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**CBA News & Notes**

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June 9, 2018

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- Schedules and registration are available for the Mel King Festschrift that CBA is hosting on June 17:\
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  <http://cba.mit.edu/events/18.06.Mel>

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  for the ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication that CBA is co-hosting June 18-19:\
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  <https://scf.acm.org/2018>

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  and for FAB14 that CBA is co-hosting across France from July 12-20:\
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  [http://fab14.fabevent.org/](http://fab14.fabevent.org)

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  All of these will be limited by available space; sign up now if you'd like to attend.\
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  - Andreas Mershin presented his group's work on electronic noses for disease detection to Her Majesty The Queen and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall:\
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    <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5812067/The-Queen-accompanied-Camilla-attend-dog-charitys-10th-anniversary-celebrations.html>

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    - VICE on HBO covered the work of CBA and a number of former students on additive fabrication:\
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      <https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/mbk7xy/watch-the-trailer-for-vice-on-hbos-episode-printing-tomorrow-and-are-we-alone>

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      - A CBA team is pleased to have received a Phase 2 award from DARPA's FUN Design program:\
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        <https://www.darpa.mil/program/fundamental-design>

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        They're developing engineering design principles based on the role of developmental programs in biological morphogenesis.\
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        - CBA patents have issued for transplantation of nucleic acid molecules:\
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          <https://patents.google.com/patent/US9834747B2>

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          and for ultrathin catalyst layers for photoelectrodes:\
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          <https://patents.google.com/patent/US9920438B2>

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          - Thrasyvoulos Karydis and Joseph Jacobson write on predicting protein structure:\
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            <http://www.cell.com/biophysj/abstract/S0006-3495(17)31477-7>

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            - Neil Gershenfeld with his brothers Joel and Alan write on the political implications of digital fabrication:\
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              <https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/17/soon-youll-be-able-to-make-anything-itll-change-politics-forever-217999>

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              - Sherry Lassiter was profiled:\
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                <http://evolution.skf.com/the-fabulous-sherry-lassiter/>

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                - Here's a compelling story on the impact of fab labs:\
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                  <http://thehill.com/opinion/education/381433-after-decades-in-traditional-education-an-educator-finds-a-better-solution>

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