I want to thank all our members and guests who are attending this meeting, especially the students, and even more, those students and colleagues who are presenting papers, posters, and symposium contributions. I also thank those of you who served as session heads. And I certainly want to thank BioAnalytical Instruments, BioRad Laboratories, Fisher Scientific L.L.C., Glaxo-Wellcome Puerto Rico, Inc., Merck and Company Inc., Pfizer Inc., the Puerto Rico EPSCoR Program, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, Rones de Puerto Rico (PRIDCO), Smith Kline Beecham, the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, UPR Medical Sciences Campus, who contributed to the success of our joint meeting with the Society of Protozoologists.
I also wish to thank the following outgoing officers and committee members for their service to the Society: Amy Crews-Oyen, Dick Seed, Dennis Minchella, Kelli Sapp, Walter Boeger, Wilma Stark, Dele Ogunremi, Fernando Anaya Velazquez, Richard...