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Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland Future meetings 26–27 November 1998. Symposium on the morphogenetic and genetic analysis of vertebrate development, hosted by the Spanish Anatomical Society in Madrid, Spain, with the participation of the ASGBI. 5–7 January 1999. Winter meeting hosted by the Centre for Human Biology, University of Leeds. 13–15 July 1999. Summer meeting hosted by the Laboratory of Human Anatomy, University of Glasgow. Anatomical Society Research Studentships. Grant funding is available for Research Studentships in the anatomical sciences, commencing October 1999. The closing date for applications is 9 October 1998. The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS). The 26th annual meeting of the ISSLS will be held in Hawaii on 21–25 June 1999. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 November 1998. ISSLS International Fellowship Fund. Appropriate individuals from developing countries are eligible for this Fellowship to enable them to attend the 1999 meeting in Hawaii. The applicants should have a demonstrated interest in clinical or nonclinical spinal research and should send a letter outlining their work together with 2 letters of sponsorship from their superiors and the abstract of a paper or poster to Dr Hanley at the above address by 1 January 1999. Surgical Dynamics Travelling Fellowship Fund. The ISSL has received an educational grant from Surgical Dynamics for a Travelling Fellowship for US $5000. The deadline for applications is 1 March 1999. The committee will announce its selection at the annual meeting of the Society in Hawaii, 21–25 June 1999.