Summer Systematics Institute 2014
Schedule of Activities
DAY
Monday 16
WEEK ONE: JUNE 16 – 2, 2014
TIME/LOCATION
EVENT
9am – 12pm
Welcome & Program Overview
Boardroom
Tuesday 17
Wednesday 18
Thursday 19
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
9am – 10:30am
Library, L3
Reading Room
9 am – 10am
L2-W
Department tours:
10:30am
11:00am
11:30am
3:00 – 4:00
CCG Lab
Friday 20
9 am – 10:30am
L2-W
1pm – 2:30pm
Project Lab
HR Processing, Security, Employee Badge
Photos
Safety Training
Lecture: Dr. Charles Griswold
“Relevance of Systematics”
Library Orientation: Diane Sands
TA seminar introduction
Invertebrate Zoology
Geology
Entomology
Lab: Anna Sellas, Josh Hallas
“Orientation and Safety Tour of the Center for
Comparative Genomics”
Lecture: Dr. Rich Mooi
“Introduction to Phylogenetics, Part 1”
Moe Flannery
Pizza Group Lunch
L2-W
DAY
Monday 23
WEEK TWO: JUNE 23 – 27, 2014
TIME/LOCATION
EVENT
9am – 10:30am
Lecture: Chrissy Piotrowski/Jean Demouthe
L2-E
“Collections Management”
Tuesday 24
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
Lecture: Dr. Mooi
“Introduction to Phylogenetics, Part 2”
1 – 4:30pm
L2-W
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
Lab: Dr. Mooi
“Introduction to Phylogenetics, Part 3”
Lecture: Dr. Brian Fisher
“Conservation”
1:00 – 3:00pm
CCG DNA Extraction Step I training, Anna
Sellas, Project Lab
3:00 – 5:00pm
CCG DNA Extraction Step I training, Anna
Sellas, Project Lab
Seminar with TAs
Wednesday 25
Thursday 26
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
Department tours:
10:30am
11:00am
Friday 27
Botany
Anthropology
1:00 – 3:00pm
CCG DNA Extraction Step I training, Anna
Sellas, Project Lab
3:00 – 5:00pm
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
CCG DNA Extraction Step I training, Anna
Sellas, Project Lab
Lecture: Dr. Stan Blum
“Data Management, GIS, and Informatics”
Department tours:
11:00
Ichthyology
1:00 – 3:00pm
CCG PCR Training, Anna Sellas, CCG PCR
SET-UP LAB
3:00 – 5:00pm
CCG PCR Training, Anna Sellas, CCG PCR
SET-UP LAB
DAY
Monday 30
Tuesday 1
Wednesday 2
WEEK THREE: JUNE 30 – JULY 4, 2014
TIME/LOCATION
EVENT
9am – 10:30am
Lecture: Dr. Rich Mooi
L2-E
“Heterochrony”
1:00 – 3:00pm
CCG Gel Electrophoresis training, Josh Hallas,
CCG Gel Room
3:00 – 5:00pm
CCG Gel Electrophoresis training, Josh Hallas,
CCG Gel Room
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
Lecture: Dr. Brian Simison
“Bioinformatics”
1:00 – 3:00pm
PCR purification training, Josh Hallas, CCG
Sequencing Lab
3:00 – 5:00pm
PCR purification training, Josh Hallas, CCG
Sequencing Lab
(1:00 – 5:00pm)
9:30am – 11am
(note later start)
L2-W
(PCR Trouble-shooting, Anna Sellas)
Lecture: Dr. Maxine Zylberberg
“Deep Sequencing in Studies of Ecology and
Evolution”
1:00 – 3:00pm
Cycle-Sequencing training, Josh Hallas, CCG
Sequencing Lab
3:00 – 5:00pm
Cycle-Sequencing training, Josh Hallas, CCG
Sequencing Lab
(1:00 – 5:00)
Thursday 3
Friday 4
9:00 – 10:30
L2-W
(A. Sellas available for PCR troubleshooting)
Seminar with TAs
10:30 – 12:00
Aquarium Tour
1:00 – 3:00pm
CCG EtOH Precipitation & Sequence Load
Josh Hallas, CCG Sequencing Lab
3:00 – 5:00pm
CCG EtOH Precipitation & Sequence Load
Josh Hallas, CCG Sequencing Lab
July 4th Holiday
DAY
Monday 7
WEEK FOUR: JULY 7 – 11, 2014
TIME/LOCATION
EVENT
9 – 10:30 am
Lecture: Dr. Peter Roopnarine
L2E
“Morphometrics”
1:00 – 3:00pm
Tuesday 8
3:00 – 5:00pm
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
CCG Sequence editing/aligning, Josh Hallas,
CCG Computer Lab
Lecture: Dr. Jack Dumbacher
“The Endangered Species Act: Using
Systematic Data in Listing Decisions”
1:00 – 3:00pm
CCG Sequence editing/aligning, Josh Hallas,
CCG Computer Lab
3:00 – 5:00pm
CCG Sequence editing/aligning, Josh Hallas,
CCG Computer Lab
CCG Anna Sellas available for sequence
check, lab help, and questions
Seminar with TAs
Wednesday 9
1:00 – 5:00pm
Thursday 10
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
1:00 – 5:00pm
3:00 – 5:00pm
Friday 11
CCG Sequence editing/aligning, Josh Hallas,
CCG Computer Lab
1:00 – 5:00pm
CCG Sequence editing/aligning, Josh Hallas,
CCG Computer Lab
CCG Sequence editing/aligning, Josh Hallas,
CCG Computer Lab
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
DAY
Monday 14
Tuesday 15
Wednesday 16
Thursday 17
Friday 18
WEEK FIVE: JULY 14 – 18, 2014
TIME/LOCATION
EVENT
9am – 10:30am
Lecture: Dr. Terry Gosliner
L2-E
“Vicariance Biogeography”
1:00 – 5:00pm
6am – 1 pm
Pillar Point Parking
Lot
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
Tidepooling Trip
1:00 – 5:00pm
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
Seminar with TAs
10 – 10:30 am
O&M Tour, Moe Flannery
1:00 – 5:00pm
9am – 10:30am
L2-W Lg
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
Lecture: Dr. Shannon Bennett
"The Evolutionary Dynamics of Microbes"
1:00 – 5:00pm
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
Lecture: Dr. Dave Kavanaugh
“Introduction to Nomenclature”
DAY
Monday 21
WEEK SIX: JULY 21 – 26, 2014
TIME/LOCATION
EVENT
11am – 12:30pm
Lecture: Dr. Michael Ghiselin
(note later start)
“Topics in the Philosophy of Systematics”
L2-E
Tuesday 22
1:00 – 5:00pm
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
Dr. David Blackburn
"Integrating Bioinformatics with Evolutionary
Biology"
Wednesday 23
3:00 – 5:00pm
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
TA Seminar?
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
Thursday 24
Friday 25
Saturday 26
1:00 – 5:00pm
TBA
Pepperwood Field Trip
(9am – 10:30am
L2-W)
(Seminar with TAs)
1:00 – 5:00pm
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
CCG lab available, Anna Sellas
Lecture: Dr. Rich Mooi
“Giving Scientific Presentations”
1:00 – 5:00pm
Evening
CCG lab available, Anna Sellas
Dinner at the Ghiselin Summer Palace,
Russian River
DAY
Monday 28
Tuesday 29
WEEK SEVEN: JULY 28 – AUGUST 1, 2014
TIME/LOCATION
EVENT
1:00 – 5:00pm
CCG lab available, Anna Sellas
12pm – 2pm
Discussion: Dr. Meg Burke, moderator
L2-W Large
“Graduate School”
Lunch provided
Wednesday 30
1:00 – 5:00pm
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
CCG lab available, Anna Sellas
Seminar with TAs
1:00 – 5:00pm
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
BA-SURE
Thursday 31
Friday 1
1:00 – 5:00pm
9am – 10:30am
L2-W
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
1:00 – 5:00pm
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas
DAY
Monday 4
Tuesday 5
Wednesday 6
Thursday 7
Friday 8
WEEK EIGHT: AUGUST 4 – AUGUST 8, 2013
TIME/LOCATION
EVENT
1:00 – 5:00pm
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas/Anna Sellas
1:00 – 5:00pm
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas/Anna Sellas
1:00 – 5:00pm
CCG lab available, Josh Hallas/Anna Sellas
8am – 5pm
Final Presentations
Boardroom
Program Evaluations
Important locations:
The Boardroom is located on L1 at the east end of the pavilions (the far right as you face the
employee entrance)
L2-W is on L2 (2nd floor), at the west end of the "bridge" connecting the two main pavilions (on the
left as you face the employee entrance); L2-E is on the east end of the bridge “Large” refers to the
larger of the two rooms at these locations
B2-W is on the bottom floor (B2), just slightly to the left and across from the main elevators.
B2-E is on the bottom floor (B2), down the corridor through Entomology to the right of the main
elevators.
The Library is on L3 (3rd, or top floor)
HR (Human Resources) and other administrative offices are on L2 (2nd floor)
Departments:
The Office of the Chief of the Institute for Biodiversity Science & Sustainability,
Invertebrate Zoology & Geology,
Entomology,
Center for Comparative Genomics
…are on B2
Herpetology,
Ichthyology,
Ornithology & Mammalogy,
Aquatic Biology,
Anthropology,
Botany
…are on B1
Important contacts (all phone numbers are 415-379-xxxx):
Rich Mooi, REU Site Director, Curriculum Coordinator, x5270, rmooi@calacademy.org (IZ&G, B2)
Christina Cordova, Program Coordinator for IZ&G, x5284, ccordova@calacademy.org (B2)
Kristen Vollrath, SSI Teaching Assistant, x5268, kvollrath@calacademy.org (B2)
Josh Hallas, SSI Teaching Assistant in the Center for Comparative Genomics, x5247,
jhallas@calacdemy.org (B2)