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'''Instructor''': Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch<br/> | '''Instructor''': Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch<br/> |
Revision as of 21:36, 16 January 2012
Course Information
Instructor: Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch
Contact information: office BioPharm 305B, phone 486-4452, e-mail elizabeth.jockusch [at] uconn.edu
Meeting time: Wednesdays, 4-4:50 pm
Meeting place: BPB 131
Objectives
The main goals of this course are to give you an overview of research opportunities available to undergraduates and to help prepare you to obtain a position. This will be achieved through the following means:
- Weekly presentations by faculty about on-going research in the three biology departments (EEB, MCB, PNB) on campus
- Identification of off-campus summer research opportunities
- Guidance in writing a C.V./resume
- Attendance at research presentations by advanced undergraduates
Presentation Schedule
Date | Presenter | Topic | Web page |
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Jan. 18 | Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch | Introduction to the course | Jockusch lab |
Jan. 25 | Dr. Kurt Schwenk, EEB | TBA | Schwenk lab |
Feb. 1 | Dr. Ted Taigen, EEB | Responsible Conduct of Research (or when science goes bad) | Examples |
Feb. 8 | Dr. Spencer Nyholm, MCB | animal-bacteria symbiosis | Nyholm lab |
Feb. 15 | Dr. Gwen Pearson, OUR | UConn Undergraduate Research Support | OUR home page |
Feb. 22 | Dr. Tasso Tzingounis, PNB | TBA | Tzingounis lab |
Feb. 29 | TBA | ||
Mar. 7 | Dr. Andy Moiseff, PNB | TBA | Moiseff lab |
Mar. 21 | TBA | ||
Mar. 28 | TBA | ||
Apr. 4 | Dr. Robin Chazdon, EEB | TBA | Chazdon lab |
Apr. 11 | Dr. Joanne Conover, PNB | TBA | Conover lab |
Apr. 18 | Dr. Chris Simon, EEB | Cicada evolution | Simon lab |
Apr. 25 | Rahul Kanadia, PNB | TBA | Kanadia lab |