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xliv ANNUAL REPORT Association at the Chester Beatty Research Institute and at the Guinness Symposium in Dublin on Cellular proliferation Dr Davies and Dr Spencer contributed paper to the conference at Oxford on Cytochemical progress in electron micro- scopy Dr Davies and Mr Munden visited the Carl Zeiss works at Oberkochen to examine optical and electron microscope equipment Dr Arnott attended the commemorative meeting and various symposia held in Munich to mark Fifty Years of X-ray Diffraction department of botany Number of Students Ancillary Botany 2nd Year '" Sc Special Part lst Year 2nd Year Sc Special Part II Research Total 34 First Degrees Sc Special 2nd Class Honours Upper Division 2nd Class Honours Lower Division Higher Degrees Ph University of Bristol Cresswell An investigation into the nitrate nitrite and hydroxylamine metabolism in higher plants Departmental Notes On Professor Bennet-Clark's appointment as Dean of the School of Biological Sciences in the University of East Anglia Dr Sutcliffe was appointed Acting Head of the Department Dr Sutcliffe and his research group have continued their investigations into the relationships between ion transport and protein turnover in plants Dr Jacoby from the Faculty of Agriculture Rehovot Israel spent nine months in the department studying amino acid uptake and incorporation into the proteins of plant cells Dr Κ Symonds examined the effects of disease causing bacterium Corynebaclerium fascians on the growth and development of peas Dr Barton has initiated fine structural studies on plant cells He has fortunately been able to obtain regular use of an electron micro- scope at the John Innes Institute Hertford