Tuesday, July
29, 2014
GSA Trainee Boot Camp: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Husky Union Building, Room 340
Fee: $40
Based on feedback from trainees both in focus groups and
individual conversations, GSA will offer a pre-conference "bootcamp"
with a series of professional development workshops. A
preliminary agenda is
available here. Open to
graduate students and Postdocs only. Space is limited to 40
participants.
5:00-6:30 pm: GSA Education Special Interest Group Mixer/Pedagogy
Workshop
Husky Union Building, Room 337
Faculty with a passion for genetics education are encouraged to attend this
event, where they can mix and mingle with other educators. Current members of the Education SIG can catch up on actions taken by GSA with regards to the education initiative, and those who are not yet SIG members can learn about the Education SIG.
Information about
GSA PREP, the
Primers in GENETICS, GSA's editorial partnership with ASCB on
CBE-Life
Sciences Education, and other education-related
opportunities will also be discussed. From 5:30-6:30, we
will have a workshop with four 15-minute presentations focused on
pedagogy and best practices in education.
| 5:30 |
Where should I
publish my educational materials with GSA? |
Beth Ruedi
(GSA) |
| 5:45 |
Development and
implementation of a workshop on inclusive teaching for
biology teaching assistants by postdoctoral scholars at
UCSD |
Daniel Pollard
(UCSD) |
| 6:00 |
CURE-ing cancer
with yeast: Course-based Undergraduate Research
Experiences use S. cerevisiae as a model to study
anticancer ruthenium complexes |
Pamela Hanson
(Birmingham-Southern) |
| 6:15 |
Methods for
overcoming learning barriers in molecular biology |
Rasmus Frandsen
(Tech Univ of Denmark) |
Wednesday,
July 30, 2014
The Genetics Conference Experience:
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
The GSA Genetics Conference Experience provides students from genetics
classes at local undergraduate institutions with the unique opportunity
to observe distinguished career scientists present their current
research in a conference setting. The students, accompanied by their
professor, will receive a background lecture and participate in an
interactive discussion before attending part of a plenary session.
This informative and engaging program is meant to give students a
glimpse into the real world of genetic research, and is NOT intended for students who are already involved in scientific research,
but rather will provide students with the opportunity to learn about
current scientific research outside of a textbook, witness the
communication of scientific research first-hand, and ideally will
foster an interest in furthering their science education. It is free of
cost, and invitation-only.
Undergraduate
Dinner: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
HUB Den
Undergraduate researchers attending the conference will network on
their own, forming a peer-group that will help provide lasting support
for the remainder of the conference. After going through
the buffet line, participants should go to the tables designated
"Undergraduate Researchers".
Thursday, July
31, 2014
Plenary Session and Workshop
for Undergraduate Researchers: 1:30 pm
- 3:00 pm
Kane Hall, Room 210
Undergraduate conference attendees will attend a plenary
session with two talks presented at a level appropriate for an
undergraduate audience. Participants will then have a chance to
talk to a panel of graduate students about applications,
interviewing, admission, choosing a lab and quality of life in
graduate school.
| 1:30 |
Signaling
circuits in fungi |
Paul Cullen
(SUNY-Buffalo) |
| 1:50 |
Beyond Beer and
Wine: Isolating wild yeast from unroasted cacao and
coffee beans |
Aimee Dudley
(Pac NW Diabetes Res Inst) |
| 2:15 |
Graduate Student
Panel |
Panelists: Mia Jaffe
Laramie Lemon
Zhihao Tan |
GSA Career Dinner: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
HUB Den
The GSA Career Dinner is an excellent opportunity for
undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to have
informal conversations with senior career scientists regarding the
unique challenges and rewards of a scientific career. The dinner is
organized by topic table. Topics may include things like: transition
to independence, work-family balance, teaching at undergraduate
institutions, non-academic careers for scientists, the when, how, and
why of networking, dealing with difficult colleagues, etc.
After going through the buffet line, participants should look
for topic tables of interest.
