Workshop, Special Interest Meetings and Other Programs
Friday, January 3, 2020
Student Worker Orientation and First-timer Orientation “How to get the most out of your SICB meeting”. *Required for students with Charlotte Mangum support. 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM, Lonestar Ballroom
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Communication Workshop. 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Rooms 301-302. Workshop seats have filled.
Workshop in honor of Stan Rachootin. 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Rooms 303-304.
Outgroup-In. 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM, Room 201-202
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Student Postdoctoral Affairs Committee: "How-To?" Daily Booth. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Grand Ballroom
Public Affairs Committee Workshop: Embracing Variation Among Humans: Perspectives on LGBTQ+ Experiences in Biology and Academia.. Noon – 1:30 PM, Room 303-304.
Workshop: Mentorship and sponsorship: how to curate your support team and guide your successful career. Noon – 1:30 PM, Room 301-302 Registration preferred but not required.
DPCB Ask-An-Expert: Get phylogenetic and comparative methods support with an expert . 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Grand Ballroom
Broadening Participation Movie and Workshop: "Can We Talk? Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color: Sense of Belonging and Obstacles to STEM Fields" with Professor Kendall Moore . 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Room 301-302 Registration Required.
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Student Postdoctoral Affairs Committee: "How-To?" Daily Booth. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Grand Ballroom
Workshop: An Introduction to the world of book publishing from editors and authors. Noon – 1:30, Room 408 Registration preferred but not required.
Organizing Meeting for Building Bridges Symposium. Noon - 1:30 PM, Room 407. By invitation only.
Symposium 5 Workshop: How to disseminate your research. Noon – 1:30, Room 404 Registration required. Workshop is for symposium participants and presenters.
DPCB Ask-An-Expert: Get phylogenetic and comparative methods support with an expert . 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Grand Ballroom
2020 Teaching and Learning Workshop: Teaching critical thinking about science and technology: GMOs as a case study. 7-9pm, Rooms 303-304
Outgroup Social: LGBTQ+ social (allies welcome!), 21+. 8:30 PM – 10:30 PM, Location TBD
Monday, January 6, 2020
Student Postdoctoral Affairs Committee: "How-To?" Daily Booth. 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Grand Ballroom
Round-table discussion: Overcoming challenges for testing gene function in post-embryonic life stages. Noon – 1:30, Rooms 211-212 Registration preferred but not required.
Parenting Through Academia . Noon – 1:30, Rooms 402-403 Registration required.
NSF Program Officers: Funding opportunities, integrative research and education, and Q&A. Noon - 1:30 PM, Room TBA
Big Biology Podcast. 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, Room 407
DPCB Ask-An-Expert: Get phylogenetic and comparative methods support with an expert . 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Grand Ballroom
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Student Postdoctoral Affairs Committee Workshop: Transitions in Science Careers. Noon – 1:30, Lonestar E
Workshop: 3D visualization and morphometrics with SlicerMorph. Noon – 3:30, Room Salon 4, JW Registration required.
Workshop: Building Bridges from Genome to Phenome: Molecules, Methods and Models. Noon – 1:30, Room 401 Registration preferred but not required.