Abstract accepted for ACLA 2010

Congratulations to Dolores Steinman, whose abstract "Translating the realities of the body: from medical image to tangible understanding", has been accepted for the Figurative Imaginings in Art, Science, and Politics seminar at the American Comparative Literature Association’s 2010 Annual Meeting (New Orleans, 1-4 April 2010).

Abstract accepted for SLSAeu Conference: Textures

Congratulations to Dolores Steinman, whose abstract "Virtual medical representations: Integrant part of the body’s texture", has been accepted for presentation at the 6th European Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (Riga, 15-20 June 2010).

Paper accepted for Super Human symposium

Congratulations to Dolores Steinman, whose paper entitled "New visual paradigms in medical representations of the body" has been accepted for presentation at the Super Human: Revolution of the Species symposium (Melbourne, 23-24 November), and eventual publication in Second Nature. Immediately after Super Human, we will also be attending the Leonardo/ISAST-sponsored Re:live Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology.

Abstract accepted for SLSA Conference: Decodings

Congratulations to Dolores Steinman, whose abstract "Medical imaging in the 21st century: Encoding reality, decoding the unseen", has been accepted for presentation at the 2009 Annual Conference of the Society for Literature, Sciences and the Arts (Atlanta, 5-8 November).

ISMRM Flow & Motion Workshop

Abstract submission deadline for the ISMRM Cardiovascular Flow, Function & Tissue Mechanics Workshop in Sintra, Portugal, is less than a month away. As one of the organizers, I have it on good authority that abstracts will be reviewed, and authors notified, within less than a week from the July 17 deadline :-)

In addition to two days focused on the state-of-the-art in MRI-derived flow and motion measurements, one day will be devoted to image-based modelling. Ross Ethier, Luca Antiga and I will review the basics, while Juan Cebral, Frank Gijsen and Charley Taylor will present the state-of-the-art in applications.

This is a unique opportunity for clinicians, imagers, and modellers to get together and discuss the promises and pitfalls of deriving functional information from various combinations of imaging and modelling.

Subtle Technologies Festival

It should also go without saying -- but won't , obviously -- that Dolores and I are looking forward to participating in Toronto's annual Subtle Technologies Festival in a couple of weeks.  This is a great happening at the interface of art and science, and if that kind of thing interests you, we encourage you to attend.

Gordon Conference on Visualization

Dolores and I are looking forward to participating in the Gordon Conference on Visualization in Science and Education, being held at Magdalen College, Oxford from July 26-31.