February 2011 |
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| Register today for March's webinar on the Cybernetic Approach to Metabolic Modeling, presented by Professor Doraiswamy Ramkrishna (Purdue University). This webinar is free for all SBE members. Join us on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 4pm EST. http://www.aiche.org/SBE/Education/SBEwebinars.aspx |
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| Congratulations to the two newest members of SBE's Managing Board, Mike Shuler (Cornell) and David Tirrell (Caltech). Let's also welcome two new SBE Advisory Board members, Ali Khademhosseini (Harvard) and Douglas Clark (Berkeley). Thanks to everyone who voted in the election! | |||||||||
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| Call for Nominations: SBE's James E. Bailey Award For Biological Engineering. Submit your nomination package by June 1st. | |||||||||
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Member Spotlight | ||||||||
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| Help us in congratulating Buddy Ratner, professor at the University of Washington and SBE member, for recently being named the recipient of the 2011 Pierre Galletti Award, the highest honor given by the American institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. | |||||||||
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| Congratulations to the 68 elected members to the National Academy of Engineering including SBE member Christodoulos Floudas, Stuart Cooper, Linda Griffith, Keith Johnson, Henry Kister, Mark Kushner, and Cato Laurencin for their election to the NAE. | |||||||||
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Conference Updates | ||||||||
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| Register now! The 6th International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering will take place on April 1-3 in Brooklyn, NY. | |||||||||
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| Congratulations to Ignacio D. S. Gonzalez from Universidad de Santiago de Chile for correctly answering last month's What Protein Am I! The correct answer was Cytochrome P450. Try to answer February's protein today – the first correct answer will be featured in next month's SBE newsletter. http://www.aiche.org/sbe/education/wpai.aspx |
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| SBE's list of Student Chapters continues to grow. If you think your college or university may be a good fit, please email Arjun Gopalratnam at arjug@aiche.org. http://www.aiche.org/SBE/Students/Start.aspx |
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| SBE's e-Connections is edited by Adrian Andrew Fay, Web Science Editor, with input from SBE staff. Contact us at bio@aiche.org. | |||||||||
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