Our next event

Dr. William Wang will = speak on=20 "Pharmacom=20 Biodetection Microsystems"

Pharmacom biodetection microsystems are = designed in=20 purpose to be able to capture electronic, = optical,=20 chemical, biochemical, or human attribute data; = mine=20 captured data using algorithms; execute = high-speed data=20 transfer through an infrastructure network, = Internet or=20 wireless interface; and trigger a predefined = chemical=20 reaction, biological procedure, mechanical = motion or=20 human response. The device combines the four = principal=20 components (Signal Acquisition, Signal = Interpretation,=20 Signal Representation and Signal Execution). It = allows=20 all procedures (including sample capture, = cellular=20 preparation, molecule separation, target = selection,=20 etc.) to be carried out at real-time or near = real time.=20

Where and when

We will meet on Thursday, May 17, = 2007 at=20 the Metro Buffet Restaurant, 2745 Blairs = Ferry=20 Road NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The = restaurant=20 is just a short distance west of = Interstate=20 Highway 380.

Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. The = presentation=20 will begin at 6:45 p.m.

The restaurant offers a buffet. The = cost for=20 dinner will be $11 for members of the = IEEE, $13=20 for guests who are not members, and $7 for = students. As usual, there will be no = charge for=20 attendance at the presentation. All are=20 = welcome!

The Speaker

William Wang is the Chief Executive = Officer of=20 Pharmacom Corporation. He is professor and = chairman of the Department of = Biomicrosystems at=20 Wuhan University in China. He studied at = Wuhan=20 University and Columbia University, where = he=20 earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and=20 immunology. Fellowships at the National = Institutes=20 of Health and the University of Oxford = followed.=20 Dr. Wang contributed to research and = development=20 at the Oracle Corporation, Eli Lily & = Company,=20 and Roche Pharmaceutical (in Tokyo, = Japan). Before=20 co-founding Pharmacom in 2003, he was vice = president of Integrated DNA Technologies = in=20 Coralville, Iowa.

The Gazette published a profile of Dr. = Wang,=20 the businesses he has created, and his = efforts to=20 create a new kind of university in China = in its=20 Sunday, April 22 issue.=20

Information and Reservations

Please RSVP by noon on Wednesday, May = 16 so=20 that we can give the restaurant's manager = a good=20 estimate of how many people to expect.

Call Leon Tabak at (319) 895-4294 or = address=20 e-mail to l.tabak@ieee.org.