BBUGS Mission Statement
Promote collaboration, professional development, and social networking activities of a unified amalgamation* of graduate students in Biosciences and Bioengineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.

*amal·gam·ation
Pronunciation: a-mal-ga-mey-shun
Etymology: Middle English amalgame, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin amalgama
Function: noun
Definition: 1. the action or process of uniting especially to merge into a single body; 2. a blending of different elements usually an alloy of mercury with another metal that used especially in making tooth fillings; 3. a merger (amalgamation of two corporations, cities, or political groups); 4. the synthesis of sound events into an inter-parametric unit where parameters act together