From owner-announce@net.bio.net Tue Mar 23 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Simon Burton Newsgroups: bionet.announce Subject: Scottish Microbiology Society Date: 24 Mar 1999 15:02:41 -0800 Organization: University of Strathclyde Computer Centre Lines: 38 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: kristoff@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36EF764C.330C66D5@sandy.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net The new Scottish Microbiology Society newsletter is available at the SMS website at http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/BioSci/Sms1.htm This may also be of interest to those who are attending the next SGM conference in Edinburgh in April or any microbiologist wishing to join the Scottish Microbiology Society. The Society for General Microbiology will be holding a meeting at Edinburgh University from to 13th to 16th April 1999. Rather than compete at what will be a busy time for a large number of our members we have decided to hold an industrial tour in and around Edinburgh the day before the SGM meeting on Monday 12th April and enable some of our members to attend both events. The tour will meet at Waverley Station in Edinburgh (timetable information www.railtrack.co.uk/travel/ at 10am prompt. We will then proceed to Roslin Midlothian where the party will divide into two groups of 20 to see either the Roslin Institute (www.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk) or PPL Therapeutics in Midlothian for a tour of their facility (www.ppl-therapeutics.com). This will be followed by lunch at The Physician & Firkin (58 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5AD, www.firkins.co.uk), a Firkin Brewery Pub near the Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh and then on by coach to the Scottish Courage Brewery and Technical Centre for an afternoon visit starting at approximately 2.30pm. Members can then catch a return trip by coach to Waverley Station and city centre pubs. The tour is unfortunately limited to 40 members and we will have to impose a small fee of approximately £5 to cover the coach travel. This will be a highly enjoyable and informative day. More details can be found on the website. An application form is available on the newsletter which is being posted out today. If you are interested in the day out or becoming a member of the Scottish Microbiology Society (membership costs only 3 pounds student and 6 pounds professional for a year) please E mail s.a.q.burton@strath.ac.uk ASAP .