Friday, January 13th, Noon to 1:00 in Bioinformatics 1131
When the patient becomes the researcher: how a unique patient-physician pair are combating the rare cancer, chordoma
Our January Lunch and Learn speakers will be Josh Sommers, Executive Director of the Chordoma Foundation and Michael Kelley, MD, Doctor of Oncology and PI of a chordoma research lab at Duke University. Josh was a freshman at Duke University when he was diagnosed with chordoma. Josh and Dr. Kelley will talk about their search for answers to this rare disease. Click here to register.
Thursday, January 19th, 4:00 pm at Duke University
Lecture by Nobel Laureate Dr. Andrew Fire
Dr. Andrew Fire, Nobel laureate and Stanford University professor of Pathology and Genetics, will be speaking at Duke University in the Bryan Research Building auditorium (room 103). Best known for his ground-breaking work on RNA interference, the title of his talk will be “Sequence-based tracking of molecular recognition elements in RNA-based and classic immune surveillance”. Transportation will be provided by TIBBS. Space is limited; to reserve your seat, email Becky Bigler (rlprocto@ad.unc.edu).
Wednesday, January 25th, 3:00 to 6:00pm in Bondurant Hall
TIBBS Career Blitz
This year, we will have PhD trained scientists from more than 15 different careers on hand to informally answer your questions about what they do, how they got where they are, and how you can follow in their footsteps. Talk to just one scientific career ambassador or all of them during the 3 hour come-and-go event. Click here to register and to see a list of the confirmed career representatives.
Thursday, January 26th, at Noon in the MBRB Main Lobby
TIBBS Chili Social
Spice up the New Year with our delicious chili bar! Take a little break from the lab and join your fellow grad students for food and conversation. All grad students are invited. Please bring your OneCard to be served, but no registration is necessary.
