Announcements
AABS held a meeting at Experimental Biology 2008
SAN DIEGO MARRIOTT HOTEL AND MARINA The SANTA ROSA
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Texas Southern University has named Dr. Sunny E. Ohia as the new Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost
President John M. Rudley, announced, July 1, 2008. that Dr. Ohia will join the TSU administration this September, in time for the fall 2008 semester. Dr. Ohia, is currently the dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Houston, and has 16 years of academic leadership experience. He served the last five and a half years at UH. Dr. Ohia is also one of the founding Board members of AABS, Inc, and has been relected to the Board from July 1, 2008.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees and Members of AABS, we wholeheartedly congratulate Dr. Ohia, and wish him a successful tenure at Texas Southern University. To view the full announcement, click here.
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5th International conference on Biological Sciences will be held at Tanta University, Egypt
DATE: November 5-6, 2008
For more information, visit: http://icbs2008.webs.com/index.htm
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Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD, of School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Cancer Vaccine Consortium
The Cancer Research Institute Cancer Vaccine Consortium is the leading initiative on cancer vaccine, immunotherapy discovery and development. The Consortium members include many of the world's most innovative pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and academic institutions.
Dr. Odunsi, a member of AABS, is one of a group of twelve executive committee members, selected from experienced leaders who represent the various interests of the CVC membership. The Board of Trustees, on behalf of members of AABS, wish to congratulate Dr. Odunsi for his laudable achievement.
For more information, visit http://www.cancerresearch.org/ConsortiumLeadership.html
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The Society for Free Radical Research-Africa will hold its 7th International Conference in Mauritius
Convention Date: 14-17 July 2008
For more information, visit http://sfrr-africa.org or http://www.sfrr-africa.org
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AABS Newsletter
Articles are invited for the next issue of "The Biomed Scientist". Articles should be sent by e-mail to Dr. Momoh Yakubu, Editor, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 3100 Cleburne Ave, Ste 110 Gray Hall, Houston, TX 77004. Send your articles to yakubu_ma@tsu.edu. Acceptable articles include:
1. Announcements of promotions/tenure, new appointment,
etc.
2. Abstract of published articles, or short reviews of interesting scientific
topics.
3. Announcement of future scientific meetings, scholarships, grants/fellowships.
4. African government scientific policy reviews.
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