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July 8 through July 12, 2019

Monday, July 8 – Monday, July 8, 8:00 am – 8:00 am, University of Florida, Gainesville—3RD FLORIDA TRANSLATIONAL CELL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM - REGISTRATION OPENS Registration opens July 8th for symposium Friday, September 13th. This FREE event offers the perfect environment for researchers at all career levels to discuss translational aspects within the broader field of cell biology, present their work in poster or lecture format, network during a provided lunch, and attend a career development panel discussion. Dr. Samara Reck-Peterson, Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor at UC San Diego, will headline as keynote speaker. If you are interested in attending as part of a group from FSU with shared transportation, please contact marisa.tillery@med.fsu.edu to coordinate.

Tuesday, July 9 – Tuesday, July 9, 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm, 3008 Honors, Scholars, and Fellows House—UROP RESEARCH MENTOR INFORMATION SESSION As UROP Research Mentors, faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and campus partners can have student research assistants for an academic year at no cost. Deadline to apply to be a UROP Research Mentor is August 12th, 2019. Find out more at one of several information sessions over summer, or contact Alicia Batailles, alicia.batailles@fsu.edu.

Wednesday, July 10 – Wednesday, July 10, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Mechanisms of oxytocin regulation of sensory processing and sociality in mice and humans," Manal Tabbaa, Program in Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Hammock.

Thursday, July 11 – Thursday, July 11, 11:00 am – 11:00 am, 1400 COM—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Insights into proteasome quality control: a mechanistic analysis of proteasome quality control and clearance," Lauren Howell, Department of Biomedical Science, Florida State University. Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Tomko.

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