The 2008-09 season of the Science & Technology Discovery Series kicks off on Friday, September 12 with a presentation by MacArthur “genius award” winner (and Xconomist) Yoky Matsuoka of the University of Washington Neurobotics Laboratory and Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, on the merging of robotics and neuroscience. The Discovery Series is a breakfast program designed to bring business and community leaders up close and personal with researchers from Washington’s preeminent institutions and innovative companies. For more information on Discovery Series membership and online registration, visit http://www.technology-alliance.com.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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