[' ', ' ', '   ', 'rth', 'tr', 'enhances“', 'porme', 'TAE', 'ERT', 'IREGEAR,', '0', 'HES', ' ', '3', '>', 'r', 't', 'Ea', 'i', '*', '£', '&', 'i', 'k', 't', 't', 'REI', 'ARB', 'LE', 'vases', '0', 'NF', 'NNR', 'RATT', 'Divisions,', 'Branches', 'and', 'Committees', 'BRANCHES', 'of', 'the', 'Association', 'are', 'Independent', 'groups', 'of', 'members', 'who', 'mest', 'to', 'foster', 'the', 'exchange', 'of', 'ideas', 'and', 'information.', 'There', 'are', 'currently', 'seven', 'gsographical', 'branches', 'and', 'an', 'historical', 'society', 'branch.', 'The', 'current', 'branches', 'are:', 'The', 'California', 'Branch', '(CAB),', 'Deleware', 'Valley', 'Branch', '(DVB),', 'Midwestern', 'Branch', '(MWB),', 'National', 'Capital', 'Area', 'Branch', '(NCAB8},', 'Northeast', 'Branch', '(NEB),', 'Ohio', 'Valley', 'Branch', '(OVB)},', 'Texas', 'Branch', '(TXB)', 'and', 'the', 'Tissue', 'Culture', 'History', 'Society', 'Branch', '(THS).', 'Several', 'branches', 'also', 'offer', 'educational', 'courses.', ':', 'Mambers', 'and', 'non-members', 'are', 'urgad', 'to', 'participate', 'in', 'Branch', 'activites.', 'DIVISIONS', 'of', 'the', 'Association', 'are', 'developed', 'around', 'various', 'disciplines.', 'which', 'bring', 'members', 'together', 'with', 'particular', 'technical', 'interests', 'to', 'affect', 'the', 'sharing', 'of', 'specialized', 'information.', 'Members', 'may', 'join', 'a', 'Division', 'atno', 'additional', 'charge.', 'Tha', 'Divisions', 'and', 'their', 'primary', 'interests', 'are', 'outlined.', 'below:', 'Vertebrate', 'Division—the', 'Division', 'emphasizes', 'organ', 'culture,', 'whois:', 'embryo', 'culture,', 'organ', 'type', 'differentiation,', 'morphogenesis,', 'and', 'related', 'fields', 'to', 'bring', 'togsther', 'membars', 'interested', 'in', 'the', 'culture', 'of', 'organized,', 'differentiated', 'or', 'differentiating', 'cell', 'systems.', 'The', 'Division', 'presents', 'the', 'Honor', 'B.', 'Fell', 'Award', 'to', 'the', 'best', 'student', 'paper', 'in', 'organ', 'cultura', 'at', 'the', 'Annual', 'Meeting.', 'Invertebrate.', 'Division—The', 'Division', 'provides', 'a', 'focal', 'point', 'for', 'members', 'whose', 'primary', 'interests', 'are', 'in', 'the', 'culture', 'of', 'cells,', 'issues', 'and', 'organs', 'from', 'invertebrates.', 'The-', 'membership', 'is', 'about', 'evenly', 'divided’', 'between', 'those', 'interested', 'in', 'biochemical', 'developmental', 'studies', 'and', 'in:', 'pathology.', 'The', 'activitias', 'of', 'the.', 'Division', 'include', 'sponsoring', 'a', 'round', 'table', 'and', 'session-in-dapth', 'at', 'the', 'TCA', 'annual', 'meeting,', 'as', 'well', 'as', '-Workshops', 'and', 'conferences.', 'Plant', 'Cellular', 'and', 'Developmental', 'Biology', 'Division—the', "Division's", 'members', 'have', 'broadinterests', 'including', 'vegetative', 'propaga-', 'tion', 'of', 'flowers,', 'trees', 'and', 'shrubs,', 'understanding', 'plant', 'growth', 'and', 'development', '{especially', 'celf', 'division', 'and', 'the', 'processes', 'of', 'dilferenta-', 'tion', 'and', 'morphogenesis),', 'ced', 'fusion,', 'biochemical', 'selection', 'and', 'mutant', 'recovery,', 'and', 'ths', 'transfer', 'of', 'genetic', 'materials', 'which', 'cannot', 'be.', 'accamplished', 'by', 'norma!', 'sexual', 'crosses', '(plasmids/DNA', 'fragments}', 'fromone', 'species', 'to', 'another.', 'Tha', 'Division', 'presents', 'a', 'training', 'award—', 'The', 'Philip', 'Whita', 'Award', 'and', 'sponsors', 'invitational', 'symposia', 'and', 'round', 'tables', 'at', 'the', 'the', 'TCA', 'Annual', 'Meating.', 'All', 'reguiar', 'Plant', 'Division', 'members', 'will', 'receive', 'the', 'journal', 'In', 'Vitra:', 'Cellular', '&', 'Developmental', 'Biology-—-PLANT', 'as', 'part', 'of', 'their', 'member-', 'ship.', 'The', 'journal,', 'Plant', 'Cell,', 'Tissue', 'and', 'Organ', 'Culture,', 'is', 'also', 'available', 'ata', 'special', 'rate.', 'The', 'TCA', 'prides', 'itself', 'on', 'the', 'interdisciplinary', 'talents', 'provided', 'by', 'the', 'Divisions.', 'Spacial', 'efforts', 'are', 'made', 'to', 'offer', 'scientific', 'sessions', 'integrating', 'topics', 'from', 'mammalian,', 'invertebrate', 'and', 'plant', 'cell', 'biology.', 'COBIMITTEES:', 'Member', 'participation', 'is', 'encouraged', 'in', 'both', 'the', 'admin-', 'istrative', 'and', 'scientific', 'communiies', 'of', 'the', 'TCA.', 'Some', 'Committees', 'are:', 'Constitution', 'and', 'Bylaws,', 'Education,', 'Membership,', 'Nomination,', 'Program,', 'Publications,', 'Audiovisual,', 'Celf', 'Culture', 'Standardization,', 'Callular', 'Toxicol-', 'ogy,', 'Development,', 'Laboratory', 'Materials', 'and', 'Biosafety,', 'Strategic', 'Long', 'Range', 'Planning,', 'Student', 'Affairs,', 'and', 'Terminology.', 'The', 'TCA', 'also', 'has', 'representatives', 'to', 'organizations', 'invotved', 'in', 'cell', 'biology', 'such', 'as', 'AATB,', 'ATGG,', '|ACC,', '1UMS,', 'BSC,', 'SOT,', 'and', 'NCCLS.', 'Decennial', 'Review', 'Conference', 'The', 'Tissue', 'Culture', 'Association', 'has', 'sponsored', 'every', 'ten', 'years.', 'an.', 'Antemational', 'Conference', 'which', 'focuses', 'on', 'several', 'key', 'areas', 'of', 'call', 'biology.', 'Invited', 'participants', 'present', 'reviews', 'of', 'past,', 'prasent', 'and', 'future', 'studies', 'that', 'place', 'their', 'specialties', 'in', 'perspective.', 'Conferences', 'have', 'been', 'heid', 'in', '1945', '(Hershey,', 'Pennsylvania),', '1956', '(Woodstock,', 'Varmont),', '1986', '(Bedford', 'Springs,', 'Pennsyivania),', '1976', '(Laka', 'Placid,', 'Naw', 'York).', 'In', '1986', 'twas', 'heldin', 'Harshey,', 'Pennsylvania,', 'celebrat-', 'ing', 'the', 'founding', 'of', 'the', 'Tissue.', 'Cultura', 'Association', 'in', 'Hershey', 'in', '1946.', 'Marshall', 'Nirenberg', 'wes', 'the', 'convener', 'in', '1976.', 'Keith', 'AR.', 'Porter,', 'a', 'Past', 'Prasident', 'of', 'the', 'TCA,', 'convened', 'the', '1986', 'Conference.', ' ', ' ', '  ', ' ', 'Cee?', 'ior', '3', '35', 'mm', 'rrecrofim', 'reel', '16', 'mm', 'microfizn', 'cartridges,', '105', '5', '148', 'mm', 'microfiche.', 'Microform', 'Arrangements', 'have', 'been', 'made', 'with', 'University', 'Microfilms,', 'Inc.', 'to', 'maka', 'avaflabts', 'in', 'Vitro', 'Cellular', '&', 'Davelopmental', 'Biolagy', 'and', 'the', 'Journal', 'of', 'Tissue.', 'Culture', 'Methods', 'on', 'microform.', 'The', 'rates', 'are', 'competitive', 'and', 'institutions', 'can', 'obtain', 'any', 'of', 'the', 'most', 'popular', 'microform', 'formats.', 'Details', 'are', 'available', 'from', 'the', 'TCA', 'Business', 'Office.', 'Awards', 'The', 'Cellular', 'Toxicology', 'Award', 'is', 'given', 'to', 'students', 'working', 'in', 'cellular', 'toxicology.', 'The', 'award', 'provides', 'travel', 'support', 'to', 'attend', 'the', 'annua!', 'meet-', 'ing.', 'The', 'Wilton', 'R.', 'Earle', 'Award', 'is', 'given', 'to', 'the', 'bast', 'studant', 'paper', 'presented', 'atthe', 'Annual', 'Meating.', 'The:', 'Honor', '8.', 'Felf', 'Award', 'is', 'available', 'to', 'students', 'doing', 'research', 'with', 'vertabrata', 'ceil,', 'tissue', 'or', 'organ', 'culture.', 'The', 'Hope', 'E.', 'Hopps', 'Award', 'is', 'given', 'to', 'recognize', 'a', 'quality', 'student', 'presentation', 'at', 'the', 'Annual', 'Mesting-', ':', 'The', 'Joseph', 'F.', 'Morgan', 'Award', 'is', 'used', 'to', 'provide', 'travef', 'funds', 'for', 'Canadian', 'students', 'to', 'attend', 'the', 'Annual', 'Meeting.', 'The', 'Philip', 'R.', 'White', 'Award', 'is', 'used', 'to', 'supplement', 'expenses', 'of', 'qualified', 'individuals', 'fos', 'continuing', 'their', 'education', 'in', 'plant', 'tissue', 'cultura.', 'The', 'Student', 'Travel', 'Award', 'is', 'used', 'to', 'assist', 'students', 'presenting', 'at', 'the', 'FCA', 'Annual', 'Meeting', 'and', 'the', 'John', 'S.', 'Seng', 'Foundation', 'Award', 'for', 'Plant', 'Tissue', 'Culture', 'provides', 'support', 'for', 'student(s)', 'presenting', 'plant', 'papers', 'at', 'tha', 'TCA', 'Annual', 'Mesting.', 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