Hi,

  After a long summer hiatus, the OSSD season has started.  Many thanks to Dave Schaafsma for arranging this month's speaker.  I would like your help arranging speakers and topics as well.  Our season was light last year because I have been personally arranging most of the talks.  I need more help like Dave's.  Dave called the speaker, requested a bio, arranged for the location, and set the date.  It usually takes less than 2 hours to arrange a meeting.  I would really appreciate your help.

  Please take a couple minutes and let me know how to attract more people to our meetings.  I've received some feedback to make the talks end a little earlier to support family life.  I'll make sure the talks start on time to encourage them to end a little earlier.  Perhaps we'll even start the talks while we're eating. 

  With regards to attendance, the most popular reason I've heard for people attending talks is based upon the topic.  Therefore, I need your ideas for talks.  UCI's Beckman Laser Institute is hosting the OSSC (and OSSD?) later this year.  We have faculty at UCSD, SIO, and SDUSD that work in the optics area.  We have major companies we have not revisited in a while (e.g. Cymer, Melles Griot).  Please take a few seconds and let me know who you'd like to hear from.

  I look forward to seeing you next Thurdsay.

Brian

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MEETING NOTICE-OPTICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO

HOLOGRAPHIC ENCODING OF GLASS MICROPARTICLES FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

by John Moon

Thursday, Sept 27,  Fish and Richardson Law Office
Dinner 6:30-7:30, Talk 7:00 - 8:30

Abstract

Illumina's VeraCode technology, based on digital holographic encoding of glass microparticles, enables an unprecedented capability in flexible, high throughput assays. The basis of the technology will be discussed as well as applications to multiplexed nucleic acid and protein assays.

John Moon is Principal Scientist at Illumina Corporation. Prior to Illumina, he was Chief Technology Officer and a founder of CyVera Corporation, which was acquired by Illumina in 2005 for the multiplexing technology John invented. He is the author of over 30 scientific publications and issued US patents. John received a Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from Brown University.

DINNER MEETING LOCATION AND RESERVATIONS

LOCATION: Fish and Richardson Office in Del Mar

MENU: Pizza ($10)

RESERVATIONS: Please confirm your attendance to 
Brian Catanzaro at: opticalsocietyofsan diego@yahoo. com by
the end of the day Wednesday, Sept. 26.

LOCATION DETAILS

Fish & Richardson P.C.
12390 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130

Main   : (858)678-5070