The meeting was a success, with4,613registered attendees and more than 300 exhibitors. Special thanks to the Indianapolis Local Arrangements Committee, chaired by Janice Warrick-Polakoff (pictured at left).

The meeting offered nearly 400 sessions on a range of educational, timely topics.

2008 Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2008 AALAS award recipients, who were honored at the Opening General Session.

2008 Poster Award Winners

Clinical: Model for Clinical Evaluation of Perioperative Analgesia in the Rabbit. AZ Karas, LA Weaver, KA Andruitis, CA Blaze

Husbandry/Management: Castration Eliminates Conspecific Aggression in Group-housed Male Surveillance Mice. JL Lofgren, SE Erdman, C Wong, R King, T Chavarria, A Discua, JG Fox, K Maurer

Laboratory Investigations: Rabbit Model of Alzheimer’s Disease: Valid from Neuropathological to Cognitive Levels. A Agelan, L Del Valle, L Bright, M April, DS Woodruff-Pak

The poster reception (below right) was a success in its first year. and plans are underway to do it again in 2009.

Learning Resources Center
The Online Learning Committee offered a fun way to learn about the AALAS Learning Library with a scavenger hunt at the Learning Resources Center at this year’s AALAS National Meeting. We hope everyone who participated learned something new about the AALAS Learning Library while answering the 10 questions. Congratulations to our winners: Shane Borchers, Susan Grau, Kelly Goss, Barbara Campagna, Rebecca Anne Haynes, and Jami Montgomery. We appreciate the support of The McConnell Group for sponsoring the $50 Visa gift card prizes for this year’s scavenger hunt.

Technician Fun Fair
The 2008 Technician Fun Fair attracted 205 participants, 129 of whom returned completed exams.

	100%
	Rebecca Haynes, Jami Montgomery, Carrie Tingley, Lyric St John, Michelle Mocilac (McIntosh), Dawn Bohrer-Kunter, Meredith Moyer, Kathie King, Heather Heckt, Sheryl Walker, Joanne Turek, Jennifer Zazula, Verda Davis, Eden Paster, Susan Grau, Jennifer Devorak, Lindsay Clark, Carole Wilson, Kriss Knestaut.
	95–99%
	Shayne Soczynski, Robin Miller, Michelle Jeglosky, Sheri Salsbury, Joseph Morrison, Megan Fowler, Robin Kavanaugh, Pamela Lindhe, Mary McMichael, Susie Jendrowski, Deb Bazinet, Brooke Regalia, Janelle Collins, Chris Lozo, Amy Dryman, Maria Rosa, Miriam Rose, Brooke Davis, Baohong Sun, Amanda Reed, Sherri Goss, Tara Madden, Julia Krout, Vandy Esche, Cheryl Pater, Leanne York, Alyce Young, Terry Graham, Erika Weaver, Amy Stevenson, Lisa Freeman, Candice Braley, Margaret Yeakley, Kerri Swigart, Kimberlee Garber, Melissa Schroeder, Kristina Grider, Jaime McDermott, Leann King, Cindy Lanman, Sarah Johnson, Cindy Haab, Vezira Hadzic, Sherry Wang, Kathy Coy, Loekie van der Wal, Carmen Stauss, Kevin McAndrews, Heather Charles, Stephanie Blevins, Manuel Aguilar, Laurie Condel, Anita Pecukonis, Melissa Bass, Kimberly Lininger, Courtney Sherwood, William Beckman, Amy Krikorian, Amanda McSweeney, Trey Wills, Jennifer Smith, Christian Stoffers, Hannah Grotheus, Jorge Medrano Jr, Cara Davis-Goodman, Barbara McNally, Jennifer Cross, Amanda Jellick, Andrea Peters, Allison Hutchinson, Jermaine Wilson, Kim Stock, Chandra Savage.
	80–94%
	Michael Etheridge, Ruth Connelly, Wendy Williamson-Coyne, Andrew Webb, Lourie West, Nikita Pulley, Lani Rathcke, Kassandra Payne, Erin Wilburn, Dana Campbell, Michele Rosga, Barbara Campagna, Shane Borchers, Raun Shultz, Jayne Poyer, Jill Johnson, Michael Burden, Linda Pavey, Dana Simpson, Daniel Claunch, Kathy Mullin, Diane McDonald , Alex Lo.

The Tech Fair would NOT be possible without the dedicated and caring support of AALAS commercial members and exhibiting companies. The following companies participated by submitting questions for the Tech Fair exam, donating items for the Tech Fair "goodie bags," donating substantial winner prizes, and providing smiling, mentoring booth staff to answer exam questions. Thanks to all of you!

GLAS Presentations
There were three presentations (two platform sessions and a poster) that came from projects funded by the Grants for Laboratory Animal Science program:

• Handling During Routine Care Affects Responses of Laboratory Rats Toward Humans
  Sylvie Cloutier
• Circadian Disruption Induced by Dark-Phase Light Contamination in Animal Facilities Stimulates Human Tumor Growth and Metabolism in Nude Rats
  Robert Dauchy
• Characterizing a Body Condition Scoring (BCS) Technique and Scale for Rats
  Debra Hickman
  

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