Hello Ciliate Community,
Please find two forms below. The first is to nominate yourself or someone to join the Ciliate Advisory Board. The ciliate research community is a vibrant collection of scientists that employ ciliates including Tetrahymena, Paramecium, Oxytricha, and many others, as model systems to investigate fundamental mechanisms of molecular and cellular biology, genetics, ecology, and evolution. Recognizing the need for greater integration and communication to further members’ objectives, the community has established an advisory committee charged with identifying and promoting specific initiatives that could benefit the community as a whole. While originally named TetRA Board upon its founding in 2011, in 2022, the name was changed to Ciliate Advisory Board (CAB) to reflect the growing diversity of ciliates used within the community, and breadth of collaborations across the community. The board meets approximately every 2 months for approximately one hour and each term is a three-year term. Please email the current Chair, Meg Valentine (
mvale016@plattsburgh.edu) with any questions. We will take nominations until August 21st.
Join the CAB!:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... usp=dialog
Please also mark your calendars! The next in-person meeting is summer 2027 (July 19th - 22nd) in Toronto, Canada at Toronto Metropolitan University. We are looking for a few volunteers to help Sandra Duharcourt and Jeff Fillingham organize this meeting. This second google form is to volunteer to be one of the organizers for the in-person meeting next summer in Toronto, Canada.
Volunteer for Toronto:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIp ... usp=dialog
Thank you,
Meg
