About the Histochemical Society
The Histochemical Society was founded in 1950 and is a non-profit organization of scientists sharing a passion for the development and use of visual techniques that provide biochemical and molecular information about the structure and function of cells, tissues and organs and for the dissemination of this knowledge through education and outreach.
The Society owns and operates the Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry (http://www.jhc.org) (The Journal) which publishes significant advances in visual techniques that provide biochemical and molecular information about the structure and function of cells, tissues, and organs. In addition to novel primary data papers, timely review articles on all aspects of cell biology are encouraged. The Journal emphasizes publication of papers related to microscopic analyses of cells and tissues but encourages submissions in which histochemical and cytochemical techniques are complemented by modern genetic, molecular and biochemical approaches.
We encourage you to visit the HCS webpage (www.histochemicalsociety.org) for information about regular and associate membership. Members receive on-line access to the Journal, discounted registration at the annual meeting and other benefits. Research students receive substantial discounts for annual dues and are eligible for travel and other awards related to the HCS annual meeting.
Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, Ph.D. is Immediate Past-President of HCS and Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras. His research interests are related to human and comparative neuroembryology; comparative and evolutionary neuroanatomy; neuroanatomical tract tracing; correlative light, and fluorescence microscopy; electron microscopy and tomography.
William Stahl, Ph.D. is Executive Director of HCS and Professor Emeritus of Neurology and Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He is a Past-President of the Society and is responsible for management of activities in the Business Office of the Society and the Journal and co-organizes HCS courses at the annual meeting of the Society. He has over 100 publications on mechanisms and modulation of ion transport systems in the nervous system and on the role of oncogenic epidermal growth factor receptors in modulation of microtubule function in cancer cells.
Nancy Sawtell, Ph.D. is President of the Histochemical Society and Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine. Her research is on molecular mechanisms of viral latency and reactivation. The work includes development of approaches to study rare events occurring in complex tissues--interactions between herpes simplex virus and the neuron in vivo.
Charles Frevert, D.V.M., D.Sc. is President-Elect of the Histochemical Society and Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Research in his laboratory focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate the innate immune system and the mechanisms that are responsible for the successful clearance of bacteria and viruses from the lungs. This includes the role that proteoglycans and their associated glycosaminoglycans play in the innate immune response to lung infection.
