Announcements
Check out below to see the schedule for BIG.
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January
- Winter Involvement Fair (January 22-26, 2024 via CampusGroups)
- General Body Meeting (January 26, 2024 at 7pm via Zoom)
February
- Graduate talk: “Retinal imaging devices” by Alfa Rossi (February 2, 2024 at 7pm via Zoom)
- Graduate talk: “Depth-resolved vascular profile features for artery-vein classification in OCT and OCT angiography of human retina” by Tobiloba Adejumo (February 16, 2024 at 7pm via Zoom)
- Q&A with Former President Tuyen in Industry as a Medical Device Engineer (February 23, 2024 at 7pm via Zoom)
March
- General Body Meeting (March 1, 2024 at 7pm via Zoom)
- “What is radiology?” lead by UI College of Medicine’s Diagnostic Radiology Interest Group and presented by Dr. Divya Surabhi (March 27, 2024 at 6pm via Zoom)
April
- General Body Meeting and Election Event (April 5, 2024 at 7pm via Zoom)
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September
- Involvement Fair
- Virtual Booth August 28 to September 1, 2023 via CampusGroups
- Physical Booth August 31 to September 1, 2023 from 12pm to 3pm
- First GBM (September 8, 2023 at 7pm via Zoom)
- Research Opportunities Talk (September 15, 2023 at 7pm via Zoom)
October
- Study Session for “Light + Sound: Imaging & Therapy” (October 2, 2023 at 5pm via Zoom)
- The BME department is hosting a presentation by Dr. Xueding Wang titled “Light + Sound: Imaging & Therapy.” The presentation will be held in SEO 236 on Friday October 6, 2023 at 12pm. To help with being prepared for the event on Friday, Biomedical Imaging Group is hosting a study session where a presentation will be given on photoacoustic tomography, followed by a small journal club. We ask that you familiarize yourself with one of Dr. Xueding Wang’s recent publications and/or a publication on photoacoustic imaging to prepare for the session.
- Study Session for “NMR Metabolomics from Tissues to Live Cells and Imaging” (October 9, 2023 at 5pm via Zoom)
- The BME department is hosting a presentation by Dr. Leo Cheng titled “NMR Metabolomics from Tissues to Live Cells and Imaging.” The presentation will be held in SEO 236 on Friday October 13, 2023 at 12pm. To help with being prepared for the event on Friday, Biomedical Imaging Group is hosting a study session where a presentation will be given on nuclear magnetic resonance, followed by a small journal club. We ask that you familiarize yourself with one of Dr. Leo Cheng’s recent publications and/or a publication on nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics or imaging to prepare for the session.
- Presentation from Julia May (October 16, 2023 at 5pm via Zoom)
- We are excited to host a presentation by Julia May, an MD candidate who has been a lab member in the Optical & Photoacoustic Imaging Research and Analysis Laboratory here at UIC. She will be giving a presentation on optical coherence tomography (OCT) in dermatology and its relevance to her medical school research.
- Second GBM (October 20, 2023 at 7pm via Zoom)
- Come join us for the second general body meeting of the semester. We will start with ice breakers, reintroduce Biomedical Imaging Group, and review the semester’s schedule.
- Presentation from Fiona Gruzmark (October 27, 2023 at 7pm via Zoom)
- We are excited to host a presentation by Fiona Gruzmark, an MD candidate who has been a lab member in the Optical & Photoacoustic Imaging Research and Analysis Laboratory here at UIC. She will be giving a presentation on optical coherence tomography (OCT) in dermatology, adding to last week’s presentation.
November
- Study Session for “Resolving the mesoscopic missing link: Biophysical modeling of EEG and fMRI from cortical columns.” (November 16, 2023 at 7pm via Zoom)
- The BME department is hosting a presentation by Dr. Jorge Riera Diaz titled “Resolving the mesoscopic missing link: Biophysical modeling of EEG and fMRI from cortical columns.” The presentation will be held in SEO 236 on Friday November 17, 2023 at 12pm. To help with being prepared for the event on Friday, Biomedical Imaging Group is hosting a study session where a presentation will be given, followed by a small journal club. We ask that you familiarize yourself with one of Dr. Jorge Riera Diaz’s recent publications and/or a publication on electroencephalography or functional magnetic resonance imaging in preparation.
- Last GBM (November 27, 2023 at 5pm via Zoom)
- Come join us for the last general body meeting of the semester. We will start with ice breakers, reintroduce Biomedical Imaging Group, and discuss future plans.
December
- Winter break woohoo!