding is provided for three years to cover the stipend of the student (currently comparable to MRC funding levels), tuition fees, generous contribution towards project running costs, and a travel allowance for attendance at Anatomical Society meetings and to one international meeting. More information at anatsoc.org.uk. Closing date for applications is Friday 23 August 2019.
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Dr Tarimbo Otobo for his report following participation at the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), Experimental Biology meeting 6-9 April 2019, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: guided developmental loops of Henle
Loops of Henle may be V-shaped (rather than U-shaped) extensions of the developing renal tubule that head to-wards the "centroid" of the kidney. That is the conclusion that C-Hong Chang and Jamie Davies at the University of Edinburgh and Yale University reach in their study using cultured kidney rudiments. The cues for directional growth appear to be medullary in location. You read more about their study in their paper entitled "In developing mouse kidneys, orientation of loop of Henle growth is adaptive and guided by long-range cues from medullary collecting ducts" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13012
Aging Cell: food, age, exercise and health
With increasing age and obesity, the risk of morbidity and disability grow. Is there a way to reverse these risks? Marissa Schafer and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic in the US report that exercise and time-restricted feeding in mice improved physical function and metabolism respectively. You can read more about their study and findings in their paper entitled "Late-life time-restricted feeding and exercise differentially alter healthspan in obesity" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12966
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The National University of Ireland, Galway is inviting appli-cations for a Lecturer in Radiology (Anatomy). The successful candidate will contribute to the teaching mission in Anatomy and to oversee the successful MSc/PG.Dip in Multidisciplinary Radiology and further integrate medical imaging into the teaching of the Discipline of Anatomy. Closing date: 5 June 2019.
Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship in: Detecting Small Nerve Fibre Function using Conductive Microneedle Arrays at Newcastle University - Faculty of Medical Sciences - Neuroscience. The successful candidate will help to develop a novel diagnostic device for detecting damage to small nerve fibres in diabetes. The candidate will develop a microneedle based system that uses carbon-nanotube doped polymers to create an array of individually addressable sensing electrodes. Closing date: 5 June 2019.
Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor in Anatomy at the Qatar University - College of Medicine. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to, and proficiency in, teaching to medical students, and will be expected to contribute to the enhancement and development of other curricular activities. Closing date: 12 June 2019.
Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship examining Muscle physiology and its dependence on healthy microstructure at University of Surrey - Department of Mechanical Engineering Sciences. For the successful candidate, the project will consider novel ways to characterise muscles so that the physiological response is linked to their underlying structure, enabling short- and long-term effects of trauma to be simulated and better understood. Closing date: 31 July 2019.
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
Best Image Prize Deadline
31 May 2019
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0 MB. For more information click here
Items should reach the editors a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
April Table of Contents Journal of Anatomy
The electronic table of contents of the May issue of the Journal of Anatomy is available
here
Welcome to the April issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you up-dated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
IFAA World Congress August 2019
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com. The Society has increased it support under the Symington Bequest Awards and Barclay Smith awards to assist members participate (present an abstract) in the IFAA 2019 Congress. Limits for Symington Bequest funding increases to between £400-1000 while Barclay Smith funding increases up to £400.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to the following who have received Symington Bequest Awards: Professor Anthony Graham, Dr Nobue Itasaki, Dr Stuart Morton - to participate in the 19th Congress of The International Federation of Association of Anatomists (IFAA 2019), 9-11 August 2019, London; Jesse James Hennekam, Emily Hunter - to participate in the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), 21-25 July 2019, Prague, Czech Republic.
Research
Anatomy PhD Studentships 2019/20
The Anatomical Society offers up to 4 well-funded, high quality, PhD Prize Research Studentships to be held in departments undertaking research in anatomical sciences in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Funding is provided for three years to cover the stipend of the student (currently comparable to MRC funding levels), tuition fees, generous contribution towards project running costs, and a travel allowance for attendance at Anatomical Society meetings and to one international meeting. More information at www.anatsoc.org.uk. Closing date for applications is Friday 23 August 2019.
Royal Society Schemes
Three international exchange schemes for scientists based in the UK (or US for the Kan Tong Po programme) who want to stimulate collaborations with leading scientists overseas through either a one-off visit or bilateral travel. These are the Standard program, Cost Share program, and Visiting Fellowship. More information at royalsociety.org. Closing date 30 May 2019.
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Dr Joanna Matthan and to Dr Iain Keenan for reporting following participation in the Trans-European Pedagogic Anatomical Research Group (TEPARG), 2nd March 2019, Paris; Adit Magudia of the Sheffield Neuroscience Society who received Student Societies support for a National Conference, 'The Brain in Flux', 2nd March 2019; Dr Eva Sweeney, Queens University, Belfast following a departmental seminar by Professor James Pickering on 'Evidence - Informed Practice as a tool for Educational Interventions'.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: to the heart of the mass
Does the size of the heart depend on the size of the body? Edward Snelling and colleagues at universities in South Africa, Australia, Ethiopia, Canada, UK, and the US were intrigued enough to start digging into the issue. They found a biphasic relationship when heart mass was scaled against body mass, with a conspicuous 'breakpoint' around the time of birth. Details of their study and findings are outlined in their paper "Scaling of cardiac morphology is interrupted by birth in the developing sheep Ovis aries" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12990
Aging Cell: calcium, pores and the brain
The complex relationship between pore formation, calcium channels and brain function was explored by You-Jie Lai and colleagues at universities in China and the US. The extent to which involvement of estrogen receptors, and the ubiquitin-proteasome system play roles in the relationship was examined in their study "Estrogen receptor α promotes Cav1.2 ubiquitination and degradation in neuronal cells and in APP/PS1 mice". You can read more about their study and findings in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12961
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The University of York - Hull York Medical School is inviting applications for an Associate Lecturer in Anatomy. The successful candidate will contribute to the administration and delivery of core clinical and topographical human anatomy lectures, laboratories, seminars and tutorials in addition to contributing to scholarship and special interest programmes in functional morphology within the undergraduate (MBBS) programme. Closing date: 9 May 2019.
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is delighted to invite applications for the position of Lead in Anatomy for the PU-RCSI undergraduate medical programme based at Perdana University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The successful candidate will deliver the RCSI curriculum in Kuala Lumpur and liaise with RCSI Dublin on curriculum delivery, examinations and research matters, ensuring academic quality and consistency across the RCSI campuses. Further details can be found at www.rcsi.ie/careers. Closing date is the 10 May 2019.
Applications are invited for a Teaching Associate (Comparative Anatomy Demonstrator) at the University of Bristol - Centre for Applied Anatomy. The successful candidate will teach clinically relevant comparative anatomy across the Medical, Dental, Veterinary, Applied Anatomy or Functional and Clinical Anatomy programmes, and will be expected to contribute substantially by demonstrating comparative anatomy in practicals. Closing date: 12 May 2019.
Applications are invited for a Senior Lecturer in Applied Human Anatomy and Physiology at University of Lincoln - School of Health and Social Care. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching Anatomy and Physiology primarily to students in Nursing programmes but will also contribute to teaching across the university portfolio of healthcare programmes. Closing date: 12 May 2019.
Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor in Anatomy at Qatar University - College of Medicine. The successful candidate will contribute to building and enhancing an innovative College of Medicine, and should have a strong commitment to teaching, with proficiency in teaching in the relevant field for medical students. Closing date: 12 June 2019
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
Best Image Prize Deadline
31 May 2019
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0 MB. For more information click here
Items should reach the editors a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
April Table of Contents Journal of Anatomy
The electronic table of contents of the April issue of the Journal of Anatomy is available
here
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IFAA World Congress August 2019
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com. The Society has increased it support under the Symington Bequest Awards and Barclay Smith awards to assist members participate (present an abstract) in the IFAA 2019 Congress, 9-11 August 2019, ExCel Centre, London. Limits for Symington Bequest funding increases to between £400-1000 while Barclay Smith funding increases up to £400.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to Adit Maguida, President of the Sheffield Neuroscience Society, who has received a Support for Student Societies award for the 2019 National Conference, 'The Brain in Flux', March 2, 2019 at The Edge Conference Venue, University of Sheffield.
Congratulations to the following who have received Symington Bequest Awards: Dr. Thalia Syminelaki, Mr. Muhammad Awwal Musa, and Dr. Jane Holland - to participate in the 19th Congress of the International Federation of Association of Anatomists (IFAA 2019), 9-11 August 2019, London; Drs. Iain Keenan and Joanna Matthan - to participate in the Trans-European Pedagogic Anatomical Research Group (TEPARG), March 2, 2019, Paris; Dr. Tarimobo Otobo - to participate in the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), Experimental Biology 2019, 6-9 April 2019, Orlando, Florida, USA; Dr. Philip Cox - to participate in the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), 21- 25 July 2019, Prague, Czech Republic.
Research
Undergraduate Student Vacation Research Scholarships 2019
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for the 2019 Undergraduate Student Vacation Research Scholarships. Awards run for up to 10 weeks in the summer 2019. Further details and an application form (including Terms and Conditions) can be found at www.anatsoc.org.uk. Closing date for applications is midnight Thursday 28 March 2019.
European Commission's Horizon 2020
SYNTHESYS Access funding is available under the current European Commission's Horizon 2020-funded Integrating Activities funding scheme to support short research visits by scientists (users) to utilise infrastructure (collections, staff expertise, analytical facilities) at one of 21 partner institutions. There will be an annual call for applications until 2023. Access Call 1 officially opened for applications on 1st February 2019 and the deadline is 17:00 (UK time) Friday 12 April, 2019. Awarded visits must take place within 12 months of results being announced. More information at www.synthesys.info.
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Dr Sourav Bhattacharjee, University College Dublin, Ireland for submitting a report following a Society-sponsored departmental seminar at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin on 7 December 2018. The speaker was Professor D. Ceri Davies, Imperial College, London.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: the head of a ligament
The ligament of the head of the femur is regarded as critical to the vascular well-being of the head of the femur. Vivek Perumal and colleagues at the University of Otago, New Zealand were unable to find any proof for this widely held view and decided to explore the head and the ligament in a systematic way. You can read how they employed histological parameters to establish the evidence for the neurovascular and connective tissue content of the ligament in their paper "Neurovascular structures of the ligament of the head of femur" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12979
Aging Cell: insulin signaling and aging
The complex relationship between aging, brain function and insulin signaling is keeping many neuroscientists occupied. Adrain Martin-Segura and colleagues in Spain, UK, US, Qatar and Belgium noticed the role of cholesterol and began to explore the outcome (long-term depression) associated with experimental application or extraction of cholesterol. You can read more about their report of changes in membrane fluidity of brain cells during aging in their study "Age-associated cholesterol reduction triggers brain insulin resistance by facilitating ligand-independent receptor activation and pathway desensitization" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12932
Opportunities
The University of Hong Kong - School of Biomedical Sciences is inviting applications for a Lecturer. The successful candidate should have good teaching skills in gross anatomy and histology for the medical, nursing, pharmacy, and biomedical sciences programmes, and an excellent command of spoken and written English, organisational and interpersonal skills. Closing date: 31 March 2019.
Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Clinical Anatomy at the University of Hull - Faculty of Health Sciences - Hull York Medical School. The successful candidate will contribute to the innovation, development and delivery of clinical and topographical human anatomy education within undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Closing date: 4 April 2019.
Applications are invited for an Anatomy Technician at The Royal Veterinary College, University of London - Comparative Biomedical Sciences. The successful candidate will support anatomy undergraduate teaching and have responsibilities that include sourcing, storage and maintenance of teaching cadavers, supervising students during large animal handling classes, production of teaching resources and ensuring the safety and cleanliness of the Anatomy laboratories. Closing date: 10 April 2019.
Applications are invited for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Anatomical Sciences, St George's, University of London -
Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education. The successful candidate may be expected to lead the introduction of a Masters degree in Human Anatomy, and have experience with course design, assessment, small group teaching and supervising undergraduate research projects. Closing date: 12 April 2019.
Welcome to the February issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
IFAA World Congress August 2019
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com. The Society has increased it support under the Symington Bequest Awards and Barclay Smith awards to assist members participate (present an abstract) in the IFAA 2019 Congress, 9-11 August 2019, ExCel Centre, London. Limits for Symington Bequest funding increases to between £400-1000 while Barclay Smith funding increases up to £400.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to Patrick Warren who was awarded the Young Investigator Oral Presentation Prize at the 2018 Winter Meeting of the Society at York University for his talk "The morphology of the human prefemoral fat pad suggests that it aids patellar stabilisation in knee extension".
Reports
Many thanks to the following: Professor Jeremy Green and Martyn Cobourne, King's College London; and Professor Simon Parson and Dr. Paul Brown, Aberdeen University -- for submitting research project resumes; Johnny Rishi Varma for submitting a report following a Support for Student Societies award.
Research
Announcing the start of the new SYNTHESYS+project under the current European Commission's Horizon 2020-funded Integrating Activities funding scheme. SYNTHESYS Access funding is available to provide scientists (users) to undertake short visits to utilise the infrastructure (comprising the collections, staff expertise and analytical facilities) at one of the 21 partner institutions (see full list below) for the purposes of their research. There will be an annual call for applications for the next four years. Access Call 1 will officially open for applications on 1st February 2019. The Call 1 deadline will be 17:00 (UK time) Friday 12 April, 2019 and awarded visits must take place within 12 months of results being announced. More information at www.synthesys.info.
Applications open for Travel Grants (£500): Student and early career members of the Royal Society of Biology can now apply for a £500 travel grant to be used towards overseas travel in connection with biological study, teaching or research. Individuals can apply for both membership and the travel grant simultaneously. The application deadline is 1 March 2019.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: constructing real skin
There are so many good uses to which skin can be put: for example, skin grafting in burn victims. Constructing realistic skin in vitro has therefore been an important scientific goal and now Mathilde Roger and colleagues at research centers in Durham and Newcastle (UK) and in Cincinnati (USA) report the results of their efforts to create skin using inert porous scaffolds, fibroblasts and keratinocytes. The model demonstrates microanatomical features of native skin and you can read more of their study "Bioengineering the microanatomy of human skin" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12942
Aging Cell: think differently about antioxidants and aging
The naked mole-rat lives much longer than regular rats or mice with few age-related pathologies. One theory points to reactive oxygen species as one suspect (accumulation or reduced production). However, Daniel Munro and colleagues at Winnipeg and Ottawa thought differently and explored the possibility of increased consumption of reactive oxygen species as an explanation for longevity in naked mole-rats. You can read more about their finding of significantly elevated consumption of reactive oxygen species in naked mole-rats in their study "The exceptional longevity of the naked mole-rat may be explained by mitochondrial antioxidant defenses" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12916
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for a Anatomical Society PhD Studentship in the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at Kings College London. The successful candidate will work on Signalling Pathways Controlling the Generation of the Pharyngeal Arches and will be funded for 3 years. Closing date: 4 March 2019.
Applications are invited for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Forensic Anthropology (Maternity Cover) at the University of Dundee - Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver teaching in forensic anthropology, forensic art and related subjects and to supervise student projects at both undergraduate and taught MSc levels. Closing date: 10 March 2019.
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellow - Neuronal Cell Biology and Imaging at the University of Otago - Department of Anatomy. The successful candidate will work in a research group, led by Dr Laura Gumy, that combines state-of-the-art neuronal cell biology and high resolution live cell imaging to understand mechanisms of cellular trafficking within neurons. The project is funded by the Marsden Fund, Royal Society of New Zealand. Closing date: 14 March 2019.
University of Aberdeen - School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition is inviting applications for a Teaching Fellow (Anatomy) who will provide inspiring teaching for students on undergraduate courses and assist with development of new courses and programmes for undergraduate, postgraduate and professionals. Closing date: 15 March 2019.
The University of Hong Kong - School of Biomedical Sciences is inviting applications for a Lecturer. The successful candidate should have good teaching skills in gross anatomy and histology for the medical, nursing, pharmacy, and biomedical sciences programmes, and an excellent command of spoken and written English, organisational and interpersonal skills. Closing date: 31 March 2019.
The Centre for Applied Anatomy at the University of Bristol is inviting applications for two exciting opportunities - for a Teaching Associate in Comparative Anatomy and a Teaching Associate in Veterinary Anatomy. The successful candidates will be expected to teach clinically relevant comparative anatomy across the Medical, Dental, Veterinary, Applied Anatomy or Functional and Clinical Anatomy programmes. Closing date: 3 March 2019.
Welcome to the January issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to AgingCell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
IFAA World Congress August 2019
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com. The Society has increased it support under the Symington Bequest Awards and Barclay Smith awards to assist members participate (present an abstract) in the IFAA 2019 Congress, 9-11 August 2019, ExCel Centre, London. Limits for Symington Bequest funding increases to between £400-1000 while Barclay Smith funding increases up to £400.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
The 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ire-land Fellowship Awards Programme is still OPEN for appli-cations. Five awards will be made to outstanding female early-career scientists on 15th May 2019 at our ceremony, in London. Candidates can apply online at www.forwomeninscience.com by the deadline of 1st February 2019 at midday.
Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to the following who have received awards and prizes from the Society:
Best Image prize -- Jesse Hennekam for the submission "Reconstructing Gigantic Dormouse". Joint runner-up prizes went to Hannah Felstead and also to Matthew J Mason.
Student Societies award -- Jonny Rishi Varma of the Barts and The London Anatomy Society, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry towards the 2019 National Undergraduate Conference for Clinical Anatomy co-hosted with King's College Medical School (NUCCA) on 19th January 2019;
Symington Bequest awards -- Dr Sourav Bhattacharjee and Associate Professor Susan Chapman to participate in the 19th Congress of The International Federation of Association of Anatomists (IFAA 2019), 9-11 August 2019, London; Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid - Symington Bequest funding, participated in the British Association of Clinical Anatomists Meeting, 12-13 December 2018, Northumbria University, UK. Many thanks to Dr. Meguid for submitting a report from the meeting.
Barclay Smith award -- Ms Zarah Waheed participated in the Anatomical society Winter Meeting, York University, 17-19 December 2018.
Events
Dame Sue Black, Professor and Forensic Anthropologist will be presenting "Identity, anatomy and the forensic conundrum" which will examine how our life's history can be written into our anatomy and how the forensic anthropologist must learn the language of the biological code to uncover the clues and ultimately reunite us with our often mysterious identities. Date: The Royal Institution, Friday 22 February 2019 at 7:20pm.
The Society has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding with the Institute of Anatomical Sciences (IAS) and the British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA). The MoU is available on the Society website: anatsoc.org.uk.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: pain in the back
Back pain can be a real pain in the back but how erector spine muscle activity is re-organized in people with back pain is the subject of a study by Andy Sanderson and colleagues at the University of Birmingham, UK. Their report that the extent of redistribution of erector spinal muscle activity is associated with longer endurance makes for fascinating reading. You can read more about their study "Variation in the spatial distribution of erector spinae activity during a lumbar endurance task in people with low back pain" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.12935
Aging Cell: improved survival and health with high-fat diet
High-fat diet may be losing its bad reputation. Last issue, doubled lifespan with high-fat diet was the highlighted report in Aging Cell. In this issue, the trend is extended with a report by Biao Zhu and colleagues at universities in China and the US that describes improved survival and health in mice on a high-fat diet following long-term intervention with a commonly prescribed drug for type 2 diabetes. You can read more about their study in their paper "Alogliptin improves survival and health of mice on a high-fat diet" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.12883
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Basic Medical Science (Anatomy) at the Institute of Health Sciences Education -
Queen Mary University of London, Malta. The successful candidate will be based in Gozo, Malta and be involved in teaching and development of high quality education and assessment in clinically relevant anatomy and basic sciences to medical students at the Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry in Gozo, Malta. Closing date: 31 January 2019.
The University of Surrey -School of Veterinary Medicine is inviting applications for a Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Anatomy. The successful candidate will be required to deliver veterinary anatomy teaching at undergraduate level and adopt innovative teaching approaches which engage and inspire students. Closing date: 11 February 2019.
Applications are invited for a 3-year Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) Fellowship at the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics - University of Oxford. The successful candidate will undertake a DPhil on a project entitled pH and Ion Transport in Pancreatic Cancer at the University of Oxford while employed by the University on the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network. Closing date: 22 February 2019.
Applications are invited for a Anatomical Society PhD Stu-dentship in the Centre for Developmental Neurobiology at Kings College London. The successful candidate will work on Signalling Pathways Controlling the Generation of the Pharyngeal Arches and will be funded for 3 years. Closing date: 4 March 2019
Welcome to the December issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
IFAA World Congress August 2019
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Prizes and Awards
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Professor Albert Basson for his report following Society-sponsored (Symington Bequest award) participation at Neuroscience 2018, 3-7 November 2018, San Diego, California, USA.
Research Studentships 2019
Congratulations to the awardees of the Society's four new research studentships starting October 2019: Lead Supervisor: Professor Anthony Graham & Dr Esther Bell, King's College, London; Professor Jeremy Green & Professor Martyn Cobourne, King's College, London; Professor Simon Parson & Dr Paul Brown, Aberdeen University & Aberdeen Royal Infirmary; Dr Susannah Thorpe & Professor William Sellers, Birmingham University & Manchester University.
L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship Awards
The 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ire-land Fellowship Awards Programme is now OPEN for
applications. Five awards will be made to outstanding female early career scientists on 15th May 2019 at our ceremony, in London. The fellowship awards which consist of a bursary of £15,000 (equivalent € for candidates in Ireland) are open to female early career researchers working in the field of life and physical sciences, engineering, mathematics and computer sciences. The fellowships have been designed to provide flexible and practical financial support to ensure these women further their research and careers. With the flexible grant, winners may choose to spend their fellowship on buying scientific equipment, paying for childcare, travel costs or indeed whatever they need to continue their research. In addition to financial support, each year past and present fellows receive training and networking opportunities supported by L'Oréal. Candidates can apply online at www.forwomeninscience.com by the deadline of 1st February 2019 at midday.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: packaged release of melatonin in saliva
The association between melatonin and circadian rhyth has been widely researched. However, the "why and how" of the relationship between melatonin and its presence in the salivary gland was the focus of a study by Michela Isola and colleagues at the University of Cagliari, Italy. They report electron microscopic evidence of presence and isoprenaline stimulated release of melatonin within granules in the rat parotid gland. You can read more in their paper entitled "Melatonin release by exocytosis in the rat parotid gland" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12921/full
Aging Cell: doubled lifespan with high-fat diet
Although high fat in diet is associated with morbidity, Progeria syndrome presents a particular challenge: progeria mice die early. However, Ray Kreienkamp and colleagues at St Louis University and Washington University Schools of Medicine in Missouri, USA have pushed the boundaries of our understanding by showing extended lifespan following a high-fat diet in progeria mice. You can read more about their study in their paper "Doubled lifespan and patient-like pathologies in progeria mice fed high-fat diet" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12852/full.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for a Clinical Anatomy Education Fellow to join the University of Liverpool - School of Medicine. The successful candidate will be required to undertake teaching of medical students within the Human Anatomy Resource Centre, and contribute to core School activities such as helping with admissions, assessment and student support. Closing date: 2 January 2019.
Applications are invited for the post of Assistant Prosector - TG1131AS at the University of St. Andrews - School of Medicine. The successful candidate will predominantly be involved in the preparation, cataloguing and maintenance of anatomical specimens in accordance with the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006. Closing date: 2 January 2019.
Applications are invited for a Demonstrator Grade 6 at the University of Liverpool - Faculty of Health & Life Sciences (HLS) to play a key role in the teaching of human cadaveric anatomy across a range of degree programmes, including medicine, dentistry and health sciences. Applicants should be conversant with Human Tissues Authority (HTA) regulatory processes, as well as teaching quality assurance strategies. Closing date: 3 January 2019.
Welcome to the November issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
IFAA World Congress August 2019
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The winter meeting of the Society will be held in the Exhibition Centre (next to Central Hall), York University from 17-19 December 2018. The theme of the meeting is Anatomies in the Virtual Realm. Registration closes 1 December 2018. #anatsocwinter18.
The Annual General Meeting of the Anatomical Society will be held at 12:00 - 1.30pm on Tuesday 18 December 2018 in the Exhibition Centre, Lecture Theatre PX001, York University, Heslington West Campus, Heslington, York.
Remember to return your ballot forms for two Society Councillors for three year terms on the society council that begin Tuesday 18 December 2018. Deadline for return of completed ballot forms is 5.00pm on Tuesday 11 December 2018.
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Prizes and Awards
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following for their reports upon completion of an Undergraduate Student Summer Vacation Research Scholarship Award: Oscar Romilly and Professor Kieran McDermott, University of Limerick; Subashan Vadibeler and Dr. Jennifer Paxton, University of Edinburgh; Maclyn Augustine and Dr. Stuart Morton, University of Southampton; Mohammad Mahmood and Dr. Clemens Kiecker, King's College, London; Nishaal Ajmera and Dr. Gavin Clowry, University of Newcastle; Daniel Oluboyede and Dr. Cecilia Brassett, University of Cambridge; and also to the following after Society sponsored participation at meetings: Alessandro Felder (Symington Bequest award) - Mini-Symposium Computational Mechanobiology of Bone and Cartilage 2018 (part of the World Congress in Computational Mechanics), 22-27 July 2018, New York, USA.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: thyroid hormones and cartilage
The behavior of cartilage is fundamental in driving diversity in shape. To explore this role, Christopher Rose and Jennifer Cahill at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. examined the influence of thyroid hormones T3 and T4 using inhibitors to isolate and deconstruct effects on dimensions of the Xenopus frog. They found that T4 has almost the same capacity to induce metamorphic shape changes as T3. You can read more about their study "How thyroid hormones and their inhibitors affect cartilage growth and shape in the frog Xenopus laevis" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12897/full
Aging Cell: bystander senescence in muscle fibers
It is already known that aging cells induce senescence in nearby cells (see September 2018 newsletter). However, Paulo da Silva and colleagues at Newcastle and Durham Universities in the UK decided to examine the effect in muscle and skin in immunocompromised mice, and found that senescent cell transplantation induced senescence in muscle but without significant fiber thinning. You can read their paper "The bystander effect contributes to the accumulation of senescent cells in vivo" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12848/full
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Physiology within the Biomedical Sciences Section, UCD School of Medicine. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver teaching in Physiology to students in Medicine and other programs, and maintain a competitive, externally funded research program. Closing date: 28 November 2018.
Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Anatomy at University of Glasgow - School of Life Sciences to deliver a range of teaching, course support and assessment activities for undergraduate degree programmes in the School of Life Sciences including multi-level courses in Anatomy. Closing date: 3 December 2018.
University of Birmingham - College of Medical & Dental Sciences (MDS) - Institute of Clinical Sciences is inviting applications for a Lecturer in Anatomy who wish to pursue a research led career in embryology, neuroanatomy, pathology, histology or human morphology. Candidates will be expected to conduct research in an area of their choosing. Closing date: 5 December 2018.
University of Lincoln - Lincoln Medical School - Universities of Nottingham and Lincoln is inviting applications for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Anatomy to help establish the teaching environment in the new medical school before the first group of 95 medical students begin their studies at the Brayford Pool campus in September 2019. Closing date: 19 December 2018.
Applications are invited for a Clinical Anatomy Education Fellow to join the University of Liverpool - School of Medicine. The successful candidate will be required to undertake teaching of medical students within the Human Anatomy Resource Centre, and contribute to core School activities such as helping with admissions, assessment and student support. Closing date: 2 January 2019.
Welcome to the October issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
IFAA World Congress August 2019
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0 MB.
Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to Ms Gabby Alexander-Harvey and Ms Aparnaa Velayudhan at Brighton and Sussex Medical School Medical Art Society who have received an AS Award for Student Societies for the event '2018 Medical Design & Illustration Conference and Workshops' on Saturday 6th October 2018; Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid who has received a Symington Bequest Award to participate in the American Association of Clinical Anatomists 2018 Meeting, 11-15 June 2019, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; Dr Vasanta Subramanian who has received a Symington Bequest Award to participate in the XLII All India Cell Biology Conference and 2nd International Conference on Trends in Cell and Molecular Biology, 21-23 December 2018, Goa, India.
People
New Fellow of the Year
Congratulations to Professor Zoltan Molnar, Professor of Developmental Neurobiology at University of Oxford who is the Society's New Fellow of the Year.
Departmental Seminar Grant Awards
Congratulations to the following who have received seminar grant awards: Dr Sourav Bhattacharjee, University College Dublin, Ireland; Dr Scott Border, University of Southampton; Dr Eva Sweeney, Queens University, Belfast.
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following for their reports upon completion of an Undergraduate Student Summer Vacation Research Scholarship Award: Dr Lemonia Chatzeli and Miss Zara Waheed, University of Cambridge; Dr Wendy Birch and Miss Sophie Gray, University College London; Mrs Barbara Webb and Ms Kirsten Raphael, King's College, London; and also to the following after Society-sponsored participation at meetings: Dr Ruth Levy - European Society for Artificial Organs - XLV ESAO 2018 - New Organs for Life, 12-15 September 2018, Madrid, Spain; Ms Lucy Smith - EMBO EMBL Symposia: Organoids 2018, 10-13 September 2018, Heidelberg, Germany.
Research
Society Studentships 2018
Congratulations to the following graduate students who started their research on October 1st supported by Society studentships: Alexander Campbell (supervised by Dr Clare Baker, University of Cambridge); Josépha Godivier (supervised by Drs. Niamh Nowlan & Chrissy Hammond, Imperial College, London); Lucinda Evans (supervised by Professors Andrew Pitsillides & Peter Lee, Royal Veterinary College London and University of Manchester); Adam Moverley (supervised by Professor Claudio Stern, University College London).
Royal Society Grants
Short Industry Fellowships for three to six months full-time or up to 12 months part-time for collaborative projects between industry and academia. Applications with early-stage companies, and projects that seed longer-term collaborations between academia and industry are encouraged. Closing date: 1 November 2018.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: estrogen and bone quality
The interplay between bone formation, resorption and hormonal regulation is always fascinating. Márcio Luis A. Moura and colleagues at Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil have added to our understanding by exploring estrogen therapy with technical vibration in osteopenic female mice. Their account of the outcomes in collagen maturity, and bone cortical thickness is described in their paper entitled "Estrogen therapy associated with mechanical vibration improves bone microarchitecture and density in osteopenic female mice" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12893/full
Aging Cell: making fibroblasts breathe again
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease does bad things to fibroblasts: proliferation stops and mitochondria are dysfunctional. However, Benjamin Even and colleagues at the Université Paris Est, Créteil, France were able to increase gene and protein expression level of heme oxygenase HO-1 in fibroblasts and rescue mitochondria dysfunction by restoring mitophagy. You can read more about the study "Heme oxygenase-1 induction attenuates senescence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease lung fibroblasts by protecting against mitochondria dysfunction" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12837/full
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details on the Anatomical Society website.
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for 10 full-time Medical Demonstrators at University of St Andrews - School of Medicine who will gain wide experience in the teaching and assessment of regional anatomy, clinical skills and case-based tutorials to medical students. Closing date: 31 October 2018.
Northumbria University - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences is inviting applications for a Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Human Anatomy and Physiology who will provide expertise in the areas of Anatomy and Physiology, including teaching of first year medical students on the Keith B. Taylor Global Scholars Programme, a joint venture between Northumbria University and St George's University Medical School in Grenada. Closing date: 7 November 2018.
Queens University Belfast - School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences is inviting applications for a Teaching Associate (Anatomical Sciences) to teach the Anatomical Sciences (anatomy, histology, embryology) to undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences; and to contribute to related administrative and outreach activity. Closing date: 14 November 2018.
Applications are invited for a Senior Lecturer (Anatomy and Developmental Biology) to join the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology at Monash University, Australia. The successful candidate will be expected to make significant contributions to the teaching efforts of the Centre of Human Anatomy Education in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, and play a major role in establishing and supervising the Centre for Human Anatomy Education body donation program. Closing date: 27 November 2018.
Welcome to the September issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
AAA Webinar
The American Association of Anatomists is offering its first open access webinar titled "Integrate Interactive, 3D Tools in Human Anatomy Courses and Curriculum" on October 18, 2018 from 2:00-3:00pm Eastern Time US (which is 7:00-8:00pm UK Time). Register at https://www.anatomy.org/integrate-interactive.html
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com.
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Royal Institution
The following events will be held at the Royal Institution in October: Gene machine, October 18 from 7.00pm - 8.30pm; Innate: How the wiring of our brains shapes who we are, October 25 from 7.00pm - 8.30pm. More information at rigb.org
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Dr Melissa Andrews for her report following Society sponsored participation at the Festival called the New Forest and Hampshire County Show, 26th July 2018 where anatomical models were demonstrated; Adam Ismail, Orla McCorry, for their reports following completion of a Society supported Undergraduate Student Summer Vacation Research project; Dr Jennifer Paxton following Symington Bequest funded participation in the World Congress of Biomechanics, 8-12 July 2018, Dublin, Ireland (Dr Jeremy Mortimer participated in place of Dr Jennifer Paxton); Dr Gabrielle Finn following Symington Bequest funded participation in the AMEE, 25-29 August 2018, Basle, Switzerland; Matthew Harvey, Hannah Tjandra and Yarrow Scantling-Birch following Barclay Smith Travelling funded participation in the Anatomical Society Summer Meeting, Oxford, 23-25 July, 2018.
Prizes and Awards
Congratulations to Dr Claire Smith, Head of Anatomy at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, who has received a National Teaching Fellowship as part of the Higher Education Academy 2018 Teaching Excellence Awards.
Research
Society Studentships 2018
Congratulations to the following graduate students who will be starting their research October 1st supported by Society studentships: Alexander Campbell (supervised by Dr Clare Baker, University of Cambridge); Josépha Godivier (supervised by Drs. Niamh Nowlan & Chrissy Hammond, Imperial College, London); Lucinda Evans (supervised by Professors Andrew Pitsillides & Peter Lee, Royal Veterinary College London and University of Manchester); Adam Moverley (supervised by Professor Claudio Stern, University College London).
Royal Society Grants
Industry Fellowships up to two years full-time or four years part-time to enhance knowledge transfer in science and technology between industry and academia in the UK, by funding researchers to move between the two. The scheme covers the basic salary of the Industry Fellow and a contribution towards research costs. Closing date: 10 October 2018.
Short Industry Fellowships for three to six months full-time or up to 12 months part-time for collaborative projects between industry and academia. Applications with early stage companies, and projects that seed longer term collaborations between academia and industry are encouraged. Closing date: 1 November 2018.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: body mass variability in dogs
It is always rewarding to confirm connectivity between seemingly unconnected but established facts in a different domain. Russell Hogg and colleagues at Florida Gulf Coast University and New York University report a fascinating exploration of the hypothalamic biorhythm and body mass in dogs using canine teeth. Their account is presented in a paper entitled "Histology of dental long-period biorhythms in Canis familiaris" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12876/full
Aging Cell: grow old or contract
'Bystander senescence' happens when cells hang around a senescent cell. Since the idea of getting old just by standing too close may be a bit worrying, Neetu Razdan and colleagues at the New Jersey Medical School decided to search for mechanisms and instead found that one mechanism - telomere dysfunction - is necessary for human fibroblasts to become myofibroblasts. How one convinces a fibroblast to become a myofibroblast rather than getting old is perhaps a new story but you can read more about the study "Telomere dysfunction promotes transdifferentiation of human fibroblasts into myofibro-blasts" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12838/full
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
University of Sunderland - Health Sciences & Wellbeing - School of Medicine is inviting applications for a Professor of Anatomy who will contribute to the development and implementation of the educational strategy for anatomy learning and assuring quality of anatomy provision. The successful candidate will lead the development of an integrated and coherent curriculum through development, delivery and evaluation of the anatomical component of the undergraduate and postgraduate medical programme. Closing date: 7 October 2018.
University of Liverpool - Human Anatomy Resource Centre is inviting applications for a Lecturer in Anatomy who will play a key role in the teaching of human cadaveric anatomy across a range of degree programmes and in the advancing of anatomical scholarship. Relevant experience of module organisation and having taught anatomy by dissection are essential. Closing date: 18 October 2018.
Applications are invited for 10 full-time Medical Demonstrators at University of St Andrews - School of Medicine who will gain wide experience in the teaching and assessment of regional anatomy, clinical skills and case-based tutorials to medical students. Closing date: 31 October 2018.
Applications are invited for a Discipline Manager/Professor of Histology and Cell Biology to join St. George's International School of Medicine at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery, assessment and maintenance of the Histology and Cell Biology component of the St George's University Medical degree at the Keith B Taylor Global Scholars Programme at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Closing date: 7 November 2018.
Welcome to the August issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Departmental Seminar Awards Deadline
The Anatomical Society is seeking applications for its 2018/19 Departmental Seminar Awards. The deadline for receipt of applications is 6th September 2018 for consideration by the Society's 20th September 2018 Prizes and Awards Committee and Council. An application form may be downloaded by clicking on the link below:
https://www.anatsoc.org.uk/funding-and-awards/about-funding-awards/awards-and-prizes-matrix
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com.
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
People
Awardee Report
Many thanks to the following for their reports following society- supported attendance at meetings: Dr Andrea Pollard following participation in the 45th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress, 25-29th May 2018, Valencia, Spain; Ms Claire Fitton following participation in the Anatomical Society Summer Meeting, Oxford, 23-25th July, 2018; Ms Nija Nikolova following participation in the Anatomical Society Summer Meeting, Oxford, 23-25th July, 2018; Mr Matthew Myers following participation in the Anatomical Society Summer Meeting, Oxford, 23-25th July, 2018.
Prizes and Awards
The Barclay Smith Travelling Fund Award Recipients 2017-18 (Round 5)
Congratulations to the following who have received Barclay Smith Travelling Fund Awards:
Claire Fitton, Matthew Harvey, Matthew Myers, and Ivy Usansky to participate in the Anatomical Society Summer Meeting, Oxford, 23-25th July, 2018.
Symington Bequest Fund Award Recipients 2017/18
(Round 5)
Dr Albert Basson to participate in the Neuroscience 2018, 3-7th November 2018, San Diego, California, USA; Dr Gabrielle Finn to participate in the AMEE 2018, 25-29th August 2018, Basle, Switzerland; Dr Ruth Levey to participate in the European Society for Artificial Organs - XLV ESAO 2018 - New Organs for Life, 12-15th September 2018, Madrid, Spain.
Cave Young Investigator Award (Joint Best Poster Award) Summer 2018
Congratulations to Rebecca Hanlon-Shepherd (Lancaster Medical School) and Alannah Mole (University of Edinburgh) who received the Cave Young Investigator Award at the Summer meeting of the Society at Oxford in July 2018. Rebecca's poster was entitled 'Old bones, new tricks? An anatomical role for adipocytes in human bone formation' while Alannah's poster was titled 'Developing an ex vivo model of peripheral nerve injury in a range of muscles from mice to investigate the factors that regulate the rate of Wallerian Degeneration'.
Best Image Award May 2018
Congratulations to Professor Evelyne Sernagor and Dr Gerrit Hilgen at Newcastle University who have been awarded the Best Image Award May 2018 for their submission "Retina Alpha". The runner-up award went to Dr Francesca Pieropan and Dr Andrea D Rivera at University of Portsmouth for their submission 'The Arbor Vitae of the murine cerebellum'. Both images appear in the current poster advertising the next image award competition in October 2018.
Public Engagement and Outreach Grants
Congratulations to the following inaugural awardees of the Society's Public Engagement and Outreach Grants: Dr Melissa Andrews to purchase Anatomical Models for use at the New Forest and Hampshire County Show, 26th July 2018; and Dr Zubeyde Bayram-Weston for Anatomy Snap: the development of an Anatomy Centered Game for use at Festivals and Other Events.
Research
Research Studentship 2017/18
Congratulations to Josepha Godivier who has been recruited as a PhD student to join the project 'How do bones acquire their shapes? Establishing a paradigm for the biology and mechanobiology of morphogenesis of synovial joints'. Josepha will be supervised by Dr Niamh Nowlan of Imperial College, London, and Dr Chrissy Hammond of University of Bristol.
PhD students can engage with policy
Will Ingram, Gemma Delafield and Elena Dimitriou have written an interesting piece on how PhD students can engage with policy. They summarize their 7 take home messages from a science-policy workshop held at the University of Exeter. Read more at http://blogs.royalsociety.org/in-verba/2018/08/03/how-can-phd-students-engage-with-policy/.
Royal Society Grants
Challenge-led Grants for international research consortia: Challenge-led grants provide funding to support research consortia involving groups in the UK and developing countries to address global challenges. The awards provide up to £500,000 and 2.5 years of support. Closing date: 11 September 2018.
Newton Advanced Fellowships: China applications - Established international researchers in China are invited to apply for the Newton Advanced Fellowship. This scheme provides funding to develop research capabilities through training, collaboration and reciprocal visits with a UK partner. Closing date: 5 September 2018
University Research Fellowships: These fellowships provide an opportunity to build an independent research career. Those appointed are expected to be strong candidates for posts in universities at the end of their fellowships. Newly appointed University Research Fellows will receive additional funding from October 2019 to March 2021 due to the Government's Talent Fund.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/funding-and-awards/grants-and-prizes/support-for-student-societies
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: T. rex speed and bite
Almost everyone has heard of the dinosaur T. rex but not everyone realizes the disparity in reported data for bite force for this big guy. In order to get to the bottom of this issue, Karl Bates and Peter Falkingham at University of Liverpool examined published data for estimates of muscle fibre lengths and architecture in T. rex models and present their findings in a paper entitled "The importance of muscle architecture in biomechanical reconstructions of extinct animals: a case study using Tyrannosaurus rex" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy that you can read at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12874/full
Aging Cell: when stem cells become exhausted
'We are exhausted' is apparently a phrase that spells bad news if it is uttered by stem cells. Jessica Vilas and colleagues at laboratories in Spain examined the role of adult Sox2+ stem cell depletion and have reported findings that support the relationship between stem cell exhaustion and cellular senescence with aging. You can read more about their study "Adult Sox2+ stem cell exhaustion in mice results in cellular senescence and prem-ature aging" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12834/full
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for a Senior Technical Officer at the UCD School of Medicine in Dublin, Ireland. The successful candidate will provide technical, administrative, managerial and training support to the laboratories used in the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including the research programmes of the UCD School of Medicine. Closing date: 30 August 2018.
Edge Hill University Medical School is inviting applications for 3 Senior Lecturers Medical Education to contribute to teaching, learning and student support on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, along with current research which aligns to research themes of the Faculty or a clinical profile in relevant areas. Closing date: 10 September 2018
Applications are invited for a motivated Postdoctoral Research Scientist to join the research group of Professor Ana Domingos at the University of Oxford - Department of
Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics. The Domingos group works in the field of Metabolic Neuroimmunity specifically aiming to understand how immune cells resident in the sympathetic nervous system influence metabolism and adiposity. The successful candidate will be using single cell sequencing and bioinformatics to analyse SNS tissues isolated from rodents, and eventually humans as well. Closing date: 12 September 2018
University of Oxford - Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Neuroimmunology of Parkinson's disease. The successful candidate will hold an Oxford Celgene Fellowship to work on a collaborative research project between the Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) and Celgene to investigate T cell reactivity to alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease. Closing date: 14 September 2018.
University of Oxford - Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics is inviting applications for an Associate Professor of Neuroscience to secure significant external funding and to conduct and manage research projects, through to publication in scholarly journals. The successful candidate will also contribute to teaching to preclinical students (1st BM and FHS Medical Sciences), non-medical students (FHS course in Biomedical Sciences - Neuroscience), and postgraduate students (MSc Neuroscience). Closing date: 28 September 2018
Welcome to the July issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you up-dated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2018/19
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2019. The closing date for applications is Friday 24th August 2018. Information and conditions at anatsoc.org.uk.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com.
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
The deadline date for applications for the 2018-19 Anatomy Training Programme is August 1, 2018 (programme commencing 1st September 2018). Members of the Anatomical society may be eligible to apply for a bursary. Full details at www.anatsoc.org.uk.
People
Awardee Report
Many thanks to Dr Frank Schubert for his report following society-supported participation in the British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB) Annual Spring Meeting, 15-18 April 2018, University of Warwick, Warwick (Symington Bequest Fund). Full details at www.anatsoc.org.uk.
Prizes and Awards
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2017
Congratulations to Joachim C. Manning and colleagues who have been awarded the Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2017 for their paper "Network analysis of adhesion/growth-regulatory galectins and their binding sites in adult chicken retina and choroid" published in July 2017. The runner-up prize was awarded jointly to Guillaume Le Sant and colleagues, and Alison K. Thomson and colleagues.
Aging Cell Best Paper Prize 2017
Congratulations to Kristen M. Stearns-Reider and colleagues who have been awarded the Aging Cell Best Paper Prize 2017 for their paper "Aging of the skeletal muscle extracellular matrix drives a stem cell fibrogenic conversion" published in June 2017. The runner-up prize was awarded jointly to Rafael R. Flores and colleagues, and Zhonghe Ke and colleagues.
Research
Royal Society Fellowships
University Research Fellowships (2019) for outstanding scientists who are in the early stages of their research career and have the potential to become leaders in their field is now open. These Fellowships provide the opportunity to build an independent research career and those appointed are expected to be strong candidates for permanent posts in universities at the end of their fellowships.
Wolfson Fellowships now open: This scheme provides long term flexible funding for senior career researchers recruited or retained to a UK university or research institution in fields identified as a strategic priority for the host department or organisation.
Book Reviews
The Silent Teacher
The Silent Teacher; The Gift of Body Donation" written by Dr. Claire Smith, is an instantly readable book that is engaging, informative, educational, emotive and touching. It is an easily accessible read which truly explains the day-to-day running of an anatomy unit. It provides the reader with a clear explanation of all the issues around body donation, and the procedures in place when using a cadaver for teaching, and why body donation is such a special gift. It is not technically detailed or heavy on anatomical facts, which ensures that a wide audience will instantly be able to associate with the book. It is personal and professional at the same time, yet enables the reader an insight into an area of a university so seldom talked about in the public. This book is suited for anyone with an interest in anatomy, the human body and body donation and is such an accessible read from start to finish. - Dr Paul M. Rea, Senior Lecturer and Licensed Teacher of Anatomy, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ.
Graduate Centre
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: mingling macrophages
We expect to see microglia in the central nervous system. However, finding similar macrophage like cells among enteric ganglia was not something that David Dora and colleagues at universities in Hungary, the UK and the US expected. So they explored. They report evidence sup-porting a hematopoietic (rather than neural crest) origin for these cells in their paper "Intraganglionic macrophages: a new population of cells in the enteric ganglia" in the issue of the Journal of Anatomy that you can read at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12863/full
Aging Cell: reducing oxidative stress in Down syndrome
Oxidative stress, Down syndrome and early senescence are involved in a complicated relationship. Emiliano Zamponi and colleagues at universities in Argentina and the US explored the role of Nrf2-mediated antioxidant response in this relationship and report preservation of cellular functionality in Down syndrome cells following activation of the Nrf2 pathway. You can read more in their paper entitled "Nrf2 stabilization prevents critical oxidative damage in Down syndrome cells" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12812/full
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for a Teaching Fellow in Anatomy at Keele University - Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences. The successful candidate will help to deliver anatomy and related teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students within the School, the wider University and to out-side customers. Closing date: 1 August 2018
University College London Division of Biosciences - Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology is inviting applications for a Lecturer in Human Anatomy to contribute, as part of a team, to the provision and future development of human topographical anatomy teaching (whole body) to medical and science students across a range of programmes. Closing date: 5 August 2018
Edge Hill University Medical School is inviting applications for 3 Senior Lecturers Medical Education to contribute to teaching, learning and student support on both under-graduate and postgraduate programmes, along with cur-rent research which aligns to research themes of the Faculty or a clinical profile in relevant areas. Closing date: 5 August 2018
University of Oxford - Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics is inviting applications for an Associate Professor of Neuroscience to secure significant external funding and to conduct and manage research projects, through to publication in scholarly journals. The successful candidate will also contribute to teaching to preclinical students (1st BM and FHS Medical Sciences), non-medical students (FHS course in Biomedical Sciences - Neuroscience), and postgraduate students (MSc Neuroscience). Closing date: 28 September 2018
Welcome to the June issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month.You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2018/19
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2019. The closing date for applications is Friday 24th August 2018. Information and conditions at anatsoc.org.uk.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next world congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the ExCel Conference Centre, London from August 9-11, 2019. More information is available at www.ifaa2019.com.
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
The Council of the Anatomical Society is pleased to announce the launch of a grant to support the public engagement and outreach activities of members of the Society in the field of Anatomy. Applications are welcome for the 2017/18 Round 5 deadline 8th July 2018. Further details can be found: www.anatsoc.org.uk/funding-and-awards/grants-and-prizes/public-engagement-and-outreach-grants.
The deadline date for applications for the 2018-19 Anatomy Training Programme is August 1, 2018 (programme commencing 1st September 2018). Members of the Anatomical society may be eligible to apply for a bursary. Full details at www.anatsoc.org.uk.
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following for their reports following society-supported attendance at meetings: Dr Lyndsay Murray following participation in Experimental Biology 2018, 21-25 April 2018, San Diego, USA (Symington Bequest Fund); Professor Stephen McHanwell following participation in the Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Anatomy, 25-26 May 2018, Braga, Portugal (Symington Bequest Fund); Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid for organizing a Society-sponsored departmental seminar (Departmental Seminar Award); Professor Raj Ettarh for organi-zing a Society-sponsored departmental seminar (Departmental Seminar Award). Full details at www.anatsoc.org.uk.
Obituary: Michael Herbert Day (1927-2018)
Michael Day's recent death closes a chapter in a sequence of UK anatomists who played leading roles in interpreting the fossil evidence for human evolution. Day's anatomical career began at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, he moved to the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, and in 1972 he was appoin-ted Professor of Anatomy at St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School. In the early 1960s Day's mentor, John Napier, recruited him to help interpret the postcranial remains of Homo habilis from Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. Thus began a long and productive association between Day and Mary Leakey, which led him to describe and analyze many of the hominin fossils she was recovering from Olduvai. Day's interest in the foot led Leakey to invite him to help her interpret the 3.6 Ma years-old hominin footprint trails from Laetoli. Day's 1980 analysis of the trails is a seminal contribution. In the 1970s Day helped describe a larger and even richer trove of hominin fossils that Richard Leakey and his team were recovering from what was then called East Rudolf in Northern Kenya. Day will be known to many as the author of "A Guide to Fossil Man" that he wrote in 1965, relatively early in his career, which ran to four editions.
by Professor Bernard Wood, George Washington University, Washington DC.
Prizes and Awards
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2017
Congratulations to Joachim C. Manning and colleagues who have been awarded the Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2017 for their paper "Network analysis of adhesion/growth-regulatory galectins and their binding sites in adult chicken retina and choroid" published in July 2017. The runner-up prize was awarded jointly to Guillaume Le Sant and colleagues, and Alison K. Thomson and colleagues.
Aging Cell Best Paper Prize 2017
Congratulations to Kristen M. Stearns-Reider and colleagues who have been awarded the Aging Cell Best Paper Prize 2017 for their paper "Aging of the skeletal muscle extracellular matrix drives a stem cell fibrogenic conversion" published in June 2017. The runner-up prize was awarded jointly to Rafael R. Flores and colleagues, and Zhonghe Ke and colleagues.
Research
Royal Society Fellowships
University Research Fellowships (2019) for outstanding scientists who are in the early stages of their research career and have the potential to become leaders in their field will open July 17, 2018. These Fellowships provide the opportunity to build an independent research career and those appointed are expected to be strong candidates for permanent posts in universities at the end of their fellowships.
Wolfson Fellowships now open: This scheme provides long-term flexible funding for senior career researchers recruited or retained to a UK university or research institution in fields identified as a strategic priority for the host department or organisation.
Book Reviews
Members are invited to volunteer to review a book for Anastomosis titled "The Silent Teacher; The Gift of Body Donation" written by Dr. Claire Smith, Head of Anatomy at Brighton & Sussex Medical School. Due for release at the end of June 2018, the book is available as print or e-version. One volunteer will be selected on a first-come-first-chosen basis.
Members are also invited to review another book for the Journal of Anatomy titled "Anatomy in Your Pocket" by Anne M. Gilroy. Volunteers should send an email to the newsletter editor (ettarhr@calmedu.org) indicating their interest and the book title they wish to review; please include the physical address to which the book should be sent or the email address to which an e-version should be sent. The review will be due 4 weeks after the book is received by the reviewer.
Graduate Centre
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: did Neanderthals have better eyesight?
Sight is assumed when eyes are present in mammals. Antonio Garcia-Tabernero and colleagues at Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, and Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain examined the excellently preserved endocranial surface of the El Sidrón new occipital fragment SD-2300 to compare the occipital pole region between neandertals and anatomically modern humans. They suggest that the significantly larger primary visual cortex in Homo neanderthalensis compared to Homo sapiens may indicate greater visual acuity in neandertals. You can read more about their study "Primary visual cortex in neandertals as revealed from the occipital remains from the El Sidrón site, with emphasis on the new SD-2300 specimen" in the July issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12812/full
Aging Cell: bone marrow microRNA in osteoporosis
The relationship between bone formation/resorption and regulatory mechanisms in the bone marrow was explored by Rongyao Xu and colleagues at Nanjing Medical University, China. Using gain-of-function and knockdown approaches, they identified microRNA in bone marrow stroll cells as a key modulator of osteoblastic and osteoclastic differentiation, and a potential target for treatment of osteoporosis. You can read more about their study "MicroRNA-31a-5p from aging BMSCs links bone formation and resorption in the aged bone marrow microenvironment" in the early viewissue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12812/full
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The Royal Veterinary College, University of London is inviting applications for an Anatomy Demonstrator to contribute to the integrated, systems-based curriculum of the first and second year BVetMed programme, the Accelerated year for graduates, the pre-BVetMed Gateway year, and the BSc Biosciences and Bioveterinary Sciences courses.
Closing date: 2 July2018
Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Glasgow - School of Life Sciences. The successful candidate will undertake learning, teaching and scholarship and associated administration as requested by the Head of School of Life Sciences or their delegate in order to contribute to School and College objectives.
Closing date: 2 July2018
Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education at St George's, University of London (SGUL) is inviting applications for an Anatomy Prosector to take the lead role for the provision, preparation, management, and maintenance of dissected cadavers and dissected specimens to be used in anatomy teaching for a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Dissecting Room at SGUL.
Closing date: 21 July2018
Welcome to the May issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the Docklands, London from August 9-11, 2019.
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
People
The Symington Bequest Award 2017-18 (Round 4)
Congratulations to the following who have received Symington Bequest Awards: Professor Kieran McDermott - to participate in the 22nd Biennial Meeting of the International Society of Developmental Neuroscience, 22-25 May 2018, Nara, Japan; Dr Andrea Pollard - to participate in the 45th European Calcified Tissue Society Congress, 25-29 May 2018, Valencia, Spain; Professor Stephen McHanwell - to participate in the Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Anatomy, 25-26 May 2018, Braga, Portugal.
Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund 2017/18 (Round 4)
Congratulations to the following who have received Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund Awards: Ms Fiona Cronin, Ms Nija Nikolova, Mr Yarrow Scantling-Birch, and Ms Hannah Tjandra - to participate in the Anatomical Society Summer Meeting, Oxford, 23-25 July, 2018.
Departmental Seminar series
Congratulations to Dr Gavin Clowry who has received a grant from the Society towards a seminar under the departmental seminar series. Professor Wojciech Pawlina, Professor of Anatomy and Medical Education at Mayo Clinic, USA will be delivering a talk "Technology enhanced learning in anatomy" at the School of Medical Education, Newcastle University, UK on Thursday, 19th July 2018.
Anatomical Society Undergraduate Awards 2017/18
Congratulations to the following who have received awards for undergraduate research under the summer vacation research scholarship program: Dr Wendy Birch (University College, London - Student: Ms Sophie Gray); Dr Cecilia Brassett (University of Cambridge - Student: Mr Daniel Oluboyede); Professor Roxana Carare (University of Southampton - Student: Mr Miles Frost); Dr Lemonia Chatzeli (University of Cambridge - Student: Miss Zahra Waheed); Dr Gavin Clowry (University of Newcastle - Student: Mr Nishaal Ajmera); Professor Susan Evans (University College, London - Student: Mr Adam Ismail); Dr Clemens Kiecker (King's College, London - Student: Mr Mohammad Mahmood); Professor Kieran McDermott (University of Limerick - Student: Mr Oscar Romilly); Dr Imelda McGonnell (Royal Veterinary College - Student: Mr Michael Graham); Dr Stuart Morton (University of Southampton - Student: Mr Maclyn Augustine); Dr Jennifer Paxton (University of Edinburgh - Student: Mr Subashan Vadibeler); Dr Paul Rea (University of Glasgow - Student: Miss Orla McCorry); Mrs Barbara Webb (King's College, London - Student: Ms Kirsten Raphael).
Royal Society Grants
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Royal Society is inviting applications for a Research Grant scheme for scientists in the UK who are at an early stage in their career (or returning from a career break) and want to purchase specialised equipment and consumables Closing date 6 June
2018.
Graduate Centre
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: a wee bit of fat in the knee
While teaching students, many anatomy educators include mention of the fat that is associated with the knee joint. It is easy to assume that the extrasynovial location of the infrapatellar fat pad translates into a lack of a role for the fat in the knee joint. However, Veronica Macchi and colleagues at University of Padova, Italy have reviewed the published data on the relationship between fat and joint and suggest a more involved role for the fat pad. You can read more in their paper "The infrapatellar fat pad and the synovial membrane: an anatomo-functional unit" in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12820/full
Aging Cell: tau deficit leads to memory deficit
The association between tau and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease is well known, compensatory microtubule-binding mechanisms in knock-out mice confound assessments of tau function in the adult brain. Ramon Velazquez and colleagues at Arizona State University have described the relationship between tau and motor and cognitive function following knockdown of tau expression in mice. You can read more about their study "Acute tau knockdown in the hippocampus of adult mice causes learning and memory deficits" in the early viewissue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12775/full
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for a Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at AECC University College in Bournemouth. The successful candidate will help develop and deliver anatomy and related biomedical sciences at the University College and have considerable experience of teaching within higher education.
Closing date: 28 May 2018
University of Birmingham - College of Medical and Dental Sciences are inviting applications for a Senior Lecturer in Anatomy. The successful candidate would be expected to have proven experience in teaching of Anatomy in lecture settings, prosectorium/dissecting room and small group tutorials in medicine, dentistry and/or anatomical sciences.
Closing date: 31 May 2018
University of Surrey - School of Biosciences & Medicine is inviting applications for a Teaching Fellow A in Sport and Exercise Science: Biomechanics/Anatomy. The successful candidate is expected to complement existing strengths in exercise science, nutrition, physiology, biomechanics and anatomy. Closing date: 3 June 2018
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Best Image Prize Deadline 31 May 2018
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB. For more information click here
Items should reach the editors a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
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Editor | Raj Ettarh
Welcome to the April issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the Docklands, London from August 9-11, 2019. The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Awardee reports
Many thanks to the following for their reports: Professor Abigail Tucker following participation at the Gordon Research Conference - Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration, 11-15 February 2018, Lucca, Italy; Dr Rosanne Raftery following participation at the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting, 10-13 March 2018, New Orleans, USA; Mrinmay Morje - following the event celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Sir Astley Cooper at King's College, London, 5th March 2018.
Symington Bequest Fund 2017/18 (Round 3)
Congratulations to the following who have received Symington Bequest Awards: Alessandro Felder - to participate in the Mini-Symposium Computational Mechanobiology of Bone and Cartilage (part of the World Congress in Computational Mechanics), 22-27 July 2018, New York, USA; Dr Jennifer Paxton - to participate in the World Congress of Biomechanics, 8-12 July 2018, Dublin, Ireland; Dr Frank Schubert - to participate in the British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB) Annual Spring Meeting, 15-18 April 2018, University of Warwick; Mr Godwin Tong - to participate in the 4th Neurological Disorders meeting, 23-25 July 2018, Los Angeles, USA.
Departmental Seminar series
Professor Mo Entezampour, Chair of Human Gross Anatomy and Embryology at University of California, Riverside in the US will deliver a Society-sponsored seminar entitled "Challenge of setting up new teaching and learning facilities in anatomy for a medical school curriculum" at the California University of Science and Medicine in San Bernardino, California on 2 May 2018.
Graduate Centre
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Research
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2018/19
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2019. The closing date for applications is Friday 24th August 2018. Information and conditions at anatsoc.org.uk.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: neonatal rabbit brain
The value of the rabbit in modeling for lactation and neonatal adaptation is already described. Nanette Y. Schneider and colleagues at Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, and Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, in France decided to explore this model further and report a reference of the newborn rabbit pup brain, as a tool for future multi-disciplinary and multi-approach research and comparisons related to the neuroethological basis of social and feeding behaviour. You can read more in their paper "Brain anatomy of the 4-day-old European rabbit" in the May issue of the Journal of Anatomy at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12789/full
Aging Cell: biological basis for longevity
The genes and processes that correlate with longevity is explored by Siming Ma and colleagues in institutions in the US, Russia and Spain. They explored expression divergence and longevity signatures related to regulation of fatty acid metabolism, as well as activin signaling. and suggest that the findings point towards modulation by global gene expression. You can read more about their findings in their paper "Comparative transcriptomics across 14 Drosophila species reveals signatures of longevity" in the Early View issue of the journal Aging Cell at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12740/full
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
University College Dublin School of Medicine are inviting applications for a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Anatomy and a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Physiology. Both appointees will deliver teaching in integrative systems physiology (Physiology) and in anatomy and embryology (Anatomy) to students in medicine and other degree programmes. Closing date: 30 April 2018.
Applications are invited for a Clinical Education Fellow at University of Warwick - Warwick Medical School - Health Sciences to teach either anatomy or clinical skills 1 day a week and become a trained case based learning facilitator. There will be further opportunities to become involved in virtual patients, e-learning development, assessment, personal tutoring and faculty development. Closing date: 7 May 2018.
Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Anatomy (Education) at University of Plymouth - Peninsula Medical School to co-lead and deliver, coordinate and develop the anatomical components of our medical programmes (undergraduate Medicine and Physician Associate MSc). The successful applicant will take on roles within the school, including both small group and large group facilitation, curriculum development, coordination of course delivery, and academic tutoring. Closing date: 7 May 2018.
The Brighton and Sussex Medical School is inviting applications for an Anatomy Demonstrator to play an important role in student development through guidance, support and delivery of high quality medical and anatomical teaching. Closing Date for Applications: 10 May 2018.
University of Central Lancashire - School of Medicine is accepting applications for a Lecturer in Anatomy to teach anatomy using non-cadaveric methods with an emphasis on integration with medical imaging, surface anatomy, clinical skills and anatomy in a clinical context. Closing date: 20 May 2018.
Charles Sturt University - School of Dentistry and Health Science (Australia) is inviting applications for a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine and Anatomy to contribute significantly to and promote high quality curriculum delivery with particular emphasis on Oral Medicine, General Medicine and Head and Neck Anatomy. Closing date: 20 May 2018.
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Editor | Raj Ettarh
Welcome to the March issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Election to Fellowship of the Anatomical Society
Nominations are welcome from members for election to Fellowship of the Anatomical Society. This is a public recognition of achievement in research, education and service in the anatomical sciences. It is open to members of the Society (Full) in good standing for at least seven years and those elected are entitled to use the designation 'FAS' after their names. Next deadline is 26 April 2018. See anatsoc.org.uk for details.
Deadlines Mark your diary!
The next congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the Docklands, London from August 9-11, 2019.
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Awardee reports
Many thanks to Dr Iain Keenan for his report following participation at the Trans European Pedagogic Anatomy Research Group (TEPARG) Meeting, 3rd March 2018, Paris; Joana Passos for her report following participation in the Irish Association for Cancer Research Meeting, 21-23 February 2018, Dublin.
Symington Bequest Fund 2017/18 (Round 2)
Congratulations to the following who have received Symington Bequest Awards: Professor Raj Ettarh - to participate in the Experimental Biology 2018 meeting from 21-25 April 2018, San Diego, USA; Dr Iain Keenan - to participate in the Trans European Pedagogic Anatomy Research Group (TEPARG) Meeting on 3rd March 2018 in Paris; Joana Passos - to participate in the Irish Association for Cancer Research Meeting from 21-23 February 2018 in Dublin; Dr Rosanne Raftery - to participate in the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting, 10-13 March 2018, New Orleans, USA.
Departmental Seminar series
Congratulations to Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid who organised two lectures supported by the Society. Professor Estomih Mtui, Director of the Program in Anatomy & Body Visualization at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York delivered a talk on Functional Neuroanatomy Resource innovation for iPads on 14 March 2018 at Queens University Belfast while Dr Debra Patten, Director of Anatomy and Clinical Skills, School of Medical Education, Newcastle University presented "Ultrasound in the undergraduate medical curriculum in the UK: where are we at and where are we going next?" in the Basement Seminar Room at Newcastle University on 20 March 2018.
Call for book reviewers
The Society is seeking volunteers from the membership to review two books from Lotus Publishing for the Journal of Anatomy: "The Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy" by Chris Jarmey, and "The Secret Language of Anatomy" by Cecilia Brassett, Emily Evans & Isla Fay. The review would be due about 4 weeks after you receive the book. If you are interested in reviewing one of the books, please indicate your interest in an email to me (subject line: Journal of Anatomy Book review) at ettarhr@calmedu.org. Please indicate which book you wish to review and include the address to which the book should be sent.
Graduate Centre
Undergraduate Student Vacation Research Scholarships 2018
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for scholarships (up to 10 weeks) in the summer vacation of 2018. The closing date for applications is midnight Thursday 29th March 2018. Further application details and forms are available at anatsoc.org.uk.
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2018/19
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2019. The closing date for applications is Friday 24th August 2018. Information and conditions at anatsoc.org.uk
Research
Undergraduate Student Vacation Research Scholarships 2018
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for scholarships (up to 10 weeks) in the summer vacation of 2018. The closing date for applications is midnight Thursday 29th March 2018. Further application details and forms are available at anatsoc.org.uk
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2018/19
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2019. The closing date for applications is Friday 24th August 2018. Information and conditions at anatsoc.org.uk.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: assessing scaphoid fractures
The challenge of proper bone healing following scaphoid fractures is well known to anatomists and surgeons. Gernot Schmidle and colleagues at the Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria decided to address the challenge by exploring other non-vascular indicators of biological activity that could be used to assess healing potential. You can read their findings regarding correlation of bone healing capacity with different post-fracture time intervals in their paper "Time-dependent changes in bone healing capacity of scaphoid fractures and non-unions" in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12795/full
Aging Cell: Female nematodes live longer due to TRA-1
The greater life expectancy of females compared to males is explored by Bernadette Hotzi and colleagues in institutions in Hungary, Greece, Finland and France. They report that the significantly longer lifespan of hermaphrodites (essentially females capable of sperm production) over males is established by TRA-1, the terminal effector of the sex-determination pathway. You can read more about their findings in their paper "Sex-specific regulation of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans" in the Early View issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12724/full
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
University of Central Lancashire - School of Medicine is accepting applications for a Lecturer in Medical Sciences - Anatomy as well as a Lecturer in Medical Sciences - Anatomy & Neuroscience. Successful candidates will contribute to the areas of course delivery and assessment in Anatomy (or Anatomy & Neuroscience) within the School of Medicine, undertake income generation, research and knowledge transfer through relevant activities, and undertake specific course leader responsibilities in related programmes. Closing dates: 1 April 2018 for Anatomy; 8 April 2018 for Anatomy & Neuroscience.
Applications are invited for Teaching Fellows - Anatomy (2 posts) at Newcastle University - School of Medical Education to deliver teaching for MBBS and other undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the Faculty of Medical Science, particularly in gross anatomy practical sessions using cadaveric material. Successful candidates will contribute to the marking of examinations and assignments within the programmes taught by the School. Closing date: 5 April 2018
The University of Manchester - School of Medical Sciences is inviting applications for a Demonstrator in Anatomy to assist learning of topographical anatomy, neuroanatomy and histology by students of medicine, dentistry, biological sciences and the professions allied to medicine. Closing date: 8 April 2018
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
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Welcome to the February issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Anatomy Training Programme 2017
Congratulations to the following trainees who completed all or part of the Anatomy Training Programme at the summer school in Oxford 2017: Thomas Butts, Beth Cloud, Rebecca Chilvers, Bob Dalchan, Martine Dunnwald, Clemens Kiecker, Dean Malik, Teresa Patitucci, Janet Philp, Krista Rompolski, Dan Robbins, Emily Ross, Katherine Sanders and Maria Suchocka. Special mention goes to Kat Sanders, who attained a distinction for all four modules.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) will be held at the Docklands, London from August 9-11, 2019.
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Dr. Alison Thomson for her report following attendance at SMA Europe, 25-27 January 2018 in Krakow, Poland which was supported by an award from the Symington Bequest Fund.
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
Congratulations to Ms Mrinmayi Morje of King's College London Anatomy Society and Mr Yaroslav Shkanov of the Sub-Society of Southampton University Surgical Society who have received awards to support events taking place in March and May 2018.
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk.
Research
Undergraduate Student Vacation Research Scholarships 2018
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for scholarships (up to 10 weeks) in the summer vacation of 2018. The closing date for applications is midnight Thursday 29th March 2018. Further application details and forms are available at www.anatsoc.org.uk.
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2018/19
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2019. The closing date for applications is Friday 24th August 2018. Information and conditions at www.anatsoc.org.uk.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: racing bones?
Horses race, their bones get injured, those bones heal and remodel. However, information on this process in metacarpal bones in a career span for horses is sparse. Sandra Martig and colleagues at the University of Melbourne in Australia examined the changes in subchondral bone micromorphology in the area of highest loading in the palmar aspect of the metacarpal condyle in thoroughbred racehorses as a function of age and training. You can read more about their study "Subchondral bone morphology in the metacarpus of racehorses in training changes with distance from the articular surface but not with age" in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy.
Aging Cell: man's best friend?
Studying morbidity and mortality in humans involves interpretations of datasets from studies using small mammals that do not properly represent the human experience. Jessica Hoffman and colleagues from universities in Alabama, Texas, Washington and London (UK) addressed this by conducting a large-scale comparison of human and canine patterns of age-specific morbidity and mortality. A description of the similarities found during the study is outlined in the paper "The companion dog as a model for human aging and mortality" in the Early View issue of the journal Aging Cell.
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for Anatomy Demonstrators in the University of Bristol - Centre for Applied Anatomy to contribute to teaching and assessment of human anatomy to medical, dental and science students. Successful candidates may also be involved in the producing specimens (e.g. prosections) for use in teaching. Closing date: 8 March 2018
The Keele University - School of Medicine is inviting applications for a Director of Anatomy (Senior Lecturer) to lead the ongoing development, delivery and evaluation of the anatomical component of the undergraduate medical programme. Closing date: 11 March 2018
Applications are invited for a Clinical Skills and Anatomy Fellow at the Queen Mary University of London - Centre for Medical Education to to help teach the next generation of doctors. Closing date: 12 March 2018
The University College Cork - School of Medicine is inviting applications for a Lecturer in Anatomy & Neuroscience to teach and examine, establish and maintain a competitive Neuroscience research programme, and undertake administrative duties. Closing Date: 20 March 2018
The University of Manchester - School of Medical Sciences is inviting applications for a Demonstrator in Anatomy to assist learning of topographical anatomy, neuroanatomy and histology by students of medicine, dentistry, biological sciences and the professions allied to medicine. Closing date: 8 April 2018
Welcome to the January issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Young Investigator Oral Presentation Prize 2017
Congratulations to Ms Hannah Felstead who was awarded the Young Investigator Oral Presentation Prize 2017 at the Winter Meeting of the Society at Dundee University in December 2017. Her talk was entitled 'Fibroblast growth factor 10 (FGF10) expressing cells generate new neurons and glial cells in the postnatal mouse cerebral cortex'. The Joint Runners Up for the prize were Ms Samantha Goodchild and Mr Andrew Sanderson.
Deadlines
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The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Ingrid Gotaas and Matthew Myers for their reports following attendance at the Anatomical Society Winter Meeting, Dundee, 18th to 20th December 2017 which was supported by Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund Awards. Thanks also to Dr Thomas Hawkins for his report following attendance at the 12th International Conference on Cerebral Vascular Biology, 28th November 2017 to 1st December 2017 in Melbourne, Australia which was supported by an award from the Symington Bequest Fund.
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: scapular placement in tetrapods?
Anatomists know that tetrapods have scapulae but determining their correct position in extinct tetrapods is challenging. Shinichi Fujiwara at The Nagoya University Museum in Japan addressed this challenge by testing adequately of the top scapular position using three-dimensional mechanical models of Felis, Rattus and Chamaeleo. You can read more about the study "Fitting unanchored puzzle pieces in the skeleton: appropriate 3D scapular positions for the quadrupedal support in tetrapods" in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy
Aging Cell: treating dementia to stop aging
The functional relationship between dementia and aging at the molecular level continues to generate interesting and innovative research strategies that are aimed at unravelling that relationship. Joshua Goldberg and colleagues at research institutes in the United States and Spain report the identification of a mitochondrial ATP synthase target for an Alzheimer drug that extends lifespan in drosophila. You can read more about their study "The mitochondrial ATP synthase is a shared drug target for aging and dementia" in the Early View issue of the journal Aging Cell
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Anatomy and Physiology in the University of Bradford - Faculty of Life Sciences to contribute to teaching anatomy and physiology. The primary contribution of the successful candidate, who should have an interest in simulation, will be to the Bachelor's degree program in Clinical Sciences. Closing date: 31 January 2018
The Anglia Ruskin University - Faculty of Medical Science is inviting applications for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Human Anatomy to lead the Anatomy theme in the medicine degree programme. The successful candidate will have day-to-day responsibility for coordinating the theme and be involved in all aspects of curriculum development. Closing date: 31 January 2018
The University of Central Lancaster - School of Medicine is inviting applications for a Lecturer in Medical Sciences - Anatomy & Neuroscience to lead and contribute to course management, development and delivery as well as assessment and evaluation. The successful candidate should have experience supporting students as tutor/advisor. Closing date: 4 February 2018
Applications are invited for a Teaching Fellow in Anatomical Sciences at the University of Southampton - Centre for Learning Anatomical Sciences to contribute to undergraduate student teaching in gross, micro, developmental and neuroanatomy in the BMBS degree programme. The successful candidate may also contribute to post-graduate courses for surgeons, anesthetists and other health professionals. Closing date: 15 February 2018
The UCD School of Medicine - Biomedical Sciences Section is inviting applications for a Lecturer/Assistant Professor of Pathology to provide strong, innovative teaching in Pathology, including histopathology, that aids understanding of the basic mechanisms of common diseases in humans, and the current diagnostic approaches used in clinical pathology practice. The successful candidate will deliver this teaching primarily in Medicine, Radiography and other related Science degree programmes. Closing Date for Applications: 23 February 2018
Editor | Raj Ettarh
Welcome to the December issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Best Image Prize for October 2017
Congratulations to Professor Andrea Streit and Ms Alice Gervasoni, King's College London for their winning entry "Zebrafish lateral line" in the Society Best Image Prize for October 2017. They also collected the runner-up prize for their entry "Auditory hair cells".
Deadlines
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The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Winter Meeting
The Winter Meeting of the Anatomical Society is taking place at the University of Dundee from 18-20 December 2017. The theme is "Solving clinical problems with anatomical solutions." Program details can be found at anatsocmeeting.co.uk
People
Awards
Research Studentship Awards 2018
The following research studentship awards have been made for 2018: Dr Clare Baker, University of Cambridge (student: Mr Alexander Campbell); Dr Niamh Nowlan, Imperial College, London (with co-supervisor Dr Chrissy Hammond, University of Bristol); Professor Andrew Pitsillides, Royal Veterinary College, London (with co-supervisor: Professor Peter Lee, University of Manchester), student: Ms Rebecca Norman; Professor Claudio Stern, University College, London.
Symington Bequest 2017/18 Round 1
The following awards have been made: Dr Lyndsay Murray - to participate in Experimental Biology 2018, 21st to 25th April 2018, San Diego, USA; Dr Alison Thomson - to participate in SMA Europe, 25th to 27th January 2018, Krakow, Poland; Professor Abigail Tucker - to participate in the Gordon Research Conference - Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration, 11th to 15th February 2018, Lucca, Italy.
Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund Award Recipients 2017-2018 Round 1
The following awards have been made: Ingrid Gotaas; Matthew Myers; and Isabelle Poulson - to participate in the Anatomical Society Winter Meeting, Dundee, 18th to 20th December, 2017.
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: do vessels lead the ganglia?
To address the increasing evidence of a relationship between vessels and developing sensory ganglia in the brain, Laura Taberner and colleagues at Universitat Pompeu Fabra-PRBB, Barcelona, Spain mapped both components via fluorescent labelling in zebrafish. The results demonstrate loss of contact between vessel and ganglion in some locations. You can read more about their study "Anatomical map of the cranial vasculature and sensory ganglia" in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy here
Aging Cell: the anti-aging elixir of youth
The functional relationship between plasma from young rats, autophagy and aging was explored in an elegant study by Anding Liu and colleagues at universities in China, Germany and the US. The study showed that age-dependent aging was ameliorated in the liver in aged rats following infusion of plasma from young rats, and old hepatocytes were protected from senescence. You can read more about their study "Young plasma reverses age-dependent alterations in hepatic function through the restoration of autophagy" in the Early View issue of the journal Aging Cell here
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is inviting applications for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer of the Department of Anatomy to lead and participate in the development, direction, teaching, facilitation and examining of the undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes and to develop independent research complimentary with existing research strengths in RCSI. The successful candidate will assist with the delivery of the RCSI curriculum, ensuring academic quality and consistency across campuses. Closing Date for Applications: 4th January 2018.
Applications are invited for a Research Assistant to join Professor Matthew Wood's laboratory as a Research Assistant - Spinal Muscular Atrophy in the University of Oxford - Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics. The successful candidate will have responsibility for the day-to-day management of mouse colonies and carry out standard molecular biology techniques mostly involving processing and analysing animal tissue. Closing date: 4 January 2018.
The University of St Andrews - School of Medicine is inviting applications for a part-time Assistant Prosector - TG1131SB (11 hours per week). The successful candidate will predominantly be involved in the preparation, cataloguing and maintenance of anatomical specimens in accordance with the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006. Closing date: 7 January 2018.
The University of St Andrews - School of Medicine is inviting applications for a Lecturer - AC2138ML. The successful candidate will provide undergraduate medicine teaching as well as some clinically orientated anatomy, basic sciences, clinical skills, communication skills, pharmacology, physiology, or research skills. Closing date: 11 January 2018.
Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Animal Science at The University of Sydney - School of Life and Environmental Sciences (SOLES) to contribute to the delivery of undergraduate student teaching in the broad theme of Animal Science. The successful candidate will deliver content in the field of animal physiology and/or animal anatomy. Closing date: 14 January 2018.
University of Central Lancashire - School of Medicine is accepting applications for a Teaching Fellow in Anatomy to contribute to teaching and learning of anatomy with a focus primarily on programmes in the School of Medicine including the MBBS, the BSc (Hons) and Foundation Medical Sciences programme, and the PGDip Physician Associates programme. Closing date: 14 January 2018.
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Editor | Raj Ettarh
Welcome to the November issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2018. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Annual General Meeting of the Anatomical Society
The Annual General Meeting of the Anatomical Society will be held at 12:30pm to 2.00pm on Tuesday 19th December 2017 in Lecture Theatre 1, Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee, 75 Old Hawkhill Road, Dundee, DD1 5EN. Also remember that the deadline for voting for Council elections is 5pm on Tuesday 12th December 2017.
Winter Meeting
The Winter Meeting of the Anatomical Society is taking place at the University of Dundee from 18-20 December 2017. The theme is "Solving clinical problems with anatomical solutions." Program details can be found at anatsocmeeting.co.uk
People
Awardee reports
Many thanks to Ivy Usansky (supervised by Dr. Tanya Shaw), Isabelle Poulson (supervised by Dr. Thomas Butts), Yaroslav Shkanov (supervised by Dr. Scott Border), and Lindsey Watters (supervised by Dr. Denis Barry) for submitting their reports following completion of Undergraduate Student Summer Vacation Research Projects. Thanks also to Professor Fabio Quondamatteo for submitting a report following a Society sponsored Departmental Seminar at the University of Glasgow on 8th September 2017.
Graduate Centre
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details here
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: mimic the face in the neck?
Facial expression, mimetic muscles and the facial nerve are familiar to students and anatomists alike but Astrid May and colleagues at Technische Universität Dresden in Germany decided to go one step further and explore the presence of muscle spindles in the platysma muscle. Yes, there are muscle spindles -- and the idea that the platysma works as an afferent center for the facial muscle is worth reading in their paper "The human platysma contains numerous muscle spindles" in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy here
Aging Cell: High 5LO worsens memory loss
Phosphorylated tau proteins play a starring role in neurodegenerative diseases. The accompanying neuroinflammation is mediated by 5-lipoxygenase (5LO) and can be pharmacologically modulated. Using over-expression strategies, Alanna Vagnozzi and colleagues at Temple University in Philadelphia, USA report that 5LO directly modulates tau phosphorylation. You can read more in their paper "Brain 5-lipoxygenase over-expression worsens memory, synaptic integrity, and tau pathology in the P301S mice" in the Early View issue of the journal Aging Cell here
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for an Anatomy Teaching Prosector at University of Nottingham - Life Sciences. Successful applicants will be responsible for managing and maintaining the dissecting room and all associated facilities, ensure compliance with the requirements of the Human Tissue Act 2004, prepare materials and prosected parts for the teaching of Anatomy, and participate in teaching activities and external courses (booking, approval and costing). Closing date: 27 November 2017
The University of Hong Kong - School of Biomedical Sciences is inviting applications for a Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences. Candidates should have good teaching skills in gross anatomy and histology for the medical, nursing, pharmacy, and biomedical sciences programmes. Closing date: 30 November 2017
Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Physiology within the Biomedical Sciences Section, UCD School of Medicine. This is a permanent, full-time position based at the University College Dublin Health Sciences Centre, Belfield, Dublin in Ireland. The appointee will deliver teaching in integrative systems Physiology to students in the Medicine, Biomedical Health and Life Science, Physiology, Biomedical Engineering and Radiography degree programmes. Closing date: 1 December 2017
The College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University is inviting applications for an Assistant Professor in Anatomy. The appointee will be involved in all phases of medical education including curriculum and course planning, lectures, tutorials, seminars, practical sessions and in facilitating problem based learning sessions. More details at www.uaeu.ac.ae/en/ (click Employment > vacance@uaeu > jobs@uaeu > Postings > select Job Category > Academic-Faculty > Division > College of Medicine & Health Sciences > click vacant Anatomy position > Posting details > click Apply). Closing date: open until filled.
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Welcome to the September issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
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Awards The following departmental seminar awards have been made for 2017-18: Professor Richard Tunstall, University of Warwick; Professor Raj Ettarh, California University of Science and Medicine, USA; Dr Steve Jacques, University of Leicester; Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid, Queen's University Belfast; Dr Gerard O'Keeffe, University College, Cork, Ireland; Dr Joanne Wallace, University of Aberystwyth, Wales. |
Deadlines
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The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Awardee reports
Many thanks to Fiona Cronin (supervised by Dr Helen Dodson), Geraldine Shallow (supervised by Assistant Professor David Kilroy), Rosie Graham (supervised by Dr Susanne Dietrich), Matthew Harvey (supervised by Dr Isabelle Miletich), Jamie Whitfield (supervised by Professor Malcolm Logan), and Hannah Tjandra (supervised by Dr Frank Schubert) for submitting their reports following completion of Undergraduate Student Summer Vacation Research Projects
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: visualising clearer cell division
To address the challenge of facilitating improved assessment of cell proliferation in intestinal crypts, Jason Kaufman and colleagues at Midwestern University in Arizona, USA developed a method of optical clearance of jejunal tissue. When coupled with fluorescent labelling for mitotic nuclei, the method allows for detailed visualization of three-dimensional organization within intestinal crypts. You can read more about their study “Optical clearing of small intestine for three-dimensional visualization of cellular proliferation within crypts” in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy here
Aging Cell: antitrypsin may also be anti-aging
The functional relationship between alpha-1 antitrypsin and lung elasticity is taught in physiology courses around the world. However, Ye Yuan and colleagues at the University of Florida, USA have shown in a series of experiments a new relationship that may be just as intriguing: the role of alpha-1 antitrypsin in extending lifespan. You can read more about their study “Anti-inflammaging effects of human alpha-1 antitrypsin” in the Early View issue of the journal of Aging Cell here
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details here
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited from medical graduates for 7 full-time Medical Demonstrator posts at University of St Andrews - School of Medicine. Successful applicants will gain wide experience in the teaching and assessment of regional anatomy, clinical skills and case-based tutorials to medical students. Applications are particularly welcome from women who are under-represented in Medicine posts at the University. Closing date: 31 October 2017
Applications are invited for Medical Demonstrators at University of Central Lancashire - School of Medicine to teach on a range of medical education programmes that focus on the development, delivery and assessment of regional anatomy, clinical and communication skills and small group teaching. Closing date: 12 November 2017
Queen's University Belfast - Centre for Biomedical Sciences Education is accepting applications for a Lecturer (Education) in Anatomy to undertake significant teaching, maintain education research, and contribute to school administration, within the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of the Medical School. Closing date: 14 November 2017
The University of Hong Kong - School of Biomedical Sciences is inviting applications for a Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences. Candidates should have good teaching skills in gross anatomy and histology for the medical, nursing, pharmacy, and biomedical sciences programmes. Closing date: 30 November 2017
Editor - Raj Ettarh
Welcome to the September issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
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Research Royal Society Newton Mobility Grants: for international exchanges with Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa. Deadline: 10 October 2017 International Exchanges: For UK or US based scientists who want to build new collaborations with leading scientists overseas. Deadline: Mid October 2017. Royal Society of Biology Regional Grant Scheme The Royal Society of Biology Regional Grant Scheme is now open and offers grants of up to £500 for individual members to run an event or activity in their region. Full details including guidance notes, event ideas and an application form are available online. Deadline: 31 October 2017 |
Deadlines
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The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: the human touch
García-Mesa and colleagues at universities in Oviedo and Salamanca, Spain have taken on the challenge of identifying some of the basis for soft and not-so-soft touch in human skin. Their results suggest that stretch-gated ion channels may play a role in soft touch. You can read more in their paper “Merkel cells and Meissner's corpuscles in human digital skin display Piezo2 immunoreactivity” in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy here
Aging Cell: the P in endothelial cell senescence
We all need phosphate for our bones but too much phosphate is bad news for production of endothelin by endothelial cells: endothelin-1 production is increased and cell senescence is induced. Gemme Olmos and colleagues in universities and hospitals in Madrid, Spain found that endothelial cell senescence could be blocked by antogonists. You can read more in their paper “Hyperphosphatemia induces senescence in human endothelial cells by increasing endothelin-1 production” in the early view issue of Aging Cell here
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details here
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Aston University - Life & Health Sciences is inviting application for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader in Anatomy to lead the design, management and delivery of an innovative anatomy and embryology curriculum in the recently established Medical School at the university. Teaching commitment is likely to include large and small group lecturing and workshops, and online teaching and tutoring. Closing date: 1 October 2017
University of Aberdeen - Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition is inviting applications for an Anatomy Technician/Prosector to prepare prosections for day-to-day undergraduate teaching to over 800 students. The successful candidate is expected to have a good working knowledge of human anatomy, and be able to co-ordinate anatomy practical classes and examinations. Closing date: 5 October 2017
Applications are now being accepted for a Clinical Anatomy Education Fellow at the University of Liverpool - School of Medicine. Applicants must be fully registered medical practitioners with an interest in teaching clinical anatomy and medical education and will be expected to contribute to core School activities (eg. admissions, assessment, and student support). Closing date: 8 October 2017
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Welcome to the August issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
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Awardee Reports Many thanks to Kenna Robertson, University of Aberdeen for submitting a report following Society-supported participation at the Summer Meeting at the National University of Ireland, Galway from 27-29th June 2017; and to Kim Korrell, University of Oxford for a report following a Cortex Club seminar by Professor Jeff Lichtman, Harvard University. Full details at www.anatsoc.org.uk |
Deadlines
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The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Royal Society
The Publishing Photography Competition closes for entries at midnight on 31 August. The overall winner will receive £500, while winners of the individual categories will receive £250.
University Research Fellowships: for outstanding scientists who are in the early stages of their research career. Deadline: 4 September 2017
Newton Advanced Fellowships: for international early career group leaders to develop their research by linking them with some of the best research groups in the UK. Deadline: 6 September 2017
Newton Mobility Grants: for international exchanges with Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa. Deadline: 10 October 2017
International Exchanges: For UK or US based scientists who want to build new collaborations with leading scientists overseas. Deadline: Mid October 2017.
Events
“The Secret Language of Anatomy”: Public lecture and Book Launch
There will be a public lecture on the book "The Secret Language of Anatomy" (authored by Cecilia Brassett, Emily Evans and Isla Fay) on Wednesday 18 October in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Downing Site, Cambridge from 6-7pm followed by a launch event on Thursday 19 October from 6.30-8pm at Heffers Bookshop, 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge. On the back cover of the book, Past Society President Susan Standring writes: "Getting to grips with anatomical terminology can be a daunting task for modern readers with little or no knowledge of Latin or Greek, but help is at hand in the form of this fascinating introduction to an arcane language. Cecilia Brassett, Emily Evans and Isla Fay explain the derivation of many terms in current use and in so doing take the reader back to the ancient world, where objects as diverse as a small beehive, a seahorse, a raven's beak, a cockscomb, a vinegar cup, a small leather bottle, a horse's tail, a mushroom, a ribbon and a pine cone were regarded as visual analogues of anatomical structures. This book should be mandatory reading for all students of anatomy."
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: grasping for answers
To solve the mystery of the function of the palmaris brevis muscle, Colin Moore and Charles Rice at the University of Western Ontario, Canada decided to play detective using a sophisticated investigative approach. To catch the muscle in action red-handed, they recorded electromyographic activity during tasks, for e.g. grasping a cylindrical shaped object (a glass of beer perhaps?). You can read more about their study titled “Structural and functional anatomy of the palmaris brevis: grasping for answers” in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy here
Aging Cell: youth, aging and calories
Should the young exercise greater caution in using calorie restriction to improve their lifespan? To address this question, Yunlu Sheng and colleagues at Nanjing Medical University in China examined several indicators including cardiac remodeling and mitochondrial damage in their paper “Opposing effects on cardiac function by calorie restriction in different-aged mice”. Younger mice did not fare too well. You can read more about their findings in the Early View issue of Aging Cell here
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Research
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2017/18
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2018. The closing date for applications is Friday 25 August 2017. Information and conditions at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The University of Bolton - School of Sport & Biomedical Sciences is inviting applications for an Associate Lecturer in Anatomy & Physiology to teach and support students across a range of established Sport & Biomedical modules including Sport and Exercise Science, Sports Rehabilitation, and Medical Biology. Closing date: 1 September 2017
The Departments of Biomedical Sciences, and of Healthcare and Food at Cardiff Metropolitan University is seeking to appoint an Associate Tutor in Biomedical Sciences/Food Science to contribute to academic teaching activities in a number of subject areas including Anatomy and Physiology (including Exercise Physiology). Closing date: 7 September 2017
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Editor - Raj Ettarh
Welcome to the July issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
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Cave Young Investigator Best Poster Award Summer 2017 Congratulations to Ms Rebecca Anderson, Limerick University, Ireland for being winning the Cave Young Investigator Best Poster Award at the Society’s Summer meeting in Galway, June 2017 for the poster “Cellular development is altered in the embryonic and postnatal rat spinal cord following maternal immune activation”. Runners-up were Mr Ciaran Butler-Hallissey, Åbo Akademi University in Finland; Mr Azim Patar, National University Ireland in Galway, and Ms Charlotte Quinn, University of Liverpool. Full details at www.anatsoc.org.uk |
Deadlines
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The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Royal Society of Biology Photography Competition 2017
Theme: Hidden World. The earth harbours a wealth of hidden secrets and surprises and you are invited to uncover this hidden world of biology. Supported by Eppendorf, there are two categories each with a cash prize: 18+ (£1000) and under 18s (£500). Get snapping and submit up to three images by Thursday 31st August 2017.
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following for submitting reports following their Society-supported attendance at the Summer Meeting at the National University of Ireland, Galway from 27-29th June 2017: Miriam Graute, Muhammad Musa, Miss Claire Fitton (photo), Dr. Eva Sweeney (all through the Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund), and Dr. Paul Felts (Symington Bequest Fund); Ms Anna Bryans following a Neuroanatomy Workshop at the Neuroscience to Neurology Conference at Edinburgh University, 18 February 2017; Ben Jevans for his report from the Young Embryologist Network annual conference in May 2017; Professor Stefan Przyborski following his Symington Bequest-supported participation in the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), 14-17th June 2017 in Boston, USA; Dr. Salman Goudarzi following his Symington Bequest-supported participation in the XIII European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease (GLIA), 8-11th July 2017 in Edinburgh; Dr. Iain Keenan following his Symington Bequest-supported participation in the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) Conference, 21-23 June 2017 in Exeter, UK. Full details at www.anatsoc.org.uk.
Awards
Congratulations to Kim Korrell of the Cortex Club, University of Oxford who has received a Student Societies Award from the Anatomical Society; Elias Kassapis who received a Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund Award to participate in the Summer Meeting at the National University of Ireland, Galway, from 27-29th June 2017; Dr Eva Sweeney who received a Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund Award to participate in the Summer Meeting at the National University of Ireland, Galway, from 27-29th June 2017; Dr Thomas Hawkins who receives a Symington Bequest Award to participate in the 12th International Conference on Cerebral Vascular Biology, 28 November - 1 December 2017 in Melbourne, Australia; Full details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: closing stages
For developmental biologists, somites serves as useful reference points for embryonic staging. However, Hayelom Mekonen and colleagues at Maastricht University in The Netherlands explored closure of the vertebral canal as an alternative measure of embryonic staging between weeks 7 and 10. You can read more about their account of this exploration in their paper “Closure of the vertebral canal in human embryos and fetuses” in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy here
Aging Cell: growing old together
On the outside, it appears that mammals progressively grow old together. New evidence from Christopher Wiley and colleagues at research centers in California and New York suggests that this may also be true at the level of individual cells. Their paper “Analysis of individual cells identifies cell-to-cell variability following induction of cellular senescence” reports that individual cells at the same calendar stage of aging show varying evidence of expression of several senescence-associated genes. You can read more in the Early View issue of Aging Cell here
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Prizes
Best Image Prize 2016
Congratulations to Ms. Sophie Regnault at the Royal Veterinary College, London for being awarded the Society’s Best Image Prize for her submission “Tuatara skeleton”. Runner-up for the image prize was Dr. Nobue Itasaki at University of Bristol for the submission “Chick inner ear”. Full details at www.anatsoc.org.uk.
Research
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2017/18
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2018. The closing date for applications is Friday 25 August 2017. Information and conditions at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The College of Human and Health Sciences at the Swansea University is inviting applications for an Lecturer (Teaching) in Human Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology to contribute to teaching and graduate supervision, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The successful candidate is expected to share organisational and academic management responsibilities across the College. Closing date: 1 August 2017
Queen Mary University of London - School of Biological & Chemical Sciences is looking for a Lecturer in Pharmacology and Anatomy to contribute to the teaching on the joint programme in Biomedical Sciences with Nanchang University (NCU), China. The successful candidate is expected to teach in the areas of Pharmacology and Anatomy. Closing date: 10 August 2017
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Welcome to the June issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you up-dated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Summer Meeting
The Summer Meeting of the Anatomical Society: Anatomists on the Edge is taking place in Galway, Ireland from 27-29 June 2017. Themes include Biomaterials and Biomimetics, Civic Engagement/Outreach, Clinical Imaging, Clinical/Gross Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Education, General Anatomy, New Frontiers, The Anatomy of Cancer, and Vascu-lar/Intravital Imaging.
Program details at: http://anatomistsontheedge2017.com/
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: grab, grasp and grip without tiring
Every day, we grab, grasp and grip with our hands but sel-dom why the muscles do not fatigue more easily. The seemingly innocuous palmaris brevis muscle needs to be fatigue-resistant to protect the ulnar canal, and muscle-typing evidence to verify this assumption was the subject of the paper “Fiber type composition of the palmaris brev-is muscle: implications for palmar function” by Colin Moore and colleagues at The University of Western Ontar-io, Canada. You can read more about their paper in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12652/full
Aging Cell: what dose for healthier aging?
We know drugs can interfere with the aging process but no one has looked to see whether current drugs can already prevent aging. This challenge was addressed by Matthias Ziehm and colleagues at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, UK and University College London. If you want to find out whether existing drugs can be re-purposed to create the first step towards healthier human aging, you can read their paper “Drug repurposing for aging re-search using model organisms” in the Early View issue of Aging Cell
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12626/full
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maxi-mum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Prizes
Aging Cell Best Paper Prize 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Nathan Basisty and colleagues at the University of Washington, Seattle for being awarded the Best Paper Prize for publications in Aging Cell during 2016. Their paper was titled “Mitochondrial-targeted cata-lase is good for the old mouse proteome, but not for the young: ‘reverse’ antagonistic pleiotropy?”. Runners-up for the prize were Dr. Robert Mishur and colleagues (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) and Dr. Yi Zhu and colleagues (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN).
Journal of Anatomy Best Paper Prize 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Hiroshi Nagashima and colleagues at Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan for being awarded the Best Paper Prize for publications in the Journal of Anatomy during 2016. Their paper was titled “Developmental origin of the clavicle, and its implications for the evolution of the neck and the paired appendages in vertebrates”. Runners-up for the prize were Dr. Samantha Eaton and colleagues (University of Edinburgh, UK), Dr. Isabel Maggiano and col-leagues (University of Saskatchewan, Canada), and Dr. Matthew Mason (University of Cambridge, UK).
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Dr. Adam Taylor, Lancaster University for submitting his report following his participation at the 2017 Osteoarthritis Research Society International World Con-gress (OARSI), Las Vegas from 27-30 April 2017, with support from a Symington Award; Dr Barbara Jennings, University of East Anglia Medical School for submitting a report on the Society-supported Departmental Seminar held 17 February 2017.
Obituary: Emeritus Professor David Burns Moffat
David Moffat possessed the attributes of a supreme uni-versity academic. As a teacher of Anatomy, he was in complete command of his subject, coupled with a rare quality of communication that made students seek him out at every opportunity. He was devoid of bombast and grandstanding and enjoyed imparting information clearly and unambiguously. Generations of students will remem-ber ‘Moff’ with great affection as their outstanding guide in the early years of their career. They are the lucky recipi-ents of a legacy rarely available in the megaclasses of today’s medical schools. Many talented communicators are content with the role they play and indeed they are justly prized for these abilities. All too rarely, they also excel in investigative fields. David defied this trend for he was also an outstanding researcher. His career spanned a period when significant advances were often made by indi-viduals not working in large groups and he was one of these. His amazing manual dexterity enabled him to pro-duce extraordinary insights into developing vascular sys-tems culminating in seminal publications concerning kid-ney vasculature which remain the standard works to this day. David’s characteristic enthusiasm and upbeat per-sonality continued to the end of his life. I recall a lengthy cheerful telephone conversation just six months ago which left me, as always, feeling happier and very privileged to be the recipient of his friendship.
-- by Emeritus Professor Felix Beck DSc MD FRSB FRCP
Events
British & European Associations of Clinical Anatomists joint summer meeting
The Summer Scientific Meeting will be held at the University of Warwick, UK (hosted by Professor Richard Tunstall), from 4-6 July 2017. An optional postgraduate course on 7 July 2017 will take place in the West Midlands Surgical Training Centre (UHCW Hospital, Coventry), to explore a range of interventional and surgical procedures using fresh cadaveric material. More information at www.bacaonline.co.uk
Research
Awards and Grant Opportunities: Royal Society of Biology
1. Science Communication Awards 2017
Are you a bioscience researcher involved in science communication? Individuals working in any UK bioscience sector, including universities, institutes or industry, can now apply for the Royal Society of Biology Science Communication Awards 2017 under any one of two categories: New Researcher Prize (£750) and Established Researcher Prize (£1500). Apply by Friday 30th June 2017 and contact Isabel Brinsden with any enquiries.
2. Photography Competition 2017
Theme: Hidden World. The earth harbours a wealth of hid-den secrets and surprises and you are invited to uncover this hidden world of biology. Supported by Eppendorf, there are two categories each with a cash prize: 18+ (£1000) and under 18s (£500). Get snapping and submit up to three images by Thursday 31st August 2017.
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2017/18
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2018. The closing date for applications is Friday 25 August 2017. Information and conditions at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The Department of Biomedical Science at the University of Sheffield is inviting applications for an Associate University Teacher to contribute to the delivery of module content mostly associated with a new Masters degree program in Anatomy and Education. Duties include preparing and delivering large and small group teaching, as well as contributing to module and programme development. Closing date: 27 June 2017
Queen Mary University of London - Institute of Health Sciences Education is looking for an enthusiastic doctor with an interest in education and a passion for teaching to fill a one-year post as a Teaching Fellow in Clinical Skills and Anatomy. The successful candidate is expected to help develop the curriculum and enhance their own teaching skills. Closing date: 27 June 2017
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Welcome to the May issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you up-dated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Summer Meeting
Registration and abstract submission for the Summer Meeting of the Anatomical Society: Anatomists on the Edge is now open. The meeting will take place in Galway, Ireland from 27-29 June 2017. Abstract submission themes include Bio-materials and Biomimetics, Civic Engagement/Outreach, Clinical Imaging, Clinical/Gross Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Education, General Anatomy, New Frontiers, The Anatomy of Cancer, and Vascular/Intra-vital Imaging. Dead-line for submitting abstracts has been extended to 6 June 2017. Register and submit at: http://anatomistsontheedge2017.com/
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund Awards
Congratulations to the following: Claire Fitton, Miriam Graute, Muhammad Awwal Musa and Kenna Robertson who are receiving Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund Awards to support participation in the Society’s Summer meeting in Galway, Ireland from 27-29 May 2017.
Symington Bequest Awards
Congratulations to the following: Dr. Paul Felts who has received a Symington Bequest Award to fund participa-tion in the Society’s Summer meeting in Galway, Ireland from 27-29 May 2017; Dr. Salman Goudarzi who receives a Symington Bequest Award to fund participation in the Eu-ropean meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease in Edinburgh from 8-11 July 2017; Professor Stefan Przyborski who receives a Symington Bequest Award to fund participation in the International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting in Boston, USA from 14-17 June 2017.
Undergraduate Student Summer Research Studentships
Congratulations to the following who have been awarded studentships for 2017: Lindsey Watters (Dr. Denis Barry), Ya-roslav Shkanov (Dr. Scott Border), Isabelle Poulson (Dr Thomas Butts), Rosie Graham (Dr. Susanne Dietrich), Fiona Cronin (Dr. Helen Dodson), Geraldine Shallow (Assistant Professor David Kilroy), Jamie Whitfield (Professor Malcolm Logan), Matthew Harvey (Dr. Isabelle Miletich), Hannah Tjandra (Dr. Frank Schubert), Ivy Usansky (Dr. Tanya Shaw).
Events
British & European Associations of Clinical Anatomists joint summer meeting
The Summer Scientific Meeting will be held at the Universi-ty of Warwick, UK (hosted by Professor Richard Tunstall), from 4-6 July 2017. An optional postgraduate course on 7 July 2017 will take place in the West Midlands Surgical Training Centre (UHCW Hospital, Coventry), to explore a range of interventional and surgical procedures using fresh cadaveric material. More information at www.bacaonline.co.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: fascial diversity underneath
Faced with the variety of fascia in different parts of the body, Carla Stecco and colleagues at the University of Padova, Italy decided to address the challenge of investi-gating, documenting and classifying this tissue. From the arrangement of elastic and collagen fibres to the myelination of nerve fibres, you can read their detailed ac-count of the study including the proposed classification of fasciae in “Microscopic anatomy of the visceral fasciae” in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12617/full
Aging Cell: cages and premature senescence
Conventional teaching in histology includes learning about caveolae (“cages”) in plasma membranes. It now appears that a deficiency of the main component in caveolae (the scaffolding protein caveolin-1) leads to premature cellular senescence via mitochondrial dysfunction. You can read more of this study by Dong-Min Yu and colleagues at Korea University, Seoul and Inha Univer-sity College of Medicine, Incheon in their paper “Caveo-lin-1 deficiency induces premature senescence with mi-tochondrial dysfunction” in the Early View issue of Aging Cell http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12606/full
Research
Awards and Grant Opportunities: Royal Society of Biology
1. Science Communication Awards 2017
Are you a bioscience researcher involved in science communication? Individuals working in any UK bioscience sector, including universities, institutes or industry, can now apply for the Royal Society of Biology Science Communi-cation Awards 2017 under any one of two categories: New Researcher Prize (£750) and Established Researcher Prize (£1500). Apply by Friday 30th June 2017 and contact Isabel Brinsden with any enquiries.
2. Photography Competition 2017
Theme: Hidden World. The earth harbours a wealth of hid-den secrets and surprises and you are invited to uncover this hidden world of biology. Supported by Eppendorf, there are two categories each with a cash prize: 18+ (£1000) and under 18s (£500). Get snapping and submit up to three images by Thursday 31st August 2017.
Royal Society
International Exchanges Grant: Wanting to embark on new collaborations with researchers overseas? Apply now for up to £12k for international visits over 2 years. Deadline: 13-15th June 2017
Research Grants: If you are a UK early career scientist, you can apply for £15k to purchase specialised equipment and consumables, or to research the history of science. Deadline: 6th June 2017
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2017/18
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2018. The closing date for applications is Friday 25 August 2017. Information and conditions at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Reports
HTA and HFEA Triennial Reviews
The reports of the triennial reviews of the Human Tissue Authority and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority was published in March 2017 by the UK Department of Health. The report concludes that the HFEA is a well-run organisation, performing necessary functions effectively” and recommends that the HFEA and the HTA should con-tinue to operate in their current forms. Both reports are available at www.gov.uk/government/consultations
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maxi-mum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Non-human primate brain bank
A proposal to establish a tissue bank (fixed and maybe frozen brain and spinal cord), using donations from animals already used for research in the UK, to maximize use of the resource at no extra ethical cost is being put for-ward. We are interested to hear from anyone who might wish to use the bank, what sort of studies they might wish to conduct, including researchers who do not normally work with non-human primate tissue, and laboratories based outside the UK. Please contact Demetris.Soteropoulos@ncl.ac.uk or Gavin.Clowry@ncl.ac.uk
Job Vacancies
University of Plymouth - Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry are inviting applications for 2 or more Anatomy Demonstrators to teach topographical and functional anatomy to undergraduate students in undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS), and postgraduate Physician Associate Studies (PgDip) courses. Closing date: 30th May 2017
Lancaster University Medical School is seeking applica-tions for a Teaching Fellow in Anatomy to take responsibil-ity for the development and organisation of all aspects of Lancaster Medical School’s Anatomy curriculum. This will include extensive contribution to lectures, practical teaching, special study modules, workshops, forums, lec-turing, assessment and admissions activities. Closing date: 8th June 2017
Applications are invited for 11 Anatomy Demonstrators at the University of Birmingham - Institute of Clinical Sciences to teach topographical and functional anatomy, neuroanatomy and histology in small group sessions, and demonstration of prosected material to undergraduate students in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and other allied health professions, Biomedical Science and graduate entry medicine. Closing date: 15th June 2017
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Welcome to the April issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you up-dated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Summer Meeting
Registration and abstract submission for the Summer Meeting of the Anatomical Society: Anatomists on the Edge is now open. The meeting will take place in Galway, Ireland from 27-29 June 2017. Abstract submission themes include Bio-materials and Bio-mimetics, Civic Engagement/Outreach, Clinical Imaging, Clinical/Gross Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Education, General Anatomy, New Frontiers, The Anatomy of Cancer, and Vascular/Intra-vital Imaging. Early bird registration closes 30 April 2017. To register and submit an abstract: http://anatomistsontheedge2017.com/
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Bruce Medal Awarded to Professor David Sinclair
Congratulations to Society Fellow Professor David Sinclair, FAS Professor of Anatomy at the Royal College of Sur-geons in Edinburgh who received the Bruce Medal at the recent RCSEd diploma ceremony on 17 March 2017. Pro-fessor Sinclair is also an Honorary Professor of the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews and received the Bruce Medal in recognition of his contribution to the Col-lege over a number of years, in particular through his teaching of anatomy.
Events
British & European Associations of Clinical Anatomists joint summer meeting
The Summer Scientific Meeting will be held at the Universi-ty of Warwick (UK) from 4-7 July 2017, hosted by Professor Richard Tunstall. The conference will run from 4-6 July 2017, with an optional postgraduate course running on 7 July 2017. The postgraduate course will take place in the West Midlands Surgical Training Centre (UHCW Hospital, Coventry) exploring a range of interventional and surgical procedures using fresh cadaveric material. More infor-mation at www.bacaonline.co.uk
Graduate Center
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maxi-mum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Research
Awards and Grant Opportunities: Royal Society of Biology
1. Science Communication Awards 2017
Are you a bioscience researcher involved in science communication? Individuals working in any UK bioscience sector, including universities, institutes or industry, can now apply for the Royal Society of Biology Science Communi-cation Awards 2017 under any one of two categories: New Researcher Prize (£750) and Established Researcher Prize (£1500). Apply by Friday 30th June 2017 and contact Isabel Brinsden with any enquiries.
2. Photography Competition 2017
Theme: Hidden World. The earth harbours a wealth of hid-den secrets and surprises and you are invited to uncover this hidden world of biology. Supported by Eppendorf, there are two categories each with a cash prize: 18+ (£1000) and under 18s (£500). Get snapping and submit up to three images by Thursday 31st August 2017.
3. Regional Grant Scheme for Biology Week events in 2017
The scheme allows individual members to apply directly for funding to help run an event or activity in their region during Biology Week. Small grants of up to £200 and larger grants of up to £500 are available and we are looking to fund a wide range of events and activities. Deadline for applications is Friday 21st April 2017.
Royal Society
International Exchanges Grant: Wanting to embark on new collaborations with researchers overseas? Apply now for up to £12k for international visits over 2 years. Deadline: 13-15 June 2017
International Collaboration Awards: Outstanding UK re-search leaders can apply now for up to £75k p/a for collaborations with the best leading researchers from around the world. Deadline: 23 May 2017
Research Grants: If you are a UK early career scientist, you can apply for £15k to purchase specialised equipment and consumables, or to research the history of science. Deadline: 6 June 2017
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2017/18
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2018. The closing date for applications is Friday 25 August 2017. Information and conditions at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: more thought, less action
The thinking that a complex brain may be required for im-pressive motor skills may not be entirely correct. Adriana Manzano and colleagues at research institutions in Argen-tina and France have reported their finding of complex and variable brain morphology in frogs despite their relative lack of sophisticated motor skills. You can read more about their study in the paper “Variation in brain anatomy in frogs and its possible bearing on their locomotor ecolo-gy” in the current online version of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12613/full
Aging Cell: in-built aging in new bone cells
Strong bones are associated with youth, weak bones with aging. Yet it appears that the new bone cells are already programmed to grow old soon after birth. Evidence to support this idea has been reported by Ha-Neui Kim and colleagues in their paper “DNA damage and senescence in osteoprogenitors expressing Osx1 may cause their de-crease with age” that shows increasing expression of DNA damage and senescence in bone progenitor cells with age. You can read more about their study in the current online version of Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12597/full
Opportunities
Non-human primate brain bank
A proposal to establish a tissue bank (fixed and maybe frozen brain and spinal cord), using donations from ani-mals already used for research in the UK, to maximize use of the resource at no extra ethical cost is being put for-ward. We are interested to hear from anyone who might wish to use the bank, what sort of studies they might wish to conduct, including researchers who do not normally work with non-human primate tissue, and laboratories based outside the UK. Please contact Demetris.Soteropoulos@ncl.ac.uk or Gavin.Clowry@ncl.ac.uk
Job Vacancies
The College of Medicine and Health at University College Cork wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Anatomy & Neuroscience to teach and examine, have a cutting-edge Neuro-science research programme, undertake administrative duties and carry out other duties under the general direction of the Head of the Department of Anatomy & Neuro-science. Candidates should have a track record to be competitive for applying to the European Research Council or similar Investigator Programmes for research funding. Closing date: 9 May 2017
Brighton and Sussex Medical School is seeking to appoint a Prosector in Anatomy to assist with the provision of anatomy teaching and research for medical students and clinical faculty. The successful candidate will be responsi-ble for preparation of material and overseeing the day to day running of the laboratory and will manage five anat-omy demonstrators. Closing date: 10 May 2017
The University of Western Australia (UWA) School of Human Sciences invites candidates to apply for a vacant position of Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor. The successful candidate for this teaching intensive position will be responsible to the Head of School for providing academic leadership and coordinating undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in gross anatomy and histology. Closing date: 14 May 2017
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Welcome to the April issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Anatomical Society Summer Meeting
Registration and abstract submission for the Summer Meeting of the Anatomical Society: Anatomists on the Edge is now open. The meeting will take place in Galway, Ireland from 27-29 June 2017. Abstract submission themes include Biomaterials and Bio-mimetics, Civic Engagement/Outreach, Clinical Imaging, Clinical/Gross Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Education, General Anatomy, New Frontiers, The Anatomy of Cancer, and Vascular/Intra-vital Imaging. Early bird registration closes 30 April 2017. Register and submit an abstract here
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Bruce Medal Awarded to Professor David Sinclair
Congratulations to Society Fellow Professor David Sinclair, FAS Professor of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh who received the Bruce Medal at the recent RCSEd diploma ceremony on 17 March 2017. Professor Sinclair is also an Honorary Professor of the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews and received the Bruce Medal in recognition of his contribution to the College over a number of years, in particular through his teaching of anatomy,
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: more thought, less action
The thinking that a complex brain may be required for impressive motor skills may not be entirely correct. Adriana Manzano and colleagues at research institutions in Argentina and France have reported their finding of complex and variable brain morphology in frogs despite their relative lack of sophisticated motor skills. You can read more about their study in the paper "Variation in brain anatomy in frogs and its possible bearing on their locomotor ecology" in the current online version of the Journal of Anatomy here
Aging Cell: in-built aging in new bone cells
Strong bones are associated with youth, weak bones with aging. Yet it appears that the new bone cells are already programmed to grow old soon after birth. Evidence to support this idea has been reported by Ha-Neui Kim and colleagues in their paper "DNA damage and senescence in osteoprogenitors expressing Osx1 may cause their decrease with age" that shows increasing expression of DNA damage and senescence in bone progenitor cells with age. You can read more about their study in the current online version of Aging Cell here
Research
Awards and Grant Opportunities: Royal Society of Biology
1. Science Communication Awards 2017
Are you a bioscience researcher involved in science communication? Individuals working in any UK bioscience sector, including universities, institutes or industry, can now apply for the Royal Society of Biology Science Communication Awards 2017 under any one of two categories: New Researcher Prize (£750) and Established Researcher Prize (£1500). Apply by Friday 30th June 2017 and contact Isabel Brinsden with any enquiries.
2. Photography Competition 2017
Theme: Hidden World. The earth harbours a wealth of hidden secrets and surprises and you are invited to uncover this hidden world of biology. Supported by Eppendorf, there are two categories each with a cash prize: 18+ (£1000) and under 18s (£500). Get snapping and submit up to three images by Thursday 31st August 2017.
3. Regional Grant Scheme for Biology Week events in 2017
The scheme allows individual members to apply directly for funding to help run an event or activity in their region during Biology Week. Small grants of up to £200 and larger grants of up to £500 are available and we are looking to fund a wide range of events and activities. Deadline for applications is Friday 21st April 2017.
Royal Society
International Exchanges Grant: Wanting to embark on new collaborations with researchers overseas? Apply now for up to £12k for international visits over 2 years. Deadline: 13-15 June 2017
International Collaboration Awards: Outstanding UK research leaders can apply now for up to £75k p/a for collaborations with the best leading researchers from around the world. Deadline: 23 May 2017
Research Grants: If you are a UK early career scientist, you can apply for £15k to purchase specialised equipment and consumables, or to research the history of science. Deadline: 6 June 2017.
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2017/18
Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland starting October 2018. The closing date for applications is Friday 25 August 2017. Information and conditions here.
Graduate Centre
Student Surgical and Other Society Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details here.
Events
British & European Associations of Clinical Anatomists joint summer meeting
The Summer Scientific Meeting will be held at the University of Warwick (UK) from 4-7 July 2017, hosted by Professor Richard Tunstall. The conference will run from 4-6 July 2017, with an optional postgraduate course running on 7 July 2017. The postgraduate course will take place in the West Midlands Surgical Training Centre (UHCW Hospital, Coventry) exploring a range of interventional and surgical procedures using fresh cadaveric material. More information here
Opportunities
Non-human primate brain bank
A proposal to establish a tissue bank (fixed and maybe frozen brain and spinal cord), using donations from animals already used for research in the UK, to maximize use of the resource at no extra ethical cost is being put forward. We are interested to hear from anyone who might wish to use the bank, what sort of studies they might wish to conduct, including researchers who do not normally work with non-human primate tissue, and laboratories based outside the UK. Please contact Demetris.Soteropoulos@ncl.ac.uk or Gavin.Clowry@ncl.ac.uk.
Job Vacancies
The College of Medicine and Health at University College Cork wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Anatomy & Neuroscience to teach and examine, have a cutting-edge Neuroscience research programme, undertake administrative duties and carry out other duties under the general direction of the Head of the Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience. Candidates should have a track record to be competitive for applying to the European Research Council or similar Investigator Programmes for research funding. Closing date: 9 May 2017
Brighton and Sussex Medical School is seeking to appoint a Prosector in Anatomy to assist with the provision of anatomy teaching and research for medical students and clinical faculty. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparation of material and overseeing the day to day running of the laboratory and will manage five anatomy demonstrators. Closing date: 10 May 2017
The University of Western Australia (UWA) School of Human Sciences invites candidates to apply for a vacant position of Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor. The successful candidate for this teaching intensive position will be responsible to the Head of School for providing academic leadership and coordinating undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in gross anatomy and histology. Closing date: 14 May 2017
If you have any news, events or announcements that you would like to see published in the newsletter, send us an email. Items should reach the editor a minimum of 30 days before the date that the event is scheduled to take place.
Editor - Raj Ettarh
Anatomical Society Summer Meeting
Registration and abstract submission for the Summer Meeting of the Anatomical Society: Anatomists on the Edge is now open. The meeting will take place in Galway, Ireland from 27-29 June 2017. Abstract submission themes include Biomaterials and Bio-mimetics, Civic Engagement/Outreach, Clinical Imaging, Clinical/Gross Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Education, General Anatomy, New Frontiers, The Anatomy of Cancer, and Vascular/Intra-vital Imaging.
Early bird registration closes 30 April 2017. To registrar and submit an abstract: here
Deadlines
Mark your diary! The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: T-cells, thymus and tilapia
For anatomists who teach about the thymus in the human body, the common freshwater fish tilapia has perhaps taken on a whole new meaning following a refreshing insight into the thymus in fish that has just been reported by Jianmeng Cao and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science and Shanghai Ocean University in China. They describe the micro-developmental transformation of the thymus in tilapia in their Early View paper "Histology and ultrastructure of the thymus during development in tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus" which you can read in the current online version of the Journal of Anatomy at here
Aging Cell: you can blame it on the mitochondria
We age, get tired easily, can't walk as fast or very far: blame it on the mitochondria in the skeletal muscle but we don't know how or why it happens. Ariel Zane and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, USA decided to find out why and in knee extension experiments found relationships between oxidative capacity in mitochondria and muscle strength and quality. You can read more about this inefficiency in muscle bioenergetics in their paper "Muscle strength mediates the relationship between mitochondrial energetics and walking performance" in the current online version of Aging Cell here
Research
Royal Society Grants
The programmes for International Exchanges (International Exchanges Standard Programme and the 2017 Ireland (RIA) International Exchanges Cost share Programme) are intended for scientists in the UK who want to stimulate new collaborations with leading scientists overseas through either a one-off visit or bilateral travel. Applications close 7 March 2017. More at www.royalsociety.com
Newton Fund and International Grants
Stimulate new international collaborations: Newton Mobility Grants of up to £12k for UK scientists to work with leading scientists in Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, or Turkey. Funded by the Newton Fund. Deadline: 15 March 2017
Newton Advanced Fellowships
Early career group leaders, develop your research by linking with some of the best research groups in the UK, funded by the Newton Fund.
This opportunity is available to applicants based in China, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand, or Turkey. Deadline: 23 March 2017.
Newton International Fellowships: The best early stage post-doctoral researchers from all over the world can apply for this fellowship to work at UK research institutions for a period of two years. Deadline: 22 March 2017.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
People
Symington Prize 2016: John Shaw Dunn
Congratulations to John Shaw Dunn, the recipient of the 2016 Symington Prize. Dr. Dunn has spent his entire career at the University of Glasgow, after receiving a First Class Honours intercalated BSc and the Brunton Medal as the foremost medical graduate of his year. Illustrious descendant of a family of distinguished medics whose forbears were Victorian industrialists and coal mine proprietors, Dr. Dunn received his PhD in Anatomy at Glasgow under the tutelage of the late Professor George Wyburn for his work on the Electron Microscopy of Histogenesis and the development of the retina - work for which he was awarded the Sir John Struthers Gold Medal and Prize. With a love for painting, Scottish rural and domestic architecture, and conversation, Dr. Dunn built up expertise in clinical anatomy, frequently working with local surgeons in attempts to improve surgical treatments.The Symington Prize is a fitting mark of appreciation for one who has done so much for his subject.
- excerpts from encomium by
Stuart McDonald and Colin Ockleford, 20th December 2016
Book Review
Logan's Integrated Human Anatomy: A Pictorial Introduction to Basic Form and Structure
It is always fascinating to see an anatomy atlas that addresses the space between theoretical teaching with colorful diagrams and tissue handing in the laboratory. Bari Logan has done an excellent job in transferring the realism of the cadaver laboratory to the pages of this book. It is easy to imagine that this will transfer just as well to the reading desks of students. The book adopts a traditional approach in covering the main body regions and introduces the learner in a gentle manner to identification of structure as well as relationships between structures and organs. The images are very clear, detailed, and well labelled - a feature that will be very greatly appreciated by medical students. The colorful line diagrams help to convey function, and the appendix of lists, notes and terms at the end of the book should make very many first-year medical students happy. One great feature that will delight medical school librarians is that this book comes with access to the ebook through the VitalSource elibrary. At 230 pages, this book is a manageable size and works well as a wonderful starting point and valuable resource for students learning anatomy in the first year.
- Raj Ettarh, California University
of Science and Medicine, Colton, USA
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
University of Birmingham - Institute of Clinical Sciences is inviting applications from medical or anatomy graduates with considerable clinical experience for 11 Anatomy Demonstrators to help teach topographical and functional anatomy of the body, neuroanatomy and histology in small group sessions to undergraduate students in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and other allied health professions, Biomedical Science and graduate entry medicine. Closing date: 1 March 2017
Applications are invited for a Prosector in Anatomy at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School - Clinical and Laboratory Investigation (Anatomy) to assist with teaching and research in anatomy for medical students and clinical faculty. The successful candidate will be responsible for preparation of material and overseeing the day-to-day running of the laboratory, and will manage five anatomy demonstrators. Closing date: 2 March 2017
University of Edinburgh - Biomedical Sciences Teaching Orgnisation is inviting applications for a Technical Officer Anatomy to support the teaching of medical students and outside organizations, and assist with the planning and organization of technical support for anatomy practical classes as well as the maintenance of anatomical specimens. Closing date: 2 March 2017
The University of Bristol Centre for Applied Anatomy invites applications for positions as Anatomy Demonstrators to teach human anatomy to medical, dental, and science students as well as teaching external anatomy courses to undergraduate/postgraduate allied healthcare professionals. Closing date: 12 March 2017
Applications are invited for a Senior Teaching Fellow - Anatomy at the University of Warwick - Warwick Medical School to develop and deliver clinically-applied human anatomy, embryology, medical imaging and allied medical sciences teaching to graduate-entry medical students and postgraduate students from healthcare disciplines. Closing date: 12 March 2017.
Editor - Raj Ettarh
Anatomical Society Annual General Meeting
Congratulations to Ben Jevans and Jack Leese for their Young Investigator Joint Oral Presentation Prize 2016 at the Society winter meeting in December 2016.
Deadlines - Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Obituary
Condolences to the family of Society member Professor Robert Crawforth Buck who died in August 2016. Obituary is here
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: fast muscles in the rat
The role of the iliopsoas muscle as a postural muscle (helping the rat to rise on its hind limbs) is explored in the rat by Hrvoje Vlahovic and colleagues at the University of Rijeka, Croatia in their paper "Segmental fibre type composition of the rat iliopsoas muscle". You can read more about their description of the cross-sectional densities of the various fast and slow fibres in the muscle in the latest online issue of the Journal of Anatomy here
Aging Cell: fats, calories and long life
Calorie restriction mediates extension of lifespan. It is also known that Neuropeptide Y plays a role in the process. Seongjoon Park and colleagues at Nagasaki University, Japan explored this role further and report findings that suggest a potential for defining traits with the peptide. You can read more about their paper "Neuropeptide Y resists excess loss of fat by lipolysis in calorie-restricted mice: a trait potential for the life-extending effect of calorie restriction" in the latest online issue of the journal Aging Cell here
Research
Royal Society Grants
The programmes for International Exchanges (International Exchanges Standard Programme and the 2017 Ireland (RIA) International Exchanges Cost share Programme) are intended for scientists in the UK who want to stimulate new collaborations with leading scientists overseas through either a one-off visit or bilateral travel. Applications close 7 March 2017. More here
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. More details
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following for their reports: Kar Lai Pang and Matthew Parnall following participation at European Society of Cardiology, Newcastle Cardiovascular Meeting, 15th to 17th November 2016, Newcastle, UK; Jack McIntyre after participating at the Society Winter Meeting in December 2016; Ashik Kalam following participation in the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 12th to 16th November 2016, San Diego, USA. Details here
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Kingston University - Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education has a vacancy for a Demonstrator Lecturer in the School of Allied Health, Midwifery and Social Care. The successful candidate will help students understand anatomy and physiology, and work with course director and module leads to develop and deliver embedded curricular around anatomy, physiology and its understanding by means of dissection and demonstration in the dissecting rooms. Closing date: 29 January 2017.
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to join a stem and progenitor cell team working on a project funded by OxStem Cardio (Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford). The successful candidate will carry out in vitro high throughput screening assays, using human patient-derived primary epicardial cells and human embryonic stem-cell derived epicardial cells, and develop assays for secondary screens and validation of targets. Closing date: 13 February 2017.
University of St Andrews - School of Medicine is inviting applications from medical graduates for two full-time Medical Demonstrator posts who will participate in the teaching and assessment of regional anatomy, clinical skills and case-based tutorials to medical students. Closing date: 20 February 2017.
Welcome to the December issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. Next deadline for applications 26 January 2017. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: clavicular research with furculas
Data from work on avian furculas is giving us insights into characteristics of bone growth that may be important in mammalian clavicles. Dynamic loading (various types of paralysis), temperature and motility all influence bone growth of the developing furcula in chicken embryos. If you would like to find out how paralysis is achieved in embryonic chickens, Andrea Pollard and colleagues at the Royal Veterinary College, London, UK have outlined this in their report "the role of embryo movement in the development of the furcula". You can read more in the early view issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12571/full
Aging Cell: telomeres - longer or shorter shoelaces?
For those who understand telomeres as being like the plastic tips on the end of shoelaces, the debate as to whether telomeres elongate or shorten has been given a fresh twist with the analytical modelling reported by Melissa Bateson and Daniel Nettle at the Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK in their paper "The telomere lengthening conundrum - it could be biology". Would lengthening telomeres allow humans to (perish the thought...) live longer? You can read more about this analysis in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12555/full
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following: Professor Mark Fisher for submitting his report following a Departmental Seminar Award by the Society. Details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Awards
Congratulations to Jack McIntyre and Nija Nikolova for their Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund Awards to participate in the Society Winter Meeting at King's College London from 19-21 December 2016.
Congratulations to Andrea Rivera of University of Portsmouth for the prize-winning image "Myelination in the Corpus Callosum" in the Best Image Competition in October 2016. Runner-up image "Human fetal forebrain" was submitted by Ayman Alzu'bi of University of Newcastle.
Congratulations to Professors Andrew Copp (University of Edinburgh), Thomas Gillingwater (University of London), and Dr. Lyndsay Murray (University of Edinburgh) for their success in this year's Society research studentship awards which will start in October 2017. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Research
Royal Society Grants
The APEX award (Academies Partnership in Supporting Excellence in Cross-disciplinary research award) scheme offers established independent researchers, with a strong track record in their respective area, an exciting opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research to benefit wider society. Applications close 13 January 2017. More at www.royalsociety.org
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Applications are invited for a Professor / Associate Professor / Senior Assistant Professor / Assistant Professor / Lecturer - Anatomy at Institute of Health Sciences of Universiti Brunei Darussalam who can demonstrate experience and ability in university undergraduate teaching, especially in clinical teaching for undergraduate health sciences and allied health programmes. Closing date: 29 December 2016
The Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford has a vacant position for an Administrator in Human Anatomy to support the work of the Director of Anatomy. The successful candidate will provide administrative support for the body donor programme and anatomy teaching programmes. Closing date: 6 January 2017
Swansea University Medical School is inviting applications for a Part-time Tutor to teach for 7 hours a week. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching and student assessment and supervision in human anatomy, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Closing date: 8 January 2017
The Centre for Comparative and Clinical Anatomy at the University of Bristol is inviting applications for a Senior Teaching Associate / Teaching Fellow to teach clinically-relevant comparative anatomy for the professional Veterinary programme as well as at all levels of our Science teaching. The successful candidate may also contribute to anatomy teaching for the Medical and Dental programmes. Closing date: 12 January 2017
Applications are invited for Medical Demonstrators at the University of Central Lancashire - School of Medicine to join its enthusiastic and committed teaching team, teaching on a range of medical education programmes including the MBBS, PGDip Physician Associate and BSc(Hons) Medical Sciences. The focus will be on development, delivery and assessment of regional anatomy, clinical and communication skills and small group teaching. Closing date: 15 January 2017
Welcome to the November issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website
Anatomical Society Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Anatomical Society will be held at 1.15pm to 2.30pm on Tuesday 20th December 2016 in the Harris Lecture Theatre, Hodgkin Building, King's College (Guy's Campus), Southwark, London, SE1 1UL. Information including voting forms are available at www.anatsoc.org.uk/about-us/agm-general-business-meetings/annual-general-meeting
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The Winter meeting of the Society will be held at King's College London from 19-21 December 2016. The theme of the meeting is "Understanding Anatomy through Embryology". Details and registration: www.anatsocmeeting.co.uk
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 May 2017. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Surgical and Other Student Societies. Next deadline for applications 26 January 2017. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: where do all the PIs go?
The anatomic location of pancreatic islets (PIs) and their function is fairly well characterized, so finding out whether transplanted exogenous PIs go to the recipient pancreas is important. Silvia Mannucci and colleagues at universities in Pisa and Verona, Italy examined localization of PIs following co-transplantation with mesenchymal stem cells and found a preference of the liver. You can read more about their study "Quantumdots labelling allows detection of the homing of mesenchymal stem cells administered as immunomodulatory therapy in an experimental model of pancreatic islets transplantation"in the early view online issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12563/full
Aging Cell: variable speed aging?
Just like flowers in a bouquet, our cells may be gradually aging via DNA methylation in an uncoordinated symphony of disorder: Julia Franzen and colleagues at EMBL, and Aachen and Cologne Universities, Germany examined profiles of senescence in mesenchymal cells and found extensive variability that points to asynchronous regulation. You can read more about their paper "Senescence-associated DNA methylation is stochastically acquired in subpopulations of mesenchymal stem cells" in the early view issue of Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12544/full
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following: Professor Mark Fisher for submitting his report following a Departmental Seminar Award by the Society. Details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The University of Oxford is inviting applications for a position as Departmental Anatomist in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics. The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of pre-clinical anatomical teaching to undergraduate students in the peer-clinical course. Closing date: December 5, 2016
Applications are being invited for a Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Assistant Professor/Assistant Professor/Lecturer of Anatomy at Brunei University Darrusalam with a strong academic background (PhD qualification), a demonstrated ability in undergraduate teaching and the ability to integrate fundamentals of clinical skills within the scope of a problem based curriculum. Closing date: December 29, 2016
Welcome to the October issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Symington Bequest Award Recipients 2015/16
Congratulations to the following recipients: Mr Ashik Kalam to participate in the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, 12-16 November 2016, San Diego, USA; Ms Kar Lai Pang - to participate in the European Society of Cardiology, Newcastle Cardiovascular Meeting, 15-17 November 2016, Newcastle, UK; Mr Matthew Parnall - to participate in the European Society of Cardiology, Newcastle Cardiovascular Meeting, 15-17 November 2016, Newcastle, UK. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The Winter meeting of the Society will be held at King's College London from 19-21 December 2016. The theme of the meeting is "Understanding Anatomy through Embryology". Registration is now open. Early bird registration closes 31 October 2016. Full details, registration and abstract submission: www.anatsocmeeting.co.uk
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2016. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following: Dr. Tudor Chinnah (University of Exeter) for submitting his report following a Departmental Seminar Award by the Society; Drs. Gavin Clowry (University of Newcastle), Catherina Becker (University of Edinburgh) for their project reports under the 2016 undergraduate summer vacation research scholarships. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: the nervous spleen
There is little evidence for innervation to the spleen. Therefore the report by Alison Thomson and colleagues at universities in Edinburgh, Baltimore and Boston on the relationship between motor neurone protein and splenic development is fascinating. A disportionately small spleen in severe spinal muscular atrophy shows low proliferation, increased cell death, failed white pulp, and presence of megakaryocytes. You can read more about their paper "Survival of motor neurone protein is required for normal postnatal development of the spleen" in the early view online issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12546/full
Aging Cell: poor smell from damaged DNA
Neuronal degeneration in Alzheimer's disease is well recognized. Using a DNA-polymerase deficiency model, Magdalena Misiak and colleagues at the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program in Baltimore examined the associated impairment of olfaction and report that olfactory bulb neurons showed greater DNA damage and apoptotic activity in Alzheimer's disease. You can read more about their findings in the paper "DNA polymerase β decrement triggers death of olfactory bulb cells and impairs olfaction in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease" in the early view issue of Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12541/full
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards to support Student Surgical Societies and Other Student Societies. Applications for maximum funding of £200 are considered on a rolling basis (1 October to 30 September). More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The Education Services and Support team within the University of Birmingham - College of Medical and Dental Sciences has a vacant position for a Programme Administrator (Anatomy) to provide administrative support for the new 1-year intercalated degree offered to medical students, and to liaise with University staff. Closing date: 1 November 2016
Applications are invited for two Teaching Associates (Anatomy) at Queen's University Belfast - Centre for Biomedical Sciences Education / School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences who can demonstrate experience in the design, delivery and assessment of relevant teaching and learning in the anatomical sciences. Closing date: 7 November 2016
The University of Birmingham - Institute of Clinical Sciences is inviting applications for Anatomy Demonstrators in the Human Anatomy Unit of the institute to teach undergraduates in Medicine, Dentistry, Graduate-entry medicine, Biomedical Science Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and other allied health professions. Closing date: 15 November 2016
Welcome to the September issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Education Committee 'Scoopit!' project
Over the last few years the Education Committee of the Society have been curating useful and interesting online anatomical resources using the software 'Scoopit'. The aim of this project was to provide members with a collection of good quality reviewed online resources that members could recommend to students and/or colleagues. We are excited to say that this repository of resources will soon be linked to a new page on the Society's brand new website! Members will be able to access the repository of resources, grouped by both region and system, by clicking on an interactive map of the human body. If you have any useful resources that you would like to share please send the URL to shawhm1@cardiff.ac.uk
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 Oct 2016. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following: Ms Gráinne Nielsen for submitting her report following her award of a Barclay Smith Travel Bursary by the Society; Drs. Nobue Itasaki, Jennifer Paxton & Michelle Welsh for their project reports under the 2016 undergraduate summer vacation research scholarships; Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid, Queen's University, Belfast for the Departmental Seminar award. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: to freeze or not to freeze
The exploration of options for developing teaching material for effective learning of human morphology runs alongside study of structure in cadaveric donors. Denise Doomernik and colleagues at the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen and hospital surgery departments in the Netherlands have examined a variety of commonly used vascular injection products for detailing the arterial tree in fresh-frozen and embalmed limbs. You can read an account of their findings in their paper entitled "A comparative study of vascular injection fluids in fresh-frozen and embalmed human cadaver forearms" in the current issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12504/full
Aging Cell: do sweat glands go to sleep with age?
Laure Rittie and colleagues at the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA have described a fascinating account of their investigation into why skin heals more slowly with age. They found that with age, sweat glands contribute less to healing even though wound-induced proliferation response is unchanged. You can read more about their study in their paper entitled "Reduced cell cohesiveness of outgrowths from eccrine sweat glands delays wound closure in elderly skin" in the current issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12493/full
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards to support Student Surgical Societies and Other Student Societies. Applications for maximum funding of £200 are considered on a rolling basis (1 October to 30 September). More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
Monash University is seeking an outstanding candidate as Professor and Head of Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology to manage and lead the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology within the Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences. The successful candidate will capitalise and build on existing educational and research strengths to create a high-performing team of academics and professional staff. Closing date: 30 September 2016.
Applications for a Clinical Teaching Fellow (Surgery and Anatomy) are currently being invited at the University of Edinburgh to support the development of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. Closing date: 30 September 2016
Applications are invited for the above full-time Lecturer in Medical Sciences (Anatomy) in the School of Medical Sciences at Bangor University. The successful applicant will be involved in the learning and teaching activities of the School, including provision of lectures, small group and practical teaching to life Sciences students (undergraduate and taught postgraduate). Closing date: 6 October 2016
The University of Glasgow School of Life Sciences is inviting applications for two University Teachers to play a leading role in the delivery, design and curriculum management of Anatomy teaching and its component courses at undergraduate/postgraduate level, and enhance a research-led approach to course design and delivery. Closing date: 9 October 2016
Welcome to the August issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Research Opportunities
Royal Society Grant Opportunities
Industry Fellowships: for academic scientists who want to work on a collaborative project with industry and for scientists in industry who want to work on a collaborative project with an academic organisation. Deadline: 29 September 2016.
University Research Fellowships: for outstanding early career scientists to help them build an independent research career. Deadline: 5 September 2016.
Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships: The 2017 round will be open for applications from late September 2016 with a closing date of mid-November 2016.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 Oct 2016. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
People
Cave Young Investigator Award
Congratulations to Miss Eleanor Walder at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge on winning the Anatomical Society Cave Young Investigator Award (Best Poster Award) 2016 at the Summer Meeting of the Society in July 2016. Runner-up was Mr Rene Gonzales at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Best Image Prize
Congratulations to Professor Malcolm Logan and Dr. Sussan Miller, King's College London for their image "3D mouse forelimb" which has won best image prize. You can appreciate an abstract rendition of their submission in the advertising poster for the image prize in this issue of Anastomosis. Dr. Neal Anthwal and Ms Elena Popa were runners-up. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Symington Bequest & Barclay-Smith Awardee Reports
Many thanks to Mr Toby Andrews, Ms Ruth Levey (NUI Galway), Dr. Phil Cox, Professor John Hutchinson, Mr James Charles, and Dr. Salman Goudarzi for their reports following Society-sponsored participation at meetings. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: twinned but unrelated?
Spinal nerves and vertebrae may appear to be "twinned" in a numerically organised way but the evidence may be incomplete. The notion that the spinal cord is segmentally organised is explored by Leidse and D'Herde at the University of Ghent, Belgium in their paper "Revisiting the segmental organization of the human spinal cord". You can read about this in the current issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12493/full
Aging Cell: remembering skeletal muscles
The idea is that memory is an attribute of the central nervous system. Adam Sharples and colleagues at Liverpool John Moores University however explore the evidence for memory in skeletal muscle in their review entitled "Does skeletal muscle have an 'epi'-memory? The role of epigenetics in nutritional programming, metabolic disease, aging and exercise". You read their review in the current issue of the journal Aging Cell at
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12486/full
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards to support Student Surgical Societies and Other Student Societies. Applications for maximum funding of £200 are considered on a rolling basis (1 October to 30 September). More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Book Review
The Anatomy of Murder: Ethical Transgressions and Anatomical Science during the Third Reich
"History! Read it and weep!" Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle.
"No one ever comes back from the dead, no one ever enters the world without weeping; no one is ever asked when he wishes to enter life, no one is ever asked when he wishes to leave." Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or, Part I
In scientific circles in Nazi Germany in 1942 the unthinkable occurred: the death of a human experimental subject became part of the experimental design. Thus, in order to study the effects of stress on the female reproductive system, Hermann Stieve used female prisoners who had been condemned to death, often for the most trivial of offences. The timing of their execution (by guillotine) was factored in to Stieve's protocol. He planned when they should be exposed to the stress of learning their execution date; the timing of the subsequent execution would be at a convenient time for him, so that the body of the unfortunate victim could be taken directly to his laboratory for the reproductive organs to be removed for study. In another case, the researchers Neubert and Petersen went further and actually set up a table with dissection instruments in the execution chamber, covered with a black cloth until after the decapitation. Tissues and organs could therefore be removed immediately after the decapitation of the condemned prisoner. The history of anatomy in Nazi Germany had been shrouded in obscurity until papers from Sabine Hildebrand began to appear a few years ago, shedding light on their unethical practices, and more importantly, giving a voice and identity to some of the forgotten victims of the Nazis - the executed prisoners whose bodies were used for dissection and research by some of the leading figures in academic anatomical circles (e.g. Hildebrandt 2009, 2013a, 2013b). As is well known, the use of the bodies from the scaffold for anatomical examination has a long and gruesome history. In the UK, such practices died out after the introduction of the Anatomy Act of 1832; America began to regulate the use of bodies in 1831 with the passing of a similar law in Massachusetts, though the use of executed criminals for dissection in the USA has by no means died out: the Visible Human Project being a case in point which has aroused a good deal of ethical controversy. It is telling that one of the most eloquent arguments against the use of the bodies of executed criminals comes from the University of Vienna (Roeggla et al., 1995), where Pernkopf held the Chair of Anatomy, and where he used the bodies of executed Jews for his Atlas of Anatomy (Aharinejad & Carmichael, 2013). Roeggla and co-authors argue that "[t]he scientific world agrees without question that publishing data that are obtained under the slightest suspicion of unethical circumstances is clearly and necessarily unethical, irrespective of their scientific or teaching merit." This enlightened view is surely shared by all modern researchers, but it does beg the question of how knowledge acquired under such circumstances should be dealt with. We can no more "un-know" this information than we can deny the advances of the great names from the past such as Harvey, Vesalius, and the Hunter brothers, for whom executed criminals or bodies robbed from the grave were their primary research material. What we can and must do is to be vigilant, and not allow unethical practices to creep into our practices. We will be judged in the future, just as surely as we now judge the anatomists from Nazi Germany. Sabine Hildebrand has done a magnificent job in this collection of scholarly, dispassionate essays. The ghoulish should look elsewhere: this is an academic exposition, there are no images (mercifully), but extensive footnotes and referencing. The English is rather clumsy in places, but that is a minor cavil. This is an important, one might say essential book for the anatomist in the 21st Century. Let the victims not be forgotten. - Philip Adds, St. George's University of London.
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The Centre for Medical Education at Queen Mary University of London invites applications for a Teaching Fellow to teach and develop clinical skills with supervised clinical work and training within Barts Health NHS Trust. Closing date: 4th September 2016.
The Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education, St George's, University of London is inviting applications for Anatomy Demonstrators who would like to enhance their knowledge of Anatomy through peer teaching. Closing date: Monday, 5th September 2016.
The Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at University of Dundee is inviting applications for a Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) to contribute to interdisciplinary teaching portfolio, participating in the development and delivery of high quality programmes of education and training in undergraduate and postgraduate forensic archaeology, osteology and anthropology. Closing date: 20th September 2016.
Applications are invited for a Professorship in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Professorship of Anatomy, established in 1707) at the University of Cambridge. Candidates are expected to have an outstanding research record of international stature within a relevant field, vision, leadership, experience and enthusiasm to build on current strengths in maintaining and developing a leading research presence. Closing date: 31st October 2016.
Applications are invited for a Research Lecturer - Advanced Biomaterials, Stem Cells and Therapeutic Delivery at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. The successful applicant must possess an exceptional track record, demonstrated research leadership, and a higher degree in a relevant health-related discipline. Closing date: 16 September 2016.
Welcome to the July issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Prizes
2016 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science awards
At the end of June 2016, UNESCO hosted the 2016 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science awards at the Royal Society. Fellowships were awarded to winners and 10 female PhD students also presented their posters at the event. More information about the event is available at www.womeninscience.co.uk.
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The Winter meeting of the Society will take place at Kings College, London from 19-21 December 2016.
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 Oct 2016. The size limit for submitted images is 1.0MB.
Applications to the Society's Anatomy Training Programme are now being accepted. The deadline date for applications for the 2016-17 programme is 1st August 2016 for those intending to join the programme commencing 1st September 2016. More information at http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/Education/AnatomyTrainingProgramme/HowToApply.aspx
Anatomical Society Research Studentships 2016-17
The Anatomical Society offers a limited number of Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland. Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to commence in October 2017. Closing date: Friday 26th August 2016. Details at http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/Awards/GrantsandPrizes/AnatomicalSocietyResearchStudentships.aspx
People
Symington Bequest Award Report
Many thanks to Philip Cox (University of York) for his report from attending the 11th International Congress on Vertebrate Morphology meeting in Washington, DC in June-July 2016.
AAA Young Investigator Awards
The American Association of Anatomists invites nominations for these awards that recognise investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to biomedical science through their research in cell/molecular biology, developmental biology, comparative neuroanatomy, or the morphological sciences. Candidates should be within 10 years of their highest earned degree at the time of nomination. Nomination deadline: 15 August 2016
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards to support Student Surgical Societies and Other Student Societies. Applications for maximum funding of £200 are considered on a rolling basis (1 October to 30 September). More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Research
Journal of Anatomy: cardiology in mice
Alejandro Lopez-Garcia and colleagues at universities in Malaga and Girona, Spain have delivered a fascinating treatise on the variety of coronary arterial origination points across different mouse strains and experimental models. The findings show a surprising resource for investigating coronary arterial abnormalities in humans. You can read more in their paper 'Unusual anatomical origins of the coronary arteries in C57BL/6 mice' in the Early View issue of the Journal of Anatomy at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12512/full
Aging Cell: lifespan depends on how you splice it
Whether we live long or age appears to depend on how disrupted our gene splicing regulatory mechanisms are. Benjamin Lee at the University of Exeter, UK along with colleagues at universities in Maine, Connecticut and Maryland, USA, examined splicing factor expression key splicing genes in 6 mice strains and humans, and found associations with cellular senescence and parental longevity. You can read their paper 'Changes in the expression of splicing factor transcripts and variations in alternative splicing are associated with lifespan in mice and humans' in the Early View online issue of the journal Aging Cell at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acel.12499/full
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
The Keele University School of Medicine is inviting applications for a Teaching Fellow in Anatomy. The successful candidate will join a team that deliver anatomy and related teaching to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the School of Medicine and the university.Closing date: 3 August 2016.
Applications are invited for a Lecturer in Forensic/Physical Anthropology at the University of Dundee - Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification to contribute to interdisciplinary teaching. The successful candidate will develop and deliver high quality programmes or modules in undergraduate and postgraduate forensic anthropology, anatomy, forensic archaeology, osteology and/or imaging (eg. radiology, ultrasound, CT, MRI) and assess regional anatomy and clinical skills to medical students. Closing date: 18 August 2016.
Applications are invited for an Research Lecturer - Advanced Biomaterials, Stem Cells and Therapeutic Delivery at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland. The successful applicant must possess an exceptional track record, demonstrated research leadership, and a higher degree in a relevant health-related discipline. Closing date: 16 September 2016.
Welcome to the September issue of Anastomosis. In this issue, we bring you the latest news from our members and keep you updated on upcoming deadlines. We also highlight some interesting news articles from the past month. You can sign up to Aging Cell ETOCS Alerts via the Wiley website.
Departmental Seminar
Dr. Eva Sweeney, Queens University Belfast will host Dr. Kerry Thompson, NUI Galway on 4 November 2019 for the seminar "Advanced Microscopy Techniques"
Deadlines
Mark your diary!
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 Oct 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0MB.
Awards & Prizes
Cave-Young Investigator Awards
Congratulations to Jeremy Mortimer, Edinburgh University and Lauren Clunie, Leeds University -- joint best poster award; and to Christopher Johnson and Rebecca Cook -- joint runner-up best poster award.
UK National Teaching Fellowship
The UK National Teaching Fellowship scheme run by Advance HE was created in 2000 to recognise and reward excellent teaching in the UK. UK Universities are invited each year to nominate up to three staff to be considered for the award of a Fellowship. A total of 55 Fellowships are awarded each year. 2019 has seen unprecedented success for anatomy educators with four Fellowships being awarded to our colleagues in anatomy. The four winners are Scott Border, Southampton; Gabrielle Finn, HYMS; Katherine Linehan, Sheffield and Adam Taylor, Lancaster. Congratulations to them all. Anatomy has been consistently well-represented in these awards, other recent winners include Claire Smith, BSMS, 2018, James Pickering, Leeds 2017 and Tim Thompson, Teeside, 2014. These successes represent an external calibration of the quality of anatomical education in the UK. --Steve McHanwell, Newcastle University, National Teaching Fellow 2017.
Awardee Reports
Many thanks to the following:
Symington Bequest: Dr. Daniel Baumgardt, Zubeyde Bayram-Weston, Dr Lemonia Chatzeli, Paula Vickerton, Declan McLaughlin, Thalia Syminelaki, Sarah Beth Channon, Associate Professor Susan Chapman, Nobue Itasaki, Sarah Allsop, Katherine Sanders, Mandeep Gill Sagoo, Scott Paterson, Alison Thomson, Orla McCorry, Jeremy Green, for their reports following Symington Bequest-funded participation at the 19th Congress of The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA 2019), 9-11 August 2019, London; Ms Emily Hunter, Jesse James Hennekam, Dr Philip Cox at the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM), 21-25 July 2019, Prague, Czech Republic; Professor Albert Basson at the Genome Architecture in Cell Fate and Disease Gordon Research Conference, 4-9 August 2019, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong, China; Dr Helen Dodson, Pritishkumar Tidke at the Microscience Microscopy Congress (MMC), 1-4 July 2019, Manchester, UK; Salman Goudarzi at the XIV European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, 10-13 July 2019, Porto, Portugal.
Barclay-Smith: Adam Ismail, Hazel Allardyce, May Sallam, Katherine Geoghegan, Ahmad Elmansouri, Fiona Cronin, Prarthana Venkatesh, Maclyn Augustine following Symington Bequest-funded participation at the 19th Congress of The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA 2019), 9-11 August 2019, London.
Undergraduate Student Summer Vacation Research Scholarships 2018/19
Morven Burton (supervisor: Eilidh Ferguson), Simon Kershenbaum (supervisor: Elia Benito-Guitierrez) for their reports.
Graduate Centre
Support for Student Societies Awards
The Society provides up to 6 competitive awards (maximum funding £200) to support Student Societies. More details at www.anatsoc.org.uk
Journals
Journal of Anatomy: an inelastic aorta?
The aorta is a large vessel and it is elastic, right? Maybe not always, according to J. Concannon and colleagues at the National university of Ireland Galway. Vessel compliance was investigated by exploring orientation and density of elastin, collagen and muscle along the vessel. Their results suggest that the complex collagen fiber distribution requires specialized mixture modeling. You can read more about their study in their paper "Quantification of the regional bioarchitecture in the human aorta" in the current issue of the Journal of Anatomy at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.13076
Aging Cell: do we sleep well with age?
Sleep abnormalities are common with aging but what of sleep quality? Xiaofeng Guo and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania explored the interplay between sleep, sleep deprivation, and age. Old mice showed a 30% reduction in the number of genes significantly altered between sleep/wake, and 73%-76% genes had smaller magnitudes of changes compared to young. You can read more about the study in their paper entitled "Age attenuates the transcriptional changes that occur with sleep in the medial prefrontal cortex" in the early view issue of the journal Aging Cell at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/acel.13021
Opportunities
Job Vacancies
St George's, University of London - Institute of Medical and Biomedical Education is inviting applications for an
Anatomy Prosector. The successful candidate will take the lead role for the provision, preparation, management, and maintenance of dissected cadavers and dissected specimens to be used in anatomy teaching for a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Dissecting Room at St George's, University of London. Closing date: 16 October 2019.
The Royal Veterinary College, University of London is inviting applications for a Lecturer in Comparative Anatomy and Physiology. The successful candidate will contribute to integrated, systems-based curriculum of the first and second year BVetMed programme, the Accelerated year for graduates, the pre-BVetMed Gateway year, and the BSc Biosciences and Bioveterinary Sciences courses. Closing date: 4 September 2019.
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Best Image Prize Deadline 31 October 2019
The next deadline for the Society's Best Image Prize is 31 October 2019. The size limit for submitted images is 3.0 MB.
Articles
Bumps or holes - Laurence Garey
