Hello! First off, a big thanks everyone who came out last week to listen to Dr. Quick! It was a very interesting talk! To those who couldn't make it, we hope you can come to our LAST meeting! Our last speaker for this year will be Dr. Ite Laird-Offringa, an Associate Professor from the Keck School of Medicine (http://www.usc.edu/programs/pibbs/site/faculty/lairdoffringa_i.htm). Dr. Laird will be presenting on her research with a talk entitled: "Genome Censorship: Epigenetic Control of Cell Fate" this Thursday (4/21), at 8:00 p.m. at GFS 109, and will also be speaking about other research happening at the Health Sciences Campus, so you won't want to miss out! Please try to make it out that night! We will be having free milk and cookies, too! Also, we'd like to remind everyone that applications for next year's e-board are due next Monday, 4/25, at 5pm. You may bring a copy of your application and CV to us during Thursday's meeting, or send the files to us at uscphisigma@gmail.com. We look forward to learning more about you and your vision for Phi Sigma! Don't forget that the application is in the Membership tab!! Thank you! Hope you all have a great SECOND-TO-LAST week! Fight on!! ✌ Phi Sigma Add Comment Hello everyone! Hope you have all had a great start to our third-to-last week of school! We are excited to announce that Dr. Michael Quick will be speaking for us this week! Here are the details of the meeting: When: Thursday, April 14, at 8 p.m. Where: GFS 109 What: "From self-stimulating rats to knock-out mice: what they tell us about drugs, drug abuse, and addiction" Dr. Quick is the Executive Vice-Provost and a Professor of Biological Sciences, and as many of you probably know, an incredibly fun and interesting speaker! Please visit the following site for more information about Dr. Quick and his research: http://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003622. And as always, there will be free food at the event: complimentary cookies and milk! Also, if you're interested in joining the E-board for Phi Sigma, please fill out the E-board application in the Membership tab by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, 4/25. Let us know if you have any questions, and remember to stay updated on our latest events at our blog uscphisigma.weebly.com. Thanks, and we hope to see you Thursday! :) -Phi Sigma A SWEET talk this Thursday, 3/31!! 03/29/2011
Hello Trojans! Hope that your week has started off well! First off, a big THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the IMAX event on Saturday! It was awesome seeing you, and I think we can all agree that the IMAX cinematography was incredible! Hope that we can take more people with us next time around! Second, we are very excited to announce another milk and cookies session, this time with guest speaker Dr. Casey Donovan, who is the Chair of USC's Kinesiology Department! Here are the details of our meeting with Dr. Donovan this week: What: "Not-so-Sweet Talk to the Brain: Portal Vein Glucose Sensing in Hypoglycemia" When: Thursday, 3/31, at 8pm Where: ZHS 163 To read about Dr. Donovan and his research, please visit: http://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003213&CFID=14948279&CFTOKEN=30984708. Again, this is a great opportunity to connect with your fellow Phi Sigma members and to learn more about the amazing research happening on campus. See you Thursday! (: -Phi Sigma Hey Phi Sigma Members! We hope your break was restful and now you are ready to finish this semester strong! To take a load off of this craziness, Phi Sigma invites you to attend a FREE IMAX movie and dinner this Saturday (3/26)!We will be meeting at 5pm to head over together to the California Science Center and watch "Hubble" 3-D (http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/Imax/Features/Hubble3D/Hubble3D.php). The movie will last from 5:30 p.m. to approximately 6:15 p.m., and will be followed by a free Subway dinner. Space is limited, so if you are interested in attending, please RSVP by email by Friday, Mar. 25, at 5:00 p.m. Also, we are excited to announce an awesome research opportunity! Dr. Ite Laird of the USC Health Sciences Campus (HSC) researches lung cancer and is currently seeking a junior undergraduate researcher for her lab. She has emphasized that students will be considered on a first-come, first-evaluated basis, so please fill out this application and turn it in ASAP! You can learn more about Dr. Laird and her research at http://www.usc.edu/programs/pibbs/site/faculty/lairdoffringa_i.htm. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to e-mail us. Have a great rest of the week! :) Phi Sigma Meeting this Thursday, 2/17!! 02/16/2011
Hello Trojans! Phi Sigma invites you to come hear USC's very own Dr. Donald Arnold present on "Visualizing synaptic structure in vivo." Dr. Arnold is an associate professor in the molecular biology department and received his Ph.D from Johns Hopkins University, so this is an excellent opportunity to not only network with fellow members of this prestigious Biological Sciences Honor Society, but also to learn more about Dr. Arnold's research and about research in general. For more information about Dr. Arnold and his research please visit: http://college.usc.edu/bisc/molecular/faculty/faculty_display.cfm?Person_ID=1003060. You do not need to be a member to attend (but this will be the last day to turn in applications for this semester) and free cookies and milk will be provided! Date: Thursday, 2/17 Time: 8:00 p.m. Location: ZHS 163 Dress: Casual FREE COOKIES AND MILK! Fight On! Phi Sigma Welcome Back! 01/25/2011
Hello, Phi Sigma members! Happy Week 3! Hope you all have settled in to classes without too much trouble, because we are excited to announce our first event of the semester: a ROOT BEER FLOAT / election social! Come join us THIS THURSDAY, 1/27, at 8pm (room ZHS 163) to make your own delicious root beer floats, meet and greet your fellow bio enthusiasts, and cast in your vote for Phi Sigma's new Publicity Chair this semester! If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete and e-mail the attached application in the Membership Tab to uscphisigma@gmail.com It is due on 1/27 at 12pm and please prepare a short 1-2 min speech for the social. Also, we are now collecting both Associate and Full membership applications for the spring semester! The documents can be found in our Membership Tab. Please submit the appropriate application and membership fee to us by our first speaker meeting, which will take place in the middle of February (exact date and time to be e-mailed soon). Finally, we have a few opportunities available for you all! Openings for clinical health psychology research assistants and scholarship interviewers are now available, so please refer below for more details about getting involved! As always, let us know if you have any questions or concerns at all, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the social this Thursday!! Have a fantastic week! :) Phi Sigma === Help us recruit the Class of 2015! The USC College Office of Admission is asking you to serve as an interviewer for this year's Trustee and Presidential Scholarship candidates. The scholarship interviews will be conducted on the following days:
=== Position: Research Assistant Type of employment: Volunteer Department: Psychology Study description: Male RAs are needed for help with laboratory study in a clinical health psychology laboratory. RA must have availability from 9-1 on Monday, 10-2 on Wednesday, or 10-2 on Friday. Please email contact personnel for more information. Job Duties: RAs will assist with running subjects through a new laboratory based study and data entry. Qualifications: Genuine interest in research opportunity in psychology lab, flexibility in schedule Time commitment: 8-12 hours a week Location: Seeley G. Mudd (SGM) building Contact: Karan Singh (kulwinds@usc.edu) Study Break Night and Elections!! 12/04/2010
Hi everyone! The last meeting with Dr. McClure went awesome! If you didn't come, we wish you did, because the presentation was really interesting! We posted an outline of his presentation in the Meetings tab if you are interested! Finals are coming up, and we wanted to provide you all a break from your studies with a study night for some cookies and lemonade Tuesday, 12/7 at 4 pm, Room TBA. Please join us for a break from all this madness! :) ALSO There is a position available on the Eboard for PUBLICITY CHAIR, so we will be having an election for this position on 12/7, the same night as the study break! The application is available in the Membership tab; Please note that the application is due 12/7 by 12:00 pm (noon) sharp! Please have a 2-minute speech prepared as to why YOU should be the next Phi Sigma Publicity Chair at the meeting on Tuesday. The application is not too long, and it's another chance to exercise and develop leadership skills, so we encourage you to apply! :) We wish you all the best for finals and a wonderful winter break. Happy Holidays and Fight on!! ✌ Phi Sigma Hey everyone! Hope the semester's going well - can you believe we only have 3 weeks left? :) In the meantime, your PS e-board has been busy planning the last meeting(s) of the fall semester; We will be having Dr. McClure speak at our next meeting Wednesday, December 1st from 7-8 pm! Room: ZHS 163 Presentation: "Butterflies of the Soul: a neuroscientist's visits with mental health" You don't want to miss it!! As soon as we reserve a room, we will let you know! Also, we are thinking about holding a finals study break with free food, so keep an eye out for our announcements regarding this! Also, for those of you interested in clinical health psychology, we have yet another opportunity to get involved with research in this field! The information is below: --- Position: Research Assistant Type of employment: Volunteer Department: Psychology Study description: Female RAs are needed for help with laboratory study in a clinical health psychology laboratory. RAs must have availability from 9-1 on Monday, 10-2 on Wednesday, and/or 10-2 on Friday. Please email contact personnel for more information. Job Duties: RAs will assist with running subjects through a new laboratory based study and data entry. Qualifications: Genuine interest in research opportunity in psychology lab, flexibility in schedule (Potential RA's with Monday, Wednesday, AND Friday availability will have higher probability of receiving RA position) Time commitment: 8-12 hours a week Location: Seeley G. Mudd (SGM) building Contact: Karan Singh (kulwinds@usc.edu) --- As always, let us know if you have any questions. You can e-mail us at uscphisigma@gmail.com or send us a message using the comment box by clicking here! Have a great weekend! :) Phi Sigma Hello All! Thanks to all who came out for our last meeting! It was great and Dr. Caron gave an awesome presentation. Our next meeting is scheduled for TOMORROW: Date: Wednesday, October 27th Time: 7-8 pm Location: ZHS 360 (tentative - look for any signs or people directing you to another room) Guest Speaker: Dr. Fuhrman Topic of the talk: What's so interesting about microbes in the sea? We hope to see you there! Pizza and soda will be provided! Meeting Thursday October 14, 7 pm ZHS 360 10/07/2010
Reminder there is a meeting Thursday, October 14 from 7-8 Room: ZHS 360 Guest Speaker: Dr. Dave Caron Presentation: "Marine Microbiology at the Forefront of Environmental Research" Dr. Caron will be speaking about his current research topics in marine biology, as well as the importance of doing research as an undergraduate. Free food will be provided again!! Associate and Full memberships for 2010-2011 are due that day! Please bring money/checks and download the membership applications here!! As a reminder, here are some facts about the applications: 1.) Associate Membership - For Sophomores, 2nd-semester Freshmen, & transfer students in their Freshman or Sophomore year - Cost = $30 [cash or check made payable to "USC Phi Sigma"] 2.) Full Membership - For Juniors, Seniors, & transfer students in their Junior or Senior year - Cost = $20 (or $50 if not previously an Associate Member) [cash or check made payable to "USC Phi Sigma"] - Password for application: daisy Also, please join our facebook page if you haven't already! Have a great week! Phi Sigma | Welcome!Welcome to the official website for USC Phi Sigma Biological Honor Society. ArchivesApril 2011 CategoriesAll |
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