(subject to alteration)
Sunday June 8, 2008
3:00-6:00pm
Check-in and registration
5:00-6:30pm
Reception
6:30-9:00pm
Dinner and Keynote Speaker
Dr. Erich Jarvis – Neurobiology, Duke University
Monday June 9, 2008
7:30-8:30am
Breakfast
8:00-8:30 am
Update on IRACDA, Introduction of new programs
Dr. Clifton Poodry – NIGMS
8:45-10:00am
Genetic Scale-up Goes Public – Genotyping in the Consumer World
Center for Genomics and Society – UNC Chapel Hill
10:00-10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30-11:30am
Academic Careers: Roles, Responsibilities, and Responses
Dr. Kay Lund- Professor, Cell & Molecular Physiology, UNC Chapel Hill
Noon- 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30 – 2:30pm
Teaching Workshop – “Backwards Course Design”
Dr. Ed Neal – UNC Center for Teaching and Learning
2:45-4:00pm
Approaches to education, teaching, and what works and what doesn’t
Dr. Richard Superfine – Professor, Physics and Astronomy, UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Frank Church – Professor, Pathology, UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Dee Banks – Professor, Natural Sciences, Shaw University
Dr. Greg Goins – Associate Professor, Biology, North Carolina A&T University
4:00pm
Poster Set-Up
4:30-6:30pm
Poster Sessions A and B
Research posters and IRACDA program posters
7pm
Dinner (on own)- Explore Franklin Street, Chapel Hill
Tuesday June 10, 2008
7:30-8:30pm
Breakfast – Financial Planning Seminar for IRACDA Scholars
8:45-10:00am
Reality Checks for the New Faculty Hire: Understanding the Culture
Dr. Goldie Byrd – Professor, Biology, North Carolina A&T University
Dr. Joe Thompson – Assistant Professor, Biology, Franklin & Marshall College
Dr. Christina Burch – Biology, UNC Chapel Hill
10:00-10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30-12:00pm
Approaches to Research-based Courses in Science
IRACDA scholars present – 2 concurrent sessions
12:00-3:00pm
Free Time (on own)
Business Meeting (IRACDA program staff and NIGMS staff)
3:30-5:15pm
Fundable Grants: Understanding the Review Process
Dr. Bob Duronio – Professor, Biology, UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Allyn Howlett – Professor, Physiology, Wake Forest University
Dr. Goldie Byrd – Professor, Biology, North Carolina A&T University
Dr. Adrienne Cox – Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Doug Cyr – Professor, Cell & Developmental Biology, UNC Chapel Hill
5:15-5:30pm
Break
5:30-6:30pm
The Grant Writing Experience and Managing the Funded Grant
Dr. Bob Poage – Assistant Professor, Biology, UNC Pembroke
Dr. Dinitra White – Assistant Professor, Biology, North Carolina A&T University
Dr. Karin Pfennig – Assistant. Professor, Biology, UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Mitch McVey – Assistant. Professor, Biology, Tufts University
7:00pm
Southern BBQ Dinner, Awards Presentation, and Entertainment
Wednesday June 11, 2008
Depart