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bination in bacteria and bacterio-phages, the role of the cytoplasm inheredity, and the chemical nature ofchromosomal materials. There was

general agreement among partici-pants that these meetings in a quietand congenial atmosphere providedopportunities such as are rarely en-

countered in large, formal meetings,for critical evaluation and integra-tion of genetic studies on a varietyof organisms. In the opinion of theparticipants, the conference exerteda directional influence that will be re-

flected in future studies of gene

structure and function.BERWIND P. KAUFMAN

A symposium in plasma proteinswas held at the University of IllinoisCollege of Medicine September 23-24, under the sponsorship of theRobert Gould Research Foundationof Cincinnati. Eighteen papers were

presented by investigators engagedin research in this field in one after-noon and two morning sessions.Junior associates of the speakerswere present as guests of the RobertGould Research Foundation. Atthe evening session a motion picturewas shown by E. V. MeCollum, andan address given by Hugues Gounelleof Paris, on some of the unexpectedobservations during years of un-

derfeeding in France.Although the subject of the sym-

posium was plasma proteins, the con-

sideration of the subject was pur-

posely so broad that the program

included papers dealing with funda-mental aspects of protein metabolismwhich might not ordinarily be con-

sidered as falling within the impli-cations of such a title. The pro-

gram was built around the principaltopics of formation, dietary rela-tionships, fractionation of plasmaproteins, immunologic relationship,relation to the liver, hypoprotein-emia, tracer isotope studies in rela-tion to the plasma proteins, endo-crine relationships, and amino acidcompetitors. Sidney C. Maddenspoke on plasma protein formationin disease states and Irving M. Lon-don on studies of rates of turnoverof plasma protein in man. Frac-tionation and some of the interac-tions of the plasma protein were pre-sented by J. L. Oncley, and a

discussion of the binding propertiesof serum proteins for small moleculesby S. H. Armstrong, Jr. Tracer andisotope studies included papers byDavid Shemin on aspects on the bio-synthesis of amino acid and proteins,and by Paul C. Zamecnik and IvanD. Frantz, Jr. on the use of C14-labeled amino acid in the study ofpeptide bond synthesis. The effectof dietary proteins on synthesis andrelations between diet protein storesand plasma protein were presentedby Bacon F. Chow and James B.Allison. Hypoproteinemia, particu-larly in relation to protein starva-tion in man and its clinical relation-ships, was discussed by Robert El-man and experimental studies ofprotein deficiency and temperature inrelation to the formation of edemaby M. Hegsted. Studies of the fateof intravenously injected plasma al-bumin were described by Fuller Al-bright and its metabolism in normaland undernourished individuals byCharles S. Davidson. Clinicalstudies of the relation of proteins tonutritional edema were presented byDr. Gounelle. Certain immunologi-cal aspects of the plasma proteinswere presented by Paul R. Cannonand Michael Heidelberger, and theeffect of adrenal cortex on plasmaprotein formation and utilization andthe physiological properties of aminoacid antagonists were given by Abra-ham White and Karl Dittman respec-

tively. Discussion followed each ses-

sion. The papers will be made avail-able later as a monograph.

JOHN B. YOUMANS

A thriving scarlet ibis colonyhas been discovered in Venezuela byPaul A. Zahl, New York ornitholo-gist, who, under the sponsorship ofthe National Geographic Society, hasbeen searching Venezuela 's inlandriver system for the bird's breedingground (see Science, Sept. 16, p.

289). The rookery lies some 125miles west of San Fernando andcovers an area about half a milelong and a quarter-mile wide, on a

nearly inaccessible flood plain." From a distance, " Dr. Zahl stated,"its foliage looks as though it were

laden densely with blood-red fruit."He estimates the number of adultscarlet ibis at about 5,000.

Recently Received-List of Publications, U. S. Forest

Products Laboratory, January 1-June 30, 1949. Madison 5, Wis-consin.

Some Lower Huronian Stromatolitesof Northern Michigan. EugeneS. Richardson, Jr. Fieldiana-Ge-ology, Vol. 10, No. 8. ChicagoNatural History Museum.

Medical Mission to Poland and Fin-land, July 1-August 27, 1948.Abridged report, submitted byErwin Kohn. Unitarian ServiceCommittee, Inc., 9 Park Street,Boston 8.

Committee on Public Health Rela-tions: A Summary Report of Ac-tivities for the Year 1948. NewYork Academy of Medicine, 2 E.103 Street, New York 29.

Wissenschaft und Weltbild. Janu-ary 1949. (Issued quarterly.)Verlag Herold, Vienna.

Second Notice onAAAS Meeting

There are still plenty of NewYork hotel rooms for the weekof the Association 's meeting,December 26-31, but early indi-cations of a shortage of singlerooms were justified. Miss Syl-via T. Peltonen, Manager, Hous-ing Bureau, New York Conven-tion and Visitors Bureau, 500Park Avenue, New York 22, whois in charge of room assign-ments, reported that she hadmade reservations for the fol-lowing number of persons, as ofNovember 7:

Statler 691New Yorker 120MeAlpin 412Governor Clinton 192Martinique 195

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New York City, December 26-31, 1949The list of hotels and the reservation coupon below are for your convenience in

making your hotel room reservation in New York City. Please send your application,not to any hotel directly, but to the Housing Bureau of the New York Convention andVisitors Bureau to avoid delay and confusion. The experienced Housing Bureau willmake assignments promptly and the hotel will send a confirmation directly to you intwo weeks or less. Mail your application now to secure your first choice of desiredaccommodations.

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