Department of Microbiology and Immunology

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology

• Dr. James Coulton
• Course Coordinator MIMM 502
• james.coulton_at_mcgill.ca

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MIMM 502 Requirements

• Major Department Microbiol / Immunol
• CGPA gt 3.5
• 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 Minerva
• E-mail xxx_at_mail.mcgill.ca
• Submitted to Lucy Saunders
• Room 511, on/before February 8

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Researchers

• Prospective supervisors
• academic appointment in Microbiol / Immunol
• replied to course coordinator
• commitment to participate in 2008-2009
• available resources
• Locations of laboratories

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Notifications

• Match list
• e-mail posted on 5th floor
• February 15
• Eligible students
• Prospective supervisors
• Enquiries professors
• Conversations MIMM 502 students

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Commitments

• Letter of agreement between supervisor and
  student
• Identification of project 2 paragraphs.
  detailled description
• Signed by both parties
• Submitted to Department in early May
• Approved by Dr. Coulton

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MIMM 502 meetings

• Now Mondays 1430 to 1630 h
• Schedule compatible
• Autumn 9 sessions
• Winter in progress

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Student Research Day

• Invitation May 2, 2008, 0900 h noon
• Room 507 / 509
• Presentations from U3 students (12) now in MIMM
  502

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FRSQ

• http//www.mcgill.ca/gps/fellowships/undergrad/
  frsq-usra/
• Stages d'été d'initiation à la recherche en
  sciences de la santé
• http//www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/
• http//www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/financement/
• Programmes_2007_2008/f01_fiche_stages_
• cycle.shtml
• Date limite 15 avril, 2007

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NSERC USRA

• Undergraduate Student Research Awards
• http//www.nserc.ca/sf_e.asp?navsfnavlbi1a
• 4500 from NSERC 1200 from supervisor
• Supervisors
• Berghuis, Coulton, Cousineau, Fournier,
• Götte, Le Moual, Matlashweski, Turcotte
• personal communication
• projects

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McGill procedures

• http//www.medicine.mcgill.ca/research/bursary/nse
  rc-usra.htm
• Guidelines, Eligibility, Forms, Deadlines
• Deadline to Dept February 6, 2008
• Deadline to Faculty February 13, 2008

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NSERC USRA

• 1) NSERC APPLICATION FORM 202
• http//www.nserc.ca/forms/pdf/F202-2_e.pdf
• 2) TRANSCRIPT REQUEST FORM
• 3) COMPLIANCE ATTESTATION FORM

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Success

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