AZAALAS - AALAS MEETING CALENDAR

AALAS MEETING CALENDAR: To Branch Presidents & Vendors, etc

Presidents please see that your secretaries, TBR's and newsletter editors receive a copy! This list is being used by the branches, vendors and others trying to plan their schedules. Please contact me with any changes or dates not shown here. Thank you for your cooperation!

AALAS also lists upcoming events on their web site calendar. After accessing the site at http://www.aalas.org, click on the "Calendar" link.

Don't see your meeting date listed here? Send it to me at azaalas@ahsc.arizona.edu

LAWTE Biennial Conference 2009 - August 5 - 7, 2009
Hilton Palacio del Rio, San Antonio, Texas - Room guarantee cutoff is July 5th

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Career Advancement at the LAWTE Conference with the CMAR Preparatory Course
A 2-day course on “Management Skills II: Planning and Organizing” on August 3-4 at the LAWTE meeting in San Antonio, Texas. The MSII exam will be offered on the morning of August 5. Please visit www.lawte.org to download the course registration form. All of the information you need to get to the meeting, order study materials and take the exam is included on the form. Applications to sit for the MSII (aka CMII) exam MUST be submitted to ICPM no later than 7/15/09. We are on a roll, Texas!! Fourteen folks took the MSI workshop with me in April and all fourteen passed the exam!! It’s time for you to add CMAR to your name and I will help you make it happen. Please contact Dr. Cindy Buckmaster if you have questions about the course or exam. Email: buckmast@bcm.edu or call: 713-798-4843

The following meetings are already on the calendar: (*Items noted with a star are new since the last update)

*7/6-8/09 - 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Toxicology - Morioka, Japan See website: http://www.ipec-pub.co.jp/tox2009/index_e.html

*7/6-10/09 - 2009 Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) Annual Meeting - Perth, Australia See website: http://www.asm2008.org/index.htm

7/11-15/09 - Am. Veterinary Medical Assoc. Annual Meeting - Seattle, WA (847)925 -8070 or See website: http://www.avma.org

*7/12-16/09 - 11th International Congress of the European Association for Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology - Leipzig, Germany See website: http://www.eavpt2009.de/

*7/17/09 - Arizona Branch General Branch Video Conference (520)621-3931 or Email: azaalas@ahsc.arizona.edu

7/19-31/09 - The Jackson Laboratory Annual Short Course on Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics - Bar Harbor, ME See website: http://courses.jax.org/2009/50th_short_course.html

7/22/09 - San Diego Branch Lunch & Learn - La Jolla, CA Email: gina.ma@pfizer.com

7/23/09 - Arizona Branch Board Meeting (520)621-3931 or Email: azaalas@ahsc.arizona.edu

*7/24/09 - Indiana Branch Mid Year Social Event at the Indians Baseball Game - Indianapolis, IN Email: jason.anderson@covance.com

*7/25/09 - Annual Florida branch meeting at the University of Florida - Gainesville, FL (352)273-8265 Robert Gump or Email: rgump@ufl.edu or See website: http://www.florida-aalas.org

7/28/09 - The Process and Benefits of Chlorine Dioxide Gas Decontamination Presentation - Houston, TX - See website: http:/www.clordisys.com/workshop

7/29/09 - The Process and Benefits of Chlorine Dioxide Gas Decontamination Presentation - Dallas-Ft Worth, TX - See website: http:/www.clordisys.com/workshop

7/30/09 - The Process and Benefits of Chlorine Dioxide Gas Decontamination Presentation - San Antonio, TX - See website: http:/www.clordisys.com/workshop

*8/3-4/09 - Certified Manager Program - Management Skills Ii: Planning and Organizing" at the Hilton Palacio Del Rio – San Antonio, TX See website: http://www.lawte.org

8/3-14/09 - Building Design & Engineering Approaches to Airborne Infection Control - Boston, MA See website: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/programs/AIR.html

*8/4-6/09 - Drug Safety Strategies to De-Risk Compounds: Translating Toxicity Predictions from Preclinical Models to Man - Boston, MA See website: http://www.drugdisc.com/default.asp?page=overview&stype=05

8/5-7/09 - LAWTE Biennial Conference - San Antonio, TX (520)621-3931 Grace Aranda or Email: garanda@u.arizona.edu or See website: http://www.lawte.org

8/8/09 - Washington Branch AALAS Summer Picnic at Woodland Park - Seattle, WA Email: secretary@wbaalas.org

*8/18-21/09 - Charles River’s LAL Workshop - Charleston, SC Email: askcharlesriver@crl.com or See website: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=27ecf1d9-3565-4b32-9a08-059018ed12ea

8/19-20/09 - New Mexico Branch Meeting - Ruidoso, NM (575)443-7220x116 David Pizana or Email: david.pizana@crl.com

*8/19/09 - Indiana Branch Monthly Webcast Meeting Speaker Dale Cooper from Harlan Email: jason.anderson@covance.com

8/19/09 - San Diego AALAS Day at the Races - San Diego, CA Email: mdow@proveninc.com

*8/24-26/09 - Charles River’s Project Management in Preclinical Drug Development: The Science, the Practice, and the Art Workshop - San Diego, CA Email: g.ouellette@globalpti.com or See website: http://www.globalpti.com/course_detail.aspx?id=122

*8/31-9/1/09 - Certified Manager Program "Animal Resources: Tools for the Animal Facility Manager" at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center - Washington, DC See website: http://www.ncabaalas.org

*9/1-3/09 - 35th NCAB Seminar - National Harbor, MD See website: http://www.ncabaalas.org

*9/11/09 - SCAW IACUC Advanced Workshop - Beaverton, OR (541)383-4655 Linda Tockey or See website: http://www.scaw.com/iacuc-advanced.htm

*9/13/09 - Charles River Case-Based Pathology Workshop - La Jolla, CA See website: https://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Register/IdentityConfirmation.aspx?e=6bab71b2-6bd4-46c2-a4f1-310775a754e2

*9/14-16/09 - Annual Biotech Symposium on Biotechnology-Derived Therapeutics: Perspectives on Nonclinical Development - La Jolla, CA See website: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=6bab71b2-6bd4-46c2-a4f1-310775a754e2

9/15/09: Research Triangle Branch AALAS Quarterly General Membership Meeting - Research Triangle Park, NC. See website www.rtbaalas.htmlplanet.com

*9/16/09 - Indiana Branch Monthly Webcast Meeting Speaker TBD Email: jason.anderson@covance.com

9/16/09 - CA Tribranch Symposium hosted by S California branch at the City of Hope - Duarte, CA Email: aogden@mednet.ucla.edu

9/16/09 - Upstate NY Branch General Meeting and Awards Dinner- Syracuse, NY (716) 845-3160 Carol Spierto or Email: Carol.Spierto@RoswellPark.org.

*9/16-18/09 - Charles River’s UK LAL Workshop - Bridgefoot, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK Email: ukendo@eucrl.com or See website: http://www.criver.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/qc_mm_b_2009_UK_workshop.pdf

*9/17/09 - OLAW - Online Seminar: Emerging Issues, USDA Perspective Visit See website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/outreach.htm

9/18/09 - San Diego AALAS Fall Symposium at Salk Institute - La Jolla, CA (858)822-5894 Cyrstal Perry or Email: ceperry@ucsd.edu

9/20-22/09 - District 6 AALAS Meeting - Rosemont, IL See website: http://www.cbaalas.org

9/20-24/09 - The Jackson Laboratory Phenotyping Mouse Models of Human Lung - Bar Harbor, ME See website: http://courses.jax.org/2009/pulmonary09.html or Email: nancy.place@jax.org

*9/22/09 - 6th Annual Animal Models of Metabolic Disease & Complications Symposium - Chicago, IL See website: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=7c69aac9-64b6-440f-99e5-7ddf830c2b3b

*9/22-24/09 - Certified Manager Program "Management Skills I: Foundations of Management" at the Wyndham O’Hare Hotel - Chicago, IL See website: http:/www.cbaalas.org

9/23-24/09 - IACUC 101/201+ hosted by Kansas City AALAS branch and University of Kansas - Lawrence at the University of Kansas Medical Center - Kansas City, KS See website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/iacuc101s.htm

*9/23-24/09 - PRIM&R Essentials of Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee Administration at the Hyatt Regency - Cambridge, MA See website: http://www.primr.org

*9/24-25/09 -Academy of Surgical Research Annual Meeting - New Orleans, LA See website: www.surgicalresearch.org

9/29/09 - Arizona Branch Board Meeting (520)621-3931 or Email: azaalas@ahsc.arizona.edu

9/29-10/3/09 - The Jackson Laboratory Workshop on Techniques in Modeling Human Colon Cancer in Rodents - Bar Harbor, ME See website: http://courses.jax.org/2009/colontech09.html

10/6-9/09 - The Jackson Laboratory Colon Cancer in Murine Models and Humans III - Bar Harbor, ME See website: http://courses.jax.org/2009/coloncancer09.html

10/7-8/09 - IACUC 101/201+ hosted by Northwestern University - Chicago, IL See website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/iacuc101s.htm

10/11-16/09 - The Jackson Laboratory Workshop on Surgical Techniques in the Laboratory Mouse - Bar Harbor, ME See website: http://courses.jax.org/2009/surgery_fall09.html

*10/12/09 - Indiana Branch Monthly Webcast Meeting Speaker Todd Jackson from BMS Email: jason.anderson@covance.com

10/13/09: Research Triangle Branch AALAS Technician Night - Research Triangle Park, NC. See website www.rtbaalas.htmlplanet.com

*10/18-21/09 - ABSA Biological Safety Conference - Miami, FL See website: http://www.absa.org

10/19-26/09 - The Jackson Laboratory Short Course on Systems Genetics - Bar Harbor, ME See website: http://courses.jax.org/2009/systemgenetics09.html or Email: nancy.place@jax.org

*10/20/09 - IACUC-Advanced - Notre Dame, IN See websiteL http://www.scaw.com

11/4-7/09 - Association of Primate Veterinarians Meeting (215)774-9603 or Email: info@primatevets.org or See website: http://www.primatevets.org/

11/5/09 - Arizona Branch Board Meeting (520)621-3931 or Email: azaalas@ahsc.arizona.edu

11/8-12/09 - National AALAS Meeting - Denver, CO (901)754 -8620 AALAS or info@aalas.org See website: http://nationalmeeting.aalas.org/future_sites.asp

*11/8/09 - TTEC meeting from 1-3pm in Denver Convention Ctr Rm 204 Email: john.farrar@aalas.org

11/18/09 - Upstate NY Branch General Meeting - Syracuse, NY (716) 845-3160 Carol Spierto or Email: Carol.Spierto@RoswellPark.org

12/4/09 - San Diego AALAS Holiday Party in San Diego, CA (858)822-5894 Crystal Perry or email ceperry@ucsd.edu

12/5/09 - Arizona AALAS Holiday Installation Event in Gilbert, AZ (520)621-3931 or Email: azaalas@ahsc.arizona.edu

*12/7-8/09 - SCAW Annual Winter Conference - Creating and Running an Engaged and Proactive IACUC - San Antonio, TX (541)383-4655 Linda Tockey or See website: http://www.scaw.com

4/2010 - District 8 Meeting in Tempe, AZ- See website: http://www.district8.org

4/7-10/10 - Texas Branch Meeting - San Marcos, TX See website: http://www.tbaalas.org

4/15-16/10 - 2010 Turnkey Conference at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront - Baltimore, MD Email: mwilliams@alnmag.com See website: http://www.turnkeyconference.com

4/24-27/10 - CALAS Symposium - Quebec City, Quebec Canada See website: http://symposium.calas-acsal.org

*5/3-4/10 - MSMR SwAEBR 3 I’s Conference at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel - Tempe, AZ (520)621-3931 SwAEBR or email: swaebr@ahsc.arizona.edu

*5/5-6/10 - District 8 AALAS meeting at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel - Tempe, AZ (520)621-3931 D8 or email: azaalas@ahsc.arizona.edu

6/2-4/10 - District 5 Meeting - The Road to Research - Kalamazoo, MI (269) 668-3336 x1780 Doreen Kohlert or Email: doreen.kohlert@mpiresearch.com

7/31-8/4/10 - Am. Veterinary Medical Assoc. Annual Meeting - Atlanta, GA (847)925 -8070 AVMA or See website: http://www.avma.org

10/10-14/10 - National AALAS Meeting - Atlanta, GA (901)754 -8620 AALAS or info@aalas.org See website: http://nationalmeeting.aalas.org/future_sites.asp

7/16-20/11 - Am. Veterinary Medical Assoc. Annual Meeting - St Louis, MO (847)925 -8070 AVMA or See website: http://www.avma.org

10/2-6/11 - National AALAS Meeting - San Diego, CA (901)754 -8620 AALAS or info@aalas.org See website: http://nationalmeeting.aalas.org/future_sites.asp

8/4-7/12 - Am. Veterinary Medical Assoc. Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA (847)925 -8070 AVMA or See website: http://www.avma.org

11/4-8/12 - National AALAS Meeting - Minneapolis, MN (901)754 -8620 AALAS or info@aalas.org See website: http://nationalmeeting.aalas.org/future_sites.asp

7/20-23/13 - Am. Veterinary Medical Assoc. Annual Meeting - Chicago, IL (847)925 -8070 AVMA or See website: http://www.avma.org

10/27-31/13 - National AALAS Meeting - Baltimore, MD (901)754 -8620 AALAS or info@aalas.org See website: http://nationalmeeting.aalas.org/future_sites.asp

If you have any additions or changes to make to this list email azaalas@ahsc.arizona.edu or call (520)621 -3931. Be sure to include an email or phone number to expedite requests for further information. Thanks!

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