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
 
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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
    
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December Table of Contents Journal of Anatomy
      
The electronic table of contents of the December issue of the Journal of Anatomy is available here