Department of Microbiology and Immunology MIMM 502

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Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyMIMM
502

• Dr. James Coulton
• Course Coordinator

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Requirements

• Major Department Microbiol / Immunol
• CGPA gt 3.2
• All required courses completed at end of U2,
  month of May
• Application to coordinator

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Application

• Letter addressed to Dr. James Coulton
• Statement of interest in MIMM 502
• Subject area identified
• Unofficial McGill transcript
• Submitted to Jennifer DiMassimo
• Room 511, on/before February 13

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Eligibility

• Notice posted after February 17
• Prospective supervisors
• Must have an academic appointment in Microbiol /
  Immunol
• Will have notified course coordinator of
  commitment to participate in 2004-2005

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Commitments

• Letter of agreement between supervisor and
  student
• Identification of project
• Signed by both parties
• Submitted to Department in early May

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Student Research Day

• Invitation May 3, 2004, 0900 h
• Room 507 / 509
• Presentations from U3 students (21) now in MIMM
  502

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FRSQ

• Bourse de formation
• http//www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/prospectus/
• 2004-2005/documents_pdf/ Stages_1_cycle.pdf
• Date limite 15 avril, 2004

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NSERC USRA

• www.nserc.ca
• Undergraduate Student Research Awards
• Supervisors
• Berghuis, Coulton, Cousineau, Fournier,
  Marczynski, Matlashewski, Olivier
• Personal communication
• projects

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NSERC USRA

• Department deadline January 30, 2004
• http//www.mcgill.ca/gps/fellowships/undergrad/nse
  rc-usra/
• 1) NSERC APPLICATION FORM 202
• http//www.nserc.ca/sf_e.asp?navsfnavlbi1_toc
• 2) TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM
• https//upload.mcgill.ca/science/usratranscriptre
  quest.pdf
• 3) COMPLIANCE ATTESTATION FORM
• https//upload.mcgill.ca/science/complianceattest
  ationform.pdf

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Success

• Communicate with U3 students now in MIMM 502
• Ask for reports of previous students
• Identify specific projects
• Interviews with 2 or 3 professors