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. 

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.