Weekly Scientific Workshops (Thursdays, 9 to 11 a.m.) Scientific Workshop sessions will be taught by UF Faculty Members or a visiting Guest speaker.  Topics currently scheduled are

  Week 1.  “Useful Bioinformatics Tools”, with a Genomics Project developed by Dr. William Gurley

  Week 2.  Written & Oral Communications Workshop with writing assignment, Part I (SEAGEP REU)

  Week 3.  “The Power of Comparative Genomics” Workshop offered by Dr. Valerie de Crecy-Lagard

  Week 4.  Written & Oral Communications Workshop with writing assignment, Part II (SEAGEP REU)

  Week 5.  Ethics presentation 1: “Ethics in Science”, Dr. Jeffrey Burkhardt

  Week 6.  Ethics presentation 2: “What’s the Big Deal About Biotechnology”, Dr. Jeffrey Burkhardt

  Week 7.  Ethics presentation 3: Student discussion and case studies, Dr. Jeffrey Burkhardt    

  Week 8.  Visiting Scientist from UGA or NCSU

  Week 9. The focus will be on finishing research projects.

 Week 10.  Final Student Poster Presentations