The ASSCR is about to become incorporated!

At a meeting to today we finalised all of the rules for the Australasian Society for Stem Cell Research (ASSCR). For those of you interested in such things, I will post the rules later. So, once Consumer Affairs in Victoria have registered the society, we will be officially incorporated.

To remind you, the society aims "to promote the discipline of stem cell biology and therapies in Australia and New Zealand, to promote education and research and to disseminate scientific information".

 

Really anyone can join, although there are different types of membership. You will be considered a Regular member if you are a professional working in the area of stem cells; scientist, medic, ethicist etc. The yearly fee for regular membership is $85 (Australian). Tertiary students researching stem cells are student members, costing $40 each year. Both regular and student members can vote at meetings. Anyone with an interest in stem cells (cancer, adult and embryonic stem cells), regenerative medicine and future clinical applications can become an Associate member for $40 a year.

So, what do you get for this?

 

We intend organising a yearly meeting and possibly local, satellite meetings. If we have enough funding we would like to subsidise students attendance at meetings. We will regularly publish a newsletter, with information about stem cells and research in Australia. Depending on how the society morphs, we may be able to do more!

  

If you would like more information or just show your interest you can contact us via this blog. More information about how to join will be posted on this blog in January.