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.