[BNC-all] MONDAY MEMO: HAPPY NEW YEAR :)

[Deborah Starewich]

MONDAY MEMO, January 7, 2008
 
 
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1. Announcements
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1.1:  REMINDER: contact Melissa Lane (lanem at purdue.edu) to schedule rooms
for your Spring Semester Group Meetings.  Any reservations made last Fall
have been deleted; you must renew your group meetings every semester.
 
1.2:  Try your Monday Memo via RSS feed:
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/Nanotechnology/Resources/fac_resources.php
 
1.3:  New Class Spring 2008, ABE 591E:  ³Microsystems Engineering for
BioSystems,² 3 credit hrs; TTh 12:00­1:15; ABE Room 106A; Instructor D.
Marshall Porterfield
Course description:  This interactive course is designed for both biologists
and engineers and will cover the fundamental science and engineering
concepts required to work in this emerging interdisciplinary field. This
will include coverage of basic concepts in analytical chemistry, cell
biology, biochemistry, immunology, microelectronics, MEMS, microfabrication,
microfluidics, molecule biology, and optics. We will also offer specific
discussion of applications both present and future.  Selected topics include
Biomolecular Structures and Cell Physiology, Biosensors, Chromatography,
Data Acquisition and Signal Processing, Electrophoresis and Blotting,
Enzymatic Methods and Kinetics, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
applications in Biosensing, Glass and polymer micromachining, PCR and DNA
synthesis, Recombinant DNA Techniques for Biotechnology, DNA and Protein
Microarrays, Flow Cytometry Instrumentation, Lab-on-a-chip Systems,
Molecular Computing, Microfluidics: Theoretical and Practical Components,
The Omics Revolution, Silicon Processing, Separations techniques; material
will be from a reference text (TBD), and research papers based on student
input.
 
 
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2.  BIRCK TOURS
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2.1:  Tuesday, January 8, 11:50am: Prof. Kevin Webb and program review team.
 
 
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3.  LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE
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3.1:  Stacy Brown and family welcome a new addition to the family: Mason Eli
was born on Friday, January 4 at 9:44AM; he weighed 8 lbs, 13 oz and was
21.5 inches long.
 
 


Deborah S. Starewich
Administrative Assistant to Timothy D. Sands, Director
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Purdue University

765-494-3509
dstarewi at ecn.purdue.edu

http://www.nano.purdue.edu/



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