Program
 

SDB 4th Boot Camp for New Faculty
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
18-­19 July 2012
Final Schedule

July 18  
11:30   Meet in Lobby of Hilton Bonaventure Hotel (walk together to campus)
12:00 – 12:45   Lunch and Welcoming Remarks
13:00 – 17:30   Introduction to Model Organisms (2 lab rotations)
  Chicks – Aimee Ryan, McGill University
            Presentation
Drosophila -­‐ Laura Nilson, McGill University
            Handout
C. elegans -­‐ Richard Roy, McGill University
            Presentation
Evo-­‐devo insects -­‐ Ehab Abouheif, McGill University
Arabidopsis – Tamara Western, McGill University
            Handout
First Lab Rotation (13:00 – 15:00)
Coffee Break (15:00 – 15:30)
Second Lab Rotation (15:30 – 17:30)
18:00 – 19:00   Dinner at Thomson House
19:00 – 21:00   Transitioning to a P.I. - Richard Harland, University of California-Berkeley,
              and Aimée Ryan, McGill University
  Tenure and related issues at PUIs - Scott Gilbert, Swarthmore College, and
            Mary Montgomery, Macalester College
~21:00   Head back to Hotel
   
July 19  
07:15   Meet in Lobby of Hilton Bonaventure Hotel (walk together to campus)
07:45 – 08:15   Breakfast
08:15 – 10:45   Your Personality Style and Laboratory Management: Myers-Briggs Type
            Indicator (MBTI) - Ann Brosseau, McGill University
10:45 – 10:50   Break
10:50 – 11:50   Curriculum Design: Learning Styles, Active Learning - Mary Montgomery,
            Macalester College
            Presentation
11:50 – 12:30   Lunch
12:30 – 14:00   Grant Writing - Celeste Berg, University of Washington
            Presentation
14:00 – 14:15   Wrap Up and Evaluation
 

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