Science Boot Camp 2014

Greenhouse Tours!

The nationally known Biodiversity Education & Research Greenhouses are open for 2 tours on June 11, the Wednesday morning of Science Boot Camp.

9:30-11 A general biodiversity tour of the public collections PLUS a 20 minute tour of the research facility not open to the public! [TOUR FULL]
11-12 A general biodiversity tour of the public collections

Both tours will be led by Clinton Morse, Manger of Growth Operations for Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Signup for the tours is first come, first served, with a limit of 10 people per tour. Contact Carolyn Mills to sign up.

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Wednesday, June 11

7 am - 11 pm	Residential check-in at Conference Housing Desk, Rome Commons (Clock tower)
10-11:30 am	Greenhouse tour 1 including research facilities (preregistration required - FULL)
11 am - 12 pm	Greenhouse tour 2 without research facilities (preregistration required)
12 - 1 pm	Lunch
1:00 - 1:20 pm	Welcome & Logistics
1:20 - 5:00 pm	Session I *Computer Science* All presenters from Dept of Computer Science Worcester Polytechnic Institute *Craig Wills* Dept Head & Professor *Krishna Kumar Venkatasubramanian* Assistant Professor *Daniel Dougherty* Professor
6 - 8:30 pm	Dinner: Cookout and talk: "Personalized Medicine: The Payoff of Basic Science Investments" Christopher D. Heinen, PhD Assoc. Prof. of Medicine; Investigator, Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center & Center for Molecular Medicine; Investigator, UConn Stem Cell Institute; Director, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Graduate Program UConn

Thursday, June 12

7 - 9 am	Breakfast
8 - 9 am	Thursday-Only Attendees: Check-in
9 - 9:15 am	Introduction and Logistics
9:15 - 12:30 pm	Session II Evolution Kent Holsinger Distinguished Prof, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Vice Provost for Grad Educ Dean, Graduate School, UConn Janine Caira Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UConn
12:30 -1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 - 4:15 pm	Session III Pharmaceutical Sciences *Amy Bataille* Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UConn *John B. Morris* Prof of Toxicology, Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, UConn
6 - 7 pm	Dinner
7:30 - 8:30 pm	Poster Project Runway Bring your previously presented posters and show 'em to the whole camp!

Friday, June 13

7 - 9 am

Breakfast

9am - 12pm

Capstone
Communicating Science:

Jonathan Garlick
Professor and Director, Division of Cancer Biology & Tissue Engineering, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, and more!

Robert Stevenson
Associate Professor, Biology Department
UMass Boston

12 - 1 pm

Lunch & farewells!

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