Hey BBUGS, Never been to an Atlanta Braves game? High ticket prices have you down? We’re here to fix that. BBUGS will be attending the Braves game at 7:10 PM on Tuesday, July 31st against the Miami Marlins. We will provide FREE tickets to the first 30 people to respond to the sign up form (http://bit.ly/MtsUVt). Tickets for guests and people who don’t reply fast enough can be purchased at the group rate of $12. We will also be holding a tailgate at Turner Field starting at 5:30 PM to round out the whole baseball experience. We will be serving up American classics including: hot dogs, burgers, and beer. The tailgate will be FREE! Fill out this form (http://bit.ly/MtsUVt) by July 23rd if you are planning on attending. Please also indicate whether you will be attending the tailgate or not. What: Atlanta Braves Baseball Game When: July 31st, 5:30 PM (game starts at 7:10 PM) Where: Turner Field Cost: FREE (FREE tailgate beforehand also!!) RSVP: by Monday July 23 So clear your busy Tuesday night schedule and join us for a great time at Turner Field! Go Braves! BBUGS Social Chairs Eli fine & Chris Quinto

Sorry for the last minute notification, but we need TWO ESCORTS to lead students to various labs between IBB and Whitaker TOMORROW 9am-11am! The National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) is in town, and your only job would be to make sure these high school students don't get lost between the two buildings. Please email Alice Li at a.li@gatech.edu if you can volunteer for these 2 hours. Thanks!

We have 8 free tickets left for our Martinis and IMAX event at the Fernbank Museum this Friday June 22. Fill out this form to register for a ticket. http://tinyurl.com/Martinis-Imax View the full announcement for more information.

Hey BBUGS! As a kick-off to the summer, we’re planning to attend Martinis and IMAX at the Fernbank Museum. For those who are not familiar with the event, the Martinis and IMAX event occurs every Friday night at the Fernbank Museum, where there is music, drinks, and food on their main floor, followed by IMAX movie showings. We are planning to attend: Greece - Secrets of the Past. The movie starts at 9 PM, but Martinis start at 630, along with the rocking blues band The Breeze Kings. They played at the recent Piedment Park event hosted by Emory, and are basically awesome. BBUGS will COVER THE COST of the tickets for the first TWENTY people who respond to this form (the cost is 11 dollars for anyone else who wants to buy a ticket the night of): http://tinyurl.com/Martinis-Imax (tinyurl DOT com SLASH Martinis HYPHEN Imax) What: Martinis and IMAX at the Fernbank When: Friday, June 22nd Time: Fernbank opens with drinks, food, and music at 630pm Movie Time: 9 pm Where: Fernbank Museum of Natural History 767 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30307 Cost: FREE to the first 20 people respond to the form. 11 Dollars to everyone else. Bring your student ID to get student pricing (and the free ticket if you are getting one). Let us know if you have any questions and we hope to see you there. Eli Fine and Chris Quinto BBUGS Social Co Chairs

Technique Symposium is happening RIGHT NOW! You can sign up for classes online at http://techniques.gatech.edu/ for the next 3 days! We have great classes today, tomorrow, and Thursday, including MRI, in vivo imaging, live cell microscopy techniques, lab safety, and tissue culture! SIGN UP NOW!

Hello BBUGS members, BBUGS is looking for excited members to take over leadership positions within the BBUGS organization. We are looking for individual committee chairs as well as a co-chair of the overall organization. Positions will start late summer and will last one year for committees, and two years for BBUGS co-chair. Please email Stacie Gutowski (staciemg@gatech.edu) or Alice Li (a.li@gatech.edu) if you are interested in learning more!

The 2012 Technique Symposium website is up and running! Please visit techniques.gatech.edu to sign up for techniques classes in AFM, SEM, western blots, MRI, CT, confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, and more! Also, WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS! Get a 10-dollar Petit Cafe certificate for volunteering! Please email Alice Li at a.li@gatech.edu if you would like to volunteer.

Hey all, BBUGS is putting together a team for softball this summer. We can fit about 15 people on the roster. Anyone interested should contact Douglas White (dwhite48@gatech.edu). Cheers, Doug

We're still looking for general volunteers for the Technique Symposium on June 5-7! You get a free 10-dollar certificate to Petit Cafe for volunteering! Please contact Alice Li at a.li@gatech.edu, or sign up on the BBUGS website. Please see full website announcement for the shift schedule.

BGSAC and BBUGS are teaming up to assist incoming graduate students with their housing search, and we need your help! You can share your local knowledge with the new students by taking about 5 minutes to fill out the BGSAC/BBUGS Housing Info Form. The information you provide will be sent to incoming graduate students before they arrive on campus. Please complete the form by Friday, June 1. Also feel free to send this form to other grad students at Georgia Tech. The link is https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFc1b04xbVVIRWM0R3VaNGdOTklyakE6MQ

Want to help manage the largest scientific training event on campus, AND get a free 10-dollar gift certificate to Petit Cafe?? Then VOLUNTEER for Technique Symposium! Sign up for a 2-hour shift from June 5 to 7! Please email Alice Li at a.li@gatech.edu, or sign up under the Volunteer tab on the BBUGS website!

There are several students from Tri-Cities High School in East Point who are seeking a 2-week research experience sometime in June or July. They will essentially help out a graduate student or shadow them throughout the day. It is a great experience for them that they don't get to do very often. It is also really fun to hang out with a high school student for 2 weeks and get them excited about research! There are two students interested in Biomedical labs, one in a Chemical engineering lab, and several others in Mechanical and Computer Science. Please contact Timothy, Timothy.Kassis@gatech.edu, if you are interested in hosting a student or if you have any questions. Let me know by May 30th so we can plan accordingly.

Are you all about bones and articulations? Do you want to inspire the next generation of biomedical engineers to love orthopedics and prosthetics too? Then come help these 10th and 11th grade health sciences students at Booker T. Washington High School end their Physical Medicine class with a bang! Aka an awesome Prosthetic Pete demo. The possible dates to do the demo are May 7th, 9th, 11th, 15th or 17th. Classes are between 11:50 and 3:15 pm (with a break for lunch from 12:30-1). Please contact Jessie at jdunn3@gatech.edu if you are able to help out. Thanks!

If you are looking for a summer internship/co-op or a job this is a great opportunity to network and find opportunities with local GA BME-based companies. I highly recommend attending. See link for details. If there is enough interest, Industry Committee will sponsor 10 individuals to attend free of charge. Pls email me at akhils@gatech.edu.

Hey BBUGS next Friday we will be having a crawfish boil in the Biotech Quad from 4:30 to 5:30pm. Tickets will be going on sale tomorrow starting at 11am for $5 but they are limited so get'em quick. See link for more information.

Volunteer to give a a lab tour between 3-4pm on Tuesday, April 10th. Please email ppacheco3@gatech.edu if you can help out. Follow the link to the full announcement for more elaborate and interesting information....

The Emerging Leaders Network (ELN) seeks to meet the needs of young professionals and graduate students in all areas of the life sciences. In addition to fostering the growth of tomorrow’s leaders, ELN provides opportunities for developing industry contacts, mentoring and career enhancement through networking and educational programs.

BBUGS Research Seminar: "Early Detection and Intervention for Alzheimer's Disease", by Allan I. Levey, at 1PM on Tuesday, April 10th in the Suddath room (IBB 1128)

BBUGS Research Seminar: "The Clinical and Economic Aspects of Musculoskeletal Infections: How Does Basic Science Research Fit In?", by Dr. Moore at 3PM on Wednesday, April 4th in the Suddath room (IBB 1128)

Hey BBUGS, Final reminder that tonight is Twain's! Hope to see you there! Eli Fine & Chris Quinto BBUGS Social Co-Chairs 2012

Georgia Tech's backyard is FILLED with stuff... and amongst the clutter of all those greasy food establishments and the glorious Piedmont Park, exists a population of Grady High School students eager to learn about Biomedical Engineering. That's right, 80 of Grady's most enthusiastic and bright-eyed young scholars are coming Georgia Tech to learn about BME/BioE research from YOU! We'll need several volunteers to give tours of their lab between 10AM and 12:30PM on May 1st. We'll be organizing two shifts so please indicate in your email response whether you're available to work the first shift (10-11:15AM), the second shift (11:15AM-12:30PM), either, or both (you saint, you). Each shift will involve taking three different groups of 10-ish students through a whirlwind visit of your laboratory setting. If you're interested in helping, please email Ashley Allen (aallen37@gatech.edu).

Hey BBUGS, Just a reminder that the Twain's night is THIS FRIDAY! Get excited! I know I am! 20 pounds of wings....platters of nachos and chicken strips....25+ pitchers of delicious Twain's brewed beer...(wine also for other people)...pool tables and table shuffleboard reserved! What: Bar/Games Night at Twain's Billiard and Tap Where: Twain's in Decatur (211 East Trinity Place, Decatur GA 30030) When: Friday March 23rd, 9:30PM-Closing Who: YOU! (and me) Cost: FREE!!! So take a chance to get out of the lab and see all your friends you've missed over the winter. And have some food, drink and gaming on BBUGS! Also...the BBUGS listserv is currently having issues (and you should sign up for the new BBUGS listserv bbugs.gatech.edu), so tell all your BBUGS friends in case they accidentally got left out of the email. Hope to see you there! Eli Fine & Chris Quinto BBUGS Social Co-Chairs 2011-2012

BBUGS Research Seminar: "A Clinician's Perspective of a Cancer Problem: We Need Your Help", by Mary Jo Lechowicz, at 3PM on Wednesday, March 21st in the Suddath room (IBB 1128)

LIFE (Learn Industry From the Experts) Seminar Series ---“Turning Your Graduate Research into a Startup” This Wednesday at 12 pm in the Whitaker 4th Floor, Faculty Lounge

Hey all, BBUGS will be sponsoring an indoor soccer team for Phase II IMA sports. Anyone who is interested should contact Douglas White (dwhite48@gatech.edu). Cheers, Doug

Many of your favorite vendors for lab supplies will be here February 23 for the Bio Vendor Showcase, and we need YOUR help with the event by volunteering an hour of your time next week! We need 2 people per hour on Thursday February 23: 9-10am, 10-11am, 11am-12pm, 12-1pm, 1-2pm. Perks include a FREE Coffee Snobs drink of your choice when you volunteer, access to vendors and their free stuff, and free food during the event. Vendor schmoozing, free swag, free food, AND free coffee snobs?? Sounds like an awesome way to spend an hour or two and get out of lab! Your responsibilities will consist of raffling off vendor donated prizes during your shift and making any necessary announcements to the attendees (MC!). Early shift (9-10am) will consist of greeting vendors and showing them to their tables. Please email staciemg@gatech.edu with your time preference. Slots will be filled in the order in which emails are received, so respond quickly to get your preferred time slot!

Hey Everyone, I know you've all been thinking, "Geeze, I really wish I could give a tour of my lab to a group of awesome high school students...". Guess what? We need some volunteers to give tours to a visiting group of high school THIS week. We need a volunteer on Tuesday (tomorrow!!) from 11:45-12:30 and volunteers on Thursday, from 10:45-11:30 and 11:45-12:30. If you'd like to help, please go to the volunteer tab and enter the time slot you'd prefer or send an email to ppacheco3@gatech.edu: http://bbugs.gatech.edu/volunteer Thanks for your help!! BBUGS Education and Outreach Committee

The Georgia Tech BMES Undergraduate chapter is collaborating with BBUGs to set up a one-on-one mentoring program between BME/BioE grads and undergrads at Tech. Follow this link before Monday, Jan 30th, and you can fill out your profile to be matched with one fantastic undergrad who needs some advice for the future. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZJS0duejdmM0Nmdm1FSmRjTzNBR2c6MQ%20 The mentoring relationship will be mostly through email (come on, you have time for this!) The goal is to provide undergrads with information about applying for a graduate degree or going out into the real world to job hunt. If you have any advice on how to maximize their chances of success, it would be kind to share the wealth! If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to Jessie at jdunn3@gatech.edu (grad contact) or Virginia at virginialin9@gmail.com (undergrad contact)

Hey everyone, Just a reminder that BBUGS is going to be hosting a FREE Bowling Night at Midtown Bowl tomorrow (Friday) from 8:15-10:30. Good luck to all the BIOEs taking their quals right now and feel free to join people at the Sweetwater Brewery Happy Hour on Friday before bowling (BBUGS is not paying for that though)! Eli Fine & Chris Quinto BBUGS Social Co-Chairs

LIFE (Learn Industry From the Experts) Seminar Series “What is Product Management and How Can I Get Into It?” Speaker: Matthew N Rhyner, PhD. Global Analytical Marketing Manager, Beckman Coulter Inc. When: 2-3 PM, Wednesday, January 18th Where: 4th Floor Faculty Lounge of the U.A. Whitaker BME Building (Room 4114) What: Matthew N Rhyner, PhD discusses the challenges, responsibilities, and how to become a marketing manager (an informal discussion). Speaker Bio: Dr. Rhyner is responsible for global applications development and marketing for multiple product lines within Beckman Coulter, including Analytical Ultracentrifuges, the Vi-Cell, all Coulter Counters, and several other technologies. He conducted his graduate studies at the Wallace H. Coulter Department for Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. There, his work focused on cancer nanotechnology, with a focus on the interaction between biocompatible polymers and nanoparticle imaging agents. Refreshments will be provided. Thanks, BBUGS Industry Committee

Calling all sports enthusiasts! BBUGS will be sponsoring a Basketball team for this semester. If you are interested please email Doug at dwhite48@gatech.edu. Registration occurs soon so please let us know if you are interested ASAP.

Speaker: Matthew N Rhyner, PhD. Global Analytical Marketing Manager, Beckman Coulter Inc. When: 2 PM, Wednesday, January 18th Where: 4th Floor Faculty Lounge of the U.A. Whitaker BME Building (Room 4114) What: Matthew N Rhyner, PhD discusses the challenges, responsibilities, and how to become a marketing manager (informal discussion). Speaker Bio: Dr. Rhyner is responsible for global applications development and marketing for multiple product lines within Beckman Coulter, including Analytical Ultracentrifuges, the Vi-Cell, all Coulter Counters, and several other technologies. He conducted his graduate studies at the Wallace H. Coulter Department for Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. There, his work focused on cancer nanotechnology, with a focus on the interaction between biocompatible polymers and nanoparticle imaging agents. Refreshments will be provided.

Hello lovely E&O volunteers! We are looking for some extra hands to help out at Science night at Montgomery Elementary. We've volunteered to give a few Buzz-esque demos (prosthetic pete, viscoelasticity, genes by all means, or your favorite demo) for the students and parents.The event will take place February 9th from 6-8:30pm. The school is located at: 3995 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Atlanta Ga 30319 If you are free to help out, please email Jessie at jdunn3@gatech.edu Thanks!