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Sign-up
sheet
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Officers
and offices
The BMB club would like to
have an official executive board. This will be discussed and finalized at our
next meeting, therefore if interested in holding an office, please attend!
I.
T-shirts
Each club member was asked
to bring one T-shirt design to show at our next meeting. Ideas discussed:
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“Twist
and Writhe” with DNA extending from the words on one side, an
X-ray crystal structure of DNA Topoisomerase on the
other
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“I
survived one or more of the following courses” (list BMB courses)
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“Taming
the second hardest major”
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“Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology” (with a design appropriate for staff, students, etc.)
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“Top
10 reasons to be a Biochemistry major”
Use these ideas or come up with your own; designs
will be finalized at the upcoming meeting. Come with a design!
II.
Web
page and links for Scholarships, Internships and Fellowship opportunities
This project will be discussed further at the next
meeting.
III.
Web
page for BMB tutoring room
BMB tutors will handle this project.
IV.
Profiles
of BMB undergraduates
Each club member was asked
to select a Biochemistry major (friend, classmate…) to interview. (Questions
should revolve around “Why did you choose to major in Biochemistry?” and “What
do you intend to do with your Biochemistry degree?” and may range from serious
to comical). At the next meeting we make sure we have a distribution of
freshmen to seniors and differing career goals, then proceed with interviews in
the coming weeks.
I.
Science
day at the Meridian Mall: February 2, 2002
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Ideas
for activities
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Collect
and design materials for display
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Set-up
and staff the table: 9:30 am meet, 11-4pm at the mall
People willing to help with
this endeavor will meet at 5:00p.m. on Friday (Feb. 1st) in 302
Biochemistry to make posters, plan demonstrations and determine a schedule for
manning the table at the mall on Saturday. If you have an idea for a
demonstration and need help acquiring materials, email Janel (funkjane@msu.edu)
a.s.a.p.!
II.
Tour
of NMR or X-ray Crystallography facilities
The club decided to plan a tour of the X-ray
Crystallography facility. A date will be finalized at our next meeting.
III.
Other
upcoming activities:
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Note
handout (posted on the web)
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Additional
notices:
1. GLCCC
will be on Saturday, March 23.
Present posters on your research, go to workshops, etc. This is a great
opportunity for undergraduate students to showcase their research projects to
the scientific community from around the Great Lakes Region. (Would our club
like to be an official sponsor this year?) Watch the GLCCC website (right now
there is no info, but there will be more info in about a week....
2. Creative Arts Forum, MSU: Friday, April 5, 2002
http://www.msu.edu/user/hcsac/urf/
The next meeting will take
place on Thursday, February 7, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. in 302A Biochemistry. Please
bring a T-shirt design and some basic information concerning the person you
have selected to interview!