Applicants being sought for S. M. Small Research Fellowship

Applicants with a doctoral degree or equivalent are being sought to apply for the Professor S.M. Small Research Fellowship at UB. The $32,000-per-year fellowship, funded by the national Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), honors S. Mouchley Small, the late chair of the Department of Psychiatry and past president of MDA. It will be awarded March 1, 1998, with a July 1, 1998, start date.

It will provide salary support for one recipient to work with one of the following faculty members on their research projects:

- Richard Almon, associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences, effects of disuse, corticosteroids and growth hormone on muscle gene expression

- Anthony Auerbach, associate professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, electrophysiology and acetylcholine receptor channels in myasthenic syndromes

- Linda Hall, professor, Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, electrophysiological and molecular biological analysis of muscle calcium channel mutants in humans and Drosophila

- R. Nils Olsen, professor and vice dean for academic affairs, School of Law, special education needs, availability, advocacy training and legal representation of children with neuromuscular disease

- Satpal Singh, assistant professor, Department of Biochemical Pharmacology, electrophysiological analyses of heart/muscle in Drosophila mutants

- Georgirene Vladutiu, associate professor of pediatrics and neurology, molecular genetic studies of carnitine palmitoyl transferase deficiencies

Applicants must submit in a single package, postmarked no later than Jan. 1, 1998, a statement of interest to work with one of the designated mentors, a curriculum vitae and three letters of reference. Mail the package to the Small Fellowship Selection Committee, c/o Edwin Hewlett, Office of Development, Center for Tomorrow, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y. 14260.