After getting to know each other (need your BINGO sheet), a formal lecture on RCR will be provided and cases discussed in Zoom breakout rooms with faculty and near peer mentors. An interactive activity on lab notebook management and lab etiquette will be included. The session will close with training in lab calculations with practice […]

This is the first in a two-part collaborative series on the COVID-19 pandemic. This session is sponsored by the Protein DataBank at Rutgers and will include 3 talks: 1) ACE2 Stucture (Dr. Stephen Burley), 2) Screening of Antiviral Drugs (Dr. Sagar Khare), and 3) Saliva-Based Testing (Dr.  Jay Tischfield).

The history of lead contamination in the US will be covered including the current drinking water crisis. Sampling of drinking water will be reviewed. Community partners from Isles will discuss remediation of homes in Trenton, NJ for lead exposures. Lead sampling will be simulated with kits sent to participants’ homes.

Based on the techniques from the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, we have a series of small group activities to teach ‘distilling your message’. Competitions amongst teams will be held to promote a friendly and exciting session.

This is the second in a two-part collaborative series on the COVID-19 pandemic. This session is sponsored by SURF and will include 3 talks: 1) Pulmonary/Vascular Dynamics in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients (Dr. Andrew Gow), 2) Pathologies (Dr. Ken Reuhl), and 3) Clinical Management of Severe Cases of COVID-19 infection (Dr. Jared Radbel).

Dean Joseph Barone (School of Pharmacy) will present an engaging presentation on the clinical management of opiate overdoses. This session will also include an interactive research seminar by Dr. Amy Kohtz (Brain Health Institute) on mechanistic opiate research as well as a forensics kit-based activity that will be mailed to students.