Category Archives: Joint Annual Meeting

Apply now to serve as a National ASAS Graduate Director

Responsibilities: Plan, advertise, and implement ASAS graduate student activities at JAM such as the symposium, lunch & learn, open forum, and social; serve as a voting member on the national ASAS Board of Directors;

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Help out with Animal Frontiers

Did you attend the Animal Frontiers launch party at JAM 2011? Anyone who has photos of the launch can send them to me at MadelineMS@assochq.org. We’d love to publish them in the fall issue of AF.

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Meet a student leader

Chad Pilcher is one of the two ASAS Graduate Directors for the Midwestern section. Location:  Iowa State University, Ames, IA Area of research:  Swine Nutrition Favorite song to play in the lab:  It’s My Life (by Bon Jovi) or anything … Continue reading

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My first visit to JAM

By Madeline McCurry-Schmidt ASAS Scientific Communications Associate I know that this week was the first JAM for many graduate students. Well, it was my first JAM too. As the newest employee at ASAS, I’d only worked in the office for … Continue reading

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A useful site for cellular analysis

Images from Ellis’ colleague, Dr. Anthony Caruco, show bovine mammary epithelial cells.         Clemson University is now home to some very grateful graduate students. Instead of having his graduate students analyze thousands of florescent images of cells, Dr. Steve Ellis put … Continue reading

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