**************************************
BIOENGINEERING ANNOUNCEMENTS for October 9-13, 2006
**************************************

**Science in Medicine Lecture
   Dr. Cecelia Giachelli, Bioengineering Professor
   "Heart of Stone: Chipping Away at the Mysteries of Vascular Matrix
Calcification"
   Thursday, October 12 from 12 to 1:30 p.m.
   Hogness Auditorium, UW HSC
   Call 206-543-6452 for more information.

=========================
DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS
=========================

**BIOEN 511 (Biomaterials Seminar)
   Thursday, October 12 from 3:30 to 4:20 p.m.
   Benson Hall Room 117
   Joe McGonigle   "Osteoprotegerin and RANKL have opposite effects on angiogenesis"
   Justin Saul     "Integration of DNA nanocarriers with fibrin scaaffolds for sustained transgene    expression in tissue engineering applications"


**BIOEN 599X (Medical Imaging Seminar)
   Monday, October 9 from 4:30 to 5:50 p.m.
   Auth Conference Room (Foege N503)
   Yongmin Kim, PhD, Professor and Chair of Bioengineering
   "Medical Imaging in Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare"


**BIOEN 599Y (Nanotechnology Seminar)
   Tuesday, October 10 from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m.
   Bagley 260
   Hedi Mattoussi, PhD, Division of Optical Sciences - U.S. Naval Research
Laboratory
   "Quantum Dot Nanoprobes for Sensing and Probing Cellular Processes"

===============
OTHER EVENTS
===============

**A conversation with UW MacArthur "Genius" Fellows about intellectual risk-taking and
   careers will be held Monday, October 9 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Kane 210.
Panelists include Dr. Tom Daniel (Professor and Chair, Biology), Linda Bierds
(English), Charles Johnson (English), and John Toews (History). This event is the
first of three Graduate School-sponsored events on "Pushing Intellectual Boundaries:
Leadership, Innovation and Taking Risks".
   See http://www.grad.washington.edu/news/macarthurseries.htm for more information.