LSAMPMeetingMay 9, 2019

Tonight:GRETestTakingTips

• Guest Speaker: Dr. Monica Flores, preparing for the writing portion of the GRE.

• Student Panel: Jose Godinez, Marissa Morado, Antonio Garcia.

Announcements• Summer Internships?• Graduate School?• Poster Celebration: Monday, May 13, 3:00

to 5:00 pm Naraghi

Questionnaire• REALLY IMPORTANT• Used for a report due May 28• Really need it now– sooner would be better• Will be really fast for most of you• This is stuff you need to be keeping a record of for resumes and

CVs

Questionnaire• Travel to conferences• Poster presentations• Oral presentations• Publications• Jobs• Internships • Summer internships• International• Grant funding• Grad school applications and acceptances

QuestionnaireJesus Cardenas (NSF Acknowledgement: Yes) – Journal PublicationCitation: Cardenas, J., Smith, D., & Mason, R.T., 2012, Insights into the lifecycle of earthworms, Journal of Soil Biology, p. 5, vol. 26. 10.1017/S0266467410000313

Martin Jones (NSF Acknowledgement: No – no LSAMP funds used) –PosterCitation: Jones, M.K., Henman, F., Singh, A., & Nguyen, H., Volcanic tremors beneath Mr. Rainier during the period 1995-2005. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (October 5-9, 2013), Denver, CO.

Sofia Corella, (NSF acknowledged: Yes) -- Oral Presentation.Citation: Corella, S. and Reynoso, P., Quantitative Real-Time PCR Analysis of Gene Expression Levels in breast cancer cells, California State University Program for Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) Symposium (January 15-17, 2013), Anaheim, CA.

ResearchInterns• Need report on your research by June 1 – or let me know• Summary of research you have done this semester• Full citation for any publications or presentation• OR Present at first meeting in the Fall

• Timesheets by May 24 – email when done• If you need more hours let me know!• There may be money for a some summer research – I will put

out a call – can email me now if you might be interested:• Have still be a Undergraduate Student• Cannot be getting research funds from other sources• Need a proposal to work with a faculty mentor

CanstillsubmitupuntilMay16th• Textbooks• GRE• Grad School Application Fees

MeetingsforNextYear– SavetheDates!FALL 2019• September 5th

• October 3th

• November 7th

• December 5th

SPRING 2020• February 6th

• March 5th

• April 9th

• May 7th

All meetings are Thursdays: 5:30 – 7:00 pmIn South Dining with Pizza

Everyone is Welcome!!!

Feedback• Please let us know what you think• Thanks for a great year!• Please answer our emails and calls• We will be open through June 6th on the regular

schedule• M-TH noon-4 pm • Actually closed May 23 and 27