RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN
MICROBIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
SUMMER 2007 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
| Date | Time |
Activity |
May 26-28 (Sat-Mon) |
Check-in at Mayflower Hall | |
May 29 (Tue) |
9:00 am |
Welcome, Introductory Meeting in Microbiology Conference Room, 3-560 Bowen Science Building (BSB); Barb Spence will discuss forms and paperwork |
10:00 am |
Students escorted to 253 IMU to get student ID cards | |
11:00 am |
Break for lunch/free time | |
2:00 pm |
Meet back at 3-560 BSB; Students escorted to their research labs | |
| May 30 (Wed) | 12:00 Noon |
Group lunch, 3-560 BSB |
| May 31 (Thu) | 4:00 pm |
Seminar: Dr. John Kirby, "Multicellularity in bacteria" - 3-560 BSB |
| June 3 (Sun) | 3:00-7:00 pm |
Picnic at Kent Park, Red Haw Shelter |
| June 6 (Wed) | 12:00 Noon |
Group lunch, 3-560 BSB |
| June 7 (Thu) | 4:00 pm |
Seminar: Dr. George Stauffer, "Gene expression in E. coli" - 3-560 BSB |
| June 13 (Wed) | 9:15 am - 12:45 pm |
Biosciences Program "Survival Skills Workshop for Young Researchers" - 2117 MERF |
| June 14 (Thu) | 4:00 pm |
Seminar: Dr. Michael Feiss, "The viral DNA packaging motor" - 3-560 BSB |
| June 20 (Wed) | 12:00 Noon |
Group lunch, 3-560 BSB |
| June 21 (Thu) | 4:00 pm |
Seminar: Dr. Steven Clegg, "Selecting and getting admitted to graduate school" - 3-560 BSB |
| June 27 (Wed) | 12:00 Noon |
Group lunch, 3-560 BSB |
| June 28 (Thu) | 4:00 pm |
Seminar: Dr. Timothy Yahr, "The role of type III secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis" - 3-560 BSB |
| July 4 (Wed) | UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY | |
| July 5 (Thu) | 4:00 pm |
Seminar: Dr. Erling Anderson, "Responsible conduct of research" - 3-560 BSB |
| July 10 (Tue) | 12:30 pm |
Field trip to ADM Ethanol Plant, Cedar Rapids |
| July 11 (Wed) | 12:00 Noon |
Group lunch, 3-560 BSB |
| July 12 (Thu) | 3:00 pm |
Seminar: Dr. Linda McCarter, "Surface sensing by Vibrio parahaemolyticus" - 3-560 BSB |
| July 18 (Wed) | 12:00 Noon |
Group lunch, 3-560 BSB |
| Research report due | ||
| July 19 (Thu) | 4:00 pm |
Seminar: Dr. Richard Roller, "Careers in microbiology" - 3-560 BSB |
| July 25 (Wed) | 11:30 am |
Group lunch, 3-560 BSB |
1:00 - 5:00 pm |
UI Summer Undergraduate Research Conference - IMU Main Lounge (poster presentations) | |
| July 26 (Thu) | 4:00 pm |
End of summer wrap-up meeting - 3-560 BSB |
6:00 pm |
Dinner celebration, Mondo's Tomato Pie, Coralville | |
July 27-28 (Fri-Sat) |
Check-out from Mayflower Hall |