September 24th through 25th, the WSBA held it’s annual Technology Symposium “Stay on Top of Your Game”. Check out the details and see photos taken during the educational and social events by clicking on the “Symposium” link on the left sidebar. A big thank-you to all of the vendors, officers, and volunteers who helped make this event a success.
Due to the proximity of the Symposium and the Philips annual meeting, there will be no monthly meeting this month. Stay tuned for the annual meeting date.
Be sure to check out the latest compensation survey by our friends at 24×7.
Deadline to participate is September 30.
If you’ve attended any of the meetings since April, you may have noticed that our multimedia coordinator, Russell Elledrige, recording the meeting. After he edits them, he posts them on Vimeo for all of our members (and non-members too) to enjoy. Well, we now have a central location on the website to be able to watch them without having to sift through all the posts on the front page.
The new location for the videos is: http://www.bmet.org/meeting-videos
I hope you enjoy this new addition.
Check out the link to the video of May’s meeting where Matt Tomory gave a talk titled, “Migrating Ultrasound Service to In-House”.
Also, those that attended the meeting may remember the presentation by Rose Guerrero about the amazing work being done by the Greatest Goal Ministries with amputee victims in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Please consider supporting this worthy organization by going to this link: http://www.greatestgoalministries.org/ and clicking on Donate. Or check out their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/pages/Greatest-Goal-Ministries/143679341483.
The following post was submitted by WSBA member Chris Walton. Thanks Chris for a great review of the June presentation!
Mark
June Meeting – Allen Institute for Brain Science – Review
June 16, 2010
The June WSBA meeting was once again held at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Fremont. Our gracious host provided an excellent dinner. The weather was so glorious that many ate outside and enjoyed the view of the Seattle ship canal.
Dinner on the Ship Canal
Mark, Corrie & Sandy & Jeff, kicked off the meeting with an update on potential jobs (see Verithon.com) and the September WSBA Technology Symposium. More info on the Symposium will be available soon on the web. Following announcements, congratulations and a commemorative eagle sculpture were presented to Dennis McMahon to celebrate his pending retirement after 33 years of Bio-Med service and work in the educational community.
The well-attended meeting continued with an excellent presentation by Allen Institute’s Engineering Manager, Cliff Slaughterbeck, Ph.D. Cliff walked us through the Institute’s history and business goals.
Cliff's Presentation
The Institute is a non-profit organization focused on providing brain-related research data to scientists around the globe; free of charge. He gave an excellent overview of the methods and specialized equipment used to map and study the over 10,000 types of brain cells. This included such topics as cryosectioning, robotics, laser capture microscopy, and advanced data processing (10 terabytes of data per week!)
Following the presentation the membership was treated to a tour of the lab and amazing equipment.
Thank-you Allen Institute, especially Viki Phillips, who has consistently supported the WSBA, and made this all possible!
Additional information available at: http://www.brain-map.org/
Written by Chris Walton
