BioScience Graduate Society is the organization for graduate students in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Biochemistry, and Evolutionary Biology and Ecology at the University of Houston. Our goal is to enhance the quality of graduate student life and to provide an environment, which promotes social and professional interactions.
Welcome to BSGS
Graduate Symposium
December 18, 2009
The 1st Annual Graduate Symposium a great success! We want to say a big THANK YOU! to all who participated. It was an amazing success thanks to everyone's efforts. Pictures are posted and updated on your pictures page. We are looking forward to next year's symposium which promises to be bigger and better. For now, good luck with end of semester projects/finals and we hope everyone has an enjoyable and safe Christmas break.
BSGS Second Happy Hour Get Together!!!
September 27, 2009
Take a break from experiments, grading, and answering the endless flow of emails and join your fellow peers for
the October Happy Hour Get Together!!! HHGT will be held next Thursday, October 1st, at Rudyards located at
2010 Waugh Dr, Houston, TX 77006. We will start at 6pm.
BSGS held the very first HHGT at Rudyards in the Spring of 2007 and is still a great place for happy hour with
great food and of course drinks. Come enjoy this BSGS tradition!!
Spring 2010 Departmental Seminar Speaker Elections *UPDATE*
September 3, 2009 ***Due to a time restrain it was necessary to terminate voting early. Dr. Buskey was the speaker with the most votes by far. We apologize for this and we thank the many of you who voted.
We have received 8 nominations for the 2010 Spring departmental seminar speaker. That is great!!! Due to
the overwhelming response we are not longer taking nominations. It is now up to you to narrow it down to
the one speaker who will be invited to be our guest. To make the counting easier PLEASE RESPOND WITH THE
NAME OF SPEAKER YOU ARE VOTING FOR IN THE SUBJECT LINE.
You have until Thursday midnight to cast your vote for one of the following nominations:
2. Dr. Lance Ishimoto - Lexicon Pharmaceuticals
3. Dr. Martin Young - Baylor College
4. Dr. Lisa Moreno - UH-Downtown
5. Dr. S. John Minic - UT-Austin
6. Dr. Edward J. Buskey - UT-Austin
Also please do not forget.....
it's time for the BSGS Happy Hour Get-Together (HHGT)!
For new students, HHGT is now an integral part of our BSGS tradition, and we host one happy hour a month usually on the first Thursday of every month. It is a chance for current and new graduate students get to meet and have some fun! This is a wonderful way to branch out and make some important contacts for later when your research might need it.
This Thursday, September 3, we will meet at El Pueblito located at 1423 Richmond Ave at 6pm. El Pueblito has an awesome patio and great food.
Happy Hour is until 7pm. We will be there from 6pm to until we feel like.
We hope to see as many of you as possible! If you need a ride, let a BSGS officer know.
Spring 2010 Departmental Seminar Speaker Elections
August 29, 2009
We are currently holding elections for the BSGS Seminar Speaker to present during the Spring 2010
departmental seminar series. You can suggest speakers by emailing bsgs before Monday, August 31st,
2009. Please provide the full name, affiliation and some contact information (e.g. webpage, email).
You can suggest potential speakers from Houston or other parts of Texas as well as from outside Texas,
but please be reasonable and suggest speakers that are likely to accept the invitation.
After the due date, we will organize a poll to elect the top three candidates among your suggestions,
which we will submit to the department as our 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices.
Please only one vote per person. All votes must be received by no later than
Monday, August 31st, 2009, so go check the candidates out and vote today!