NGG-MINS 2010-2011 Calendar
September
1,2&3SAS TA workshop; NGG/BBB content Sept. 3 afternoon
6Labor Day Holiday
7BGS orientation; SIB appointment letters due
9ARC meeting; faculty research talks
9Faculty research talks
10Faculty research talks and NGG orientation “picnic” at Biopond
13 Vision seminar?
13Classes begin
13Reserve Biopond for next year’s NGG New Student Welcome BBQ
13BIOM 600 starts
10-17Register NGG students for classes(Jane)
15NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
15MINS Seminar – Mark Mayford, Ph.D
17Summer Lab Rotation Talks
17BAC mtg 3-4 (BRB 252)
20Vision Seminar?
22MINS Seminar – Frances Champagne, Ph.D
27Vision Seminar?
29NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
29MINS Seminar
30 SACNAS – Anaheim thru Oct. 3
xxAwards Committee selects Flexner Award recipient (Flexner Lecture and Dinner, Oct. 27)
October
1-3SACNAS
1Hearst Fellowship apptmts – progress reports due
1Student Retreat
4Vision seminar
6MINS Seminar Indira Raman, Ph.D
8-14Core II Exam I
11Vision Seminar
13NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
13MINS Seminar Ying-Hui Fu, Ph.D (Joint with Sleep)
18Vision Seminar
18Cell 600 Exam I
20MINS Seminar
22Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Retreat
25Vision Seminar
27 NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
27MINS Seminar Cori Bargmann, Ph.D–Flexner
29BAC mtg 3-4 (BRB 252)
November
1Vision Seminar?
3MINS Seminar – Richard Mooney, Ph.D
8Vision Seminar?
10NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
10MINS Seminar
10-13ABRCMS thru the 13th
12-18Core II Exam II
13-17SfN thru 17
18&19MD/PhD recruitment
19Cell 600 Exam II
19BAC mtg 3-4 (BRB 252)
22Vision Seminar
24NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
25&26Thanksgiving holiday
29Vision Seminar
30NGG Faculty mtg 2 pm
December
1MINS Seminar – Markus Meister, Ph.D. (PIK?)
1Kids Judge!
2&3Faculty Research Talks
6Vision Seminar?
8MINS Seminar – Shanthini Sockanathan, Ph.D.
8NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
8NGG Admissions deadline
9Candidacy Exam Workshop 3-6 pm (Schmidt, Scherer, RBG, student & fac panel, pizza)10 Pennsylvania Muscle Institute Retreat
10BAC mtg 3-4 (BRB 252)
10Behavioral Retreat
10ARC meeting 1-5 pm
11American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Annual Mtg. thru the 15th in Philly
13Vision Seminar?
13NGG Admissions Committee Meeting 1:30 pm – 215 Stemmler
13MINS Holiday Party
15MINS Seminar – Peter Brophy, Ph.D.
16-22Core II Exam III
18 Winter Break begins (Dec. 22 for 1st years after Core II exam turned in)
20NGG Admissions Meeting 1:30 pm – Barchi Library
20Cell 600 Exam III
22NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
22Fall Semester ends – Lab Rotation/Fall Semester grades due
24-Jan 2Holiday break
January
3Register NGG students for Core III
3Complete collection of Fall grades; enter 4th credit into SMS
3Send out request for potential MINS Seminar speakers (Angela)
3NGG Admissions Meeting 1:30 pm – Barchi Library
5NGG Directors’ mtg, 10:30, 420 JP
10Vision Seminar
10NGG Admissions Meeting 1:30 pm – Barchi Library
13Spring Semester starts
13&14MD/PhD Recruitment (2nd)
14Lab rotation talks
14BAC mtg 3-4 (1412 BRB)
17MLK Day holiday
18Lab Rotation Talks
19MINS seminar – Elizabeth Engle, MD
19NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
19Specific Aims page, suggested Comm. Chair, members due to Schmidt by 5 pm
20 21 NGGPhD recruitment (1st)
24Vision Seminar?
24NGG Admissions Meeting 1:30 pm –Barchi Library
Database update – Career Tracker, Faculty Activities (Fall)
25 SIB competitive renewal due
26MINS Seminar - Piali Sengupta, Ph.D
31Vision Seminar
31NGG Admissions meeting 1:30 – Barchi Library
February
2MINS Seminar - Gordon Shepard, M.D., Ph.D.
2NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
4Approval of Specific Aims & committees returned to students
xxFirst meeting of MINS Seminar committee
5Brain Bee – Austrian Auditorium (location NOT confirmed)
7Vision Seminar
7NGG Admissions Meeting 1:30 pm – Barchi Library
9MINS Seminar
10&11NGG PhD Recruitment (2nd)
11BAC mtg 3-4 (1412 BRB)
14Vision Seminar
14NGG Admissions Meeting 1:30 pm – Barchi Library
16MINS Seminar – Isabel Gauthier, Ph.D.
16NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
21Vision Seminar
21NGG Admissions Meeting 1:30 pm – Barchi Library
23 MINS Seminar
28Vision Seminar
28NGG Admissions Meeting 1:30 pm – Barchi Library
March
1BCN TG Progress Report due
Send out NGGPhD Acceptance Letters to new class
2NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
2MINS Seminar – David Ginty, Ph.D
4Deadline to sched candidacy exam – no later than June 17th
7Vision Seminar?
9MINS Seminar
11BAC mtg 3-4 (1412 BRB)
14Vision Seminar?
16MINS Seminar-Richard Ivry, Ph.D
16NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
21Vision Seminar?
23MINS Seminar – Wesley Grueber, Ph.D
28Vision Seminar?
30MINS Seminar – Jeffrey Macklis
30NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
xxInternational BrainBee
xxAwards Committee selects Winegrad Award recipient (BGS graduation)
Rita selects 2 students for Hearst Foundation summer support
April
Fine Science Tools Award check received and send thank you letter
4Vision Seminar?
6MINS Retreat
11Vision Seminar?
13MINS Seminar - Suzanne Corkin, Ph.D
13NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
15Deadline to hear back from NGG offers for Fall ‘11
15BAC mtg 3-4 (1412 BRB)
18Vision Seminar
20MINS Seminar
25Vision Seminar
27MINS Seminar—Daniel Salzman, Ph.D
27NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
Verify NGG students who start in the Summer – help them select summer lab rotations
May
2Vision Seminar
4MINS seminar - Graeme Davis, Ph.D
9Vision Seminar
11NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
13BAC mtg 3-4 (1412 BRB)
16BGS Graduation
17 NGG Spring Faculty meeting 2 pm
18MINS Seminar – Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D (joint with SOVM)
23Journal club for SIB Scholar-in-Residence (11:30am-1pm)
25-27SIB/Vision Retreat
25NGG Directors’ meeting 10:30, 420 JP
30Memorial Day holiday
Rita budget meeting with Marc
June
xxARC meeting (week of June 6 or 13?)
28Summer Neuro Course for Upward Bound program
2&3?Spring Lab rotation talks (after June 1st, before June 15th)
13Orientation for NGG students who start in summer
xxCalendar meeting for next academic year
xx Awards Committee selects Fine Science Tools Award recipients
Rita does TA and head TA assignments for BBB109 and BBB251
July
1Vision TG progress report due
xxUpdate Faculty activities withSpring ’10 info
August
Mid:Register 1st year NGG students for core courses, dummy lab rotation; checkDissertation level students for 995
Send out BGS and NGG orientation info and ARC scheduleinfo to new first year NGG students
Late:SAS TA Workshop; required for NGG students who will TA in 2010-2011
Needed:
Directors’ meetings
MD/PhD admissions committee meetings
Vision Seminars - confirmations
Updated 08.04.10 JPH