50th Bioassay Conference

["Henry Spitz" <Henry.Spitz@UC.EDU>]

50th Bioassay Conference

 

The 50th Annual Conference on Bioassay, Environmental and Analytical

Radiochemistry will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio on 31 October - 4

November 2004 at the Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel.  All information on

registration, hotel reservations, title and abstract deadlines, and

schedules can be found at our website 

 <http://www.gauss.mie.uc/bioassay> http://www.min.uc.edu/nuclear/bio/

or at the archival link http://www.bioassay.org

<http://www.bioassay.org/> .  The University of Cincinnati, the

Cincinnati Radiation Society, and the National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health are hosts for the 50th anniversary

conference.  

 

SCHEDULE:  A traditional meeting schedule has been adopted for the 50th

annual conference with vendor and technical workshops on Sunday (31

October) and Monday (1 November), vendor welcome reception on Monday

evening, and formal technical sessions beginning on Tuesday morning with

the keynote presentation.  The meeting will continue through Thursday

afternoon.  A special 50th anniversary celebration has been planned for

Tuesday evening.  Be sure that you apply for an absentee ballot so that

you can vote in the upcoming Presidential election.

 

REGISTRATION:  You may register online with a credit card at our secure

web site www.conferencing.uc.edu/bioassay

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\OLK8\www.conferencing.uc.edu\bioassay> .  We also accept checks,

purchase orders, electronic fund transfers, and credit cards if you

register by mail using the form that can be printed from the

registration web site.

 

TITLE AND ABSTRACT DEADLINES:  The deadline for submitting titles of

oral presentations and posters is 1 July. Please provide an email

address, fax and phone number for the presenting author.  Final

abstracts for papers and posters must be submitted by 30 September if

they are to be included in the printed conference booklet.  Posters will

be on display throughout the meeting in the same room as the technical

sessions.  Poster dimensions will be announced later.  All titles and

abstracts must be submitted as a Word document or PDF file and attached

to an email sent to: bioassay@uc.edu.   

 

WORKSHOPS:  Volunteers and suggestions for workshops should contact Greg

Macievic (glm7@cdc.gov 513: 458-7176) for scheduling information.

 

VENDORS:  Vendors should contact Riasp Medora (rmedora@oraucu.org 513:

458-8918) to reserve display space. A donation of $850 is requested for

each table and includes two free registrations.  

 

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION:  We will celebrate the 50th anniversary of our

conference on Tuesday evening at the new National Freedom Center

Underground Railroad Museum that will include a self-guided tour of the

museum, dinner, and speaker.  The National Freedom Center is a new

museum in Cincinnati that will open this summer.  The museum is located

on the waterfront only a short walk from the conference hotel.

Transportation to the museum will also be available.

 

QUESTIONS:  Contact me if you have any questions. (henry.spitz@uc.edu;

phone: 513: 556 2003; fax: 513 556 3390).  Please join us for our golden

anniversary conference.  

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