| 8:30 AM |
Registration and Refreshments |
Alderson Hall, Level 4
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| 9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction of 1st Keynote Speaker |
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Alex Erwin, EEB GSO Vice President |
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| 9:05 AM |
1st Keynote Speaker - Dr. Meredith Drosback |
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Assistant Director for Education and Physical Sciences |
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White House Office for Science and Technology Policy |
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| 9:50 AM |
Introduction of 2nd Keynote Speaker |
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Boryana Koseva, EEB GSO Member |
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| 9:55 AM |
2nd Keynote Speaker - Dr. Genevieve Smith |
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Program Director at Insight Data Science |
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| 10:40 AM |
Break (Panel 1 setup) |
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| 10:50 AM |
Panel 1 - Industry & Research Organizations |
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Dr. Young Wha Lee, Geneticist, Monsanto |
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Dr. Carol Saundres, Director of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Children's Mercy Hospital |
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Dr. Angela Ferguson, Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry & Point of Care Testing, Children's Mercy Hospital |
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Dr. Bria Kettle, Microbiologist, Bayer Crop Sciences |
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Dr. Stephen Voght, Science Writer and Editor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
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| 11:35 AM |
Lunch |
Jayhawk Hall, Level 5 |
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| 1:00 AM |
Panel 2 - Science Education, Outreach, & Administration |
Alderson Hall, Level 4 |
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Dr. Dyan Morgan, Assistant Director at the Center for Undergraduates Research, KU |
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Julie Bergene, Public Education Coordinator at Dole Institute of Politics |
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Lynn Villafuerte, Program Coordinator IMSD/PREP, Director of the PLUS Program & KS DNA Day, KU |
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Bekkah Lampe, Museum Educator, Natural History Museum, KU |
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Dr. Rebecca Peterson, Director of Research Collaborations, KU |
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| 1:40 PM |
Break (Panel 4 setup) |
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| 1:50 PM |
Panel 3 - Miscellaneous |
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Dr. Karthik Ramachandran, Vice President and Co-Founder, Likarda |
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Dr. Karen Deak, Patent Agent and Director of the Master of Science in Patent Law Program, University of Notre Dame |
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Matt Chtistopher, Business Development Manager at Truebold Paleontology |
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Tom de Man, Microbial Bioinformatician, Centers of Disease Control |
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Dr. Barbara Keller, Elk Research Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation |
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Laura Peek, Principal Scientist and Assistant Laboratory Director for Oncimmune |
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Robert Gronke, Senior Principal Scientist in the Technical Department at Biogen, Inc |
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| 2:35 PM |
Break (setup for Lightning Talks) |
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| 2:40 PM |
Introduction of Lightning Talks |
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Haifa Alhadyian, KU Graduate Student, GSA Education Committee |
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| 2:45 PM |
Haifa Alhadyian, The Benefits to Becoming a GSA Member |
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Dr. Rita-Marie McFadden, Resources to Gain Leadership Skills |
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Kellyann Jones-Jamtgaard, COMPASS:Utilizing Opportunities Through Scientific Societies |
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Kara Hinshaw, Internships: Not Just for Undergrads |
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Dr. Christopher Hamm, Teaching the Class I Wish I Had When I Began Grad School |
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| 3:20 PM |
Dr. Mark Jakubauskas, Professional Skills for Professional Scientists: Thr KU Science Managers Program |
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| 3:30 PM |
Career Fair |
Main Lobby, Level 4 |
| 4:30 PM |
Social Networking Event |
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Due to KU policy, undergraduate students will not be able to attend this event. |
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