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xciv Annual Report of the Delegacy year investigation of the function of the different molecular forms of choline acetyltransferase in nerve tissue Dr Martin Reddington was appointed as research assistant and Mr Howard Boak as research tech- nician associated with this project Dr Reddington was joint con- tributor to symposium on microtubules held in New York in May Renovation of 2SEB as research laboratory was approved and progresses slowly For the occasion of the British Pharmacological Society's Winter meeting at King's College Dr Prince organised colloquium dialectic on choline acetyltransferase which included contributions from Dr Fonnum and Dr Malthe-Sorenssen from the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment from Dr Barlow and Dr Emson from Edin- burgh Dr Morris from Southampton Dr Glover and Dr Franklin from University College as well as contributions from members of the Department Dr Prince gave lecture at the Medical Research Council Mill Hill in which the current status of research on the bio- synthesis of acetylcholine was reviewed department of physiology Number of Students 251 61 Sc 26 Departmental Notes The year has seen growth in postgraduate research in the Department total of six Ph students now being engaged in different studies mainly concerning transport mechanisms in different physiological systems Increasing numbers of medical students have opted for the intercalated Sc course in Physiology and three of these are to be congratulated on gaining first-class honours degrees in 1974 Dr Bradbury has spent four weeks during the summer vaca- tion on an exchange visit at the University of Copenhagen researching with Dr Hans Brandsted and lecturing This was made possible by grant from the Royal Society's European Exchange Programme He was also invited to review 'The ontogenesis of blood-brain barrier systems' at Symposium on the Fluid Environment of the Brain held at Bar Harbour Maine on September nth-13th 1974 The concept of anatomical structures in the embryo 'recapitulating