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| Register for December's Webinar: Dr. Wei-Shou Hu of the University of Minnesota will be presenting a webinar on CHO Genomics on December 14th at 2pm followed by a Q&A session at 4pm. More information: http://www.aiche.org/SBE/Education/Webinar/HuWebinar.aspx |
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| Web-Lab – SBE recently launched a Web-Lab initiative that aims to web-enable laboratory experiments. Working under a grant from the United Engineering Foundation and in cooperation with several universities and engineering societies, the initiative is developing tools that could enhance undergraduate education. View the whole press release. | |||||||||
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| Don't let your SBE membership lapse! The Holidays are just around the corner and before you know it, its 2011, so why not renew today! To renew on the web, please go to www.aiche.org/SBErenew. Or, call us at 1.800.242.4363 (US) or 203.702.7660 (outside US) to renew over the phone. | |||||||||
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| Join now! Raise your profile in the biological engineering community and gain access to physical property data for biomass and biofuels by becoming an SBE Green Corporate Member today. Check out http://www.aiche.org/SBE/DIPPR.aspx today for more information! | |||||||||
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| Call for Nominations! SBE will be holding an election for its Managing Board. If you would like to nominate a candidate for consideration by the Election Committee, please email us at bio@aiche.org with the candidate's name by December 31st. | |||||||||
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| Register now-early bird discount ends December 15th! SBE's 3rd International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering (ICBE) co-chaired by Kurt Deshayes (Genentech) and Jeff Varner (Cornell University) and will be held at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco on January 16-19, 2011. Keynote speakers include: Lee Hood, Roger Tsien, Vishva Dixit and Frances Arnold. For more info, click here. Posters are being accepted until December 1st! | |||||||||
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| Registration is open for AIMBE's 20th Annual Event! Medical and Biological Engineering in the next 20 Years: The Promise and the Challenges, February 20-22, 2011 at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C. Register for the event and receive the Early Bird rate by clicking here. | |||||||||
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| Call for Papers! The 6th International Conference on Ethical Issues in Biomedical Engineering will take place on April 1-3 in Brooklyn, NY. This conference aims to examine the ethical issues associated with the development of new treatment modalities, many of which pose new ethical issues and demand the design and improved knowledge of ethical guidelines to be implemented. Call for abstracts are due on November 24, 2010. | |||||||||
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| What Protein Am I? Congratulations to Aniruddha Sahasrabuddhe of UMass Lowell for being the first to correctly answer last month's protein: DNA Ligase! Be the first to solve the November protein and secure your bragging rights today! | |||||||||
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| Student chapters! A big thank you goes out to all of the students we met at this year's Annual meeting. We hope you had as much fun as we did. In case you didn't get a chance to stop by our booth (which featured an iPod Shuffle raffle and genetically modified Glofish), please let us know if you want to start an SBE student chapter at your university. All you have to do is email arjug@aiche.org. | |||||||||
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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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| Not a current SBE member? It's never too late to join or renew. Costs are $75 for regular members, $25 for graduate students, $10 for AIChE, ACS and IBE members, or free for undergraduates. Join now at http://www.aiche.org/apps/ecommerce/bio/index.asp. Member benefits include:
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