2023 SCBA Annual BBQ party

Date: Aug 19th, 2023, Saturday,10 am-2 pm
Location: Mathews Beach Park (5100 NE 93rd St, Seattle, WA 98115)
Fee: Registered members: Free
Family members of registered members: $5
Unregistered members: $10
Kids under 12-year-old: Free

In order to better prepare for this picnic gathering and ensure that everyone has enough food, we kindly request that you pre-register online before August 12th, 2023, at the following website: http://scbahome.org/2023-scba-annual-bbq-party-registration
Please indicate the number of people who will be attending the barbecue event (number of adults and number of children above 12).

To register for active members, please use the link below:
http://scbahome.org/membership-2

2023 SCBA-SinoBiological Young Investigator Awards Announcement

Introduction

SCBA-SinoBiological Young Investigator Awards are co-sponsored by the Seattle Chinese Biomedical Association (SCBA) and Sino Biological (Biotechnology company).

SCBA (http://scbahome.org/) is a volunteer run non-profit 501(C)(3) organization founded in 1993 in Seattle. SCBA strives to provide a forum for the exchange of information related to life sciences and the Chinese community in the great Seattle area.

Sino Biological (https://www.sinobiological.com/) is an internationally recognized reagent supplier and service provider specialized in recombinant protein production and antibody development. The company’s ever-growing portfolio of products includes recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, ELISA assay kits, expression clones, cell culture media, and other molecular biology tools.

SCBA-SinoBiological Young Investigator Awards are established to recognize early-career SCBA members in Washington State who have made significant contributions to their respective biomedical research fields. The Awards also value individuals who are committed to making contributions to the SCBA seminars and/or annual meetings.

This year we only accept self-nominations, which means all applicants need to complete an online application process before the indicated deadline. Review processes will take place every year prior to the SCBA annual meeting. Awardees will be invited to present their research in one of SCBA regular seminars or annual meeting either online or in person.

Eligibility Requirements

1) The applicants must be young investigators in their early career as a student pursuing a terminal degree, a postdoctoral fellow, a non-tenured assistant professor within 5 years of starting the faculty position, or a PhD scientist in industry with less than 5 years of experience.

2) The applicant has made significant contribution to their biomedical research field or demonstrated great potential as a graduate student.

3) The applicant is a current SCBA member.

4) The applicant is currently studying or working in Washington State.

Application Procedure

1) Fill out the online form, which includes several short-response questions or essays.

2) Upload a short description of your research and contribution to the field in PDF. This document should be no more than 1 page (plus references if applicable) (font size 11 point or larger, 1’’ or more margin). The document should be in English. Please do not include any proprietary information.

3) Upload your resume/CV or NIH BioSketch in PDF.

4) One recommendation letter is desired but not required. The letter can either be sent directly to scbaaward@gmail.com (with award type and applicant name in subject line) or uploaded along with the application.

5) Please submit your application no later than September 30th, 2023.

Review Process

All applications will be reviewed by a professional review panel consists of experts from both academia and industry. Each application will be scored by all reviewers and ranked, and top candidates will be selected for awards.

Award types, Announcement, and Presentation

Depending on the applicant pool, there will be 1-2 awards in each of the four categories (student, postdoc, industrial scientist and junior faculty). The number of awards in each category will be ultimately determined by the number and credential of respective applicants. Each award will consist of a plaque and an honorarium of $500. The awards will be announced prior to SCBA annual meetings (Oct-Dec). Awardees will be invited to give a presentation of their work in SCBA seminars or annul meetings.

For any questions, please send email to scbaaward@gmail.com.

APPLY HERE!

2023年3月份学术活动通知

Flyer in PDF

时间:2023年3月20 日星期一晚上七点到九点(太平洋时间夏时制)
(北京时间3月21日星期二上午十点到十二点)
地点: VooV Meeting(腾讯会议)会议号:985-999-707
会议链接:https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/AtEYCNBcDff3 (会议软件下载地址:https://voovmeeting.com/download-center.html)

1. Computational Design of Transmembrane Channels and Beyond
跨膜蛋白孔道的计算设计

报告人:徐纯福研究员(北京生命科学研究所)

徐纯福博士毕业于美国埃默里大学化学系,之后加入华盛顿大学David Baker教授课题组进行博士后研究工作,主攻蛋白质计算设计。在具有全新结构的蛋白质设计方法的开发和功能性蛋白质的从头设计等方面已发表多篇学术论文并被广泛引用,包括在Nature和Science等杂志上发表第一或共同第一作者论文。作为发明人共申请两项国际专利,其中一项已发布并转让给多家生物医药公司。开发的参数化α螺旋蛋白质设计方法(Science 2014)引领了领域科学进展,之后同行应用此方法有多篇论文在顶级杂志上发表,且直接推动了一家美国初创公司的建立。跨膜蛋白孔的成功设计(Nature 2020)开启了膜蛋白设计新纪元。近期的主要研究方向包括:基于深度学习的蛋白质计算设计方法的开发及其在生物医药以及环境与能源领域的应用。

2. Understanding adaptive traits and neurological disease in primate evolution with long-read sequencing
长读长测序解析人类脑疾病和灵长类适应性演化

报告人:毛亚飞副教授(上海交通大学Bio-X研究院)

毛亚飞博士本科2014年毕业于南京大学生命科学学院。后于日本冲绳科学技术大学院大学攻读博士学位,师从Noriyuki Satoh教授(日本紫绶褒章获得者)和Evan P. Economo教授(现任哈佛研究员)。毕业后于2019年加入华盛顿大学Evan E. Eichler教授(美国科学院和医学院院士)实验室进行博士后研究。毛亚飞博士的研究方向主要是结构变异和进化历程在适应性演化和人类脑疾病中的生物学机制。主要研究成果以第一作者或通讯作者发表在Nature, Nature Methods, Current Biology等杂志上,受到同行的广泛关注和引用。目前担任BMC Biology编委和eLife青年审稿库成员,参与多个国内外人类/灵长类泛基因组联盟计划。

本次活动由西雅图华人生物医学协会与北京大学医学部基础医学院联合主办。
有关本次活动的任何问题请与王天云联系:office@scbahome.org

二零二二年学术年会暨会员大会通知

西雅图华人生物医学协会将于2022年12月3日举行学术年会暨会员大会。今年的学术年会以“分子生物影像及诊疗”为主题,邀请三位享有盛誉的知名学者发表演讲,分享他们在各自领域的研究成果。学术讲座对公众开放,无须登记注册,欢迎感兴趣的各方面人士积极参与。三位特邀演讲人与演讲题目是:

 

· 华盛顿大学生物工程系和眼科系教授王瑞康博士:无损光学断层成像及造影术;

· 华盛顿大学生物工程系教授高虓虎博士: 生物药剂靶向运输;

· 华盛顿大学放射学系助理教授张峰博士: 光学成像引导的介入治疗。

 

本次学术年会中,还将颁发协会首届青年科学家奖 (SCBA-Sino Biological Young Investigator Award)。此重要奖项由Sino Biological 公司赞助, 每年评选颁发一次。协会邀请了今年五位获奖者中的两位在年会中做学术报告,分享他(她)们的研究成果:

 

• 华盛顿大学医学系王婷博士:B细胞在系统性红斑狼疮发病机制中的作用;

• 华盛顿大学基因组科学系陈威博士: 细胞飞行记录仪的开发与应用。

 

学术年会之后是会员大会,包括协会年度工作报告等事宜。今年的学术年会及会员大会将通过现场和网络两种会议形式同时进行:

 

时间:2022年12月3日(星期六)下午一点到六点(美国西部时间)

北京时间:12月4日星期天上午五点到十点

 

现场会议地点:华盛顿大学南联合湖校区Orin Smith演讲大厅

University of Washington, South Lake Union Campus C Building Orin Smith Auditorium

Address: 850 Republican Street, Seattle, WA 98109 (with free garage parking)

 

网络Zoom 会议室:969 6551 8478;密码:scba2022

网络Zoom链接: https://zoom.us/j/96965518478

因为疫情,协会决定免收2022-2023年度会员费。请各位有意加入或继续保留协会会员身份的同仁通过以下链接进行注册:http://scbahome.org/membership,协会将向注册会员提供免费晚餐和寄发有关材料。

西雅图华人生物医学协会成立于1993年,是在华盛顿州正式注册的非盈利501(C)(3) 组织。二十九年来,协会竭诚为大西雅图地区从事生物医学领域的华人学者和对生物医学感兴趣的人士提供学习、交流、分享、合作的平台。热忱期待各位同仁的积极参与!

 

有关本次活动的任何问题请联系:office@scbahome.org

2022年SCBA学术年会暨会员大会通知中文版_20221118

SCBA–美国华大基因BGI Americas将联合举办华大基因产品和服务宣讲会

各位SCBA会员们和朋友们大家好!

我们SCBA将于2022年9月23日周五下午4点钟联合美国华大基因BGI Americas举办一个华大基因产品和服务宣讲会。地点是在UW South Lake Union Campus, E building, 5th floor Conference Room E501 (Address: 750 Republican St, Seattle, WA 98109). 欢迎大家积极参会,届时华大基因将会提供简便晚餐:披萨和饮料。具体详情会在收到华大基因的宣传材料后发出。

这次会议华大基因参与者有如下四位:Dr. Yongwei Zhang, VP of BGI Group, and CEO of Americas Region; Dr. Guanghui Han, Senior Director at San Jose Mass Spectrometry Center BGI Americas. Dr. Hongyan An, Regional Sales Manager BGI Americas; Renyu Li, Field Application Scientist BGI Americas.

BGI Americas 今年正在推出一项仪器免费租用项目:

Since MGI Tech and BGI Genomics have begun selling their sequencing products in the US, they want to let as many potential users/customers/collaborators know about their high-quality lower-cost alternative to Illumina. In addition, as a promotion during this year, they will provide free instruments with reagent rental model to selected Key Opinion Leaders’ labs.

The key terms for the free instrument reagent rental model are:

1. Lease of a DNBSEQ-G400C sequencer (US version of DNBSEQ-G400: https://en.mgi-tech.com/products/instruments_info/2/ [en.mgi-tech.com] [en.mgi-tech.com]) for a period of 12 or 24 months. This model’s performance is similar to NextSeq 2000. Instrument Ownership remains with MGI.

2. Lab only needs to pay $10,000 up front for shipping, installation and training.

3. Lab is committed to do certain activities for MGI, such as presentation of data for MGI at conferences or marketing events, or publish application notes etc.

4. Lab is committed to minimum purchase of $?? Of reagents per month during lease period.

5. If Lab fails to meet the commitments in #3 and 4, MGI has right to take instrument back with the lab paying $5,000 for un-installation and shipment.

The exact details in #3 and 4 are negotiable. This is a limited time offer: Agreement must be signed by 11/30/2022.

如果哪位会员的实验室对上面的free instruments with reagent rental model感兴趣,请直接写信联系Dr. Yongwei Zhang, VP of BGI Group, and CEO of Americas Region (yozhang@mgi-tech.com), 预约下个周四9/22或者周五9/23跟Dr. Yongwei Zhang见面详谈. 多谢!

有关本次活动的任何问题请联系:office@scbahome.org

Seattle Chinese Biomedical Association

Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America – Seattle Chapter

SCBA-SinoBiological Young Investigator Awards Announcement (Application Deadline Extended!)

Introduction

SCBA-SinoBiological Young Investigator Awards are co-sponsored by the Seattle Chinese Biomedical Association (SCBA) and Sino Biological (Biotechnology company).

SCBA (http://scbahome.org/) is a volunteer run non-profit 501(C)(3) organization founded in 1993 in Seattle. SCBA strives to provide a forum for the exchange of information related to life sciences and the Chinese community in the great Seattle area.

Sino Biological (https://www.sinobiological.com/) is an internationally recognized reagent supplier and service provider specialized in recombinant protein production and antibody development. The company’s ever-growing portfolio of products includes recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, ELISA assay kits, expression clones, cell culture media, and other molecular biology tools.

SCBA-SinoBiological Young Investigator Awards are established to recognize early-career SCBA members in Washington State who have made significant contributions to their respective biomedical research fields. The Awards also value individuals who are committed to making contributions to the SCBA seminars and/or annual meetings.

This year we only accept self-nominations, which means all applicants need to complete an online application process before the indicated deadline. Review processes will take place every year prior to the SCBA annual meeting. Awardees will be invited to present their research in one of SCBA regular seminars or annual meeting either online or in person.

Eligibility Requirements

1) The applicants must be young investigators in their early career as a student pursuing a terminal degree, a postdoctoral fellow, a non-tenured assistant professor within 5 years of starting the faculty position, or a PhD scientist in industry with less than 5 years of experience.

2) The applicant has made significant contribution to their biomedical research field or demonstrated great potential as a graduate student.

3) The applicant is a current SCBA member.

4) The applicant is currently studying or working in Washington State.

Application Procedure

1) Fill out the online form, which includes several short-response questions or essays.

2) Upload a short description of your research and contribution to the field in PDF. This document should be no more than 1 page (plus references if applicable) (font size 11 point or larger, 1’’ or more margin). The document should be in English. Please do not include any proprietary information.

3) Upload your resume/CV or NIH BioSketch in PDF.

4) One recommendation letter is desired but not required. The letter can either be sent directly to scbaaward@gmail.com (with award type and applicant name in subject line) or uploaded along with the application.

5) Please submit your application no later than August 31st, 2022.

Review Process

All applications will be reviewed by a professional review panel consists of experts from both academia and industry. Each application will be scored by all reviewers and ranked, and top candidates will be selected for awards.

Award types, Announcement, and Presentation

Depending on the applicant pool, there will be 1-2 awards in each of the four categories (student, postdoc, industrial scientist and junior faculty). The number of awards in each category will be ultimately determined by the number and credential of respective applicants. Each award will consist of a plaque and an honorarium of $500. The awards will be announced prior to SCBA annual meetings (Oct-Dec). Awardees will be invited to give a presentation of their work in SCBA seminars or annul meetings.

While we are planning to return to in-person activities in 2022, we are monitoring the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and assessing the safest way for our members and applicants. We will post updates for seminars, annual meetings, and other events on our website.

For any questions, please send email to scbaaward@gmail.com.

APPLY HERE!