2009 Spring Newsletter Online
The American Elasmobranch Society 2009 Spring Newsletter is now available to view online.
Contents include:
- An Unofficial & Grossly Incomplete AES Insider’s Guide to Portland by Wade Smith
- Banquet Details
- Bookstore Additions
- News from the Student Activities Committee
- Preliminary AES Schedule
- Authors and Contributors
2009 AES Student Workshop
How to be a successful scientist and still have a life
Is it possible to have a successful scientific career, as well as a life outside science? We will talk with experts in the field to explore how successful scientists achieve a healthy balance between professional and non-professional priorities. What constitutes “having a life”? Which types
of jobs make having a life easier or more difficult? How have the options changed relative to previous generations entering the workplace? What should you know going in to a job to ensure you don’t get overwhelmed down the road? How do the challenges differ between men and women, and what can be done about it?
This workshop will provide a forum for both instruction and dialogue between established scientists and graduate students to help prepare the new generation for the choices they will be faced with during
a career in science.
Guest speakers: James Gelsleichter, Cami McCandless, Adam Summers, and Cheryl Wilga
Date and time TBA
For more information, please contact Toby Daly Engel < tengel@hawaii.edu>.
2010 Calendar Available for Pre-order
Congratulations to Eric Cheng for submitting the winning cover image!
Twelve-month entries include
(in no particular order):
Kathy Townsend
Andre Alfonso
Sara McCutcheon
Jessica Lundgren
Yannis Papastamatiou
Greg Skomal
Steve Kajiura
Douglas Lloyd Engel
Jeff Rotman
Matthew Potenski
Neil Hammerschlag
Dean Grubbs
The calendar is $14.99 and will be available for purchase through the Marketplace soon.
2010 Supplemental Symposium Award
The American Elasmobranch Society invites applications for an additional symposium for the 2010 Annual Meeting in Providence, RI. Applicants must be AES members in good standing.
The application form can be downloaded here. Completed applications are due to the Chair of the
AES Grant Fund Committee, Dean Grubbs ( dgrubbs@bio.fsu.edu), by 5PM EST on 01 July 2009.
2009 AES T-shirts Are Ready for Ordering
The design for the 2009 AES Meeting t-shirt is now available for your
viewing and purchasing pleasure. This year’s design is inspired by the
indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. We received permission to use
part of the joint meeting design (slightly modified) along with a design
based on Haida tribal artwork (see attached illustrations for color options
and t-shirt layout). We are offering 2 color options tan and white. T-shirt
prices are $17 for members and $20 for non-members. Remember, all proceeds
go to AES student support.
Shirts can be picked up and paid for at the AES store at the meeting in
July. For those of you unable to attend, domestic shipping will cost an
additional $4-8 depending upon the number of shirts ordered.
We cannot ship
internationally, sorry.
Orders will be taken until June 19th, so get them in fast!!
To order, please email me ( kmara@mail.usf.edu) with the following information:
Name:
Email:
AES member?
Mailing Address (if not attending meeting):
Design 1 (white)
XXL Sizes require additional charge of $2
Quantity each of small, medium, large, XL, XXL:
Design 2 (tan)
XXL Sizes require additional charge of $2
Quantity each of small, medium, large, XL, XXL:
--Kyle
2010 Sharks International Conference
The Sharks International Organizing Committee will be hosting Sharks International, an international conference designed to provide a forum for chondrichthyan researchers with support from the Australian Academy of Science and Australian Academy of Technical
Sciences and Engineering. This support means this conference can host the meeting for a relatively low cost to delegates.
New Aloha Shirts Available for Pre-order
Aloha shark-print shirts will be available at the meeting!
Shirts will be available for $30 (normally sold for $50!) for sizes Small - XL. Add $ 2.50 for 2X, $ 3.50 for 3X, $ 4.50 for 4X sizes.
Please pre-order before April 25th by emailing Misty Paig-Tran at epaig@uci.edu.
Sizes available:
|
S |
M |
L |
XL |
2X |
3X |
| Chest Size |
42 |
44-441/2 |
47-48 |
511/2-52 |
55-56 |
561/2-571/2 |
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| Length |
291/2-293/4 |
301/2-31 |
311/4 |
321/4 |
321/2-33 |
33-331/2 |
2009 Winter Newsletter Online
The American Elasmobranch Society 2009 Winter Newsletter is now available to view online.
Contents include:
- Presidential Statement - David Ebert
- Presidential Statement - Kenneth Goldman
- Slate of Nominees for Annual Election
- SAC News
- Student Research Award
- Student Travel Award
- Nelson Behavior Research Award Form
- Bookstore
- Portland Hotels
AES Marketplace Now Open!
The AES online store is open!

We offer a variety of elasmo-related goods, including pens, water bottles, and shirts. Proceeds go to support AES student funding.
Renew your membership online now! Click here for instructions.
*NEW* OCS will be hosting a General Chondrichthyan Symposium at the 8th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference held in Perth from May 31 - June 5, 2009
*NEW* Ph.D. Opportunities at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
The American Elasmobranch Society is a non-profit organization that seeks to advance the
scientific study of living and fossil sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras,
and the promotion of education, conservation, and wise utilization of natural
resources. The Society holds annual meetings and presents research reports of
interest to students of elasmobranch biology. Those meetings are held in
conjunction with annual meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists each year at rotating North American venues.
The membership of the society consists of members who pay
annual dues in one of several membership categories including:
- STANDARD membership: requires nomination by an active,
standard member and carries the right to cast one vote in matters of Society business.
- AFFILIATE membership: does not require a nomination and is a
non-voting membership.
The pages that comprise the AES web site provide information
on the society, document its scientific endeavors, and present information on ongoing
research, society initiatives, and general interest items to all readers with an interest
in elasmobranchs.
Please send comments or corrections to the webmaster, aes-webmaster@elasmo.org
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