M-EID Events and Announcements

M-EID Forum

2nd and 4th MEID Forum of the Month Student Research Proposals with Trainees and Faculty

M-EID Journal Club

M-EID Activity Assessment

OREOS Assessment Database is currently available for all MEID participants to log in and begin data entry on their accomplishments. URL This database is a simple way to track your work and accomplishments over the year and is formatted to follow the NSF IGERT end of year assessment. It is a nice warehouse for everyone to periodically update their work over the year to help with data collection at the end of the year.

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M-EID Web Site Reveiw

Trainees could earn $250.00 stipend if they are willing to review the new web site thoroughly and look for any updates we have made to the program or confusing content. Is anyone interested in reviewing the website and refresh it and look for new changes, etc? E-mail Bill or Kate if you are interested

M-EID Discussion Board

M-EID has created a discussion board that is intended for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty who participated in Pathways to Scientific Teaching Workshop. If anyone would like a discussion board, please contact Michael Zens.

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Financial Opportunities for Trainees

The M-EID program is pleased to announce the Small Grants Program for Trainees, a competitive program that offers grants of up to $2,500 for graduate student research (maximum support per student during a given funding period).  Complete details and application process coming soon.

Departmental Events

Zachary Parsons - Thesis Defense - "Cause specific mortality of desert bighorn sheep lambs in the Fra Cristobel Mountains, New Mexico, USA”

DBS Faculty Staff Grad Potluck: Please join us in a potluck celebrating the end of the semester (and our survival of it)

Come and visit with the Virology candidate on campus that day and enjoy some casual interaction with your colleagues in a stress-free setting.

The Division will provide a selection of soft drinks, plates, napkins, etc., along with a ham to get the sign up sheet started.

The sign up sheet is with Rebecca at the front desk in HS 104. Please come

Upcoming Conferences -

Molecular Evolution as a Driving Force in Infectious Diseases (D4)

Infectious diseases have been a key driving force in evolution, both of the hosts and the pathogens. The era of genomics has made it possible to evaluate both infectious agents and their hosts at the genomic level. The evolutionary dynamics of viruses, bacteria and parasites, in their adaptive evolution to changes in host response or adaptation to new hosts is enormously complex. The burden of infectious diseases on people and domestic animals is staggering. We are only now beginning to achieve an understanding of how infectious organisms cause disease and how the complex patterns of immune response generated by their infections mitigate it. By bringing together experts in the evolution of viruses, bacteria and parasites, plus those studying host adaptation and evolution of the immune response, we hope that this meeting will stimulate further interaction between widely disparate lines of investigation.

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