VCU Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute (2009)
June July August
Key deadlines       Key food opportunities       * = Events for first year people       @ = Events for second year people
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
  May 26: Arrival
  Pickup, unload, move in
  6:30 Dinner & Bazaar
         (Harris Hall, Room 4155)
May 27: Opening Symposium
          (Harris Hall, Room 4169)
  8:45 Breakfast
  9:00-12:00 Presentations
  12:30 Lunch
  1:00 *Get ID cards  (701 W. Broad)
  1:00 @ Remake acquaintance with lab
  2:00 *Intro to BBSI  (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  4:00 Volley ball (courtyard)
  5:30 Dinner (courtyard)
May 28: Opening Symposium
          (Harris Hall, Room 4169)
  8:45 Breakfast
  9:00 Presentations
  12:30 Lunch
  1:00 @ Work on research./ prop.
  2:00 *Intro to Programming
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
May 29: Match day/Research
  9:00 *Mentor preferences due
  9:00 *Intro to Molec Biol
  1:00 *Matches announced
  1:15 *Off to visit new lab
1: Intro to... / Research
  9:00 @Abstracts for summit
  9:00 *Intro to Molec Biol
  12:00 Wen-Hsiung Li, U.Chicago
          (Sanger, Rm 1-044)
  1:00 Lunch with speaker
  2:00 Research
2: Intro to... / Research
  9:00 Intro to web development
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  10:30 *Intro to Programming
  12:00 Research
3: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Genes of symbiosis/Blast
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 Research
  @ Websites updated, lit. rev. posted
4: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Genes of symbiosis/Blast
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 Research
5: Research
  9:00 @Curr Res Bioinf/BE
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  9:00 *Research
  4:00 HHMI/BBSI ice cream social
        (Life Science Rm 116)
8: Research
  @ Research proposal posted
9: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Genes of symbiosis/Blast
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 Research
  7:00 PM Res proposal symposium
        (Life Sci, Room 251)
10: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Mathematical modeling
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 Research
11: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Mathematical modeling
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 Research
12: Research
  9:00 @Curr Res Bioinf/BE
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  9:00 *Research
  *Websites fully operational
  *Research proposal posted
15: Intro to Summit / Research
  9:00 Overview of summit
          (Summit schedule)
          (Life Sci, Rm 253)
  12:00 Research
16: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Modeling with MatLab
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 Research
 
17: Summit on Systems Biology
AM Microbial Engineering
Aft Modeling Microbial Systems
Eve Dinner at Omni Hotel
18: Summit on Systems Biology
AM Pathogen Interactions
Aft Human Microbiome
Eve Poster session
19: Summit on Systems Biology
AM Systems Biology
Aft Gene Networks & Disease
        Microbial Tree of Life
      Questionnaire on Summit
22: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Molec Modeling/Prot Structure
          (BioTech I, Suite 212)
  12:00 Research
23: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Molec Modeling/Prot Structure
          (BioTech I, Suite 212)
  12:00 Research
24: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *microRNA Regulation
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 *Responsible Conduct/Lunch
          (Hibbs Hall, Rm 203)
25: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *microRNA Regulation
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 Research
26: Research
  9:00 @Curr Res Bioinf/BE
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  9:00 *Research
29: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Microarray Analysis
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 Research
30: Simulation / Research
  9:00 *Microarray Analysis
          (Life Sci, Rm 104)
  12:00 Research