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View upcoming GSC events and activities in calendar format

For less formal, social events, check out the info about the NIH Graduate Student Exchange (NIH_GSX) below.

GSC Meetings:

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:

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).

First Annual Graduate Student Day at NIH - April 23, 2004

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:

Happy Hour

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)

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!

  1. PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD SPAM TO THE GROUP (i.e. that hilarious joke/picture/link from your friend)!
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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!