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V The Normal Tabic of Xenopus laevis
We can inform you that the Normal Table of Xenopus laevis will soon
appcair under the titJc .JS'ORMAL TABLE OF XENOPUS LAEVTS (DAUDINi.
A s>'Stematic and chronological sun.ey of the development from the fertilired
egg to the end of metamorphosis". The Normal Table u-ill be published in book
form by the North Holland Pubhshing Company. N.Z. Voorburgwal 6S— 70.
Amsterdam. Netherlands. This work, which has been prepared by about
tu'ents' scientists from nine different countries of three continents has been
edited by P. D. Nieuwkoop. Ph.D. and J. Faber. M.Sc.
After thorough consideration the editors have decided to give up the tabular
form and to publish the work in ordinary* book form, dividing the text into
an extensive s>'stematic and a more concise chronological description of the
de\elopment.
Persons interested in this work are requested to send their orders direct to
the Publishing Company.
Commonications of tLe „lnstittit International d Embr>'oIogie
(Emtrvolooical Section of the l.L .B.S.)
The I. I.E. has :c announce with great recret the loss of one its founders
and honorar>- members. Prof. Dr K. Peter, vrho died in March. 1955 and the
loss of t\iO of its en^erltus members Prof. Dr Fr. Kopsch. who died in June,
1955. and Prcf. Dr D. E. Holmdahl. vho died in Februar>-. 1956. The I.I.E.
recently received nor.ce that its member. Prof. D. P. Filatow. died in 19n3.
The I.I.E. has the pleasure to inform you that its ne.xt General Assembly will
be held at Brown Univers:t\'. Providence. Rhode Island, U.S.A. from July 23
to 31. 1956.
The General Assembly of the I.I.E. has the following programme:
a) July 23 to 26, International Congress on Developmental Biology
b) July 26, business meeting of the I.I.E.
c) July 27 to 31, Conference on Cyto-differentiation, sponsored by I.U.B.S.
a) The International Congress on Developmental Biology will consist partly
of symposia, partly of free papers. Since some kind of limitation of the free
papers to be read will be unavoidable, the committee has suggested that every
Fellow of the I.I.E. is entitled to announce tuo papers including his/her ov,^.
b) According to its new statutes the I.I.E. will in future have an unlimited
number of "ordinary members". Election to membership will be by simple
majority of the General Assembly upon recommendation of two Fellows and
approval by the Board (Art. 10 of the Statutes). Applications for membership
are awaited bv the Secretarv. Prof. Dr Chr. P. Raven. Zoological Laboratory,
Janskerkhof 3. Utrecht. Netherlands before May L 1956. Candidate members
mav tender their applications personally; they are however advised to secure the
recommendation of two Fellows of the I.I.E. A list of Fellows is added below,
c) The Conference on Cyto-differentiation will be a symposium with a limited
number of selected speakers, invited by the Organizing Comittee.
The Adjunct Secretan.-. P. D. NIEUWKOOP.
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