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