By Jennifer Bonck

More than 750 speakers will lead sessions featuring the latest research on topics such as asteroid impact, supercomputing and microbial forensics.

Lexington, Ky. (Dec. 19, 2002) -- The 2003 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will be held Feb. 13 to 18 in Denver, Colo. The meeting offers interdisciplinary programs, including lectures and presentations on nanotechnology, neuroinformatics, microarrays and functional genomics, as well as poster presentations, career workshops and an exhibit hall. In addition, more than 750 speakers will lead sessions featuring the latest research on topics such as asteroid impact, supercomputing and microbial forensics.

The registration deadline is Jan. 14. For more information on the program and registration, contact Monica Amarelo at (202) 326-6431 or mamarelo@aaas.org.

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The National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR) will hold its annual meeting from Feb. 23 to 25 at the Marriot at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. This year's program will feature such topics as granting legal rights to animals, the animal "guardians" issue, crisis management techniques, communicating with Congress, as well as present and upcoming legislative animal research issues.

The registration deadline is Feb. 3. For more information, call (202) 857-0540, e-mail info@nabr.org, or visit www.nabr.org.