MARC Seminar Schedule

Fall 2024

Date/Time	Title/Topic	Speaker	Institution/Host
Tues, Aug 27 12:00 PM \| Zoom	Bio-Charlas (Seminar in Spanish) Spanish: “En la interfaz de la ciencia básica: las plantas terrestres como fábricas químicas” English: "At the interface of Basic Science: Terrestrial plants as chemical factories" Zoom link	Fatima Rivas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, LSU Department of Chemistry	Bio-Charles
Thurs, Aug. 29 6:00 - 7:00 PM \| LSU Union Castilian Room (304)	Post-Graduate Opportunity: Fellowships for Grad School and Gap Years (Seniors)	Joe Givens, Manager of Fellowships and Honorific Scholarships, Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College	Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College
Fri, Aug 30 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Welcome Back Meeting	MARC Staff	MARC
Fri, Aug 30 3:30 PM \| A101 Annex Auditorium, Life Sciences Building	Safety Seminar	Jason LeJeune, Ph.D., Environmental Health & Safety Manager, LSU	LSU Chemistry
Fri, Sept 6 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	MARC SRE2 Presentations	MARC Scholars	MARC
Fri, Sept 13 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	TBA
Fri, Sept 20 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Graduate Programs at the University of Western States	Robert Stephens, MNM Associate Vice President of Admissions University of Western States	University of Western States
Fri, Sept 27 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Graduate Program at Baylor College of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences	Dr. Kory Kilgore, Admissions Director, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences	Baylor College of Medicine
Tues, Oct 8 Location: TBA	Post-Graduate Opportunity: Fellowships for Grad School and Gap Years (Juniors)	Joe Givens, Manager of Fellowships and Honorific Scholarships, Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College	Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College
Tues, Oct 11 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Rigor & Reproducibility: Transparency and Biological and Technical Replicates	Boyd Professor & MARC Director Graça Vicente	MARC
Fri, Oct 25 2:30 PM \| Zoom	Budgeting	Becky Sadler Career Coach for the Manship School of Mass Communication LSU Olinde Career Center	MARC
Fri, Nov 1 Meet & Greet: 1:30-2:15 PM Seminar Talk: 2:30 PM 210 Choppin Hall	Beyond Comfort Zones: Harnessing Growth in Discomfort	Owendi Ongayi, Ph.D., Global Product Technology Leader, Univation Technologies, LLC - DOW	MARC
Friday, Nov 8 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Personality at Work and Career Development	Gretchen Schneider and MARC Graduate Student Caroline Martin	MARC
Fri, Nov 15	ABRCMS
Fri, Nov 22 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	End of the Semester Wrap-up	MARC Staff	MARC

Spring 2024

Date/Time	Title/Topic	Speaker	Institution/Host
Tues, Jan 23 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Welcome Back	MARC Team	MARC
Fri, Jan 26 3:30 PM \| LSA 101A	Lab Safety	LSU EHS	LSU Chemistry
Tues, Jan 30 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Can Biobeads Make Mardi Gras Sustainable?	Gabela Nelson, LSU Biological Sciences and MARC Graduate Student	MARC
Mon, Feb 5 1:30 PM \| Virtual	Writing Personal Statements Register on Handhake	Olinde Career Center	LSU
Tues, Feb 13	Mardi Gras- No Meeting
Tues, Feb 20 4:30 PM via Zoom	Opportunities with the LSUHSC-NO PREP Program	Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology, Director of PREP	MARC
Tues, Feb 27 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Rigor & Reproducibility: combining Module 2 (Blinding & Randomization) and Module 4 (Sample Size, Outliers, and Exclusion Criteria)	Gabela Nelson, MARC Graduate Student	MARC
Tues, March 5 4:30 PM via Zoom	"Developing a Unique Researcher: the Confluence of Non-Traditional Training"	Tiffany Miles, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences	MARC
Tues, March 12	Spring Break- No Meeting
Tues, March 19 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	ACS Conference - No Meeting
Tues, March 26 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Wellness and Resilience	Caroline Martin, LSU MARC Graduate Student	MARC
Tues, April 2 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Tips on Selecting a Research Advisor	Graça Vicente, Ph.D., Boyd Professor and Charles H. Barré Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, MARC Director	MARC
Tues, April 9 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	MARC Presentations	MARC Juniors	MARC
Friday, April 19 LSU Student Union	Discover Day		LSU Discover
Tues, April 23 4:30 PM \| 210 Choppin	Reflections in Hindsight- Examining a “Perfect Reaction"	Pamlea N. Brady, Ph.D., Department Chair, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Talladega College	MARC
Tues, April 30 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Semester Wrap-up/Group Activity	MARC Team	MARC

Fall 2023

Date/Time	Title/Topic	Speaker	Institution/Host
Tues, Aug 29 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Welcome Back and SRE2 Presentations	MARC Team	MARC
Tues, Sept 5 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	SRE2 Presentations & Group Activity	MARC Team	MARC
Tues, Sept 19 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Rigor & Reproducibility: Transparency and Biological and Technical Replicates	Gabela Nelson, MARC Graduate Student	MARC
Tues, Sept 26 6 - 7 PM \| 210 Choppin Hall	LSU NOBCChE Chapter Presentation: Science Thinking & Communication	Assistant Professor Victor Garcia-Lopez, LSU Department of Chemistry	LSU NOBCChE
Tues, Oct 3 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	TBA	Caroline Martin, MARC Graduate Student	MARC
Tues, Oct 17 4 - 5 PM \| 344 Hatcher	CV Writing Workshop	Sarah Ferstel, Associate Director of Undergraduate Research, LSU Discover	LSU Discover
Tues, Oct 24 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	TBA
Fri, Nov 3 Time TBA \| 100 CAMB	Graduate Program at Baylor College of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences	Robert Stephens, MNM, Associate Director of Admissions, Baylor College of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences	Baylor College of Medicine
Friday, Nov 10 1-3 PM \| 100 CAMB	Meet & Greet	Dr. Edie Zusman, MD, MBA CEO, Safe Living Space
Tues, Nov 14 4:30 PM \| LSU VetMed	Site Visit: Animal Inhalation Facility (InTox) Lab	Alexandra Noël, PhD; Associate Professor; Comparative Biomedical Sciences; LSU School of Veterinary Medicine	MARC
Tues, Nov 28 4:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Semester Wrap-up	MARC Team	MARC

Spring 2023

Date/Time	Title/Topic	Speaker	Institution/Host
Friday, Jan 27 1:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Welcome Back Meeting	MARC Team	MARC
Friday, Feb 3 1:30 PM \| via zoom	LSU Prep Program	Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard, PhD Professor, Department of Physiology	LSU Health Science Center- New Orleans
Friday, Feb 10 1:30 PM \| via zoom	Rigor & Reproducibility: Module 2: Blinding and Randomization – Juniors; Module 4: Sample Size, Outliers, & Exclusion Criteria- Seniors	MARC Graduate Students	MARC
Friday, Feb 24 1:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Process of Publishing- Part 2	Gretchen Schneider, PhD	MARC
Friday, March 3 1:30 PM \| 210 Choppin	“Animal Use in Teaching and Research” RCR Training Part 1: IACUC and Ethical Use of Animals in Research	Rhett W. Stout, DVM, PhD, DACLAM Associate Director & Associate Professor Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine LSU School of Veterinary Medicine	MARC
Friday, March 10- POSTPONED LSU School of Veterinary Medicine	RCR Training Part 2: Site Visit- Penn research laboratories, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine	Arthur Penn, PhD Professor Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences LSU School of Veterinary Medicine	MARC
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 Capital Chamber Room 329, LSU Student Union 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	“Diversifying the Sciences from the Undergrad to the Professoriate”	Dr. Corey Welch Director of the STEM Scholars Program Iowa State University	The LSU Department of Biological Sciences, the College of Science Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and HHMI Driving Change
Wednesday, March 22, 1-2PM \| via zoom	“All the World is a Laboratory: Learning to Lead Yourself and Others” Register here	Dr. Tracey Rizzuto	LS-PAC Models
Wednesday, March 29 5:00 - 6:00 PM \| 151 Coates Hall	Poster Design Register Here	Becky Carmichael, PhD CxC College of Science and College of the Coast & Environment Representative	LSU Discover
Friday, March 31 1:30 PM \| Location: TBA	TBA	Tyrslai Williams-Carter, PhD Assistant Professor of Research School of Education Assistant Dean of Mentorship, Education, & Research Strategic Initiatives of the LSU Graduate School	MARC
Friday, April 14 1:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Scholar Presentations	MARC Scholars	MARC
Friday, April 21 LSU Student Union	LSU Discover Day
Thursday, April 27- Meet & Greet 4:30 PM \| 210 Choppin Friday, April 28- Seminar 1:30 PM \| 210 Choppin	Invited Speaker	Rashanique Quarels, PhD Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry College of Science & Mathematics Rowan University	MARC, NOBCChE, SACNAS

Fall 2022

Date/Time	Title/Topic	Speaker	Institution/Host
Friday, Sept 2 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Welcome Back Meeting	MARC Team	MARC
Friday, Sept 9 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Graduate Programs and Summer Opportunities at Baylor College of Medicine	Robert Stephens, MNM Associate Director of Admissions Baylor College of Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences	Baylor College of Medicine
Friday, Sept 16 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Presentations of SRE2 Research Projects	MARC Seniors	MARC
Friday, Sept 23 zoom	Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Program	Sarah Ferstel, MA Associate Director of Undergraduate Research LSU Discover	MARC
Friday, Sept 30 2:30 PM \| 210 Choppin	Emergency Response and Basic Lab Safety	Jason LeJeune, PhD, CSP EHS Manager LSU Environmental Health and Safety	MARC
Friday, Oct 7 via zoom	Graduate School Training Programs and Summer Internship Opportunities at UNT-HSC	Harlan Jones, PhD Director, Center for Diversity and International Relations Associate Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics School of Biomedical Sciences University of North Texas Health Science Center	University of North Texas Health Science Center
Friday, Oct 21 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Process of Publishing	MARC Team	MARC
Friday, Oct 28 via zoom	Rigor & Reproducibility- Transparency and Biological and Technical Replicates	MARC Graduate Students	MARC
Friday, Nov 4 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Grad School Applications and Graduate Fellowships	Dr. Graça Vicente, Boyd Professor and Director of MARC	MARC
Friday, Nov 11 3:30 PM \| 344 Hatcher hall	Research Ethics	Dr. Steve Beck and Debra Keppler, Office of Research and Economic Development	LSU Discover
Friday, Nov 18 2:30 PM \| 100 CAMB	Fall Wrap-up Meeting	MARC Team	MARC

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