MARC Seminar Schedule
Fall 2024
| Date/Time | Title/Topic | Speaker | Institution/Host |
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Tues, Aug 27 12:00 PM | Zoom |
Bio-Charlas (Seminar in Spanish) Spanish: “En la interfaz de la ciencia básica: las plantas terrestres como fábricas químicas” English: "At the interface of Basic Science: Terrestrial plants as chemical factories" |
Fatima Rivas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, LSU Department of Chemistry |
Bio-Charles |
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Thurs, Aug. 29 6:00 - 7:00 PM | LSU Union Castilian Room (304) |
Post-Graduate Opportunity: Fellowships for Grad School and Gap Years (Seniors) |
Joe Givens, Manager of Fellowships and Honorific Scholarships, Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College |
Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College |
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Fri, Aug 30 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Welcome Back Meeting |
MARC Staff |
MARC |
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Fri, Aug 30 3:30 PM | A101 Annex Auditorium, Life Sciences Building |
Safety Seminar |
Jason LeJeune, Ph.D., Environmental Health & Safety Manager, LSU |
LSU Chemistry |
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Fri, Sept 6 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
MARC SRE2 Presentations |
MARC Scholars |
MARC |
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Fri, Sept 13 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
TBA |
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Fri, Sept 20 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Graduate Programs at the University of Western States |
Robert Stephens, MNM |
University of Western States |
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Fri, Sept 27 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Graduate Program at Baylor College of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences |
Dr. Kory Kilgore, Admissions Director, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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Baylor College of Medicine |
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Tues, Oct 8 Location: TBA |
Post-Graduate Opportunity: Fellowships for Grad School and Gap Years (Juniors) |
Joe Givens, Manager of Fellowships and Honorific Scholarships, Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College |
Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College |
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Tues, Oct 11 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Rigor & Reproducibility: Transparency and Biological and Technical Replicates |
Boyd Professor & MARC Director Graça Vicente |
MARC |
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Fri, Oct 25 2:30 PM | Zoom
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Budgeting |
Becky Sadler |
MARC |
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Fri, Nov 1 Meet & Greet: 1:30-2:15 PM Seminar Talk: 2:30 PM 210 Choppin Hall |
Beyond Comfort Zones: Harnessing Growth in Discomfort |
Owendi Ongayi, Ph.D., Global Product Technology Leader, Univation Technologies, LLC - DOW |
MARC |
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Friday, Nov 8 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Personalities and Teamwork - Part I |
Gretchen Schneider and MARC Graduate Student Caroline Martin |
MARC |
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Fri, Nov 15 |
ABRCMS & ULL URC |
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Fri, Nov 22 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Personalities and Teamwork - Part II
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Gretchen Schneider and MARC Graduate Student Caroline Martin |
MARC |
Spring 2024
| Date/Time | Title/Topic | Speaker | Institution/Host |
|---|---|---|---|
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Tues, Jan 23 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Welcome Back |
MARC Team |
MARC |
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Fri, Jan 26 3:30 PM | LSA 101A |
Lab Safety |
LSU EHS |
LSU Chemistry |
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Tues, Jan 30 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Can Biobeads Make Mardi Gras Sustainable? |
Gabela Nelson, LSU Biological Sciences and MARC Graduate Student |
MARC |
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Mon, Feb 5 1:30 PM | Virtual |
Writing Personal Statements |
Olinde Career Center |
LSU |
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Tues, Feb 13 |
Mardi Gras- No Meeting |
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Tues, Feb 20 4:30 PM via Zoom |
Opportunities with the LSUHSC-NO PREP Program |
Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology, Director of PREP |
MARC |
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Tues, Feb 27 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Rigor & Reproducibility: combining Module 2 (Blinding & Randomization) and Module 4 (Sample Size, Outliers, and Exclusion Criteria) |
Gabela Nelson, MARC Graduate Student |
MARC |
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Tues, March 5 4:30 PM via Zoom |
"Developing a Unique Researcher: the Confluence of Non-Traditional Training" |
Tiffany Miles, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences |
MARC |
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Tues, March 12 |
Spring Break- No Meeting |
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Tues, March 19 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
ACS Conference - No Meeting |
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Tues, March 26 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Wellness and Resilience |
Caroline Martin, LSU MARC Graduate Student |
MARC |
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Tues, April 2 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Tips on Selecting a Research Advisor |
Graça Vicente, Ph.D., Boyd Professor and Charles H. Barré Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, MARC Director |
MARC |
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Tues, April 9 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
MARC Presentations |
MARC Juniors |
MARC |
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Friday, April 19 LSU Student Union |
Discover Day |
LSU Discover |
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Tues, April 23 4:30 PM | 210 Choppin |
Reflections in Hindsight- Examining a “Perfect Reaction" |
Pamlea N. Brady, Ph.D., Department Chair, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Talladega College |
MARC |
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Tues, April 30 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Semester Wrap-up/Group Activity |
MARC Team |
MARC |
Fall 2023
| Date/Time | Title/Topic | Speaker | Institution/Host |
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Tues, Aug 29 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Welcome Back and SRE2 Presentations | MARC Team | MARC |
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Tues, Sept 5 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
SRE2 Presentations & Group Activity | MARC Team | MARC |
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Tues, Sept 19 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Rigor & Reproducibility: Transparency and Biological and Technical Replicates | Gabela Nelson, MARC Graduate Student | MARC |
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Tues, Sept 26 6 - 7 PM | 210 Choppin Hall |
LSU NOBCChE Chapter Presentation: Science Thinking & Communication | Assistant Professor Victor Garcia-Lopez, LSU Department of Chemistry | LSU NOBCChE |
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Tues, Oct 3 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
TBA | Caroline Martin, MARC Graduate Student | MARC |
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Tues, Oct 17 4 - 5 PM | 344 Hatcher |
CV Writing Workshop | Sarah Ferstel, Associate Director of Undergraduate Research, LSU Discover | LSU Discover |
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Tues, Oct 24 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
TBA | ||
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Fri, Nov 3 Time TBA | 100 CAMB |
Graduate Program at Baylor College of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences | Robert Stephens, MNM, Associate Director of Admissions, Baylor College of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | Baylor College of Medicine |
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Friday, Nov 10 1-3 PM | 100 CAMB |
Meet & Greet |
Dr. Edie Zusman, MD, MBA
CEO, Safe Living Space
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Tues, Nov 14 4:30 PM | LSU VetMed |
Site Visit: Animal Inhalation Facility (InTox) Lab | Alexandra Noël, PhD; Associate Professor; Comparative Biomedical Sciences; LSU School of Veterinary Medicine | MARC |
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Tues, Nov 28 4:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Semester Wrap-up | MARC Team | MARC |
Spring 2023
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Date/Time
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Title/Topic | Speaker | Institution/Host |
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Friday, Jan 27 1:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Welcome Back Meeting | MARC Team | MARC |
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Friday, Feb 3 1:30 PM | via zoom |
LSU Prep Program | Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard, PhD Professor, Department of Physiology |
LSU Health Science Center- New Orleans |
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Friday, Feb 10 1:30 PM | via zoom |
Rigor & Reproducibility: Module 2: Blinding and Randomization – Juniors; Module 4: Sample Size, Outliers, & Exclusion Criteria- Seniors | MARC Graduate Students | MARC |
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Friday, Feb 24 1:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Process of Publishing- Part 2 | Gretchen Schneider, PhD | MARC |
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Friday, March 3 1:30 PM | 210 Choppin |
“Animal Use in Teaching and Research” RCR Training Part 1: IACUC and Ethical Use of Animals in Research |
Rhett W. Stout, DVM, PhD, DACLAM
Associate Director & Associate Professor
Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
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MARC |
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Friday, March 10- POSTPONED LSU School of Veterinary Medicine |
RCR Training Part 2: Site Visit- Penn research laboratories, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine |
Arthur Penn, PhD
Professor
Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
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MARC |
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Capital Chamber Room 329, LSU Student Union |
“Diversifying the Sciences from the Undergrad to the Professoriate” |
Dr. Corey Welch Director of the STEM Scholars Program |
The LSU Department of Biological Sciences, the College of Science Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and HHMI Driving Change |
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Wednesday, March 22, 1-2PM | via zoom |
“All the World is a Laboratory: Learning to Lead Yourself and Others” |
Dr. Tracey Rizzuto
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LS-PAC Models |
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Wednesday, March 29 5:00 - 6:00 PM | 151 Coates Hall |
Poster Design |
Becky Carmichael, PhD
CxC College of Science and College of the Coast & Environment Representative
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LSU Discover |
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Friday, March 31 1:30 PM | Location: TBA |
TBA |
Tyrslai Williams-Carter, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research School of Education
Assistant Dean of Mentorship, Education, & Research
Strategic Initiatives of the LSU Graduate School |
MARC |
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Friday, April 14 1:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Scholar Presentations | MARC Scholars | MARC |
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Friday, April 21 LSU Student Union |
LSU Discover Day | ||
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Thursday, April 27- Meet & Greet 4:30 PM | 210 Choppin
Friday, April 28- Seminar 1:30 PM | 210 Choppin |
Invited Speaker | Rashanique Quarels, PhD Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry College of Science & Mathematics Rowan University |
MARC, NOBCChE, SACNAS |
Fall 2022
| Date/Time | Title/Topic | Speaker | Institution/Host |
|---|---|---|---|
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Friday, Sept 2 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Welcome Back Meeting | MARC Team | MARC |
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Friday, Sept 9 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Graduate Programs and Summer Opportunities at Baylor College of Medicine |
Robert Stephens, MNM
Associate Director of Admissions
Baylor College of Medicine
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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Baylor College of Medicine |
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Friday, Sept 16 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Presentations of SRE2 Research Projects |
MARC Seniors
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MARC |
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Friday, Sept 23 zoom |
Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program |
Sarah Ferstel, MA
Associate Director of Undergraduate Research LSU Discover |
MARC |
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Friday, Sept 30 2:30 PM | 210 Choppin |
Emergency Response and Basic Lab Safety | Jason LeJeune, PhD, CSP EHS Manager LSU Environmental Health and Safety |
MARC |
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Friday, Oct 7 via zoom |
Graduate School Training Programs and Summer Internship Opportunities at UNT-HSC |
Harlan Jones, PhD
Director, Center for Diversity and International Relations
Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of North Texas Health Science Center
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University of North Texas Health Science Center |
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Friday, Oct 21 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Process of Publishing |
MARC Team
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MARC |
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Friday, Oct 28 via zoom |
Rigor & Reproducibility- Transparency and Biological and Technical Replicates |
MARC Graduate Students
|
MARC |
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Friday, Nov 4 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Grad School Applications and Graduate Fellowships |
Dr. Graça Vicente, Boyd Professor and Director of MARC
|
MARC |
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Friday, Nov 11 3:30 PM | 344 Hatcher hall |
Research Ethics | Dr. Steve Beck and Debra Keppler, Office of Research and Economic Development | LSU Discover |
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Friday, Nov 18 2:30 PM | 100 CAMB |
Fall Wrap-up Meeting | MARC Team | MARC |