MONDAY, AUGUST 25 BIOMEDICAL GRADUATE STUDIES FALL 2014 NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION WEEK SCHEDULE 9:00 10:00 New Student Registration and Light Breakfast 10:00 11:45 New Student Orientation ~ Deans Welcome Guest Speaker: Robert H. Vonderheide, MD/DPhil Hanna Wise Professor in Cancer Research Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute Perelman School of Medicine 11:45 12:45 Luncheon for New Students 1:00 1:45 Health, Wellness and Safety Panel 2:00 3:00 Biomedical Library Tour and Information Fair Biomedical Library, Johnson Pavilion 3:15 3:45 Introduction to Grad School/RCR Talk Michael P. Nusbaum, PhD Director, Biomedical Graduate Studies 3:45 4:00 Welcome from BGS Neuroscience Student, Ali Buch Rodgers How to Survive Grad School 4:00 4:15 Welcome from BGS Staff TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 9:00 12:00 EHRS Training 12:00 1:00 Luncheon for New Students 1:00 1:30 Career Information Michael P. Nusbaum, PhD Director, Biomedical Graduate Studies 1:30 2:00 BGS Certificate Programs 1
2:00 3:00 University Student Groups Panel 2:30 3:30 Fellowship Information and Payroll Set Up 4:00 6:00 Reception for all BGS Faculty, Students and Staff WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 9:00 12:00 GCB Orientation and Rotation Recruitment Talks 1438 Blockley Hall 9:00 9:15 PHRM Light Breakfast 9:15 12:00 PHRM Graduate Group Overview 10:00 1:00 NGG New Student Welcome 11:00 12:00 BMB Orientation Meeting 302 Clinical Research Building 12:00 1:00 GCB Lunch with Faculty and Students 1311 Blockley Hall 1:00 2:15 BMB Meetings with Kim Sharp 805A Stellar Chance Labs 1:00 2:30 CAMB 610 Molecular Basis of Gene Therapy First Meeting 301 Biomedical Research Building 1:00 3:00 GCB Individual Advising Sessions 1311 Blockley Hall 1:00 4:00 IMUN Flow Cytometry Lecture 1:30 4:15 NGG Faculty Research Talks 2:00 3:00 PHRM Faculty Presentations 251 Biomedical Research Building 2:30 4:00 CAMB Scavenger Hunt 2
3:00 6:00 PHRM Student Welcome BBQ Biopond 4:00 6:00 BMB Reception for BMB Faculty and Students 14 th Floor Biomedical Research Building 4:00 6:00 CAMB Student Happy Hour Harvest (200 S. 40 th Street) 4:00 6:00 President s Welcome and Resource Fair Annenberg Center Lobby (3680 Walnut Street) THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 9:00 11:00 CAMB Orientation and Breakfast/CAMB 605 Orientation 9:00 9:15 PHRM Light Breakfast 9:15 12:00 PHRM Graduate Group Overview 9:30 10:45 BMB Meetings with Kim Sharp 805A Stellar Chance 10:00 11:55 NGG Academic Review Committee Meeting See NGG for individual time and location 11:00 12:00 BMB Biomed Library Presentation 11:30 1:30 IMUN Orientation Meeting 1412 Biomedical Research Building 12:00 1:00 CAMB Microbiology, Virology and Parasitology Program Advising Lunch 209 Johnson Pavilion 12:00 1:30 CAMB Cell Biology, Physiology, Metabolism Program Advising Lunch 501 Biomedical Research Building 12:00 1:30 CAMB Developmental Stem Cell and Regeneration Biology Program Advising Lunch 1201 Biomedical Research Building 12:00 1:00 NGG Student-Sponsored Optional Small Group Lunches 12:00 1:00 PHRM Student Presentations 12:30 1:30 BMB Lunch with Mentors 3
1:00 2:30 CAMB Cancer Biology Program Advising Lunch 1:00 1:30 PHRM Student Photos 1:45 3:00 BMB Meetings with Kim Sharp 805A Stellar Chance Labs 1:45 4:30 NGG Faculty Research Talks 3:00 5:00 BMB Faculty Research Talks, Part 1 252 Biomedical Research Building 5:30 7:30 GCB Welcome Back Dinner Dr. Bucan s private residence; see Graduate Group for details 6:00 8:00 BGSA BBQ All BGS Students Welcome Goddard-Richards Breezeway FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 8:45 4:30 NGG Student-Led Retreat Smilow Center for Translational Research Building Auditorium (3400 Civic Center Blvd) 11:30 2:30 BMB Meeting with Advising Committee 12:00 1:00 CAMB Photo Session CAMB Office (404 Anatomy Chemistry Building) 12:30 1:30 CAMB Genetics and Gene Regulation Program Advising Lunch 302 Clinical Research Building 2:00 3:30 CAMB Faculty Talks 251 Biomedical Research Building 3:00 5:00 BMB Poster Session 4:30 6:00 NGG New Student Welcome Picnic Biopond Butterfly Garden TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 10:00 10:20 BMB Photo Session 1(choose session 1 or 2) Meet in 238 Anatomy Chemistry Building 2:30 2:50 BMB Photo Session 2 (choose session 1 or 2) Meet in 238 Anatomy Chemistry Building 4
3:00 5:00 BMB Faculty Research Talks, Part 2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 10:30 12:00 BIOM 600 Cell Biology Begins 2:00 3:00 CAMB Faculty Talks 252 Biomedical Research Building 4:30 6:00 CAMB Welcome Reception THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 12:00 1:30 CAMB Gene Therapy and Vaccines Program Advising Lunch 501 Stellar Chance FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1:00 2:00 IMUN Advising Meeting 301 Biomedical Research Building 4:00 6:00 IMUN Welcome Reception 14 th Floor Lounge Biomedical Research Building 5