To ensure you receive your BNC Weekly Memo e-mails, please add bnc-all@ecn.purdue.edu to your address book. Current issue is at http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/Nanotechnology/mondaymemo.html BNC News May 4, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS Semiannual shutdown of the BNC will take place Tuesday through Thursday, May 5-7, 2009. [More] Precautionary Measures for SWINE FLU, by Lisa Reece. [flyer] Other useful links: Purdue University News Service: http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090427WestmanSwine.html CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/ BNC Graduation Celebration and Open house: Say goodbye to faculty, colleagues, BNC Staff and show off your research facility to family and friends! Friday, May 15: 1-5pm Refreshments available beginning at 1pm Group graduation photo: 2pm Saturday, May 16: 12-3pm Refreshments available beginning at 12pm Group graduation photo: 1:30pm GRADUATES: REGISTER online. THANKS! Wireless Upgrade to take place in Birck Atrium the week of May 11, 2009. Be aware that there will be debris in the area, also. This work will limit our ability to provide tours and events during the week of May 11-15, 2009. ________________________________ NSAC Blood Drive was a SUCCESS! To all those who donated blood last Friday, thank you! We collected 22 units of blood (approximately 10 liters). ________________________________ TOURS/VISITORS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information Tuesday, 05.05.09, 2:30PM: Elkhart Planning Department, with Ron Reger. Thursday, 05.07.09, 9:00AM: Tim Stout, VP, Commercialization Strategies, and Abhijit (Jit) Banerjee, Director, Commercialization Studies, Oregon Health and Science University, with Tim Sands. ________________________________ SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information Monday, 05.04.09, 3:00PM, EE 118: "Improved Registration and Segmentation for Image Analysis," by Mark Pickering [More] Tuesday, 05.05.09, 3:00PM, BRK 2001: "Overview of Russian Activities in the Field of Nanotechnology by RUSNANO," Dr. Sulkhan T. Davitadze [More] Friday, 05.08.09, 3:00PM, BRK 2001: "Comparison of Experiment and Theory in Plasmonics," Professor William Barnes [More] SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, 06.11.09, 8:30AM-1:30PM, MRGN 121: "Nanomedicine & Cellular Engineering Symposium," with presentations by investigators from Purdue University, University of Notre Dame, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Indian Partner Institutions. RSVP to Luanne Ludwig (49-42276). More information to follow. ________________________________ PURDUE NEWS NEW CLASS FALL 2009! ME 59700/PHYS 57000: Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy, with Profs. A. Raman (Mech Engr) and R. Reifenberger (Physics).[Flyer] Travel Office: International Travelers Need to Know About Federal Export Control Laws: University travelers who plan to take their Purdue-issued laptop computer, Blackberry, digital storage device or any encryption products abroad, should know about export laws. [More] ________________________________ Submit items for memo of May 11, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 05.08.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu ________________________________ Other BNC info: Purdue Home Page BNC Home Page BNC Users Forum Links to Discovery Park Centers Bindley Bioscience Center e-Enterprise Center Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Discovery Learning Center Center for Advanced Manufacturing Center for Environment Oncological Sciences Center Cyber Center Energy Center Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker