| Date |
Schedule of Events |
| May 23 (Sun) |
Check-in at Mayflower Hall; Welcome pizza party at Mayflower |
| May 24 (Mon) |
Orientation session, Bowen Science Building (BSB) |
| May 26 (Wed) |
Group lunch: Benita Wolff, guest |
| May 27 (Thu) |
Seminar: Dr. David Weiss, "Bacterial Cell Division" |
| May 30 (Sun) |
Picnic at Kent Park |
| June 2 (Wed) |
Group lunch: graduate student Tiara Pérez, guest |
| June 3 (Thu) |
Seminar: Dr. Jon Houtman, "Studying Signal Transduction in Human T Cells" |
| June 5 (Sat) |
BBQ at Dr. David Weiss' home |
| June 9 (Wed) |
Group lunch: graduate student Matt Thoendel, guest |
| June 10 (Thu) |
Biosciences Welcome Reception |
| June 16 (Wed) |
Biosciences Program: Survival Skills Workshop for Young Researchers |
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Group lunch: postdoctoral student Janet Wilson, guest |
| June 17 (Thu) |
Seminar: Dr. Alex Horswill, "Peptide quorum-sensing in Gram positive bacteria" |
| June 23 (Wed) |
Group lunch: Discuss final paper and poster; First paper due |
| June 24 (Thu) |
Seminar: Dr. Linda McCarter, "Ethics/Responsible Conduct of Research" |
| June 30 (Wed) |
Group lunch: Student presentations |
| July 1 (Thu) |
Seminar: Dr. Linda McCarter, "Ethics/Responsible Conduct of Research, Part 2" |
| July 7 (Wed) |
Group lunch: Student presentations |
| July 8 (Thu) |
Field trip to Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
| July 14 (Wed) |
Group lunch: Student presentations |
| July 15 (Thu) |
Seminar: Dr. Steven Clegg, "Selecting and getting admitted to a graduate program" |
| July 21 (Wed) |
Group lunch: Student presentations |
| July 22 (Thu) |
Seminar: Dr. Richard Roller, "Career Options for PhDs in Microbiology" |
| July 26 (Mon) |
Biosciences Program Farewell Reception |
| July 28 (Wed) |
Group lunch |
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UI Summer Undergraduate Research Conference (poster presentations) |
| July 29 (Thu) |
Program evaluation/wrap-up |
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End of summer celebration dinner |
| July 30 (Fri) |
Research papers due |
July 30-31
(Fri-Sat) |
Check out from Mayflower Hall |