Class |
Date |
Topic |
1. |
Sept 3 |
Class Orientation (Dr. Gunderson) |
2. |
Sept 10 |
Dr. Gunderson will speak on "The Academic Career Track” |
3. |
Sept 17 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Carol Sedley "Physicians Assistant Program" (PAP). |
4. |
Sept 24 |
Guest Speaker: Professor Abram Gabriel (MBB) “Physicians in research and the MD-PhD track"
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5. |
Oct 1 |
Dr. Gunderson will speak about life in Graduate School to get a Ph.D. |
6. |
Oct 8 |
Guest Speaker: Dr. Gary Hom, Director External Scientific Affairs at Merck for 18 years, moved from research into licensing about 7 years ago.
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7. |
Oct 15 |
Guest Speaker: Professor Terri Kinzy of UMDNJ & Director of the joint MD/PhD program between RWJMS/Rutgers/Princeton will talk about this joint program. |
| At this point in the semester the class splits into two sections that meet in two different rooms. Students will present their research talks (20 min presentation + 5 min of questions) at these sessions |
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Section instructor: Dr. Monica Driscoll
driscoll@biology.rutgers.edu
445-7182
Location of class: Nelson A237 |
Section Instructor: Dr. Sam Gunderson
gunderson@biology.rutgers.edu
445-1016
Location of class: Waksman Rm 1001 |
8. |
Oct. 22 |
presenter: Paul Harvilla
presenter: Erica Pimenta
discussant: Mike Llewellyn
discussant: Zhanna Hakhverdyan |
presenter: Matt Zegarek
presenter: Katherine Chen
discussant: Nicole Gula
discussant: Mike Convente |
9. |
Oct. 29 |
presenter: Yuriy Shymkiv
presenter: Joanne Ahn
discussant: Deonnae Lopez
discussant: Neha Changela |
presenter: Amanda Mei
presenter: Kate Turo
discussant: Yao Li
discussant: Suresh Venkateswaran |
10. |
Nov 5 |
presenter: Mike Llewellyn
presenter: Zhanna Hakhverdyan
discussant: Linda Sung
discussant: Will Fan |
presenter: Saquib Malik
presenter: Nicole Gula
discussant: Madhurya Polavarapu
discussant: Dayaben Patel |
11. |
Nov 12 |
presenter: Deonnae Lopez
presenter: Neha Changela
discussant: Mai Mahoud
discussant: Nicolas Nocetti |
presenter: Mike Convente
presenter: Madhurya Polavarapu
discussant: Kate Turo
discussant: Saquib Malik |
12. |
Nov 19 |
presenter: Linda Sung
presenter: Mike Merolla
discussant: Yuriy Shymkiv
discussant: Joanne Ahn |
presenter: Dayaben Patel
presenter: Mukund Das
discussant: Pratima Munagala
discussant: Sarah Brown |
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Nov 26 |
No class (Thanksgiving) |
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13. |
Dec 3 |
Presenter: Nicolas Nocetti
Presenter: Mai Mahoud
Discussant: Irina Fridman
Discussant: Louis Yuk |
presenter: Yao Li
presenter: Sarah Brown
discussant: Jason Corbiere
discussant: Amanda Mei |
14. |
Dec 10 |
presenter: Will Fan
presenter: Louis Yuk
presenter: Irina Fridman
discussant: Erica Pimenta
discussant: Mike Merolla
discussant: Paul Harvilla |
presenter: Suresh Venkateswaran
presenter: Jason Corbiere
presenter: Pratima Munagala
discussant: Katherine Chen
discussant: Mukund Das
discussant: Matt Zegarek |
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Dec 14 |
Written Report Reminder: Everyone (Honors and non-Honors) must turn in a Fall semester research report to Shalene Montgomery by the end of the day Thursday Dec. 11, 2008. Honors students can consider the report as a draft of your thesis which is due in the Spring. |
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