| Date |
Schedule of Events |
| May 20 (Sun) |
Check-in at Mayflower Hall; Welcome pizza party at Mayflower |
| May 21 (Mon) |
Orientation session and Group Lunch, Bowen Science Building (BSB) |
| May 25 (Fri) |
Group lunch: discussion of first week |
| May 26 (Sat) |
BBQ at Dr. David Weiss' home |
| May 29 (Tue) |
Seminar: Dr. Richard Roller, "Genetic analysis of virus assembly" |
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Biosciences Program Welcome Reception |
| June 1 (Fri) |
Biosciences Program: Survival Skills Workshop for Young Researchers |
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Group lunch: postdoctoral student Wilmara Salgado-Pabon, guest |
| June 5 (Tue) |
Seminar: Dr. Timothy Yahr, "Translating the basic biology of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system into anti-virulence approaches to control infection" |
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Ice cream social with Department of Microbiology |
| June 7 (Thu) |
Field trip to Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
| June 8 (Fri) |
Group lunch: graduate student Tiara Pérez, "SdpI signaling and immunity towards SDP during cannibalism in Bacillus subtilis" |
| June 12 (Tue) |
Seminar: Dr. Alex Horswill, "Peptide quorum-sensing in Gram positive bacteria" |
| June 15 (Fri) |
Group lunch: Student presentations |
| June 19 (Tue) |
Seminar: Dr. Jon Houtman, "The Role of Fak in T Cell Activation: How Being Wrong is Sometimes a Good Thing" |
| June 22 (Fri) |
Group lunch: Student presentations |
| June 26 (Tue) |
Seminar: Dr. Craig Ellermeier, "Activation of an ECF sigma factor by lysozyme in Gram positive bacteria" |
| June 29 (Fri) |
Group lunch: Student presentations |
| July 6 (Fri) |
Group lunch: Student presentations |
| July 10 (Tue) |
Poster workshop |
| July 13 (Fri) |
Group lunch: Ethics/Responsible Conduct of Research |
| July 17 (Tue) |
Seminar: Dr. Chioma Okeoma, "Genetics of Resistance and Susceptibility to Viral Infections" |
| July 20 (Fri) |
Group lunch: Dr. Steven Clegg, "Selecting and Getting Admitted to a Graduate Program" |
| July 24 (Tue) |
Biosciences Program Farewell Reception |
| July 25 (Wed) |
UI Summer Undergraduate Research Conference (poster presentations) |
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End of summer celebration dinner |
| July 26 (Thu) |
Group lunch: Program evaluation/wrap-up |
| July 27-28 (Fri-Sat) |
Check out from Mayflower Hall |