Comparative Parasitology 67(2) 2000 - Peru State College

264 COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, 67(2), JULY 2000
668th Meeting: National Museum of Natural
History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
DC, 19 January 2000. President Dennis Richardson
presided over the business meeting,
which he summarized for the membership, and
reminded the membership that the 669th meeting
of the society would be held at the Johns
Hopkins Montgomery County Center in Maryland,
with Dr. Thomas Simpson in charge of
making the local arrangements. He then introduced
William Moser, who chaired the scientific
session, which consisted of 4 papers: the first
paper, authored by Mr. Dan Holiday and Dr.
Dennis Richardson and presented by Mr. Holiday,
dealt with archaeoparasitology on the Chiribaya
Culture of southern Peru; the second, by
Dr. Jeff Bates, provided an overview of the molecular
phylogeny of the Adenophorea; and the
third, by Dr. Jon Norenburg, reviewed his phylogenetic
studies of the phylum Nemertea. The
final speaker was Dr. Duane Hope, who provided
an overview of the phylogenetic relationship
between the marine nematode genera Rhabdodemania
and Pandolaimus. New members included
Benjamin Rosenthal (U.S.A.) and Alan
Fedynich (U.S.A.).
669th Meeting: Johns Hopkins Montgomery
County Center, 22 March 2000. The business
meeting was opened by the vice president, Lynn
Carter, and presided over by President Dennis
Richardson. President Richardson welcomed
members and guests to the meeting, and a moment
of silence was observed in memory of recently
deceased society members James H.
Turner, Bryce C. Walton, Richard M. Sayer,
Francis G. Tromba, Everett L. Schiller, and Marion
M. Farr. President Richardson then introduced
Dr. Alan L. Scott, who chaired the scientific
program, which consisted of 2 presentations.
Dr. David Sullivan summarized his work
on the formation and inhibition of heme poly-
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mers in parasites. His presentation was followed
by Dr. Christopher V. Plowe's discussion of a
molecular marker for chloroquine-resistant falciparum
malaria. Following the presentations
and questions from the members and guests,
President Richardson thanked the speakers for
their informative and digestible summaries of
malaria and schistosomiasis at the molecular
level, and he also thanked Dr. Tom Simpson,
who arranged the meeting. Finally, he reminded
the membership that the last meeting of the season
would be held at the New Bolton Center,
University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, together
with the New Jersey Society of Parasitologists,
on 6 May 2000. New members included
Al Canaris (U.S.A.), Peter Hotez (U.S.A.),
Nicole Havas (U.S.A.), John Janovy, Jr.
(U.S.A.), and Alan Scott (U.S.A.).
670th Meeting: New Bolton Center, University
of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, with the New
Jersey Society of Parasitologists, 6 May 2000.
The business meeting was presided over by
President Richardson. Dr. Jay Farrell presided
over the scientific meeting, which consisted of 3
presentations. Dr. Thomas Klei discussed immunity
to equine strongyle infections. His paper
was followed by Dr. David Sibley's discussion
of motility and invasion of Toxoplasma. The final
presentation was provided by Dr. James B.
Lok on the Dauer pathway in Caenorhabditis
elegans as a model for regulation of infective
larval development in parasitic nematodes. New
members included Ian Whittington (Australia),
M. Rocio Ruiz de Ybanez (Spain), Francisco Jimenez-Ruiz
(U.S.A.), Glen Dappen (U.S.A.),
Alan Kocan (U.S.A.), Aaron McCormick
(U.S.A.), Robin LePardo (U.S.A.), Megan Collins
(U.S.A.), Mike Barger (U.S.A.), Megan
Ryan (U.S.A.), Tamara Cook (U.S.A.), Kashinath
Ghosh (U.S.A.), and Richard Clopton
(U.S.A.).