FIVE COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
PICTURES
Over 60 undergraduate students from the five colleges presented at this year's Five College Science Research Symposium. Below are pictures from the event.
POSTER SESSION
KEYNOTE LECTURE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Craig C. Mello, the 2006 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine or Physiology will be the keynote speaker at the first annual
Five College Undergraduate Science Research Symposium. Dr. Mello was awarded the prize, along with colleague Dr. Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of
RNA interference. Please join us for Dr. Mello's talk: "Return to the RNAi World: Rethinking Gene Expression, Evolution and Medicine". The talk will be
held at 4:00 pm in Mahar Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.
If you would like to learn more about Dr. Mello, click here,
or visit his webpage as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator .
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM
The first annual Five College Undergraduate Research Symposium aims to showcase interdisciplinary science research at the undergraduate level. The
Junior Fellows in the Life Sciences at the University of Massachusetts and the Five College Symposium Committee will host the event . All Five College
undergraduates conducting independent research in the life sciences are encouraged to present their work, especially seniors completing capstone
experiences.
LOCATION
This year's symposium will be held at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Please see the symposium schedule below for the location of each event.
For directions to the University of Massachusetts, please click here
For a detailed map of the University of Massachusetts campus, click here
For Five College Students participating in the poster session, please see directions to the Campus Center Garage in our "Undergraduate Science Research
Poster Session" section below.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
The first annual Five College Undergraduate Science Research Symposium will be held at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst campus on May 4th, 2007.
1:30 pm-3:30 pm
POSTER SESSION
Campus Center Auditorium
1st Floor
UMass-Amherst
4:00 pm
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Dr. Craig C. Mello
Mahar Auditorium
UMass-Amherst
UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE RESEARCH POSTER SESSION
For Five College Students interested in presenting their research posters during the symposium's poster session, please fill out the online application below.
Each presenter will be assigned a poster board at the poster session. The board dimensions are 4’H X 6’H and are cork mounted on wooden pedestals.
Please make sure your posters are no bigger than the board dimensions. Pushpins and thumbtacks will be provided at each board. Please see our
Suggestions for Poster Presentation guidelines for ideas on what your poster should contain.
All online abstract submissions will be printed as part of a booklet which will be made available during the poster session.
POSTER PRESENTERS: Please park in the Campus Center Garage. Directions from each of the campuses are below. Registration for poster presenters will begin at 12:00pm. The Poster session is scheduled to start at 1:30 and end at 3:30 pm.
Directions to the Campus Center Garage:
From Amherst College
From Mt. Holyoke College
From Smith College
CAMPUS CONTACT INFORMATION
If you would like more information on participating in the poster session, please contact your campus coordinator below.
AMHERST COLLEGE
Dr. David Ratner
Biology Department
diratner@amherst.edu
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
TBA
MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE
Dr. Craig T. Woodard
Dept. of Biological Sciences
cwoodard@mtholyoke.edu
SMITH COLLEGE
Dr. Christine White-Ziegler
Dept. of Biological Sciences
cwhitezi@smith.edu
Dr. Wen Li
Center for Molecular Biology
wli@email.smith.edu
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Sebastian Z. Ramos
Biology Department
szramos@bio.umass.edu
LINKS TO OTHER SYMPOSIUMS
Here are links to two other conferences or symposiums for undergraduates being held this spring.
13th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference
April 27, 2007
Event website
Western Massachusetts Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference
May 3-4, 2007
Proposal Deadline is April 27, 2007. See website for instructions on how to submit your proposal.
Event website