Midwest North Regional Node Meeting
The Midwest North Node, which covers Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, held the GEP’s first NIH-funded Regional Node Meeting in Detroit, MI, at the University of Detroit Mercy, on September 7th – 8th, 2019.
The meeting was organized by Martin Burg (Node Leader), Jacob Kagey (Host Site Leader), and Jamie Siders. The 32 attendees included 12 faculty, 2 postdocs, and 18 undergraduates from 9 institutions (Albion College, Grand Valley State University, Illinois State University, Mount Mary University, Oakland University, Ohio Northern University, University of Detroit Mercy, University of Michigan, Wayne State University).
- Sessions at the Regional Node Meeting included:
- undergraduate talks presenting GEP and other CURE data
- benefits of becoming a Teaching Assistant
- dos & don’ts of applying to graduate and professional school
- GEP faculty discussion about future node events
- faculty breakout sessions on CURE implementation
- keynote by Nathan Mortimer titled "Invasion of the body snatchers: A functional genomics approach to understanding parasite virulence proteins"
