- IBC, the conference company, has established a bursary scheme to help younger academics aged 23-35 years to attend selected IBC conferences. One award is available for each specified conference, covering the conference fee, travel expenses (arranged by IBC) and accommodation during the conference. One conference to which this applies is New Pathways to Regenerative Medicine, to be held 9th-10th March 2000 in London UK. The deadline for the application is Monday 7th February 2000, and applicants should send their full name, address, date of birth, career history including full list of publications, details of current research and aims of future career, to Bursary Scheme Administrator, IBC UK Conferences Ltd, Gilmoora House, 57-61 Mortimer Street London W1N 8JX fax +44 171 631 3214 or fax +44 20 7631 3214.
- Professor Bill Bonfield, until the end of 1999 Head of the IRC in Biomaterials at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London UK, has taken up a new chair of Medical Materials at the University of Cambridge. His remit includes building the department's expertise in tissue-implant interactions, new skeletal implants, biocomposites, drug delivery systems and tissue engineering.
- The PHIDIAS network has issued its Newsletter No 3, focusing on models for medical interventions, surgical planning and rapid prototyping. This issue includes articles on reconstruction of skull defects, improving geometric accuracy in medical modelling and drilling templates for dental implantation and Zygomaticus procedures. Contact the Editor Niels Moos at
niels.moos@teknologisk.dk
for more information on how to receive a copy - the Newsletter is primarily circulated to medical practitioners throughout Europe.
  
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