Date
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Time
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Event
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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) |
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9:00 AM |
Welcome and Group Photograph |
MI Social Room (328) |
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9:15 AM |
Breakout Sessions |
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Breakout Session (HHMI & Beckman)
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MI Social Room (328) |
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Breakout Session (REU)
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MI Conference Room (348) |
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Breakout Session (SRI)
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MI 355 |
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10:30 AM |
Biological and Laboratory Safety Training (All) |
MI Conference Room (348) |
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11:30 AM |
Student Pizza Lunch (All) |
MI Social Room (328) |
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12:00 PM |
Payroll and Housing Information |
MI Social Room (328) |
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12:30 PM |
HUB, Payroll Office & Tour of Mellon Institute |
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1:30 PM |
Meet with Faculty Mentor |
Faculty Labs |
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3:00 PM |
Biology Laboratory Techniques Course * |
MI 333 |
| Wednesday, May 30 |
9:00 AM |
Biology Laboratory Techniques Course |
MI 333 |
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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 |
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12:00 PM |
Picnic Lunch |
Cathedral Lawn |
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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 |
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12:00 PM |
Faculty Talk - Peter Berget
"Single-chain antibodies as biosensor platforms"
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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) |
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5:00 PM |
Preliminary Titles and Abstracts DUE
(HHMI Scholars, REU, Beckman) |
emartin@andrew.cmu.edu |
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Week 3
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| Monday, June 11 |
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| 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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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Week 6
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| Monday, July 2 |
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| Tuesday, July 3 |
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Faculty Talk - Tina Lee
"Shaping ER membranes"
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MI Social Room (328) |
| Wednesday, July 4 |
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University Holiday |
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| Thursday, July 5 |
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| 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 |
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Week 7
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| Monday, July 9 |
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| Tuesday, July 10 |
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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) |
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Week 8
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| Monday, July 16 |
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| Tuesday, July 17 |
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| 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"
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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 |
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Week 9
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| Monday, July 23 |
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| 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
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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) |
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5:00 PM |
Final Titles and Abstracts DUE |
emartin@andrew.cmu.edu |
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Week 10
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| Tuesday, July 31 |
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| Wednesday, Aug 1 |
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| Thursday, Aug. 2 |
TBA |
Practice Talks |
TBA |
| Friday, Aug. 3 |
9:00 AM |
Final Symposium |
MI Conference Room (348) |
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12:00 PM |
Student and Faculty Lunch |
MI Social Room (328) |
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1:00 PM |
Final Symposium |
MI Conference Room (348) |
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4:00 PM |
End of 2007 SURP |
MI Social Room (328) |
