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talk on April 1 before the American College of Physicians i n New fore the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriolo,oists i n Boston he spoke on "The b!edico-legal Aspects of Radiation Injury,m and on April 16, his subject was "Antigen Tracer Studies and Histologic Observations i n Anaphylactic Shock in the Guinea he spoke before a group of reserve medical officers on "The Fundamental Biology of Ionizing Radiationw; on April 26 a t the Army and Navy Club before the "Torch C l u b " on nbIedical Aspects of Atomic mar@; on April 28 a t Massachusetts Institute of Technology bef o r e the Massachusetts Public Health Association on %edical RobIt. John 2. Bowers addressed t h e Heacal Society at HagemDr. J. H. Jensen addressed the Information Meetine a t Oak Dr. Shields ilarren gave several addresses which includ-3 On April 26 a t the National Naval Medical Center i n Bethesda, Ridge on April ll on the "Radioactive Substances and Their Use in the Study of Plant virus." Dr. Paul Pearson addresaed the National Dairy Council i n Detroit on A p r i l 18 on nInterrelationships of Nutrients and Fat Yet a bol isn. ~ The Advisorg Cdt tee for Biology and Medicine held their fifteenth meeting a t the Brookhaven National Laboratory on April 8 and 9, 19b9, with all members present. The fellowship program was thoroughly discussed. the unanimous opinion of the Committee that "Funds allotted to institutions by the Atomic Energy Coxmnission i n the field of biology and medicine shall not be used to supplement stipends received by holders of full time fellowships awaxded for training should be initiated at other AB2 facilities in addition t o the Oak Ridge Institute for HucleaF Studies and that considerable latitude should be granted i n the establishment of curricula. The Cdt tee voted unanimously that training programs The request of the National Research Council (Division of It was the sense of Medical Sciences) for an dllOCatiOn of $300,000 for the pur_Dose of nak- a cataract survey was considered. the Cod t teeth at the following recommendation should be forwarded t o the Chairman of the Division of Kedical Sciences of the National
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"It is recommended that the Division of Medical Sciences be requested t o continue the established panel a s an advisory group and that sufficient funds be allocated for indicated physical -* tions on the radiation cataract cases. It is further recomnended that the Radiation Cataract Committee advise the Mvision of Biology and Uediche as to indicated research projects for coordination w i t h the existing research program of t h a t Division and administration by the Division of Biology and Medicine." A contract has been renewed through the Nerr York Operations Office with the Marine Biological Laboratory a t Woods Hole, Wssachusetts, t o conduct a course for six fell- on radioactive isotopes under the direction of Dr. 0. Fail la durlng the mer of The A E Postdoctoral Fellcmship Board i n the Biological Sciences of the National Research Council met on April 2, 1949, and a t such tine, ten applications were recommended f o r fellowThe Division of Biology and Medicine has advised the National security Research Board of the volume o f research and developent in the facilities of .the AEC and its contractors which is pertinent looked to f o r infoxmation in the follCming fields under atomic They further suggested that the bEc could be Blast effects on strvctures Blast effects on utilities Blast effects on personnel Ionizing radiation ingury Shielding and shelters Medical care f o r casualties and refugees Radiological safety - including hstrumemtation f o r the detection and measurement of atomic energy Training of personnel. Bi kl ni Survey I n cooperation with the Division of btilltary Application, the Division of Biology and Medicine is naldn8 preliminary plans
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fora resurvey expedition t o Bikini and Eniwetok under the direction Federation of dmerican Societies for Experimental Biology, Detroit, I n conjunction with the meeting held by the Federation of American Societies f o r Experbental Biology, a meeting was held by a scientific panel with Dr. James H. Jensem acting a8 chairman, i n which the biological synthesis of radioactive materials (sometimes called isotope farming) was discussed. Dr. Nathan Woodruff of Oak Ridge presented a mrmnary o f the utilization of Carbon I& i n ldological synthesis. Biology and Medicine Information Meetin. An information meeting f o r biology, medicine and health physics was held a t Oak Ridge on April 11, 12 and 13. first tro dap were devoted to radiation microbiology and biochemistry while on the third day a classified Health Physics meeting lcas held. Mscussions on the