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Bio/Medical Technology Club of Houston Meeting Announcement

Meeting Topic:
“Building the Biotech Future- New Programs at the University of Houston”

Speaker:
Rupa Iyer, Ph.D.
University of Houston


Dr. Iyer is the Director of Biotechnology programs and a Research Associate Professor at the University of Houston’s College of Technology, where she is developing the academic and training programs in Biotechnology. The academic program is an interdisciplinary Bachelor’s degree that integrates molecular biology, bioprocessing, nanobiotechnolgy and has an emphasis on environmental biotechnology. The training programs for incumbent and entrant biotech workers. These programs are developed in collaboration with industry and academic partners that will design courses and create new laboratory modules. The programs are currently supported by state and federal grants of over a million dollars. Dr. Iyer has received her M.S in Biotechnology from the University of Mumbai, India, her Ph.D. from Michigan State University in microbial molecular genetics and has conducted her postdoctoral studies at M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center in the department of Pharmacology.

The College of Technology was one of the earliest colleges to be established within the University of Houston and is responsible for teaching and granting degrees related to practical areas of technology and consumer science. This practical emphasis helps to bring about a smooth transition from school to the everyday workplace for our students and makes their skills valuable in a very immediate way to the organizations that hire them. It is one of the reasons why two thirds of College of Technology’s students are employed in their field even before graduation, according to our 2003 student survey. The Center for Life Sciences Technology is affiliated with the College of Technology and is the information resource at the University of Houston for Life Science Technology. It covers the latest news, career, educational opportunities for the state of Texas.

Date/Time:
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
7:00 am - 8:30 am

New Location:
Trevisio Restaurant (Water Wall Building in the Texas Medical Center)
6th Floor
6550 Bertner Ave (Off Holcombe Blvd, East of Fannin)
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 749-0400

Map: www.bmtchouston.org/meetings/location.asp

Pricing: Includes Breakfast Hospitality and Parking
$15 - Members with online reservations
$20 - Members with no reservations or non-members with online reservations
$25 - Non-members with no reservations

Reservations:
Online reservation requires all members AND non-members to setup an account on the BMTC web site.

Registration Closed

Payments by cash or check prior to the event are to be mailed to:
BMTC
P.O. Box 66488
Houston, TX 77266-6488

January 2006 forward, pre-registration payments by credit card are non-refundable with no-shows billed.

Day of Event Registration:
On site registrations are welcome the day of the event. Payment on site is by
cash or check only. Correct change is appreciated.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at this event.

Bio/Medical Technology Club of Houston
www.bmtchouston.org

 

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