We have a few announcements for you all!

Tomorrow we will have Dr. Lohr as our guest speaker for GBM. The meeting is VIRTUAL from 4-5 pm. This is a great opportunity for networking and learning more about UMBC faculty. Please bring lots of questions. A link to the meeting is attached to this email.

The Bioethics Panel has been rescheduled!! We will now be hosting the panel on May 6 from 3-5pm in BIOL 120. THERE WILL BE SNACKS!! 

If you want to learn about Personalized Medicine and network with our speakers, we highly encourage you all to come. We will send out a google forms to gauge attendance for the event. 

ELECTIONS!! We still have open slots left for the BioCOM Eboard for the 2022-2023 academic year. There are no requirements or qualifications for the application. All you need to do is fill out the application. Voting has been moved to May 1. 

SENIORS, BioCOM will be ordering graduation cords. If you are interested in purchasing one, please fill out this form no later than May 4. The cost will be around $5.50-$6.50. 

GBM Link: https://web.ciscospark.com/meet/4d46e0d0-5135-11ec-8ca3-8b8f09000148

Elections Application: https://forms.gle/6bfkGQ1r76Vg5Yhc9

Graduation Cords: https://forms.gle/NtjAseXnXer8bKdZ9

I hope you all are having a great Saturday. This is the last call for election applications. Applications are due TONIGHTby 11:59 pm. If you are interested in running for any of the positions (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Lab Tours Committee Chair, Bioethics Committee Chair, Social Relations Committee Chair, or Events Committee Chair), please make sure to fill out the google forms (https://forms.gle/6bfkGQ1r76Vg5Yhc9).

The Bioethics Panel will NO LONGER be held this Friday (4/22) due to unforeseen circumstances. We are currently working on a new date and time to accommodate for those who were unable to make it this time. 

We will notify you of the new date very soon!

On that note, we hope to see you at Dr. Lohr's presentation THIS Monday (4/25) at 4pm virtually. This is a great networking opportunity and to learn about a professor at UMBC. 

Meeting Link: https://web.ciscospark.com/meet/4d46e0d0-5135-11ec-8ca3-8b8f09000148

Furthermore, election videos are due THIS SATURDAY at 11:59 p.m. Thus, is you are hoping to run for a position for the 2022-2023 academic year, please submit your application by that time. 

You can find more information about the elections on the myUMBC page under "Meeting Recordings" (pinned document). 

We hope you all are having an amazing weekend. 

We wanted to remind you all that this Friday (4/22), we will have our Bioethics Panel on Personalized Medicine from 6-8pm in BIOL 120. 

We encourage you to come... 

• to learn about the subject
• to meet and ask questions with our guest speakers
• engage in discussions
• get food!

Also, we will be having Dr. Lohr presenting next week during GBM (4/25) from 4-5pm. The meeting will be virtual. This is a great networking opportunity!

Furthermore, elections will be underway next week. Thus, if you are interested in running, please view the presentation on our myUMBC page under "Meeting Recordings".  Specific deadline information will be in the slides. 

Also, information about graduation cords will be shared with you all soon. 

I hope you all had a restful weekend. 

This is a reminder that we have a GBM today at 4pm in ILSB 116B. We will be discussing the ELECTION process for next year's E-board. If you are interested in running, we highly recommend that you attend. There will be an online option. https://web.ciscospark.com/meet/4d46e0d0-5135-11ec-8ca3-8b8f09000148

We will also be having a Journal Club for Dr. Lohr's presentation (4/25). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-020-2824-3

Furthermore, the Bioethics Panel is NEXT WEEK!!! (4/22 from 6-8pm in BIOL 120). This is a great opportunity to network and meet faculty from UMBC and various other universities. Our topic is Personalized Medicine! Information about food and drinks availability is TBA. 

If you have any questions, please email fahmed5@umbc.edu

Welcome back from Spring Break! We hope you had an amazing and restfull week.

To start off the week, we will have a general body meeting TODAY. We will go over professional pathways. 

Learn about the path you can take with your biology degree!

Due to the snow, our meeting will be VIRTUAL 4pm!

This is just a reminder that Dr. Burns be will hosting a lab tour and speaking for us TODAY. 

The lab tour begins at 3:30 p.m. and the talk will be at 4:00 p.m. in ILSB 116B. We look forward to see you all there in-person.

However, if you are unable to attend in-person, you may use this link to join us virtually! 

If you have any questions, please reach out to fahmed5@umbc.edu

Just a reminder, we are having an in-person Lab Tour with Dr. Burns on Monday, March 14th from 3.30- 4.30 pm.

As per our last email, Dr. Burns will be presenting and hosting a lab tour NEXT WEEK (3/14). As such, we will not be meeting this week for a GBM. 

We look forward to seeing you all next Monday at 3:30 p.m. for the lab tour and/or 4:00p.m. in ILSB 116B. 

Please make sure to fill out the sign-up sheet if you plan to attend the lab tour. 

Have a great week!!

We've got some exciting news, right before the Spring Break Dr. Mercedes Burns is hosting an in-person lab tour on Monday, March 14th from 3.30- 4.30 pm.

The tour will start at 3.30 and last about 30 min, after which Dr. Burns will be giving a presentation, as a part of the BioCom General Body Meeting. 

Dr. Burns is an evolutionary ecologist, studying (among other things) the mechanisms of animal sexual conflict and mating patterns. Her research primarily uses arachnids, better known as 'Daddy-Longlegs." The lab utilizes such techniques as next-generation genomic sequencing, functional morphology, bioinformatics, and cytological methods. 

Join us to …

• discover more about evolutionary & ecological biology 
• learn more about real-life lab experience 
• expand your professional network 
• gets advice on careers in research and academia