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2008
RETREAT PROGRAM |
BUS INFORMATION | CAMP
ALLEN
POSTER INFORMATION | ABSTRACT
BOOK | SPEAKER
INFORMATION
SATURDAY EVENING | IMPORTANT
REMINDERS | PHOTOS FROM 2007 RETREAT
2008
Retreat Program
Click this link for
the program and schedule.
Bus
Information
Seats are reserved for those who requested bus transportation
on their registration form. Click this link for the bus schedule, and pick-up and drop-off locations.
Limited seats are still available. If you want to ride
the bus and did not reserve a seat earlier, please check
with Angela Lillie at alillie@mdanderson.org.
Camp
Allen Contact Information & Driving Directions
Camp Allen Conference & Retreat Center
18800 FM 362, Navasota, Texas 77868
Tel: (936) 825-7175 -- http://www.campallen.org
Directions: http://www.campallen.org/directions/
Printable map & directions: http://www.campallen.org/files/pdfs/drivingdirections.pdf
Driving Directions from Houston
Take U.S. Highway 290 (Northwest Freeway) West toward Austin.
Exit at FM 362. Turn right onto FM 362 and go 6 miles to the "T" intersection
at FM 1488. Turn right onto FM 1488 and go 3 miles to Field
Store Community. Turn left back onto FM 362 and go 6.2 miles
to the Camp Allen main entrance (on the left).
Poster
Set-Up
All posters will be set on tables, mounted on 4'x4' tri-fold
white poster display boards. The display boards will be available
in the poster session room upon arrival, as well as tabs to apply
your poster to the boards. A sample poster board is outside the
BSRB 14th floor break room.
All posters will be numbered sequentially based on last name,
and set up in that order. When you arrive, please look in your
information packet for your poster number, or on the list in the
poster room. The numbers also correspond to the order in the abstract
book, which is online now (see "Abstract Book Online" below).
All poster winners must be present at the award presentation
Saturday afternoon at 3:00 PM or they will not receive their awards.
Poster Sessions
There are two poster sessions this year – one Friday evening
for even numbered posters and one Saturday morning for odd
numbered posters. The numbering is based on last name. All poster presenters
are expected to stand by their posters and engage curious fellow
scientists during their session.
The poster sessions will be held in the back of the meeting hall,
Building #10, ground floor, Rooms ASC 1A &1B. See the map
of Camp Allen at: http://www.campallen.org/files/pdfs/sitemap.pdf
Abstract
Book Online
The abstract book is on the
G&D
Intranet website. Please copy and paste this URL to
access it.
http://inside.mdanderson.org/departments/genes-and-development-graduate-program/
Then click the “Genes & Development 2008 Spring
Retreat Abstract Book” PDF link in the box on the right
side of the page. A limited number of books will be available
at the registration desk and in the poster room.
Speaker
Information
If you are giving a talk, please bring your slide presentation
on a flash drive to Shakara Bradley in the meeting hall 30 minutes before
your session starts. A Macintosh and a PC will be provided
to run your presentation.
Saturday
Evening
Skits and Board Games
A program of skits organized by students will be held in
the meeting hall, immediately after dinner Saturday evening. You
won't want to miss this always entertaining and funny program.
Afterwards, gather with others to play board games in room
Gregg 2B, next to the dining area. Light refreshments will be served. Please
bring a board game to share with others.
Important
Reminders
- Poster award winners must be present at
the award presentation at 3:00 PM Saturday
or they will not receive their award.
- There are two poster sessions – one
Friday evening and one Saturday morning.
- New this year – two breakout sessions
with concurrent workshops. See the schedule
at the end of the program schedule.
- All meals will be provided starting with
Friday lunch and ending with Sunday breakfast.
- If you signed up for a Saturday afternoon
activity, you must check in at the activity
desk FRIDAY between 12:30 and 2:30 to pay
your fee and sign a release form. The desk
will be set up near the Camp Allen registration
desk at the main entrance.
- There will be a campfire Friday evening
after the poster session, behind the dining
building.
- Don't miss the Saturday night skits!
- The buses will leave Camp Allen on Sunday
at 10:00 AM
Photos from 2007 G&D Retreat
at Port Royal |
