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An NSF-Supported Research
Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
hosted
by the biology departments at James Madison University,
Bridgewater
College and Eastern Mennonite University
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Event |
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May
17-23 |
Sunday May 17 - Students
arrive, move in to dorm. Dinner for REU students and mentors at Taste
of Thai, 6:30pm.
Monday May 18
- Orientation for REU students, 9-11:30am in
Burruss 336,
breakfast provided. At 11:30 am mentors will make
short presentations on their
research, pizza lunch provided.
Thursday May 21 - Leadership and Teambuilding Workshop, led by Drs. Sylvia Nadler and Judy Dilts, 9am-12pm in Taylor 306, followed by lunch.
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May
24-30
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Monday May 25 - Disk
Golf at Westover Park, Harrisonburg, 3pm.
Thursday May 28 - Microscopy
workshop starting in Burruss 044 from
9am-12pm am led by Dr. Alex Bannigan.
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May 31-
June 6
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Monday, June 1 - Genomics
Workshop
from 9am-12pm led by Drs. Steve Cresawn, Jon Monroe and Dr.
Louise Temple, lunch
provided. |
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June 7-13
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Monday, June 8 - Ethics Workshop at Bridgewater College led by Emily Abdoler, 9am-1pm.
Thursday, June 11 - Seminar by Walter Moos, SRI, 4pm. "Pioneering Mitochondrial Medicine: A Merger of Science and Business."
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June
14-20
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Friday, June 19
- Workshop on graduate school with Amanda Wisz (REU '07) and Sean
Barron (JMU '05), and Sarah Thomas (JMU '08, REU '07) from 9:30-11:30
in 031 Burruss. Lunch povided.
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June
21-27
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Wednesday, June 24 - Kline's Dairy Bar trip at 4pm. |
| 7 |
June
28-July 4
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Wednesday, July 1 - "REU's Got Talent" 6 PM, location TBA.
Thursday, July 2 - Poster-making workshop - 9:30-noon. |
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July 5-11
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Wednesday, July 8 - Workshop on Bioethics lead by Virginia Tech professor Dr. Doris Zallen from 12-4 PM at EMU. Title: "To Test or Not to Test." |
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July
12-18
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Tuesday, July 14 - Canoe trip - details TBA.
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| 10 |
July 19-25 |
Thursday, July 23 - Poster
session
and Keynote address - Dr. Andy Johnson, NIH/Oxford Biomedical Research Scholar. "Themis is a member of a new metazoan gene family and is required for thymocyte development."
Saturday, July 25 - Students depart. |
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For information contact:
Sheila Santee, Burruss 242
540-568-6225 or 6733
Dept. Fax:
540-568-3333
Web site maintained by:
Jon Monroe
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Mailing address:
Department of Biology
MSC 7801
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA |
Express mailing address:
Department of Biology
Burruss Hall, Room 243
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA
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