Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
Schedule 2007
Date |
Time |
Event |
Location |
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Week 1 |
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| Tuesday, May 29 | 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast and Photographs (All SURP) | MI Social Room (328) |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Group Photograph | MI Social Room (328) | |
| 9:15 AM | Breakout Sessions | ||
Breakout Session (HHMI & Beckman) |
MI Social Room (328) | ||
Breakout Session (REU) |
MI Conference Room (348) | ||
Breakout Session (SRI) |
MI 355 | ||
| 10:30 AM | Biological and Laboratory Safety Training (All) | MI Conference Room (348) | |
| 11:30 AM | Student Pizza Lunch (All) | MI Social Room (328) | |
| 12:00 PM | Payroll and Housing Information | MI Social Room (328) | |
| 12:30 PM | HUB, Payroll Office & Tour of Mellon Institute | ||
| 1:30 PM | Meet with Faculty Mentor | Faculty Labs | |
| 3:00 PM | Biology Laboratory Techniques Course * | MI 333 | |
| Wednesday, May 30 | 9:00 AM | Biology Laboratory Techniques Course | MI 333 |
| 12:00 PM | Student and Faculty Luncheon | MI Social (328) & Conference (348) Rooms | |
| Thursday, May 31 | 9:00 AM | Biology Laboratory Techniques Course | MI 333 |
| Friday, June 1 | 9:00 AM | Biology Laboratory Techniques Course | MI 333 |
| 12:00 PM | Picnic Lunch | Cathedral Lawn | |
| 4:00 PM | Chemical Safety Training | MI Social Room (328) | |
Week 2 |
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| Monday, June 4 | 9:00 AM | Biology Laboratory Techniques Course | MI 333 |
| Tuesday, June 5 | 9:00 AM | Biology Laboratory Techniques Course | MI 333 |
| 12:00 PM | Faculty Talk - Peter Berget "Single-chain antibodies as biosensor platforms" |
MI Conference Room (348) | |
| Thursday, June 7 | 9:00 AM | Student to Scientist Series (S2S) "Scientific abstracts and chalk talks" Emily Stark |
MI 448 |
| Friday, June 8 | 12:00 PM | REU Group Meeting (lunch served) | MI Board Room (434) |
| 5:00 PM | Preliminary Titles and Abstracts DUE (HHMI Scholars, REU, Beckman) |
emartin@andrew.cmu.edu | |
Week 3 |
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| Monday, June 11 | |||
| Tuesday, June 12 | 12:00 PM | Faculty Talk - Justin Crowley "Visual system development: what we know and what we'd like to learn" |
MI Conference Room (348) |
| Wednesday, June 13 | 12:00 PM | Go Research! Lunch Seminar Emily Stark "Applying to graduate school" |
Rangos 1, University Center |
| Thursday, June 14 | 9:00 AM | S2S "Student talks" |
MI 448 |
| Friday, June 15 | |||
Week 4 |
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| Monday, June 18 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Go Research! 2007 Welcome Reception "Pittsburgh Picnic" |
Rangos 1 & 2, University Center |
| Tuesday, June 19 | 12:00 PM | Faculty Talk - Mark Macbeth "Genome recoding by a finicky RNA editor" |
MI Conference Room (348) |
| Wednesday, June 20 | 12:00 PM | Go Research! Lunch Seminar John Chinn "Human subjects and regulatory compliance in research" |
Rangos 1, University Center |
| Thursday, June 21 | 9:00 AM | S2S "Student talks" |
MI 448 |
| Friday, June 22 | 12:00 PM | REU Group Meeting (lunch served) | MI Board Room (434) |
Week 5 |
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| Monday, June 25 | 12:00 PM | *Special Day & Time* Faculty Talk - - Amy Burkert "From GREs to interviews: an overview of the graduate school application process" |
MI Social Room (328) |
| Tuesday, June 26 | 12:00 PM | Faculty Talk - Veronica Hinman "Gene networks, development and evolution" |
MI Conference Room (348) |
| Wednesday, June 27 | 12:00 PM | Go Research! Lunch Seminar Peter Madsen "Ethics in research " |
Rangos 1, University Center |
| Thursday, June 28 | 9:00 AM | S2S - John Woolford "Accessing and reading scientific literature efficiently and effectively, part 1" |
MI 448 |
| Friday, June 29 | |||
Week 6 |
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| Monday, July 2 | |||
| Tuesday, July 3 | Faculty Talk - Tina Lee "Shaping ER membranes" |
MI Social Room (328) | |
| Wednesday, July 4 | University Holiday | ||
| Thursday, July 5 | |||
| Friday, July 6 | 9:00 AM | S2S - John Woolford "Accessing and reading scientific literature efficiently and effectively, part 2 " *note change of date* |
MI 448 |
Week 7 |
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| Monday, July 9 | |||
| Tuesday, July 10 | Whitewater rafting | Ohiopyle | |
| Wednesday, July 11 | 12:00 PM | Go Research! Lunch Seminar Ron Placone "How to present your research" |
Connan Room, University Center |
| Thursday, July 12 | 9:00 AM | S2S - John Woolford "Molecular genetic basis of olfactory discrimination...how do we smell?" |
MI 448 |
| Friday, July 13 | 12:00 PM | REU Group Meeting (lunch served) | MI Board Room (434) |
Week 8 |
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| Monday, July 16 | |||
| Tuesday, July 17 | |||
| Wednesday, July 18 | 12:00 PM | Go Research! Lunch Seminar Renee Starek "How to use your undergraduate research experience to sell yourself to graduate schools and potential employers" |
Connan Room, University Center |
| Thursday, July 19 | 9:00 AM | S2S - Emily Stark "Strategies and tactics: the statement of purpose for graduate school admission" |
MI Conference Room (348) |
| Friday, July 20 | |||
Week 9 |
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| Monday, July 23 | |||
| Tuesday, July 24 | 12:00 PM | Faculty Talk - Russell Schwartz "Computer models of macromolecular complex formation" |
MI Conference Room (348) |
| Wednesday, July 25 | 12:00 PM | Go Research! Lunch Seminar |
Rangos 2, University Center |
| Thursday, July 26 | 9:00 AM | S2S "Giving a successful scientific presentation" Brooke McCartney |
MI 448) |
| Friday , July 27 | 12:00 PM | REU Group Meeting (lunch served) | MI Board Room (434) |
| 5:00 PM | Final Titles and Abstracts DUE | emartin@andrew.cmu.edu | |
Week 10 |
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| Tuesday, July 31 | |||
| Wednesday, Aug 1 | |||
| Thursday, Aug. 2 | TBA | Practice Talks | TBA |
| Friday, Aug. 3 | 9:00 AM | Final Symposium | MI Conference Room (348) |
| 12:00 PM | Student and Faculty Lunch | MI Social Room (328) | |
| 1:00 PM | Final Symposium | MI Conference Room (348) | |
| 4:00 PM | End of 2007 SURP | MI Social Room (328) |
*Faculty mentors determine if advisees should take the laboratory course.