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Gomori Award - Call far Nominations
This is the highest award offered by the Histochemical Society, Established in 1987, its purpose is to honor Dr. George Gomori and to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of histochemistry and cytochemistry. It is presented every four years at the business meeting of the Society in the year immediately preceding the meeting of the International Federation of Societies for Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. The next award Will be presented at the 50th annual meeting of The Histochemical Society in Bethesda. MD in April 1999, Previous recipients have been Charles Leblond (1987), Samuel Spicer (1991), and Paul Anderson (1995). Any member of the Histochemical Society in is eligible for the award, featuring a photography of Dr. Gomori with a brief biographical sketch framed in the leather binder, a solid silver medal with the names of the Histochemical Society founders incscribed on the back and the recipient's name inscribed on the front, and a cash prize of $1.000.
Please Histochemical Society, Dr. W. L. Stahl, Executive Director, Dept. Neurology, Box 356465, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, Fax: 206-764-2164, e-mail:
Pearse Prize 2000 - Call for Nominations
The Pearse Prize was established to honor the contribution made to histochemistry by Professor A G E Everson-Pearse. It is one of the major international honors in histochemistry. The Prize is not restricted to any particular age group and will be warded to a scientist who has made a significant contribution to histochemistry and who is still active.
Nominations are requested for the 2000 Pearse Prize to be awarded to a scientist who has made a valuable contribution to the development of histochemical techniques or the application of histochemical methods. Nominations must be accompanied by (1) a letter of recommendation stating the reasons for the nomination supported by two people familiar with the nominee's work; (2) a Curriculum vitae of the nominee including a list of publications; (3) the written consent of the nominee.
The recipient of the Pearse Prize will receive a medal and will be required to deliver The Pearse Prize Lecture, which is planned for inclusion in the program for the International Congress of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 2000.
Please send nominations to: The Pearse Prize Committee, Royal Microscopical Society, 37/38 St Clements, Oxford, 0X4 1AJ, UK