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For less formal, social events, check out the info about the NIH Graduate Student Exchange (NIH_GSX) below.
The GSC meetings are usually on the first Monday of the month at 5 PM in the graduate student lounge in building 10 by the cafe. The meeting are open to everyone. For more information,
please contact Reid Prentice ( prentice@nhgri.nih.gov) or Nat Brittain
( nbrittain@niaid.nih.gov).
Pathway Conversations are informal discussions about career paths with a distinguished scientist and fellow NIH graduate students over a free buffet lunch. Pathway Conversations are the first Friday of each month, from 1-2 PM, in Graduate Student Lounge (cybercafe just below Starbucks in Bldg 10, Bethesda campus). See the calendar for upcoming speakers and schedule changes. Please email Natasha Sefcovic ( sefcovic@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).
April 23 is the date of the first annual Graduate Student Day at NIH. This day will be designed not only to give graduate students a chance to socialize with each other, but also to allow the entire NIH community to become acquainted with the scientific achievements that graduate students are making here. A major part of this day will be the graduate student research symposium where all 200+ of us NIH grad students will have the opportunity to present posters or oral presentations of our work. If the retreat poster and presentations are any indication, there will certainly be many outstanding presentations from young graduate students who are already making significant contributions to their respective fields of study. This promises to be a most exciting day. For more information or if you are interested in getting involved, please email Anthony Craig (anthonyc@intra.niddk.nih.gov).
Graduate Student Research Symposium - Abstract Submission Deadline Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004
This is a reminder that the deadline for the submission of abstracts
for the Graduate Student Symposium is January 31, 2004. Abstracts should be
sent to your institute representative electronically (please email Anthony Craig at anthonyc@intra.niddk.nih.gov to find out who your institute rep is). Be sure to include in your email whether you
want to present a poster, give an oral presentation, or both. We want to
have as many presentations as possible to make a strong showing to the NIH
community and our distinguished guests. Don't let us down!!
GUIDELINES FOR AN ABSTRACT FOR A POSTER OR PRESENTATION
Length Limits
Abstract Title limit: 200 characters
Abstract limit: 2300 characters
Format Guidelines
MARGINS: 1”-top; 1”-bottom; 1.25”-left; 1.25”-right
FONT: Times New Roman
FONT SIZE: 12pt
SPECIAL CHARACTERS:
If your abstract requires the use
of special characters: α, β, γ, δ, ε, etc, it is
strongly recommended that time is spent inserting these characters through the
INSERT-SYMBOL option in the word processing program rather than changing the
font of the dissertation for that particular letter. The reason will become
evident with the example below:
Example: Original font is Times
New Roman 12-point
Insert-Symbol Option: α,
β, γ, δ, ε
Change Font Option: a, b,
g, d,
e
Example: Changing the font for
the dissertation to Arial 12-point
Insert-Symbol
Option: α, β, γ, δ, ε
Change
Font Option: , , , ,
When INSERT-SYMBOL is used to
insert special characters, changing the font for the document does not affect
the special characters.
EQUATIONS:
Similar to the use of “Special
Characters”, time should be spent to use EQUATION EDITOR to insert equations
into your document. Like the INSERT-SYMBOL option, Equation Editor “locks”
your equation in a manner that enables changes to the document font without
affecting the equation. Equation editor is an option in most word processing
programs and is only installed during the custom installation.
Content Guidelines
Title Descriptive of scientific
problem investigated
Authors Include all who have
significantly contributed
NIH Advisor
Institute/Center
Home University
University Advisor
Body of Abstract
1
State overall background of
scientific problem. Good
if
related to importance of problem for man or
in
the scientific world.
2
What part of this larger problem are you investigating?
“We investigated the role of ………….”
3
/4 Sequentially state result and method used or state all
methods
and results together ( limit to 3-4 major results that support
conclusion(s) Be sure to show statistical significance when
applicable
5
State Conclusion(s)
Social Activities:
We have a happy hour with pizza and soda once a month during the GSC meeting in the graduate student lounge in building 10.
NIH Graduate Student Exchange (NIH_GSX) is a social listserv for NIH graduate students hosted on Yahoo! Groups and is by grads for grads. Click on the link below, bookmark it and join in!
Click to subscribe to NIH_GSX
NIH_GSX requires registration to access content. An e-mail address is
required to post & receive messages on the message board. Send a
message to the board if you're interested in setting up a hike on the
weekend, going out after work to grab some food, seeing a movie or if
you're looking for a ride home for the holidays. NIH_GSX also allows
one to chat with members & upload/download files (under 1MB). The
links page will be continually updated with important info for
students at the NIH Bethesda campus as well as for those of us in off
campus locations.
Now for the always enjoyable Rules of Use section...
The site is currently moderated so each new member & post has to be
approved. We will gradually remove this requirement as members become
familiar with the site & netiquette, or until so many of us find this
an invaluable service that Reid is spending way too much time on the
Internet!
- PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD SPAM TO THE GROUP (i.e. that hilarious
joke/picture/link from your friend)!
- Feel free to post professional, social, recreational, athletic
events to the message board - remember to check the Links page prior
to posting NIH events to prevent redundancy as both the NIH Yellow
Sheet & GSC Calendar are linked.
- PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO THE PERSON WHO POSTED THE MESSAGE when
arranging social events. Sending a message to the NIH_GSX group
address will send it to everyone.
- You can control the kind of messages you receive. When creating
your account you may choose to receive all individual e-mail messages
or only special bulletins. This allows you to control the number &
type of messages you will receive.
- If you'd like to take advantage of the chat & file upload
functions, you will need to register for a Yahoo! ID as well.
Go to the site, look around, figure it out a little and then email
Reid Prentice ( prentice@nhgri.nih.gov) with any questions/suggestions you may have!
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