Vereniging
voor Biofysica en Biomedische Technologie
E-mail Newsletter April 27, 2004
In this issue:
- Vacature PhD student Groningen
- 12TH WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE VANCOUVER,
B.C., CANADA, JULY 16-19,
2005
- Belgian Biophysical Society meeting, Luik,
27 augustus 2004
- Vacature promovendus Rotterdam
- Kuala Lumpur International Conference
on Biomedical Engineering, September 2-4, 2004
- EMBS (Co-) Sponsored Conferences &
Summer Schools
- Vergadering Werkgemeenschap Auditief Systeem
donderdag 13 mei 2004
- Conference BioMech 2004 August 23-25,
2004, Honolulu, Hawaii
- 2nd Intl Conf on Advances in Medical Signal
Processing and Information Processing, 5-8 September 2004, Malta GC
1. PhD student in medical mathematics
The graduate school for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences
(BCN), the department of Neurology of Groningen University and the University
Hospital Groningen, the Netherlands, currently have an opening for a PhD
student who will conduct research on new methodological developments for
analysis of multi-channel EEG/EP measurements. The objective is to eventually
improve the clinical applicability of the neurophysiological tests (ERP,
P300, SEP,
VEP, EEG/EMG, EEG/EMG during fMRI) that can be performed during the diagnostic
workup of neurological diseases.
We are looking for candidates who have completed a masters
in Biomedical Engineering or a comparable masters (e.g. Life Sciences)
and have a thorough mathematical background. A masters in applied mathematics
with a clear interest in medical applications is also a possibility. The
relevant mathematical fields are signal analysis, linear algebra, linear
analysis and
numeral mathematics.
The PhD student will be based at the BCN Neuroimaging
Center, an interdisciplinary center for neuroimaging that has facilities
for both MRI and EEG. Part of the time will be spent at the department
of Clinical Neurophysiology at the Groningen University Hospital. Candidates
have written an excellent master's thesis, preferably on a theme related
to the current project. Some research experience is considered advantageous.
Further relevant qualifications are a structured approach to scientific
questions, a broad interest and an open mind, communicative and cooperative
skills and the ability to prioritize.
Conditions of employment
The position is offered for a four-year period. Salary is according to
university standards, Euro 1702,00 gross per month in the first year to
Euro 2283,00 gross per month in the fourth year.
After the first year, there will be an assessment of the candidate's results
and the project's progress. Part of that is that the PhD student will
have to defend his/her research proposal. Based on this, it will be decided
whether a project will be continued.
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained
from:
Dr N.M. Maurits, +31 50 361 2411, n.m.maurits@neuro.azg.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one
of the following
links:
About the graduate school www.rug.nl/bcn
About the University of Groningen www.rug.nl
About the University Hospital Groningen www.azg.nl
You can apply for this job before 26-5-2004 by sending
your application to:
The University of Groningen
Personnel & Organisation Department
P.O. Box 72
9700 AB Groningen
The Netherlands
E-mail address: vmp@bureau.rug.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancy
number AT204087.
2. INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF CARDIOLOGY
12TH WORLD CONGRESS ON HEART DISEASE - NEW TRENDS IN RESEARCH, DIAGNOSIS
AND TREATMENT, VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA, JULY 16-19, 2005
www.CardiologyOnline.com
3. Belgian Biophysical Society meeting
"PROTEIN FOLDING AND STABILITY" ON FRIDAY THE
27TH OF AUGUST 2004 AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE
AMPHITHEATRE 202, "Galerie des Arts"
DOMAINE UNIVERSITAIRE DU SART TILMAN
BATIMENT B7b
| 09.45-10.00 |
Welcome |
| 10.00-11.00 |
Christina Redfield (University of Oxford,
U.K.)
"Unravelling the alpha-lactalbumin molten
globule" |
| 11.00-11.30 |
Salvino D'Amico (University of Liège,
Belgium): "Activity-stability relationships
in extremophilic enzymes" |
| 11.30-12.30 |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 12.30-14.00 |
LUNCH |
| 14.00 -15.00 |
Joost Schymkowitz (V.U.Brussels, Belgium): "Prediction
of protein stability, folding and aggregation using the emperical
force fields FOLDX and TANGO"
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| 15.00-16.00 |
Harmen de Jongh (Wageningen Centre for
Food Sciences, the Netherlands): "Dealing with protein functionality;
from life science to (food)
applications" |
| 16.00 |
RECEPTION
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Contact: Dr André Matagne (amatagne@ulg.ac.be).
Registration is required. Admission is free for members; non-members of
the Biophysical Society (http://www.chem.kuleuven.ac.be/research/bio/bbs_en.html)
should pay their membership (10 Eur to be paid to the account 000-0146336-60
of the Belgian Biophysical Society, P/A Yves Engelborghs, Celestijnenlaan
200 D, 3001 Leuven).
4. Rotterdam Promovendus Fulltime
Het Erasmus MC is het meest veelzijdige universitair medisch centrum van
Nederland. Waar onderzoek, onderwijs en patiëntenzorg zijn samengebracht.
Waar gewerkt wordt in de geest van samen denken en vooral: samen doen.
Met de ambities die bij het Erasmus MC passen. Beter worden.
Het onderzoek
In het STW gesubsideerde onderzoeksproject dat binnenkort van start gaat,
zal een op Ramanspectroscopie gebaseerde methode voor identificatie van
micro-organismen worden ontwikkeld, alsmede toepassingen hiervan in de
medische microbiologie. In het project zullen, mede in samenwerking met
2 Nederlandse bedrijven, hardware, software en meetprotocollen worden
ontwikkeld, geoptimaliseerd en toegepast. Binnen het project is een vacature
voor een assistent in opleiding (AIO). De AIO zal in een multidisciplinair
team komen te werken op het Laboratorium voor Intensive Care Research
en Optische Spectroscopie, van de afdeling Algemene Heelkunde. Binnen
dit team zijn o.a. fysici, chemici, artsen en medisch microbiologen actief
om op Ramanspectroscopie gebaseerde methoden en technieken te ontwikkelen
voor de klinische diagnostiek.
Functie-inhoud
De AIO verdiept zich in de dagelijkse praktijk en problematiek van de
microbiologische diagnostiek Hij/zij wordt intensief betrokken bij de
ontwikkeling, optimalisatie en automatisering van een dedicated Raman
spectroscopisch meetsysteem en van signaal-analyse-algoritmen voor snelle
en accurate identificatie van micro-organismen. Het onderzoek moet leiden
tot wetenschappelijke publicaties en congresvoordrachten en uitmonden
in het schrijven van een proefschrift.
Functie-eisen
Voor deze functie denken wij aan een spectroscopist, met een afgeronde
opleiding in de technische natuurkunde of analytische chemie. De kandidaat
heeft ervaring met chemometrische methoden voor de analyse van spectroscopische
data. Daarnaast is aantoonbare interesse in toegepast biomedisch onderzoek,
een voorwaarde. Affiniteit met instrumentontwerp is een pré.
Arbeidsvoorwaarden
U krijgt een tijdelijke aanstelling voor 4 jaar als promovendus. Salariëring
vindt plaats volgens de promovendusschaal van de CAO Nederlandse Universiteiten.
Inlichtingen
Voor inhoudelijke informatie kan contact worden opgenomen met dr. G.J.
Puppels, hoofd van het laboratorium voor Intensive Care Onderzoek en Optische
Spectroscopie, telefoon (010) 408 7989 of e-mail g.puppels@erasmusmc.nl,
of dr. K. Maquelin, medisch microbiologisch
onderzoeker, telefoon (010) 408 7117 of e-mail k.maquelin@erasmusmc.nl.
Voor informatie over de aanstelling kunt u terecht bij mevr. B. Tieman-Roos,
P&O-adviseur, telefoon (010) 463 5206.
Sollicitatie
Uw brief met curriculum vitae kunt u uiterlijk 23 april a.s. richten aan
Erasmus MC, afdeling Algemene Heelkunde, ter attentie van dr. K. Maquelin,
Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, onder vermelding van vacaturenummer PV.AH.C0
op de brief en de envelop.
Promovendus positie binnen het Erasmus MC
U werkt binnen het Erasmus MC, maar heeft een dienstverband bij de Erasmus
Universiteit Rotterdam, waardoor arbeidsvoorwaarden van de Erasmus Universiteit
op u van toepassing zijn.
5. Kuala Lumpur International Conference
on Biomedical Engineering 2004 (BioMed 2004), which will be held
on September 2-4, 2004 at Hilton Petaling
Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A pre-conference workshop has been scheduled on September
1, 2004. There
will be 3 half-day sessions, conducted concurrently:
- Bioinstrumentation - JG Webster (University of Wisconsin,
Madison, USA)
- Tissue Engineering - DL Bader (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
- Image Processing - M Bister (Nottingham University, Malaysia Campus)
Deadline for call of abstracts has been extended to April
30, 2004.
To keep yourself updated with the latest information on
BioMed 2004, please visit the official website: http://www.um.edu.my/conf/biomed2004
Nahrizul Adib Kadri (Mr.)
BioMed 2004 Conference Director
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: +603.7967.6882
Fax: +603.7967.4579
6. EMBS (Co-) Sponsored Conferences
& Summer Schools
| April 15-18, 2004 |
Spotlight on Biomedical Imaging
Arlington, VA at the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel.
http://www.biomedicalimaging.org
|
| March 17-19, 2005 |
2nd Annual International Special Topic
Conference on Neural Engineering
Metro DC Area, Arlington, VA
Join us at the Ritz Carleton Pentagon City! See the conference website
for
details: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~ne2005/ |
| June 26-30, 2004 |
Summer School on Medical Devices &
Biosensors
Hong Kong
Registration Deadline: Thursday, 15 April 2004
http://bme.ee.cuhk.edu.hk/isss-mdbs/ |
| June 28 -July 3 2004 |
Summer School on Applications of Information
& Communication Technology in Biomedicine
Dubrovnik, Croatia,
Registration Deadline: Sunday, 2 May 2004
http://www.crombes.hr/ICTSS04/ |
| July 18-23, 2004 |
Summer School on Biocomplexity
Hanover, N.H. USA,
Registration Deadline: Thursday, 15 April 2004
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~bioc2004/ |
| June 20-25, 2004 |
Summer School on Emerging Technologies
in Biomedicine,
Patras, Greece
Registration Deadline: Monday, 31 May 2004
http://bme.med.upatras.gr/patras2004/ |
| April 5-8, 2004 |
The First World Congress on Men's
Health Medicine
Paris, France
http://www.wabt.com.fr |
| April 15-16, 2004 |
Nanotechnology Growth Opportunities
for the Biotech and Medical Device Sectors
Irvine, CA
http://www.asme.org/events/nanobio
|
| April 17-18, 2004 |
30th Annual Northeast Bioengineering
Conference
Western New England College, Springfield, MA
http://www.wnec.edu/nebc2004
|
| April 20-24, 2004 |
9th International Congress on Hyperthermic
Oncology, ICHO 2004
St. Louis, MO
http://www.icho2004.org
|
| May 26-28, 2004 |
The Workshop on Genomic Signal Processing
and Statistics (GENSIPS)
John Hopkins University, MD
http://www.cis.jhu.edu/gensips2004
|
| June 20-24, 2004 |
International Conference on Electrical
Bio-Impedance, V Electrial Impedance Tomography
Gdansk, Poland
http://biont.eti.pg.gda.pl
|
| June 23-25, 2004 |
BIOSIGNAL 2004
Brno, Czech Republic
http://wes.feec.vutbr.cz/UBMI/bs2004.html
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| August 13-15, 2004 |
First Annual IEEE Symposium on Product
Safety Engineering
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California
http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pses/symposium/
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7. Programma Vergadering Werkgemeenschap
Auditief Systeem
donderdag 13 mei 2004
TNO Technische Menskunde, Kampweg 5, 3769 DE Soesterberg
All Talks will be in English
|
10.00
|
Ontvangst, koffie |
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10.30
|
C. S. van der Reijden, L. H. M. Mens,
A. F. M. Snik (Nijmegen): Amplitude Modulation Following Responses
with high signal to noise ratios in
babies and in adults |
|
11.00
|
Toineke Westen (Leiden): Understanding
the non-linear relationship between electrically evoked compound action
potential amplitudes and the number of excited nerve fibres. |
|
11.30
|
pauze |
|
12.00
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Jay Rubinstein (Iowa City): Auditory
nerve desynchronization: in search of higher fidelity prosthetic
hearing |
|
12.30
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Philip Joris (Leuven): Temporal information
in the auditory nerve of macaque monkeys |
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13.00
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Lunch
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|
14.15
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Maarten van Beurden (Amsterdam, AMC):
Loudness summation as a function of signal duration |
|
14.45
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Wim Decraemer (Antwerpen): Measurement,
visualization and quantitative analysis of complete three-dimensional
kinematical data sets of human and cat middle ear |
|
15.15
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pauze |
|
15.45
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Egbert de Boer (Amsterdam): Cochlear
mechanics, a review |
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16.30
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einde |
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16.35-17.00
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Vergadering van werkgroepleiders |
meer
info
8. The IASTED International Conference on Biomechanics
- BioMech 2004
August 23-25, 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii
Important Deadlines:
**Submissions Due: May 15, 2004**
Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2004
Registration Deadline: July 1, 2004
To view the Call for Papers and the International Program
Committee, visit website at http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2004/hawaii/c463.htm?bio
9. 2nd Intl Conf on Advances in Medical Signal Processing
and Information
Processing, 5-8 September 2004, Malta GC
Just a reminder that there is 1 week left to submit a
paper for MEDSIP2004. If you do not want to submit but are interested
in attending why not visit the website and leave your contact details
and we will keep you up to date with events? The early registration deadline
is 14th June.
Further details about the conference, the keynote speakers,
the registration and paper submission process, and information on fees
and deadlines can be found on the conference website at:
http://www.bierg.aston.ac.uk/medsip2004
(this is now also mirrored here:
http://81.5.185.34/medsip2004
)
Christopher James, MEDSIP2004 Conference Chair
In the previous issue, dated March 31, 2004.
- KNAW conferentie 'Man
- Machine Interactions` van 7 t/m 9 juni 2004
- EMBEC'05 will take
place in Prague, starting on Nov. 20, 2005.
- Fifth European Biophysics
Congress and 15th IUPAB joint Congress in 2005
- Vergaderstukken van
de Verenigingsraadvergadering d.d. 29 maart 2004
- Voorlopig programma
bijeenkomst sectie Oogheelkundige Fysica op 12 mei 2004 bij TM-TNO in
Soesterberg.
Website of the Society: http://www.vvb-bmt.nl
For e-mail newsletter contributions (submit 21 days before
publication date):
Dr. Peter Kerkhof (secretary)
Afd. Fysica & Medische Technologie
VU medisch centrum
Postbus 7057
1007 MB Amsterdam
Tel. 020-4444714
E-mail secretariaat@vvb-bmt.nl
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