IN THIS ISSUE:

ASP Mission/vision
ASP Nashville
Thanks to Sponsors
R. Short Awarded
R. Fayer Honored
Pioneer Papers
A. Prestwood Retires
In Memoriam
Leo the Lion
New Videotape
The Book Nook
New Databases
RMCP Report
RMCP Shirts
Taeniid Meeting
H.B. Ward Nominations
Careers Booklet


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The ASP Priorities and Planning Committee presented Mission and Vision statements for our Society at the ASP Council meeting held during the Society's annual meeting in Nashville this past June. Council approved these statements as they are presented below:

The Mission of the American Society of Parasitologists is to constantly improve our understanding of parasites, parasitic diseases and parasitism on a global basis and to disseminate this knowledge world wide. We achieve this Mission by providing opportunities for all scientists to publish their original findings in the Society's Journal, to present and discuss new information at the Society's annual meeting, in the ASP's Newsletter, through the ASP's Public Advocacy Network or in discussion groups on the Internet. We educate non-parasitologists via our Web Page and other educational media produced by the Society. In order to meet our goal to remain a strong focus of scientific exchange across the broad discipline of parasitology, we must actively seek and support new research areas and new members, retain current members as well as encourage the continued existence of highly specialized areas of research in parasitology.

Recognizing that parasitism is the most common form of existence and that parasites and the diseases they cause affect the health, development and evolution of free-living animals and plants, the American Society of Parasitologists seeks to foster the advancement of knowledge in all areas of parasitism. Recognizing the value of this knowledge and the responsibility given to ASP as a result of understanding parasitism, ASP seeks to disseminate this knowledge to all who have need of it through our outreach with educational systems, governmental/public agencies and private agencies as well as during our scientific meetings. To do this, ASP is dedicated ot the perpetuation of all areas of the discipline that is parasitology.

Priorities and Planning Committee Members: John Oaks, Chair; Ann Adams; John Barta; Brenda Beerntsen, Ann Donoghue, Herman Eure, Ana Flisser, Stephen Kayes, Michael Moser and Larry Roberts.

The 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists was held in the

Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, Tuesday June 24th through Saturday June 28th, 1997. ASP Council meeting was held on Tuesday morning followed by sessions for oral presentations on the topics of ecology and on morphology, development and life cycles. The 10th Annual ASP Student Workshop took place Tuesday afternoon and D.G. Colley and P. Shantz from CDCP, Mike Kemp of Texas A&M and D. Walgren from the federal Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy covered topics ranging from emerging diseases and research funding to science and the public. The ASP President's reception and buffet was held Tuesday evening in the Tennessee Room at the Hotel.

Larry Roberts presided over the President's Symposium on Wednesday morning. The theme of the Symposium was "Potential for participation of parasitologists in K-12 education." An introduction by Larry Roberts was followed by talks entitled "Outreach to middle and high school science teachers: Frontiers in physiology" (by F.L. Belloni, New York Medical College, presenting and contributions by M. Frank and M.L. Matyas of the American Physiological Society), "Bringing parasites into the classroom, enhancing the continuum of biology" (presented by S.L. Gardner) and "Scientist-Teacher partnerships" (by P.O. Skinner of the Science Department of The Bush School, Seattle, WA). M.L. Adamson presided over the presentation of the ASP Mentor Award to R.C. Anderson (Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada) who gave a talk entitled "Some reflections on the teaching of parasitology."

Oral presentation sessions on molecular and cell biology, genetics and immunology as well as one on taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny were held Wednesday afternoon. A Wednesday afternoon symposium on "Parasites and Eicosanoids" with a theme addressing the emerging field of lipid mediators in parasitism was presided over by A.S. Bowman and J.R. Sauer from Oklahoma State University. The topics dealt with included: "Eicosanoids and host-parasite relationships" by D.W. Stanley, University of Nebraska; "Prostaglandin E2 production by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica" by A. Belley and K. Chadee, McGill University; "Salivary prostaglandins in tick feeding " by A.S. Bowman, J.W. Dillwith and J.R. Sauer, Oklahoma State University; "Are filarial-derived cyclooxygenase products important in the pathogenesis of filariasis?" by L. Kaiser, Michigan State University; "Eicosanoids in nematode parasitism" by P.F. Weller, Harvard Medical School; and "Prostaglandin E2 receptor in tick salivary glands: Presence and function" by J.R. Sauer, Y. Qian, J.W. Dillwith, R.C. Essenberg, A.L. Shook and A.S. Bowman, Oklahoma State University. A social and auction preview were held Wednesday evening followed by the 9th Annual Parasitology Auction to benefit student travel, presided over by auctioneers J.A. Oaks, J.R. Bristol and R.E. Kuhn.

The ASP Political Action Network Breakfast was held Thursday morning, followed by the Eminent Parasitologist Lecture which honored E.J.L. Soulsby (Cambridge, UK) and was presided over by G.A. Schad. A Thursday morning paper session on ecology was followed by the Industrial Liaison Symposium with the theme "Roads not yet traveled: Future relationships of academia, government and industry." J.L. Mau presented opening remarks and presided over the Symposium which included talks by J.S. Eagleson of Merck & Co ("Academia/industry: How a pharmaceutical developed in industry becomes an academic project"), M.D. Ruff from USDA ("Strategic government/academia/industry partnerships"), and J.W. McCall, University of Georgia ("Opportunities for parasitologists in the private sector: Create your own future").

The Past Presidents Breakfast was held Friday morning, followed by presentation of the Barkley McGee Lecture by J.P. Dubey, with R.E. Kuhn presiding. The President's Address was presided over by D.L. Wassom and presented by ASP President R.B. Grieve of Heska Corp who talked on "The American Society of Parasitologists and Chandler's vision revisited." Dr. J.R. Bristol presided over the presentation of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal to Dr. Michael Sukhdeo at a Friday morning ceremony. The ASP Student Meeting was held Friday before noon and paper sessions covering biochemistry, physiology and chemotherapy of parasitic infections, host-parasite interactions and epidemiology as well as the Late Breakers session were held Friday afternoon. On Friday evening, ASP President R.B. Grieve presided over the ASP Business Meeting which was preceded by the Awards Presentations. With D.M. Ritter residing, the Best Student Paper Awards went to: Recipients of the Marc Dresden Travel Grant Awards for 1997 were: Kelli Sapp (University of New Mexico); Ben Hanelt (University of new Mexico); Aaron M. Watson (Bowling Green State University); Ramon Carreno (University of Guelph); Derek Zelmer (Wake Forest University); Anna Schotthoefer (Wake Forest University); Todd G. Smith (University of Toronto); Mike Barger (); Juan M. Pascale (Purdue University); and Ahron Rosenfeld (New York University Medical School). The Clark P. Read New Investigator Award was presented to Scott Snyder by P.J. Hotez and the ASP Distinguished Service Award was presented to by C.L. Chappel.

Saturday morning opened with H.D. Danforth presiding over the Bueding-Von Brand Lecture given by C. Shaw from The Queen's University, Belfast, UK entitled "Helminth neuropeptides: Current status." The ASP Poster Session was also held Saturday morning and included sections on biochemistry, physiology, ecology, host-parasite interactions, morphogenesis, morphology and ultrastructure, development and life cycles, immunology, molecular and cell biology, taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny and epidemiology. A total of 144 papers, lectures and posters were presented at the meeting, not including the Late Breakers session. A good time was had by all in Nashville and our Society looks forward with great anticipation to the 1998 meeting which will be held in Hawaii.

The American Society of Parasitologists extends its sincere appreciation to the following companies and institutions for their financial support of the annual meeting of the Society held in Nashville, Tennessee, June 24-28, 1997:

Dr. Robert Short, Past President of ASP, and currently Professor Emeritus at Florida State University, was honored recently for his many contributions to research and teaching.

The Board of Directors of Maryville College in Tennessee, his undergraduate alma mater, selected Dr. Short to receive their Distinguished Alumni Citation. The award letter from President Gibson stated "No other alumni recognition by the College is more prestigious than the Alumni Citation."

At Florida State University, one of Professor Short's former undergraduate students, Dr. Gwynn Collins Akin, has endowed the Robert B. Short Scholarship in Zoology. The scholarship will fund expenses of a graduate or undergraduate FSU student to attend an off-campus biological station.

Dr. Akin received her doctorate at Tulane University. Subsequently she held faculty and administrative posts at universities in Florida, Louisiana, Washington and California. She specialized in health and science policy planning, and is currently Vice President for Public Policy at Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto, California. Submitted by Austin J. MacInnis.

Dr. Ronald Fayer, a USDA zoologist, received a USDA Honor Award in June 1997 for advancing the control of parasites, particularly Cryptosporidium. Dr. Fayer, with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) since 1968, heads a research team at the agency's Immunology and Disease Resistance Laboratory in Beltsville, Md. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman presented a plaque to Fayer at the department's annual award ceremony.

Acting ARS administrator, Edward B. Knipling stated that "Dr. Fayer directed pioneering studies that show the environmental factors influencing watershed contamination by Cryptosporidium." Knipling also noted that Fayer's "....studies also pointed to effective ways to prevent or treat contaminated water, and led to discovery of potential drug and immune therapies for both humans and large animals."

An animal model Fayer developed to screen drugs and biologicals against Cryptosporidium led to discovery of at least one potential drug. The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, D.C., is seeking to patent the drug for use against this disease agent.

Human studies were funded by the Division of AIDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Earlier in his career, Fayer demonstrated that Sarcocystis, a common bovine parasite, was the unrecognized cause of abortions, poor milk production, slow growth and death in cattle. Fayer demonstrated that this parasite retarded host growth by triggering overproduction of a cytokine, a new concept which prompted pharmaceutical companies to look at anti-cytokine drugs as a way to prevent or reduce growth retardation in domestic animals. For this work, Fayer received in 1978 the prestigious Henry Baldwin Ward Medal from the American Society of Parasitologists.

Fayer's research has resulted in more than 200 publications, including 192 journal articles, four books, 12 book chapters, one movie and one video. The video details how to prevent the waterborne spread of cryptosporidiosis. More than 1,100 copies of this video have been distributed worldwide to public health officials, universities, water authorities and environmental groups. In 1992, Fayer cofounded the Federation of Societies for Parasitology and served as its first co-chair. He served as president of the Helminthological Society of Washington in 1978 and of the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists in 1992-93. He is currently vice -president of the American Society of Parasitologists.

Fayer received his baccalaureate in biological science from the University of Alaska in 1962. Two years later he received a masters degree in zoology-parasitology from Utah State University and continued his studies there, receiving his doctorate in 1968. Since joining the ARS in 1968, Fayer has worked at the agency's Beltsville Agricultural Research Center as a researcher, research leader, institute chairman and now team leader. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

12. Specht and Voge, 1965

The chance discovery of an asexual proliferative tetrathyridium, Mesocestoides vogae (formerly called M. corti) was reported by Specht and Voge (1965). Tetrathyridia removed from two Great Basin fence lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis longipes, were transferred to laboratory mice, and upon subsequent dissection, the asexual proliferative phenomenon was observed. The first isolation occurred in the spring of 1963, when Specht was an undergraduate biology student at La Sierra University, Riverside, California and the second one, in the summer of 1964, when he served as a postbaccalaureate research student at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Marietta Voge's laboratory, at this second institution, served as the initial distribution center for cultures to other investigators. Progeny from the initial isolates were soon found at various laboratories in the United States, Canada and other countries (Conn, 1990). It is doubtful that either Specht nor Voge could have predicted the sustained enthusiastic response to their discovery. From 1965-1997, this metacestode has been the principal experimental, parasitic organism for ten dissertations and more than 180 technical reports.

Early papers reported on the growth and development in vitro (Voge and Coulombe, 1966) and in vivo (Eckert et al., 1969) and regeneration capabilities in vitro and in vivo (Hart, 1968). Subsequent research has centered on general morphological and growth characteristics with secondary emphasis on the biochemical, immunological and pathological features. In addition to its method of reproduction, perhaps one of its most unusual features, as a cestode, is its capacity for transmammary transmission (Hess, 1972; Miller, 1981; Conn and Etges, 1983).

This author is not aware of any successful research to elucidate a complete life cycle for either the nonproliferative or proliferative tetrathyridium in the genus Mesocestoides. In Germany the red fox, Vulpes vulpes, serves as the definitive host for the nonproliferative form and two intermediate hosts have been postulated (Loos-Frank, 1991). Experimentally, cats (Specht and Voge, 1965) and dogs and skunks (Eckert et al., 1969) have served as definitive host for the proliferative form, but the natural source of the infection in the original two S. occidentalis longipes, is still not known. The latter may be an anomalous form as Conn (1990) suggests and by doing so implies that there may be no natural cycle. The clarification of this enigma may take more than another serendipitous discovery.

The account of this discovery would be incomplete without a sequel report on the two investigators involved. In 1967 Specht completed medical training at Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California and later qualified for certification in pathology and nuclear medicine. After publication of the 1965 report, this parasite was used by both individuals in various research projects. The research resulted in the additional publication of three articles either authored or co-authored by Specht and least 11 authored or co-authored by Voge, but the 1965 paper was the only one jointly authored by them.

The species name corti sufficed until Etges (1991) provided a new description and designated vogae as the new species name. The new designation stands as a posthumous award for Voge and recognizes her role in the discovery.

By:

Elmer A. Widmer, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA 92515-8247

References:

Conn, D.B. 1990. J. Parasitol. 76: 453-455.
Conn, D.B. and F.J. Etges. 1983. J. Parasitol. 69: 922-925.
Eckert, J., T. von Brand, and M. Voge. 1969. J. Parasitol. 55: 241-249.
Etges, F.J. 1991. J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 58: 181-185.
|Hart, J.L. 1968. J. Parasitol. 54: 950-956.
Hess, E. 1972. C.R. Acad. Sc. Paris 274: 596-599.
Loos-Frank, B. 1991. Parasitol. Res. 77: 726-728.
Miller, G.C. 1981. Parasitology 82: 335-342.
Specht, D. and M. Voge. 1965. J. Parasitol. 51: 268-272.
Voge, M. and L.S. Coulombe. 1966. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15: 902-907.

Dr. Annie Prestwood, former member of ASP Council and Vice President of ASP, retired, effective June 30, 1997, from the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia. Dr. Prestwood will remain active in developing interactive multimedia and videotapes for teaching. She can be contacted via e-mail <Aprestwo@calc.vet.uga.edu>

Dr. Mott was a resident of Geneva. A native of Lafayette, Indiana, he graduated from Purdue University and Cornell Medical School. He trained at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio and researched tropical parasite diseases in the Brazilian interior for Harvard School of Public Health.

He joined WHO in 1977 and at his death was in charge of programs dealing with schistosomiasis and other endoparasites, especially in third-world countries. He was one of the first WHO officials to visit China in the late 1970's and continued to travel there frequently to advise the government on health matters.

Dr. Mott also held a degree from a medical school in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and was fluent in Portuguese. He edited the WHO Schistosomiasis Atlas; since it was produced at the University of Bordeaux, France, this meant he had to visit that city frequently, as a result of which he became quite a wine connoisseur. He ran an Internal list on schistosomiasis and related diseases. He had suffered for years, through a number of operations, from an extremely painful condition. He was a good friend and valued colleague in WHO, and will be greatly missed.

Source: New York Times, 23 June 1997.

During the mid-eighties, a foreign animal disease was recognized for the first time among woodland caribou in North America. The disease, known as CSE or cerebrospinal elaphostrongylosis, is caused by the neurotropic nematode, Elaphostrongylus rangiferi. The parasite was introduced into Newfoundland, Canada, during 1908 along with reindeer from Norway. This 22 minute videotape details the rationale for introduction of reindeer into Canada, initial discovery of the parasite, and describes the life cycle of E. rangiferi using computer animation. Clinical signs are graphically displayed by naturally infected caribou in their natural habitat in the barren heathlands of the Avalon Peninsula, which is home to thousands of caribou. Post-mortem lesions are shown in caribou examined by veterinarians and parasitologists. The importance of CSE for a variety of cervids and domestic animals in Scandinavia and Europe also is demonstrated. Information is presented on a new diagnostic test that will identify infected animals and reduce the risk of introducing related nematodes into North America.

This videotape will be of interest to wildlife biologists and managers, veterinarians, parasitologists, biology students, game farmers, hunters, and members of the general public who are concerned about wildlife health. CSE in Caribou is available from: Lakehead University Bookstore, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5E1, Canada. Price: $24.95 + $5 shipping and handling (X 7% G.S.T., Canadians only).

Listed below are recent publications of possible interest to ASP members.

1. Approaches to Design and Synthesis of Antiparasitic Drugs, N. Anand (ed), Elsevier Science, 1997, 524 pages, $265.75, ISBN 0-444-89476-4.
2. Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis, Ronald Fayer (ed), CRC Press, 1997, 272 pages, $89.95, ISBN 0-8493-7695-5.
3. Infectious Diseases in Immunocompromised Hosts, V. St. Georgiev, CRC Press, 1997, 1,200 pages, $149.95, ISBN 0-8493-8553-9.
4. Manual of Clinical Laboratory Immunology, 5^th Edition, N. Rose, E. Conway de Macario, J. Folds, H.C. Lane, R.M. Nakamura (eds), American Society for Microbiology Press, 1997, 1,282 pages, $125, ISBN 1-55581-118-3D.
5. Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2^nd Edition, P.H. Gilligan, M.L. Smiley and D.S. Shapiro, American Society for Microbiology Press, 1997, 350 pages, $34.95, ISBN 1-55581-106-XD.
6. PCR Protocols for Emerging Infectious Diseases, D. Persing (ed), American Society for Microbiology Press, 1996, 152 pages, $34.95, ISBN 1-55581-108-6D.
7. Malaria Vaccine Development: A Multi-Immune Response Approach, S.L. Hoffman (ed), American Society for Microbiology Press, 1996, 325 pages, $75, ISBN 1-55581-111-6D.
8. Diagnostic Medical Parasitology, 3^rd Edition, L.S. Garcia and D.A. Bruckner, American Society for Microbiology Press, 1996, 940 pages, $79, ISBN 1-55581-116-7D.
9. The Internet and the New Biology: Tools for Genomic and Molecular Research, L.F. Peruski and A.H. Peruski, American Society for Microbiology Press, 1997, 350 pages, $27.95, ISBN 1-55581-119-1D.
10. Global Genetic Resources: Access, Ownership and Intellectual Property Rights, Proceedings of the 1996 Beltsville Symposium XXI of the Association of Systematics Collections, 364 pages, $45, ISBN 0-942-24-19-3 (obtain from ASC <asc@ascoll.org>)

Vice President Al Gore announced that the National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine will give all the American public free access to its databases of medical information. The service, "PubMed," makes available more than 9 million medical articles from 70 different countries, and is growing by 1,000 articles a day. More than 260 academic/scientific journals are expected to be online in the next few weeks. The URL for PubMed is: <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed>

Saturday morning following a continental breakfast, the business meeting was held under the direction of Dr. Mark Healey. The minutes form the last meeting and the Conference financial report were presented and approved. Expenses to provide plaques and stipends for the student awards are partially defrayed by the contributions of two donors and by funds provided in 1997 by ASP. Funds to help defray these expenses for 1998 are being solicited from ASP. Results of the 1997 ASP Council meeting were discussed by Dr. Murray Dailey.

The awards of RMCP 97 included: The Datus M. Hammond Plaque for the best graduate student poster was awarded to Nathan Bay (BYU) for his poster entitled "A Survey of Eukaryotic Parasites of the Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi) Recovered from Sawtooth Idaho." The Datus M. Hammond Plaque for the best student paper was awarded to Stacie M. Clark (MSU) for her paper entitled "Oligochaete DNA Processing for Use in the Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Myxobolus cerebralis, the Causative Agent in Whirling Disease of Salmonids." Each student receiving plaques was given a $100 stipend donated by the late Dr. Albert Grundman, a life member of RMCP. For undergraduate student awards, the best undergraduate student presentation was delivered by John Griffin (BYU) and was entitled " The Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Facultative Bacteria from Fasciola hepatica of Chinese, Egyptian and European Bovine Livers." The best undergraduate student poster was by Susan Benson (USU), "Infection of Immunocompromised C57BLNN Adult Mice with a Single Oocyst of Cryptosporidium parvum."

Officers for 1997-1998 are: Dr. Bill Jolley, President; Dr. Murray Dailey, ASP Representative to Council; and Dr. Richard Heckmann, Secretary-Treasurer. The 1998 meeting will be held May 16-18, 1998 at Mesa College, Grand Junction, Colorado (Hosted by Dr. Gary McAllister). Submitted by Dr. Richard Heckmann, RMCP Secretary-Treasurer.

The Rocky Mountain Conference of Parasitologists have T-shirts for sale with their conference title and art work pertaining to cestode invasion of the mountains. Colors: Ash, Stone blue, Stone Green, Ecru and Pebble (sizes available: XL and XXL). Cost: $14 each, shipping included. Send requests to: Dr. Richard Heckmann, RMCP Secretary-Treasurer, Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602. Profit from T-shirt sales is used for student plaques and awards.

An International Symposium on Adult Taeniid Parasites was held October 8-10, 1997 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) At the School of Medicine, National University of México, México City. Organizers for the symposium are Kaethe Willms and Ana Flisser. The symposium schedule is presented below.

Basic Aspects of Experimental Models

1. Development of Echinococcus multilocularis in hamsters, Masao Kamiya (Japan).

2. Parasitological characteristics of Echinococcus granulosis in dogs, Carlos Carmona (Uruguay)

3. Evaluation of different mammals as experimental models of Taenia solium, Ana Flisser (México)

4. Parasitological characteristics of Taenia solium adults, Laura Aguilar (México).

5. Standardization of experimental models in cestode infections, T.K. Varma (India).

6. Development of strains of Asian Taenia, Akira Ito (Japan).

7. Genotypic variation between strains of Asian Taenia, K. Eom (Korea).

8. My fun with Taenia infections, Ming M. Wong (USA).

9. Morphological characteristics of Taenia solium grown in hamsters, Lilia Roberts (México).

10. Pathological changes in the intestine of dogs infected with E. granulosis, Carlos Carmona (Uruguay).

11. Maintenance of T. solium in vitro, Pablo Maravilla (México).

Immunological Aspects of Adult Taeniid Infections

1. Immunology of intestinal helminthic diseases, Omar Barriga (USA).

2. Serology of dogs infected with E. granulosis, Alberto Nieto (Uruguay).

3. Immune response of hamsters infected with T. solium, Guillermina Avila (Mexico).

4. Characterization of immune cells in the intestine of dogs infected with E. granulosis, Hernan Carol (Uruguay).

5. Characterization of stem cells from T. solium hamster and gerbil infections, Kaethe Willms (México).

6. Immunocharacterization of Taeniid myosins, Mayra Cruz (México).

7. Immune response of dogs to a primary infection with E. granulosis, Omar Barriga (USA).

8. Participation of myosin in the host-parasite relationship in T. solium, Javier Ambrosio (México).

9.Vaccination of dogs against E. granulosis, Alberto Nieto (Uruguay).

10. Protective immune responses in Hymenolepis, Akira Ito (Japan).

11. Molecular aspects of the cestode tegument, David Hoole (UK).

Diagnosis, Clinical Aspects and Control of Taeniid Parasites

1. Coproantigen detection of E. granulosis in experimentally and naturally infected dogs, Carlos Carmona (Uruguay).

2. CoproDNA detection in E. multilocularis adult infections, Peter Desplazes (Switzerland).

3. E. granulosis coproantigen detection in epidemiological studies, Philip Craig (UK).

4. Standardization and application of coproantigen detection for Taenia saginata, Peter Desplazes (Switzerland).

5. Production of monoclonal antibodies for the specific diagnosis of T. solium taeniosis, Dolores Correa (México).

6. Monitoring of ELISA for coproantigen detection of T. solium in routine diagnosis and epidemiological studies, Guillermina Avila (México).

7. Pharmacology of cestocidal drugs, Roberto Medina (México).

8. Historical notes on T. solium and T. saginata taeniosis in Europe, Zbignew Pawlowski (Poland).

9. Clinical and therapeutic experiences in intestinal infections by Taenia and Hymenolepis, David Botero (Columbia).

10. Detection and treatment of taeniosis in Mexican children, Rubén Alvarez-Chacón (México).

11. Clinical aspects of taeniosis, Zbigniew Pawlowski (Poland).

12. Frequency and treatment of taeniosis in rural communities of México, Silvia Díaz-Camacho (México).

13. Treatment and control of taeniosis in Guatemala, José García-Noval (Guatemala).

14. Evaluation of control measures against taeniosis in México, Elsa Sarti (México).

15. Feasibility of intervention measures against T. solium taeniosis for interruption of transmission, Peter Shantz (USA).

Nominations for the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal are to be sent to: Dr. George Cain, ASP Secretary-Treasurer, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242; Telephone, (319) 335-1054; Fax, (319) 335-1069; e-mail, george-cain@uiowa.edu. This award consists of a special bronze medal designed by Dr. Justus F. Mueller, a cash award of $1,000 and a certificate which will be presented during the 73^rd Annual Meeting of the Society in Hawaii in 1998.

Rules governing eligibility for the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal are as follows:

The recipient shall be a member of the Society for no less than three years at the time of the nomination and mid-career, and who, by self-directed investigations, shall have attained a position of leadership in some phase of parasitological research. The field of parasitology is considered to include, in general, those aspects of the science which are represented by reports published in the official organ of the Society, the Journal of Parasitology.

In accordance with the action of the ASP Council, following are the requirements for nomination:

1. Members in good standing who nominate candidates for the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal should carefully determine the eligibility of their candidate according to the above eligibility rules.

2. Nominations for the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal should be supported by sufficient documentation to enable the HBWM Awards Committee to exercise critical evaluation. At the least, this documentation should consist of (a) a complete Curriculum vitae providing a bibliography in which the authors are listed in the same sequence as in the published papers, and (b) three supporting letters, including the original nominating letter. These letters should include a serious evaluation of the major aspects of the nominee's scientific work.

The Awards Committee retains the files on each nominee. However, a nomination will remain active only when updated annually by the nominator. Update information should include work accomplished since the original nomination was made along with an evaluation of this work, as well as any new information to be added to the Curriculum vitae.

Deadline for receipt of nominations : January 1, 1998.

After examining the ASP booklet entitled "Careers in Parasitology" the ASP Education Committee determined that the document was dated and in need of revision. The Committee decided to change the method of publication of the booklet from the traditional hard copy format to an electronic format, placing this "booklet" on the ASP Home Page. The Committee has retained most of the traditional subdisciplines, such as Medical Parasitology, Veterinary Parasitology, Wildlife and Fisheries Parasitology, etc., but has updated career information regarding emerging areas such as Aquaculture and Mariculture where new employment opportunities for parasitologists are expanding. "Careers in Parasitology" highlights changes that have occurred in dynamic fields like genetics and molecular biology and relates these changes to new job prospects. The Committee also discussed recent events that have taken place in traditional academic fields such as systematics and ecology to show how such changes may effect career opportunities. It was the Committees belief that switching "Careers in Parasitology" from traditional print to computerized format is not only cost effective, but will also allow timely revision of the document as changes in science and technology modify career prospects in parasitology.

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