2018 Biology Symposium
The 2018 Biology Department Research Symposium will be held Wednesday, May 2nd, in the Genome Science Building from 8:30-4:30.
Overview:
The annual Biology Department Research Symposium is an event that brings the entire department together for a day of learning, sharing, and discussion. The Symposium, hosted by the BGSA and the Biology Department, features presentations from 2 faculty, 2 students, and one post-doc, voted on by the department. There will also be a poster session featuring the work of biology graduate students and voting for best poster. We are also offering a variety of engaging and informative workshops during the morning session.
In addition to registering for the symposium itself, please register for any workshops you would like to attend. Please note that some occur at the same time and that workshops with multiple sessions are not multi-part workshops, but repeat sessions held to accommodate as many attendees as possible.
Lunch and morning coffee provided by the Biology Department, BGSA, and GPSF.
Check out a tentative schedule here!
Workshop Descriptions:
Learn the Butterflies of Orange County with Elizabeth Moore and Kati Moore
Learn tips of the trade for spotting and identifying your local butterflies. Find out about how you can use these skills to contribute to a citizen science project at Mason Farm Biological Reserve, run by the Kingsolver lab. The project is aiming to create a long term data set of the phenology, abundance and diversity of butterflies found at the reserve. The work shop will serve as preparation for an optional butterfly walk at Mason Farm during the weekend following the symposium (a more exact time and date will be provided when weather forecasts come available). For more information about the butterfly walk, email masonfarmbutterflies@gmail.com.
Requirements: none.
Maximize Your Scholarly Reputation with ORCID with David Romito
The Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is a unique, persistent, cross-platform identifier that is linked to your publications, awards, and affiliations. It’s quickly becoming a requirement for many funding bodies. By signing up for an ORCID and linking it to your UNC ID, you can ensure that people discover your scholarly output and you get all the credit you’ve worked for.
Requirements: none.
Getting Out a Message: Strategies to Explain Science to Diverse Audiences with Sonia Singhal
Are you interested in sharing your research with schoolchildren, policy makers, or even family members? Learn about strategies to engage with people who are unfamiliar with your scientific discipline, and put those strategies into practice by workshopping a brief description of your research.
Requirements: Bring 1-3 sentence “elevator pitch” and audience idea.
University Career Services (UCS): Resources for Biology Graduate Students with Amy Blackburn of UCS
Ever wonder what services are available to you outside the Biology Department? UCS offers a broad array of services, from help with interviewing skills to building an eye-pleasing CV to prepping for campus visits. And these services are offered in the contexts of jobs in academia, industry, government, NGOs, and elsewhere. Come learn how to take advantage of everything UCS has to offer!
Requirements: none.
Dataframes All the Way Down: Using Nested Data Structures and Functional Programming for Organization and Analysis in R with Spencer Nystrom
In this workshop we will explore two concepts: keeping large R objects organized for data analysis by using nested data (dataframes with dataframes inside them!), and using a functional programming-based approach to analyzing these new data structures with the R packages “tidyr” and “purrr”.
Requirements: Bring computer with R, Rstudio, tidyverse installed.