Undergraduate Program

If you would like to participate in this program and you are an Undergraduate Student who is not registered for the meeting, please come directly to Korbel Ballroom #2/3 with your student ID.

Undergraduate Program: Of Mice and Men (and Yeast and Flies):
The Ongoing Evolution of a Scientist

Anita Corbett, Emory University

Saturday, December 3, 2011, 3:30-4:30 pm
Colorado Convention Center, Krobel Ballroom #2/3
Denver, CO    

How can you use a simple single-celled budding yeast to learn about what goes wrong in intellectually disabled people? Clearly, you should toss some flies and mice into the mix as well. What could be more obvious? This presentation will focus on the career path, including key mentors, which led Anita Corbett to a place where she can actually answer some of these seemingly outrageous questions. Corbett will discuss how very recent developments stemming from her interest in basic cell biological questions have led to her current work studying brain function using a single-celled organism together with several other models. She will discuss why it is critical to think about the strengths of your experimental model as you design your experiments and how flexibility in thought and action is one key to pursuing your scientific passion. You never know where science will take you next but it will always be exciting. Corbett will use her own experiences, including recent twists and turns, to illustrate this point. Time will be allotted for Q&A.

A 30-minute talk will be followed by Q&A. An undergraduate poster presentation and light refreshments will be held from 4:45 pm-5:45 pm.

Attendees are invited to attend the Keynote Symposium, "Molecules and Systems: Our Quest for a Physiology of the Cell" by Marc Kirschnew from the Harvard Medical School, at 6:00pm.
There is no cost to attend this program; however, pre–registration is requested.

If you are not registered for the entire meeting, badges may be picked up in Korbel Ballroom #2/3 for access to the Keynote session. Be sure to have your student ID with you or you may be denied access.

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