Bioengineering symposium announcement

Bioengineering 08 ,Imperial College, London, Thursday 18 September-Friday 19 September

If you are interested to attend to this symposium or get more information, click here.

FP7 Collaborations in the Manufacturing Sector,17-18 th Jan 2008

International Partnering Meeting & Successful R&D Project Preparation for the Second Call for Proposals in the Nanotechnology, Materials and New Production Technologies Programme

Initiate your collaborative project or become a partner in an EU-project
The general aim of the international partnering meeting is to facilitate transnational R&D-collaboration between industry, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and research organisations active in the field of manufacturing and in particular to setup Framework Programme 7 (FP7) projects.

Targeted Audience: European and Swiss representatives from manufacturing industry and related academia; etc.

Deadline to send 5 min presentations: 11 Jan 2008

more detailed information: click here!

Computed Ultrasound Risk Evaluation (C.U.R.E.)

During the last annual meeting of SSBE in Neuchatel, Switzerland, there was an interesting talk about a project called CURE, an undergoing study at the Karmanos Cancer institute,Detroit(USA). The talk was given by Prof. Neb Duric.

Here is a summary of Cure project:

C.U.R.E.: Computed Ultrasound Risk Evaluation

The project is an attempt to image breast, based on the interaction of acoustic waves with human tissue.

It is known that the relative risk of developing breast cancer is dependent on breast density. However, since x-ray mammography has poor sensitivity in dense breasts, the reliance on mammography to measure density has prevented expanded adoption of breast density as a risk factor. The ultrasound tomography provides a safe and alternative measure for assessing beast cancer risk and for identifying high risk groups.

Ultrasound tomography does not use ionizing radiation and does not compress the breast. For those who have already been subject to mamography, it is clear that squeasing the breast to bring it to an almost 2D state, is really painful. This approach would provide a potentially more specific alternative to mammography.

For more information about the project, take a look at this reference, where one should find even a nice powerpoint file.There are more information available on results of the project as well.

Symposium on Cardiovascular Diseases, Fribourg, Switzerland october 18,19 th ,2007

Here, you can find the announcement and registration form for the following symposium:

Cardiovascular Diseases -

The Blood, the Vasculature, and the Perivasculature

(October 18 and 19^th, 2007, Fribourg, Switzerland)

Organizers: Zhihong Yang and Brenda R.

Registration is free but mandatory.