| VOL. 26, NO. 3 | November, 2000 |
|---|
|
ABOUT ISGIDAR: |
ABOUT ISGIDAR NEWSLETTER: |
|---|---|
| James P. Zacny, Ph.D. Dept. of Anesthesia & Critical Care MC4028 The University of Chicago 5841 S. Maryland Avenue Chicago, IL 60637 tel: (773) 702-9920 email: zacn@airway2.uchicago.edu |
John R. Glowa, Ph.D. Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics LSU Medical Center 1501 Kings Highway Shreveport, LA 71132 tel: (318) 675-4803 email: jglowa@lsumc.edu |
ISGIDAR e-mail address: ISGIDAR-L@venus.vcu.edu
| 2000 ISGIDAR ANNUAL MEETING: San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS |
| POSITIONS AVAILABLE |
The 2000 annual ISGIDAR Scientific Meeting was held Saturday 17 June at the Caribe Hilton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As usual, the meeting was held as a satellite session immediately preceding the annual scientific meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. An excellent series of scientific papers was presented between 9 am and 5 pm (see http://isgidar.org/ISGIDAR_Programs.html#2000 for program), and the business meeting was held immediately thereafter.
The ISGIDAR Business meeting was called to order by the President, Jim Zacny. This year we had seventy registrants and fifty-seven at lunch. Marilyn Carroll presented the treasurer’s report. At the time of the meeting ISGIDAR had $3000 in the bank. The meeting brought in $3600 and with the costs of the travel award and the meeting itself, we broke even. The potential costs of next year’s meeting in Scottsdale were discussed. The majority agreed that the registration fee for next year’s meeting would be $50.
In the membership category twenty-four members approved the nominations of five new candidates. Our newest members are Ian Stolerman (King's College, London), Jennifer Newman (VCU/MCV), Timothy Shahan (University of New Hampshire), Amy Odum (University of New Hampshire), and Ted Baird (University of Michigan). We are happy to have them on board. Nominations for new members should be sent to the President, Jim Zacny (at the address listed above) and will be collated for a vote by ballot preceding the next annual meeting.
Jonathan Kamien reminded us that the ISGIDAR WEB site is up and fully functional. On it one can find the by-laws, all the scientific programs for the meeting of 1975 — 2000, and several earlier editions of the newsletter. Jonathan thinks the site is a good place to maintain the history of ISGIDAR and independence from CPDD. A motion was made and seconded to waive the registration fee for Jonathan in return for maintaining WEB site. The majority approved the motion.
Our ISGIDAR Discussion/News Group remains active. The Secretary of ISGIDAR will be polling all members of ISGIDAR to obtain an email addresses database, in anticipation of upcoming electronic versions of the Newsletter. If you were either a previous subscriber to this newsgroup, you are an ISGIDAR member, or you have attended a recent ISGIDAR meeting and are interested, simply send a message to listserv@lists.vcu.edu with the following one line in the body of the message: SUBSCRIBE ISGIDAR-L. The possibility that the Newsletter will go electronic will be brought up at the business meeting.
The 2001 annual ISGIDAR Scientific Meeting will be held at the Scottsdale Princess resort in Scottsdale, AZ immediately preceding the annual scientific meeting of the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. ISGIDAR registration will begin at 8:30 am. The registration fee is $50. Paper presentations will be scheduled between 9 am and 5 pm and the business meeting will be held from 5 to 5:30 pm. We are especially pleased to announce that Dr. Pier Vincenzo Piazza at INSERM, University of Bordeaux, FRANCE will be our invited speaker. We now encourage the submission of individual papers for the upcoming meeting. To present a paper at the ISGIDAR meeting, please send an abstract by May 1, 2001 to Jim Zacny at the address listed above. Abstracts should conform to the general format used for abstract submissions to the CPDD Meetings although length and other formatting details need not be adhered to. Please note that papers submitted to ISGIDAR should not also be presented at CPDD. The amount of time available for each talk will depend on the number of papers submitted but will not be less than 20 minutes.
If you wish to advance register ($50 - does not include lunch) please send a check (payable to ISGIDAR) to Dr. Marilyn Carroll, Psychiatry Department, Box 392 UMHC, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Receipts for meal costs (and registration) will be provided at the meeting.
We plan to have lunch catered by the hotel, so that we can eat together and continue discussions from the morning session. No details are yet available on where, or how much lunch will be. In the recent past it been about $15 per person. Because estimating the number of people who want to participate in the ISGIDAR lunch is difficult, and there will be a limited number of seats available, we must maintain our first come first serve policy. Please e-mail luncheon requests to Jim.
Reprint requests to:
Psychiary and Behavioral Sciences
Univeristy of Texas Houston ;
1300 Moursund Blvd.
Houston;TX ;77030-3497
William L. Woolverton, Ph.D.
Reprint requests to:
Department of Psychiatry
Univ of Mississippi Medical Center
UMC Box 127
2500 N. State Street
Jackson, MS 39216-4505
Dr. Marilyn E. Carroll
Reprint requests to:
Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Department of Psychiatry
Box 392 UMHC
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Assistant Professor/Research Scientist position at Columbia University/NY State Psychiatric Institute is available to do laboratory behavioral and clinical pharmacology research with human participants in the Division on Substance Abuse. Applicants must have PH.D. or M.D. with training appropriate to a research career in this area. Start date anytime after 1 January, with some flexibility.
Send CV and names of three references to:
Marian W. Fischman, Ph.D.
Professor of Behavioral Biology
Department of Psychiatry
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and
New York State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 120
New York, NY 10032
Assistant/Associate Professor in Pharmacology in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, a 12-month, tenure-track faculty position. The Health Sciences Center in Shreveport is the largest medical facility in the Tri-State area and places a high priority on professional training, with a tradition of excellence in medical and graduate student education, research and service. The Department is recruiting qualified faculty members with expertise in any of the following areas: cell/molecular pharmacology or toxicology, neuropharmacology, neurotoxicology, cell/molecular neurobiology, or cell/molecular biology of signal transduction. The Department also maintains a NIH-funded Training Program for graduate and post graduate training in alcohol and drug abuse research. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in pharmacology or related discipline with demonstrated research abilities and/or externally funded research in one or more of the above areas. As a faculty member, he/she will be involved in graduate and medical student teaching and will be expected to develop an independent and collaborative research program. Excellent facilities exist within the LSU Hospital and Medical School and the adjacent Biomedical Research Institute. The position is available immediately. Louisiana State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Candidates should submit by mail a letter of application, curriculum vitae, a detailed description of research abilities and plans, and three letters of references to:
| Nick E. Goeders, Ph.D., Chair Pharmacology Search Committee Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics LSU Health Sciences Center P.O. Box 339321501 Kings HighwayShreveport, LA 71130-3932 |
Telephone: 318-675-7852 FAX: 318-675-7857 e-mail: ngoede@lsumc.edu |
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
in Shreveport
Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Opportunities in
Stress and the Neurobiology of Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships supported by an NIH Training Program funded through the National Institute on Drug Abuse are currently available for outstanding candidates. The Ph.D. degree for predoctoral candidates will be offered through the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and candidates must meet all requirements for admission into the Department. Postdoctoral candidates should have a Ph.D. in Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Psychology or a related discipline with relevant laboratory experience. The research areas of Program Faculty are briefly described below, and further details can be found at http://gradsch.shreveport.lsumc.edu/Gradsch/Pharm/Faculty.html.
| Adrian Dunn | Interactions between the nervous and immune systems. |
| John R. Glowa | The effects of drugs and toxicants on integrated behavioral functioning. |
| Nick E. Goeders | Behavioral neurobiology of drug reinforcement. |
| Nancy J. Leidenheimer |
Regulation of ligand-gated ion channel function by protein phosphorylation. |
| Kenneth E. McMartin | Alcohol and intracellular vitamin transport; toxic alcohol metabolism. |
| Sandra C. Roerig | Signal transduction - opioid and adrenergic agonist interactions; analgesia and tolerance. |
| Jeffrey D. Steketee | Mechanisms involved in development of sensitization to cocaine. |