Workshops & Summer Programs
2008 Alumni Workshop
Our final program each summer is a multi-day workshop exclusively for alumni of other CIBT programs. Past topics have included Advanced Molecular Biology, Marine Biology, Forensics, Microbiology, and Wolbachia Research.
The 2008 workshop will also focus on Wolbachia Research. Please see the 2007 Alumni Workshop for a general description of the program.
- Wolbachia Wiki created by Beth MacLehose
Schedule
| Day 1: Tue 7/22 |
Day 2: Wed 7/23 |
Day 3: Thu 7/24 |
Day 4: Fri 7/25 |
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| 8:00 | Continental Breakfast | Continental Breakfast | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30 | Activity: Insect ID Cole Gilbert |
Activity: Agarose gel analysis of the PCR products Mike Y. and Carolyn W. |
Presentation of results | |
| 9:00 | Talk / Activity: Bioinformatics (Using Wolbachia sequences) Jeff Doyle and Dan Ilut NCBI |
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| 10:30 | Talk: What's new w/ Wolbachia? Joe Peters |
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| 11:00 | Talk / Activity: Intro to DNA Isolation and Molecular Techniques Laurel |
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| 11:30 | Activity: Gel Photos |
Lunch and Kit Display | ||
| 12:00 | Check-in | Lunch Talk: What Makes a Big Dog Big and a Little Dog Little Nate Sutter |
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| 12:30 | Lunch on your own | Discussion: Taking this back to the classroom Carolyn W. and Mike Y. Evaluations And Good-bye! |
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| 2:00 | Snacks | Activity: DNA Isolation Start PCRs (Run overnight) Mike Y. and Carolyn W. |
Activity: Group 1: Tour of sequencing facility / Bioinformatics cluster Group 2: Biotech/Theory Center Journal Club Patrick Ferree Groups will switch activity when done |
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| 2:30 | Program Intro Laurel |
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| 4:00 | Insect collection Carolyn Wilczynski Cole Gilbert and Laurel |
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| 5:00 | Talk: Exploring Odor Space: Sex, Lies and Perfume Rob Raguso |
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| 6:00 | Dinner at Laurel's | |||
| 8:00 |
Note: Shaded meals are provided by CIBT.
