Program September, 2nd to 6th, 2019

 

September 2nd

Day 1: Faculty conferences, materials assembly and session planning (faculty only)

 

September 3rd

Day 2: Identifying appropriate animal models  (J Antunes-Rodrigues, W Samson, L Elias, L Vivas, A Godino, W Reis, E Ochoa, A Mecawi)

Morning Session: Faculty presentations on general aspects of experimental design (rigor and reproducibility) and introduction to molecular approaches to integrative physiology. (WK Samson, G Yosten, J Antunes-Rodrigues, L Stein, D Galiano)

                       

Afternoon Session: Students must discuss and select physiologically relevant models of known disease states. (All faculty participate)

 

Take home assignment: Students divided into groups based upon research interests and instructed to prepare presentations on the disease entity and identify with justification of the appropriate animal model (afternoon self-study and PPT preparation)

 

September 4th

Day 3: Experimental design

Morning Session: Student presentations on the disease prevalence and underlying mechanisms and then present the background on their animal model of choice. N.B. Students will be organized into groups of 6-8 to facilitate participation. (All faculty participate)

 

Afternoon Session: Faculty presentations on in vivo approaches to determining physiologic relevance. [Transgenics (C Elias), CRISPR/Cas9 models DG Galiano), viral mediated-targeting (L Stein)]

 

Take home assignment: Student group preparation of Powerpoint presentations describing research proposals and one page written summary of the proposals.

 

September 5th

Day 4: Student presentations of group research proposals

 

Morning session: Faculty presentations on emerging technologies (G Kolar, L Vivas). One page, student groups research proposals distributed.

 

Afternoon session: Student group presentations. Faculty introduction to peer review (G Yosten, C Elias, W Samson, J Antunes-Rodrigues).

 

Student Poster Session with APS-sponsored refreshments

 

September 6th

Day 5: Publishing and career opportunities

 

Morning Session: Ethics of Publishing discussion (W K Samson, J Antunes-Rodrigues) followed by discussion of training opportunities (A Godino. L Vivas, C Elias) and career trajectories (E Ochoa, A Mecawi, W Reis).

 

Lunch: Meet the professors. (All Faculty)

 

Afternoon Session:  Open forum on modern cellular and molecular tools. (Questions & Answer Sessions). Distribution of student satisfaction surveys and concluding remarks.