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