Welcome
The BioCommunications Association, or BCA, is an international association of media professionals who create and use quality images in visual communications for teaching, documentation and presentations in the life sciences and medicine. If you are interested in an organization dedicated to supporting the production of visual communications for the life sciences then welcome to the BCA.
A Resource for Producers of
  Visual Media in the Life Sciences
BCA Update

BioImages 2010
View the winning images from the BioImages Salon held at BIOCOMM 2010, June 2-6 in Boston, MA.

Stimulus Package for Chapter Meetings
The BCA Executive Committee has created a stimulus package for chapter meetings. Seed money of up to $100 is available to host a chapter meeting.

IMI Affiliate Award
The Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI) offers an IMI Affiliate Award. This award is presented to the best entry from a member of an affiliated organisation. The winner receives a certificate and £100. Closing date for entries is July 7, 2010. For more information and the application forms visit the Institute of Medical Illustrators website.

Save the Date!
The Joint Annual Meeting with ABCD and HeSCA will be in Phoenix, Arizona, June 1-4, 2011. The host location will be The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, with hotel accommodations at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel. A post-meeting photographic workshop to Northern Arizona will follow the meeting. Details will be posted when available.

Spring 2010 Webinar Recording
A recording of the BCA Spring 2010 webinar, "Effective Visual Presentations" is now available in the Members Only section.

Recent Publications

Journal of Biocommunication
A special issue of the JBC dedicated to the topic "Artists' Rights" is now online. Volume 36, Issue 1 is available free for all to read and share. No access code is needed to open this special issue.

BCA news Spring 2010
The Spring 2010 edition of the BCA news is now on-line.

 
Position Opening

Project Management /PR/Technical Writer 
A contract position is available immediately to work with the BioCommunications Association as a project management/public relations/technical writer who will be responsible for the overall coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of multifaceted projects moving long-established, small non-profit association to a virtual community on the internet.