May 31: Arrive on campus & check into housing

June 1 - June 5: Training in cell culture, keeping a laboratory notebook, laboratory etiquette, reading journal articles

June 2, 10am: Safety training

June 1, 2:30pm: Meet with research advisor & discuss project goals

June 2: Briefly present project goals (1 slide)

June 4: Journal Club with papers relevant to project goals

June 5: Training with specific research laboratory or pipetting assays

June 8 - July 30: Research to meet project goals

June 9: Practice presentations with Peer Mentors

June 11: Goals Presentation, 10 min + 5 min questions

June 13: Visit STL Zoo (free)

June 18: Tour of Covidien, 2pm

June 20: Invite a grad student to the City Museum

June 25: Career Panel I (Law school, med school, & industry)

June 29: Career Personal Statement due

June 29: River CIty Rascals Game, 7:05pm

July 2: Midsummer update meetings

July 4: Fireworks at the Arch

July 9: Tour of Sigma-Aldrich, 1pm

July 16: Graduate School Panel

July 18: Visit STL Science Center (free)

July 20: Graduate school personal statement due

July 28: Practice presentations with Peer Mentors

July 30: Final Project Presentation, 15 min + 5 min questions

July 31: Final paper due (in extended abstract format similar to BMES student award)

July 31: BMES Summer Undergraduate Abstract Deadline

Aug 1: Move out of housing

Faculty Research Seminars: Tuesday at noon beginning on June 16