Student prizes for genetics presentations at AAPA

The president of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics, Dr. Lorena Havill, announces the 2011 Outstanding Student Presentation Awards for best presentation on genetics research:

APPLICATION IS EASY!!! DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, April 8, 2011.

Each award involves a $200 cash prize and a one year subscription to the journal, Human Biology. Students can apply directly OR be nominated by a AAAG member.
To apply for the award, please e-mail me at LHAVILL@sfbrgenetics.org with:
a) your name
b) your institutional affiliation
c) the title of the student's presentation
d) the abstract
e) the day, time, and meeting (HBA or AAPA) of the presentation (either poster or podium)

To be eligible, the student*** must be the first author, and must deliver the presentation (poster or podium) at the HBA or AAPA meeting.

AAAG basic membership rates (payable at http://www.anthgen.org/aaag_membership.html:

Full member without journal subscription $20
Student member without journal subscription $10

*** Either the student OR the nominating AAAG member must be a member in good standing (dues paid) by the April 8 submission deadline in order to be considered for the awards.***

BANDIT sessions at AAPA 2011

Presumably, you will be spending some time checking out the program at AAPA/HBA/Paleoanth/Paleopath/etc. (Maybe not, I don't know your life.) I encourage the BANDITs to let me know about your sessions, especially if it's a session you organized or were invited to participate in. Let's support each other! I will continue to update and repost this list as I hear from more of you! (Note: I go on maternity leave soon so get in touch ASAP if you want me to highlight your session on the blog!)

TUESDAY, April 12 (Paleanthropology Society)
Lewton KL. Iliac and ischiopubic modularity: implications for the evolution of the hominin pelvis. (poster)

THURSDAY, April 14
Human Biology Association
Reproductive Functioning and Trade-offs, podium session, Marquette V/VI
LT GETTLER, SS AGUSTIN, TW MCDADE, CW KUZAWA.
10:15 Longitudinal changes in testosterone among men transitioning to fatherhood in the Philippines. (podium)
ZM THAYER, CW KUZAWA.
10:30 Diurnal cortisol profiles in pregnancy: Does the pattern of cortisol secretion vary across populations or by birth weight? (podium)

Session and location unknown (does anyone have access to the HBA program? I can't find it online)
PE MELTON
1:45 Genome wide association and pathway analysis of segment-specific carotid intima-media thickness phenotypes: The San Antonio Family Heart Study

AAPA
Advances in Chemical Bioarchaeology. Session 16, Poster symposium with roundtable discussion, poster viewing 1-5 pm, Duluth Room. Co-organized by Kara Hoover and Carrin Halffman; Stan Ambrose, discussant. The roundtable is tentatively slated for Thursday from 3:30-4:30. There will be a flyer with the details at registration and a poster outside the room with details as well.

FRIDAY, April 15
Eating for Two: Maternal Ecology and Nutrition in Human and Non-Human Primates
Invited podium symposium, 2-5:45, Marquette V/VI. Co-organized by Julienne Rutherford and Kathryn Clancy.
Discussants: Pablo Nepomnaschy and Leslie Aiello (This is a BANDIT heavy symposium - check the program for specific talks and times)

SATURDAY, April 16
American Association of Anthropological Genetics:
Ethical Currents in Anthropological Genetics
Podium symposium, 8-noon, Salon C

Ears, Eyes, and Noses: Revisiting the Evolution and Ecology of the Primate Special Senses
Invited poster symposium, 8am-12pm, Duluth Room.
Danielle Whittaker. Chemical communication without a vomeronasal organ: parallel evolution in primates and birds? (poster)

Primate Diet, Health, Ecology and Conservation
Poster session, 10-3pm, Salon D. Recent PhD Laurie Kauffman is on two posters: poster 109: Creating sustainable primate-based based tourism: a view from the Central Suriname Nature Reserve and poster 118: Tourism in Suriname: do monkeys view tourists as predators or conspecifics? (co-authored with Jessica Westin)

Muddles in the Middle: Current Perspectives on Middle Pleistocene Human Evolution
Podium symposium, 1-5 pm, Salon A. Co-organized by Steve Wang and Sarah Freidline