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 The BNC Monday Memo BNC News week of July 19, 2010 SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information UPCOMING Friday, 08.13.10, 10:30AM, BRK 2001: "Surface Effects in Micro-transport Phenomena: From Solar-thermal Powered Micro-reactors to the Nanostructure of Marine Diatoms," by, Dr. Gary Rosengarten, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales. [ MORE ] 5th BioNanoTox Conference, Peabody Hotel, Nov. 4-5, 2010: Register and submit your abstract and research article The 5th BioNanoTox and Applications Research Conference http://sites.google.com/site/bntconference/ < http://sites.google.com/site/bntconference/ > will be held at the Peabody Little Rock Hotel, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA on November 4-5th, 2010. Important Dates: June 1- August 31, 2010 - Early registration as well as abstract and research article submission opens August 31, 2010 - Early registration ends September 1- November 4, 2010 - Late registration starts October 15, 2010 - Registration as well as abstract and research article submission closes November 4-5, 2010 - BioNanoTox Conference [ MORE ] Nanotech India 2010 It is our great pleasure to announce an International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanotech India 2010 on 19th to 21st November 2010, at Gokulam Park, Cochin, Kerala, India. We cordially invite you to exhibit your products, delegate a Speaker or extend your support and sponsorship in Nanotech India 2010. This is a premier event and a prestigious podium in the field of Nanotechnology in India. Kindly request you to visit the below links and our website www.nanotechindia.in which will have all details of the project. [ MORE ] OTHER NEWS Purdue Research Foundation, Techshot partner on program to help emerging technology startups WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., NEW ALBANY, Ind. and GREENVILLE, Ind. (July 16) - Officials from Purdue Research Foundation and Techshot Inc. announced that they will partner on a program designed to accelerate the development of emerging technology companies by leveraging Techshot's unique technology commercialization capabilities. [ MORE ] PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS Faculty, staff, and students who have fever or other influenza symptoms should seek medical care. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT TO WORK WHILE ILL. Birck Nanotechnology Center staff will be notified of an emergency situation by telephone in the order set out in the BNC’s Phone Tree. BNC faculty members will receive an e-mail message from Monica Allain or Jim Cooper. Members of the Faculty (Professors and Research Professors) are responsible for contacting each of their group members, including graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists. Specific instructions should be conveyed by phone if possible. All graduate students should register for the Purdue University e-mail alert system at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/mail.html . Additional information for pandemic and emergency preparation may be found at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty and http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness Editorial policy set: personal information, i.e., newborn announcements, marriages, etc. [ More ] Submit items for memo of the week of July 26, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY , 07.23.10, 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 Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship Cyber Center Discovery Learning Research Center Global Sustainability at Purdue: Center for Environment Energy Center Purdue Climate Change Research Center Oncological Sciences Center Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering Sign up to be: Media Expert Community Speaker