2014 Important Dates
Workshop Deadline |
October 15
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Abstract Submission Opens |
February 18
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Conference Registration Opens |
February 25
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Abstract Submission Deadline |
March 26
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Chi-Bin Chien Award Nomination Deadline |
March 26
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Abstract Revision Deadline |
March 27
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Exhibit/ Sponsorship/ Advertising Deadline |
April 9
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Travel Award Application Deadline |
May 1
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Early Meeting Registration |
May 15
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Platform and Poster Assignments online |
May 19
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Housing Reservation |
May 24
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Education and Professional Development
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
11:00 am-5:00 pm: GSA Trainee Boot Camp
Senate Room, Madison Concourse Hotel
Fee: $40
Based on feedback from trainees both in focus groups and individual
conversations, GSA will implement 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. Register online with the meeting registration.
5:00-6:15 pm: GSA Education Special Interest Group Mixer/Pedagogy
Workshop
Wisconsin Studio, Overture Center
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 5:30-6:15, we
will have a workshop with three 15-minute presentations focused on
pedagogy and best practices in education. If you have cutting-edge
education research that you would like to present, please contact
Beth Ruedi.
5:30 pm |
University of Minnesota
Duluth K-12 Science Outreach, a new service learning
undergraduate course |
Jennifer Liang
(Univ Minnesota Duluth) |
5:50 pm |
Outlets for
publishing educational materials with the Genetics Society of
America |
Beth Ruedi
(GSA) |
6:00 pm |
Engaging biology undergraduate students in
authentic research studying environmental teratogenic agents
using zebrafish |
James Marrs
(Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ Indianapolis)
Co-authors: Swapnalee Sarmah and Kathy
Marrs (IUPUI) |
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
4:00 pm- 6:00 pm: Plenary Session and Workshop for Undergraduate Researchers
Wisconsin Studio, Overture
Center
Undergraduate conference attendees will attend an “Undergraduate Plenary Session” from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, with
two talks presented at a level appropriate for an undergraduate audience. From
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm, undergraduates will 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.
4:00 pm |
How a physician-scientist
winds up studying a fish |
Richard White
(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr) |
4:25 pm |
Using zebrafish to
study kidney development and regeneration |
Rebecca A. Wingert
(Univ of Notre Dame) |
4:50 pm |
Break
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5:00 pm |
Graduate school panel
discussion |
Panelists:
Emily Bain (Univ of Washington)
Thomas Clements (Rice Univ)
Zhiping Feng (UCLA)
Gary Gerlach (Univ of Notre Dame) |
6:30-8:00 pm: Undergraduate Dinner
Capitol View, Memorial Union
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. Participants should get their
dinner in Tripp Commons and then gather in the Capitol View Room to meet
and mingle.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
12:00-1:30 pm: GSA Career Luncheon
SOLD OUT
The GSA Career Luncheon 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 luncheon is
organized by topic table. Topics may include things like: transition to
independence, work-family balance, teaching at undergraduate
institutions, careers outside traditional academia, the job search, the postdoc search, choosing the right graduate advisor, etc. Space is limited to 80 participants. Register online with your meeting registration.
SOLD OUT
4:00-6:00 pm:
Practical Approaches to Using Zebrafish in Education
Wisconsin Studio, Overture Center
Organizers: Jennifer Bonner (Skidmore
College) and Suzanne Gribble (University of Pennsylvania)
Using zebrafish for educational purposes?
Our time will be spent engaging in large and small group discussions on
the topics of teaching students to read scientific literature, outreach
program development, and how to lead undergraduate research students
through the process of designing, implementing, analyzing and presenting
research projects while accomplishing your teaching and research
objectives.
4:00 pm |
Using the C.R.E.A.T.E.
approach in teaching primary literature to undergraduate
students |
Nathalia Glickman
Holtzman
(Queens College, CUNY) |
4:15 pm |
Large group discussion |
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4:30 pm |
A zebrafish outreach
effort that impacts urban science education: Project BioEYES
inspires the next generation of scientists |
Steven Farber
(Carnegie Inst for Science) |
4:45 pm |
Large group discussion |
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5:00 pm |
Guiding undergraduate
research students through the process of designing,
implementing, analyzing and presenting research projects while
accomplishing your teaching and research objectives |
Jason Meyers (Colgate
Univ) |
5:15 pm |
Large group discussion |
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5:30 pm |
Distribution of
teaching-related materials: Is the Zebrafish in the Classroom
website the best venue? |
Jennifer Liang (Univ of
Minnesota, Duluth) |
5:45 pm |
Large group discussion |
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