2015年12月8日晚，西雅图华人生物医学协会理事长林惠国博士与部分理事以及几位会员应邀参加了由美华航太工程师协会组织的中国科学院宁波工业技术研究院2015年美国、加拿大高层次人才招聘团在Bellevue的Top Gun Seafood Restaurant举行的晚宴。
这次招聘的专业领域有：材料技术（高分子与复合材料，磁性材料与机电装备，功能材料与纳米器件，海洋材料与防护技术实验室，特种纤维事业部）；能源技术（节能减排，可再生能源，储能技术）；先进制造技术（装备制造、数字化设计、精密器件制造、系统控制）；生物医学工程（医疗仪器、医用材料、生物试剂、生物医药）。
晚宴期间，该研究院先进制造所副所长张文武高级研究员详细介绍了中科院宁波材料所的发展背景，宁波材料所的理念，为人才提供的平台，安心工程以及所倡导的文化等方面的内容，得到了与会者的热烈反响。
我们协会会员若有意回国发展或到中科院宁波材料所考察，可与该所副所长、人力资源部部长张瑞丽（rlzhang@nimte.ac.cn）或者人力资源部张立毅（zhangly@nimte.ac.cn）联系。
Seattle Chinese Biomedical Association (SCBA) will be hosting a panel discussion on career development:
Path to be a faculty and a successful PI.
When: Nov. 21, 2015, Saturday, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
What: Panel Discussion on Academic Career Development
Where: UW Health Science Building Rm K-450
Address: 1959 NE Pacific Street Seattle 98115
Parking: Free Parking in UW S1 Parking Lot
At current economic and research funding situation, a lot of postdocs and PhD students feel that finding a faculty position and being a successful PI are difficult and challenging. In order to provide assistance and general advice in the academic career development, we have invited several highly successful faculty members in Seattle area to lead the panel discussion. The discussion leaders are at different stages of their career from junior faculty to well established professors. All of them had made very successful transitions from postdocs to faculty and they are extremely successful as PIs.
Career path is always case by case. However, there are many common features on finding a faculty position and on being a well funded PI. The invited discussion leaders will share their successful career stories and experience. They will also give general advice and suggestions. This panel discussion will provide a great chance for postdocs and graduate students to interact with successful PIs and to ask any questions they may have on their career development so they can be more prepared for their future career. The discussion will be especially helpful for those postdocs or PhD students who are planning to go on academic career pathway. Junior faculty will also find the discussion beneficial by hearing the successful stories and suggestions from well established professors.
Invited Panelists:
古良才 博士 Dr. Liangcai Gu, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Assistant Professor of Genome Sciences at UW
王 望 博士 Dr. Wang Wang, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at UW
白继红 博士 Dr. Jihong Bai, Assistant Member at Fred Hutch & Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry at UW
田 强 博士 Dr. Qiang Tian, Affiliate Associate Professor of Medicine at UW & Scientific Director at P4 Medicine Institute
林惠国 博士 Dr. Edward Lin, Associate Member at Fred Hutch & Associate Professor of Medicine at UW
郑 宁 博士 Dr. Ning Zheng, Professor of Pharmacology at UW & Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
许文清 博士 Dr. Wenqing Xu, Professor of Biological Structure at UW
Registration is not required but RSVP to office@scbahome.org is highly appreciated.
Best Regards,
SCBA office
Website: http://www.scbahome.org
When: Nov. 11, 2015, Wednesday, from 10:00 am to 12:00 nm
What: Panel Discussion with Ophthalmologist team from China
Where: UW Health Science Building Rm H-512
Address: 1959 NE Pacific Street Seattle 98115
Parking: Free Parking in UW
中国著名眼科医生姚晓明博士及其随行人员将到访问西雅图。西雅图华人生物医学协会(SCBA) 联合华州亚裔医疗专业人士协会 (WAHPA)共同举办与姚晓明博士及随行眼科医生茶话座谈会，以交流学术和医疗经验，欢迎大家、特别是从事眼科相关的临床和科研工作的朋友踊跃参加。
姚晓明医生是中国大陆推动角膜捐赠的先行者，在角膜移植方面做得很出色，在国内外非常有影响力。相信通过与姚晓明博士及其随行医生们的交流，让大家在科研、医疗和公益业上找到许多共同话题并为将来的合作寻求机会。随行人员包括贵州晶朗眼科医院吴长恩院长，河北复明眼科医院王舒蕾院
长，成都爱迪眼科医院周文强主任。
时间：11月11日星期三上午十点
地点：华盛顿大学 Health Science Building H512 会议室（届时华大免费停车）
如果您有兴趣参加这一活动，请email office@scbahome.org，报名登记，以便统计人数并协调场地。
SCBA office
2015年在11月11日
中国的眼科专家，也是推进中国角膜捐赠、角膜移植的先行者，姚晓明医生及其团队来西雅图访问（姚晓明医生简历详见http://baike.baidu.com/subview/1385442/10315176.htm）。Seattle Chinese Biomedical Association (SCBA) 和WAHPA一起，在11月11日上午，与姚晓明医生及其随行人员进行座谈交流。本次活动除了从国内来的姚小明医生等一行眼科专家来介绍他们在国内从事的眼角膜捐赠和移植事业，还有来自西雅图的有从事角膜研究的专家、眼科医生 沈彤（Dr Teung Shen）和病理医生林惠国教授等医生参加交流，同时华盛顿大学的许多基础科学家和教授们也一起出席，其中生物结构系教授兼系主任 Dr. Rachel Wong为大家展示她实验室视网膜研究最新进展，非常精彩。
座谈会期间，各个参与者从各个不同的专业角度阐述了国内外临床和基础科研的动态和今后发展方向，并探讨了国内外科学家和医生在科研，医疗和公益事业上找寻相关课题题，并为将来的合作寻求机会。本次活动成功举办，彰显了SCBA作为西雅图医学和科研领域的强强组织，在科研和临床，国内和国际交流方面的桥梁纽带作用。同时也是一个推动我们SCBA举办更多学术交流活动的良好契机。
SCBA Board
Featured Keynote speaker:
Dr Xiaodong Wang (王晓东 院士）
Director, NIBS, Beijing, Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA
Dear SCBA Members and Friends:
Our SCBA All-Members Annual Meeting will take place on Sunday, September 13th, 2015 from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM at the UW Genome Sciences Building Room Foege-060.
This year, we have lined up world class speakers from international and local academic and non-profit institutions. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Xiaodong Wang, Director, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, Member of the USA National Academy of Sciences, and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Wang will talk about “Scientific innovation in China.” In addition, we will have Dr. Nathan Price, associate director of the Institute for Systems Biology and co-founder of Arivale, who will talk about “Scientific wellness and the pioneer-100 project.” Dr. Liangcai Gu, Assistant Professor, UW Biochemistry Department, who will talk about “Molecular interaction sequencing technologies for protein analysis and engineering.” And Dr. Qiang Tian, Scientific Director of the P4 Medicine Institute and Associate Professor, UW School of Medicine, who will talk about “P4Mi disease-wellness initiatives.”
Registration fee is $15 ($10 for students), which covers the annual membership. Free lunch will be provided for SCBA members.
Please RSVP to office@scbahome.org no later than Sunday, September 6, 2015 so that we can prepare logistics accordingly. Lunch may not be guaranteed without preregistration, so please RSVP today by replying this email!
Best Regards,
SCBA office
Website: http://www.scbahome.org/
Speaker: Min Qi, Ph.D.
时间：2015 年3 月7 日（星期六）晚上七时起
When: March 7, 2015 (Sunday), from 7:00 pm
地点：华盛顿大学医学院K-450 会议室
Where: Health Science Building, Room K-450
Speaker: Shan-Lu Liu, MD, Ph.D.
演讲人：刘善虑 博士
When: February 28, 2015 (Saturday), from 7:00 pm
时间：2015 年2 月28 日（星期六）晚上七时起
Where: Health Science Building, Room K-450
地点：华盛顿大学医学院K-450 会议室
Note: Free parking during seminar time in UW campus
About speaker: Dr. Shan-Lu Liu is currently an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and an investigator of Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri. He is also an adjunct professor of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University. He received his medical training in China and his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Pathology at the University of Washington in 2003. He was named as Canada Research Chair in Virology and Gene Therapy at McGill University during 2005-2010. His current research is focused on membrane fusion and cellular entry of enveloped RNA viruses, as well as innate immunity to viral infections. The model viruses that his lab has been studying include HIV, influenza A virus, HCV, and Ebola virus. He will speak on two novel families of cellular factors, i.e., IFITMs (IFN-induced transmembrane proteins) and TIMs (T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain proteins), which broadly inhibit viral infections.
Best Regards,
SCBA office
December 8th, 2014.
Current Board Members and devision:
President： 林惠国 (Edward LIN)
Secretary-General (秘书长)：邵保海 (Baohai SHAO)
Deputy Secretary (副秘书长)：李沫 (Mo LI)
Honorary Members (荣誉理事)： 于军 (Jun YU), 黄解于 (Jieyu HUANG)
Board Members (理事)： 田强 (Qiang TIAN), 郑宁 (Ning ZHENG), 许文清 (Wenqing XU), 杨展涛 (Zhangtao YANG),
叶晓岚 (Xiaolan YE), 方向东 (Xiangdong FANG), 陈迎章 (Yingzhang CHEN). 刘燕 (Yan LIU), 王昊 (Hao WANG)，
王文斌 (Wenbin WANG)，许文峰 (Wenfeng XU)
November 1st, 2014 SCBA All-Member Meeting was held from 1:30pm to 6:00pm, at the UW Genome Sciences Building (Foege-060).
In this annual meeting, the world class speakers from local academic and non-profit institutions, as well as biotech industry were invited. The keynote speaker, Dr. William A. Catterall, Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at University of Washington, and a member of the US National Academy of Science gave an updated view on “Structural and functional studies of the voltage-gated sodium channels”. In addition, we had “2014 Gateway Cancer Researcher of the Year” Dr. Edward H. Lin from UW/FHCRC to share with us his award winning ADAPT trial for advanced colorectal cancer (CRC); Dr. Yiwu He, Associate Director of Translational Sciences from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss vision and strategy for fighting global infectious diseases including Ebola; and Dr. Che-Leung Law, a Senior Director of Seattle Genetics, to talk about industrial perspective of drug development.
The 2014 SCBA All-Member Annual Meeting was launched with a great success. Thanks to all participants!
During the meeting, we will also elect new members to join the SCBA Board.
Dear SCBA Members and Friends:
As promised, our highly anticipated SCBA All-Member Meeting will take place on November 1st, Saturday, from 1:30pm to 6:00pm, at the UW Genome Sciences Building (Foege-060).
This year, we have lined up world class speakers from local academic and non-profit institutions, as well as biotech industry. The keynote speaker will be Dr. William A. Catterall, Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology at University of Washington, and a member of the US National Academy of Science and the Royal Society of London, UK. Dr. Catterall will speak on structural and functional studies of the voltage-gated sodium channels. In addition, we will have “2014 Gateway Cancer Researcher of the Year” Dr. Edward H. Lin from UW/FHCRC to share with us his award winning ADAPT trial for advanced colorectal cancer (CRC); Dr. Yiwu He, Associate Director of Translational Sciences from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss vision and strategy for fighting global infectious diseases including Ebola; and Dr. Che-Leung Law, a Senior Director of Seattle Genetics, to talk about industrial perspective of drug development.
During the meeting, we will also elect new members to join the SCBA Board.
We highly encourage you all to come join us for this exciting event, discussing cutting-edge sciences, sharing the significant accomplishments of our members, and socializing.
The registration fee is $15, which covers the annual membership and a dinner.
Please RSVP to office@scbahome.org so that we can prepare logistics accordingly.
If you have any further questions, feel free to contact Dr. Ning Zheng (nzheng@u.washington.edu) and/or Dr. Qiang Tian (Qiang.Tian@systemsbiology.org).
We look forward to seeing you all on Nov. 1st.
Best regards,
SCBA Board