Dear INVITROM members, At the coming AGA, Cyrille Krul and Philippe Vanparys are at the end of their term of the INVITROM Board. They are not available for a re-election. We had three people responding to the call for nominations for new members on the ESTIV Board. Consequently, we will have elections during the AGA. The nominees are: * Rivka Ravid (Brain bank consultants, Nl) * Tamara Vanhaecke (VUB, B), and * Caroline Vanparys (Univ. of Antwerp, B) Attached you will find the agenda of the AGA. Looking forward to meet you again in Mol, Jan van der Valk dr. Jan van der Valk Secretary INVITROM 3Rs-Centre Utrecht Life Sciences and NKCA Dept. Animals in Science and Society Fac. Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University Yalelaan 2 NL-3584 CM UTRECHT The Netherlands Tel. +31 30 253 2163 / 2186 Fax. +31 30 253 7997 Email: secretary@xxxxxxxxxxxx Internet: http://www.invitrom.org _________________________________________ The mission of INVITROM is the promotion of the development, the application and the acceptance of in vitro models in biomedical research.