Please be informed that the application for the 3rd GLOBALDIV Summer school to be held in Piacenza, Italy (6-9 September 2010) within the EU Project “GlobalDiv” will OPEN on Monday 7th June 2010 and 9 grant for accommodation are available. Application is restricted ONLY to PhD students and junior researchers. Deadline for application is 17th July 2010. The 2010 School focuses on the use of genomics for the characterization of genetic resources and on methods and software for large molecular data-set management and analysis. In addition, an update will be given on conservation strategy applied to wildlife that may be of interest for livestock management. Deeper information will be available on MONDAY on the web at: <http://www.globaldiv.eu/ > Additional question can be addressed to Elena Murelli at elena@globaldiv.eu You are also invited to spread the information to potential candidate in your institution All the best,

Riccardo Negrini

Istituto di Zootecnica, Facoltà di Agraria Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Via Emilia Parmense, 84 29122 Piacenza, ITALY Phone: +39 0523 599205
Fax: +39 0523 599276 Mobile: +39 328 4191521
Skype: Rizzulin
Website: www.animalgenetics-piacenza.it/

 

To all members and potential authors wishing to submit papers to the WPSJ:

As of 9th March 2010, all papers must be submitted online through ScholarOne Manuscripts at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wpsj. This new system has taken a considerable amount of time and effort to set up – and I would like to thank all of those who have been involved in this process for their efforts.

For submitting authors, the system will most likely be familiar to you if you have used any online submissions sites before. For those of you who haven’t, the procedure is very simple. Just log in and follow the instructions on the screen. If you are not yet registered on the site, you will have to click the link “Register here” on the login page to create your account. If you are unsure whether you have an account on the system or have forgotten your password, please type your e-mail address in the “Password Help” field on the login page. You will then receive an e-mail with login instructions if you already have an account on the system.

Please note that WPSA have to pay for every paper that is submitted on the new system. Hence, any non-review papers or articles which do not conform to the journals formatting standards will incur a potential penalty cost to the author. Colour figures will still have to be paid for by authors – and this must be organised directly with the editorial team as required. Please ensure you read the instructions carefully before submitting your paper, and note the checklist you must complete before submission is finalised. All tables must be included within the text, unless exceptional circumstances apply. Figures must be submitted as separate files, not inserted in the text.

The editorial staff at WPSJ are very excited about this new development, as it means we will be able to process papers far more efficiently than previously. As the amount of submissions received has escalated markedly in recent years, the new system will enable us to process more papers and provide a better service to members than before. In particular, we hope this will also offer an opportunity to expand our list of reviewers, as currently we rely very heavily on a few wonderful folk to peer review submitted papers. We are most grateful to them for all their hard work, and hope to be able to ‘lighten the load’ with the new online system.

Dr Lucy Tucker (nee Waldron)
Editor WPSJ

The Proceedings of the XIXth European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat and the XIII European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products which were held in Turku, Finland from 21-25 June 2009 are available here.