Dr. Herbert C. Dessauer, biochemist at Louisiana State University Medical School, will present a paper on "New Techniques for Systematics" at a specialized symposium on the scientific program for the 16th International Congress of Zoology, Aug. 20-27, in Washington, D. C.
Dr. Dessauer, professor of biochemistry, is the coauthor of the paper, along with Dr. R. Wade Fox, associate professor of anat-omy at LSU Medical School. The two were recipients of an American Philosophical Associa* tion grant for a research projiect into blood characteristics in snakes and other reptiles this summer.