MCDB Weekly News & Events - October 21, 2024

Week-Long Events

October 25-27 – MCDB Grad Student Retreat @ Winter Park YMCA

12:20pm – IPHY Colloquium @ Gold A2B70:

Iain Hunter, Ph.D., Brigham Young University, "Step into Speed: The Tech That Puts the 'Super' in Super Shoes."
Remote Zoom option: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/96917097634

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3:00pm – Colorado RNA Club's Annual Undergrad Day via Zoom:

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XDYly5zhabdswHjuj_pN_dGrl3juRayfn8ZqVD_Ctso/edit

9:00am-5:00pm – Mycoplasma Testing @ Porter B254:

$10/ sample: https://www.colorado.edu/center/stemtech/events
Results will be emailed within 24 hours
Please contact Melody Conde: melody.conde@colorado.edu
Note: For more information, contact Lucia-Mayela Gayosso-Miranda, Ph.D., Core Director: Luga3285@colorado.edu

4:00pm – MCDB Seminar @ Gold A2B70:

Laura Duvall, Ph.D., Columbia University, "Neuropeptide regulation of mosquito blood feeding behavior.” (Host: Zoe Donaldson)

12:00pm – Biophysics Supergroup @ JSCBB A104:

Shea Siwik, (Batey Lab, BCHM), "Structural basis for spirolactonization-based fluorescence by the RhoBAST RNA aptamer.”
Emma Aldrich, (Sprenger Lab, ChBE), "Investigating the Impact of TREM2 Variants in Cancer: Insights for Therapeutic Development."

MCDB Grad Student Retreat @ Winter Park YMCA

SCOPE – Fall 2024 Volunteer Sign-Up:

Volunteer Opportunities: General Volunteer, Lead Volunteer and/or Site Coordinator
- Training prior to volunteering
- Food & Drinks provided
- Free tie-dye shirt!
Come teach kids Chemistry! Science is fun!
November 4-8: Horizons K-8
November 14-15: Manhattan Middle School
December 10: Casey Middle School
Learn more and sign up on our website: https://www.colorado.edu/outreach/scope

December 3-5, from 8:00am-5:00pm – Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Workshop (intensive course):

Application deadline: November 15, 2024
Prerequisite: Strong interest in working with iPS Cells , Stem Cells.
Space is limited to 10 participants.
Participants are responsible for travel and accommodation
Details, Agenda, and Registration: Mayela Gayosso, Ph.D., iPSC Core Director: Luga3285@colorado.edu

December 6, from 8:00am-5:00pm – Gene Editing IPSCs with CRISPR/Cas9 Workshop (intensive course):

Application deadline: November 15, 2024
Prerequisite: Strong interest in deriving and maintaining CRISPR-Cas9 genome-edited hPSCs
Space is limited to 10 participants.
Participants are responsible for travel and accommodation.
Details, Agenda, and Registration: Mayela Gayosso, Ph.D., iPSC Core Director: Luga3285@colorado.edu

April 26^th, 2025 – The ASM Rocky Mountain Branch Meeting at Colorado State University in Fort Collins:

Our ASM Distinguished Lecturer will be Dr. Danielle Garsin.
The meeting brings together researchers in microbiology along the rocky mountain front range and highlights trainee presentations, posters and talks, across a wide spectrum of career phases, from advanced undergraduate researchers through to postdoctoral fellows.

August 7, 2025, 9:00am-4:00pm – MCDB Graduate Student Symposium @ JSCBB Butcher Auditorium A115 & Lobby:

Please send questions to MCDB Graduate Student Committee: Hope Townsend, Chelsea Drown, Colin Sempeck, Rachel Gessner