Frequently Asked Questions

Please email administration[at]transtechsociety.org.

Please email istt[at]transtechsociety.org and request to re-join the society. We will give you temporary access, enabling you to renew your membership.

Registering for the ISTT is very simple. Go to the JOIN web page and follow the directions provided.

If you are already a Member and want to renew? Click Here.

If you want to rejoin the society after your membership has lapsed, please follow the instructions provided in the FAQ below. 

The TT talks have been posted as a courtesy to our members.  All of the talks and the content within belong to the presenter.  The information may be accessed for teaching and learning purposes, but may not be reproduced without the express consent of the author. Any use of these documents should be appropriately referenced to the speaker, the respective TT meeting, and the ISTT website.  

You can change your UserID and password by clicking on "Members" and then "My Account".

The videos and pictures in the members-only area are provided for teaching and learning purposes. All videos and pictures included in the ISTT web site belong to their authors and may not be used in presentations or published materials (including online and print documents) without their consent. You are requested to acknowledge the source of any of these videos or pictures, if used in a presentation, by citing its author/owner and the ISTT website, using the following format: "Picture/Video by [author/owner] provided by the ISTT (www.transtechsociety.org)".

The ISTT welcomes all companies in the field of animal experimentation and the genetic modification of animals for sponsorship opportunities. Please, contact us to discuss sponsorship options.

All ISTT Members are eligible for ISTT registration/awards. The ISTT Awards committee will examine all applications received and present them to the Board of Directors. Registration Awards will be selected according to the documents submitted and with preference given to: 1) Student/Technician ISTT Members 2) ISTT Members submitting an abstract for presentation as a poster/short-oral communication at the TT corresponding meeting 3) Any other ISTT Member.

Only ISTT members are entitled to organize a TT meeting. A member willing to host a TT meeting must have the support of his/her host institution. Please contact us to discuss your meeting proposal and for additional details.

You can always check on this web site to find out when and where the next TT meeting will be held. TT meetings and other ISTT-sponsored meetings can be found in the Events area.

The TT meetings are organized every 18 months, usually in September-October or in February-March of the corresponding year.

You can request your membership ID number by emailing our administrator at administration[at]transtechsociety.org.

You can request your user ID by contacting our administrator at administration[at]transtechsociety.org.  Once you have your user ID, please log in and then click "Forgot my password" to get to a password reset screen.

Access to the members-only section is restricted to ISTT Members. You will need a valid user/password combination.

You can send a message to the official ISTT email address or use the "contact us" web section and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible.

You can update your contact information by logging into the members only area of the website and then, under Members, click on "My Account".  You can change all of your information in that area.  However, you should also send any new e-mail address to istt[at]transtechsociety.org, so that we can update this for the ISTT.list.

ISTT accepts payments via credit card, through PayPal, or by Bank Wire Transfers to the ISTT bank account.

Your ISTT Membership benefits and associated web resources will be cancelled on February 1st.

All ISTT Members may renew their ISTT Membership beginning on October 1 (note that members will be notified via the ISTT.list should this date change). On February 1st, non-renewed ISTT Members will have their membership cancelled.

No. ISTT Membership is annually based, from January through December. Therefore, irrespective of the date of registration, all annual memberships will terminate on December 31st. As noted below, we typically open registration for the upcoming year on October 1. We expect that members will have registered by January 31st. We will observe a grace period for renewal through January 31st of the renewal year. However, please note that in order to be eligible for ISTT travel awards and reduced registration fees at ISTT meetings you must have current ISTT Membership.

Applicants for Technician/Student status must have their supervisor send an e-mail to istt[at]transtechsociety.org to confirm his/her status.

Retired or emeritus status membership is available to all former ISTT members who have retired for work and who would like to keep active in our society. ISTT emeritus membership is offered at no charge to retired members. The ISTT expects integrity in any application for this level of membership. The initial application for emeritus membership must be accompanied by a letter from a former supervisor or from another ISTT member verifying that the applicant is retired. Yearly renewal of emeritus membership is required. The initial application for emeritus status will be reviewed & validated by a majority of the board of directors.

A Technician Member is someone who is working under the responsibility of another person, and thus is not responsible for a laboratory/service/unit. A student member is pursuing a PhD or other degree. Postdoctoral scientists are not eligible for Technician/Student membership. To register as a Student/Technician member, the registrant’s supervisor must verify this status by e-mail to istt[at]transtechsociety.org.