Summer Undergraduate Research Program/
Research Experiences for Undergraduates


Schedule 2005

revised 11/29/2005
Date
Time
Location
Event
Week 1      
Tuesday, May 31
9:00 am
MI Social Room
Program Overview and Continental Breakfast
9:45 am
MI Social Room
Photographs, Paperwork, and Tour of Mellon Institute
10:30 am
MI Conference Room
Biological, Chemical, and Laboratory Safety Training
12:00 pm
MI Social Room
SURP/REU Faculty and Student Lunch
1:30 pm
Faculty labs
Meet with Faculty Mentor
  2:00 pm MI 333 Biology Laboratory Techniques Course
Wednesday, June 1
12:00 pm
MI Conference Room
Mini-J
Thursday, June 2
12:00 pm
Hammerschlag Hall C119
Biochem Bits
Friday, June 3
12:00 pm
Cathedral Lawn
Laboratory Techniques Course Picnic Lunch

 

Week 2      
Monday, June 6
5:00 pm
MI 333
Completion of Laboratory Course
Tuesday, June 7 12:00 pm Boardroom Lunch Meeting for REU students
Wednesday, June 8
9:00 am
MI 355
Mini-J A
  9:00 am MI Conference Room Mini-J B
  4:30 pm Connan Room, University Center URO Summer Kick-off Party: Free t-shirts and pizza
Thursday, June 9
12:00 pm
Hammerschlag Hall C119
Biochem Bits (Ayasli, Corrigan)
Friday, June 10
5:00 pm
Preliminary Titles and Abstracts DUE
       
Week 3
Monday, June 13
     
Tuesday, June 14
     
Wednesday, June 15 9:00 am MI 355 Mini-J A (Eimer, Hudson, Vasilev)
  9:00 am MI 448 Mini-J B (Goellner, Svetnikov, Wiltrout
Wednesday, June 15
10:00 am
MI Conference Room
Faculty Presentation - Dr. Amy Burkert
"Preparing for the next step: understanding the graduate and professional school process"
Thursday, June 16
12:00 pm
Hammerschlag Hall C119
Biochem Bits (Erb, Pennie)
Friday, June 17
       
Week 4      
Mon, June 20
     
Tues, June 21
     
Wednesday, June 22
9:00 am MI 355 Mini-J A (Lins, Wenger, Williams)
  9:00 am MI 448 Mini-J B (Hsieh, Sheridan, Vosburg)
  10:00 am MI Conference Room Faculty Presentation - Dr. David Hackney
"How two heads on a motor protein are better than one"
Thursday, June 23
12:00 pm
Hammerschlag Hall C119
Biochem Bits (Smith, Ayasli)
Friday, June 24
     
       
Week 5
Monday, June 27
     
Tuesday, June 28
     
Wednesday, June 29
9:00 am
MI 355
Mini-J A (Baszczewski, Goldman, Malatack)
  9:00 am MI 448 Mini-J B (Hu, Louissaint, Jonas)
  10:00 am MI Conference Room Faculty Presentation - Dr. Frederick Lanni
"The actin cytoskeleton in non-muscle cells"
  12:00 pm Rangos 3, University Center How to Present Your Research with Ron Placone
(pizza will be served)
Thursday, June 30
12:00 pm
Hammerschlag C119
Biochem Bits (Corrigan, Erb)
Friday, July 1      
       
Week 6      
Monday, July 4
University Holiday
Tuesday, July 5
     
Wednesday, July 6
9:00 am
MI 355
Mini J-A (Eimer, Hudson, Vasilev)
  10:00 am MI Social Room Faculty Presentation - Dr. Brooke McCartney
"Tales of knobs and furrows: the ups and downs of APC function in Drosophila"
Thursday, July 7
12:00 pm
Hammerschlag Hall C119
Biochem Bits (Pennie, Smith)
  12:00 pm 355 Mini J-B (Goellner, Svetnikov, Wiltrout)
Friday, July 8
       
Week 7      
Monday, July 11
     
Tuesday, July 12     Whitewater Rafting
Wednesday, July 13
9:00 am
MI 355
Mini-J A (Lins, Wenger, Williams)
10:00 am
MI 355
Faculty Presentation - Dr. Russell Schwartz
"Computer models of macromolecular complex formation"
Thursday, July 14
12:00 pm
Hammerschlag C119
Biochem Bits (Ayasli, Corrigan)
  12:00 pm 355 Mini-J B (Hsieh, Sheridan, Vosburg)
Friday, July 15
12:00 pm Doherty 1112 Ethics and Research with Dr. Peter Madsen
(pizza will be served)
       
Week 8
Monday, July 18
12:00 pm MI 355 Panel Discussion: Women in Science
Tuesday, July 19
     
Wednesday, July 20
9:00 am
MI 355
Mini-J A (Baszczewski , Goldman, Malatack)
  10:00 am MI 355 Faculty Presentation - Dr. John Woolford
"Problem solving in experimental molecular biology"
Thursday, July 21
12:00 pm
Hammerschlag C119
Biochem Bits (Erb, Pennie)
  12:00 pm 355 Mini-J B (Hu, Louissaint, Jonas)
Friday, July 22      
       
Week 9
Monday, July 25
     
Tuesday, July 26
     
Wednesday, July 27 9:00 am MI 355 Mini-J A (Eimer, Hudson, Vasilev)
  10:00 am MI 355 Faculty Presentation - Dr. Charles Ettensohn
"The molecular control of animal development"
Thursday, July 28 12:00 pm Hammerschlag Hall C119 Biochem Bits (Smith)
  12:00 pm 355 Mini-J B (Goellner, Svetnikov, Wiltrout)
Friday , July 29
5:00 pm
Final Titles and Abstracts DUE
       
Week 10
Monday, Aug. 1
     
Tuesday, Aug. 2      
Wednesday, Aug 3 TBA TBA Practice Talks
Thursday, Aug. 4
1:00 pm
MI Conference Room
Friday, Aug. 5
9:00 am
MI Conference Room
1:00 pm
MI Conference Room
  4:00 pm MI Social Room Final Reception: End of SURP/REU