Friday, September 7, 2007

September 7, 2007 BiRG Meeting

Agenda

John Lannon receives undergraduate fall fellowship

On Thursday of this week, BiRG member John Lannon was awarded an undergradate fall fellowship to carry out research on Alu distribution across
the human genome.

BiRG accumulates new books and other resources

Dr. Ramachandran has made available a large assortment of textbooks and articles
for general lab use. A locker has been provided for BiRG member use. BiRG is
also in the process of acquiring its own computing resources to support and
bolster our research efforts.

Posters on The Hill

Posters on The Hill is an opportunity for undergraduates performing research
to share their ideas with U.S. Congress. The deadline for abstracts for submission
is November 15th. Read more about Posters on The Hill.

September 21st presentation change of schedule

Instead of presenting The Human Genome Project on September 21st, John Lannon will be using this time to introduce the group to his research project on Alu sequences. Thomas House has tentatively agreed to present the Human Genome Project primer on October 12th.

Professor Manwani, BiRG Statistician, to present statistics primer

Professor Manwani, BiRG's Group Statistician, will be presenting a primer on statistics during out October 19th lab meeting.

Theresa Butler presents the vast resources available via The IUS library

Theresa Butler introduced BiRG to the many online and offline resources available to students via The Indiana University library system. Check back here for more notes and links.

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