Research in Progress (RiP)

CTEGD Research in Progress (RiP) meetings are weekly, interactive, student-facilitated presentations. They will be held at 8:30 AM  on Mondays in room 175, Coverdell Center during the academic calendar year.  Advanced students, postdocs, technicians, and PIs from CTEGD labs present “in progress” work and discuss preliminary data and ideas for collaboration. Questions and discussion are highly encouraged. Refreshments are provided by CTEGD (coffee) and the host lab (immense platters of pastries and other breakfast foods!). All are welcome.

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Schedule

Date	Lab presenting	Moderators
2026-2027
Aug. 17	First Day of Classes
Aug. 24	Peterson	Alam Munoz-Beristain, Ross Low
Aug. 31	Joyner	Leticia Do Amaral, Eden O'Connell
Sept. 7	Labor Day	No meeting
Sept. 14	MPM	No Meeting
Sept. 21	Kyle	State of the Center
Sept. 28	Moreno	Donovan Cantrell, Nicholas Hardt
Oct. 5	Kurup	Wayne Cheng, Annabella Castiglione
Oct. 12	Muralidharan	Mackenzie Sivert, Elisa Nanista
Oct. 19	Rozario	Melissa Sleda, Anissa Waller Del Valle
Oct. 26	Kyle	Ganesh Mohan, Sakshi Pandita
Nov. 2	Rosenberg	Alka Nokhwal, John Joseph
Nov. 9	West	Gonzalo Seminario Mondejar
Nov. 16	Huet	Saniya Sabnis, Clyde Schmidt
Nov. 23	Thanksgiving week	No meeting
Nov. 30
Jan. 11	Strand	Corey Rennolds, Kenna Berg
Jan. 18	MLK, Jr. Day	No Meeting
Jan. 25	Kissinger	Kaelynn Parker, Chandler Lowe
Feb. 1	Etheridge	Samuel Nyarko, Keonhee Kim
Feb. 8	Ortega (Zoom)	Amadis Vivas
Feb. 15	Tarleton	Sandra Mendiola, Nicholas Furlong
Feb. 22	Sabatini	Chaitanya Haram, Joseph Dainis
Mar. 1	Cassera	Juan Camilo, Mitchell Rich
Mar. 8	Spring Break	No meeting
Mar. 15	Paton	Logan Moore, Jose Luis Saenz
Mar. 22	Sicalo-Gianechini	Melissa Rogers, Aylla von Ermland
Mar. 29	Joyner	Malik Hussein, Paola Boshra
Apr. 5	Moreno	Magdalena Argomaniz, John Amaka
Apr. 12	Kyle	Juan Valencia, Mastura Rums
Apr. 19	Muralidharan	Justine Shiau, Melissa Rogers
Apr. 26	Kurup	Mya Covington, Fiifi Agyabeng-Dadzie

 

RiP Format

• Each CTEGD laboratory will present 1 – 2 times, depending on lab size, during the academic calendar year.
• One or two trainee “facilitators” will be assigned to each presentation slot
  • Generally, more senior trainees (post-docs) will work singly, and early trainees will be paired with another student
• Formal presentations will be limited to 40 minutes, uninterrupted, followed by a 20-minute question and answer period, initiated and facilitated by the assigned trainees

PI responsibilities

• Plan ahead for a 40-minute presentation of ongoing work and projects under development
  • Avoid completed/published work except for introductory purposes
  • Projects under development, experiments in need of troubleshooting, or unexpected results are optimal content
  • Restrict your presentation to one or two speakers
• Be responsive to trainee requests for a planning meeting and be prepared to briefly review the content of the RiP presentation
• Provide a couple of relevant references and maybe a review for the trainees to read in preparation for the planning meeting

Trainee responsibilities

• Contact the PI well ahead of time (at least 2 weeks before the RiP) to set up a planning meeting
  • Meet with the PI at least one week before the scheduled presentation
  • Email Bob Sabatini (sabatini@uga.edu) when this meeting is to take place
• Read the background literature provided in preparation for the planning meeting
• During the planning meeting, take notes on the general content of the presentation
• During the RiP, briefly, introduce the speaker and moderate the session (e.g. maintain the “clock”, discourage interruptions from the audience, and call time at the 40-minute mark)
• Be prepared to ask the first one or two questions of the speaker and then moderate questions from the audience

Audience responsibilities

• Give the speakers 40 minutes uninterrupted time for the presentation
• Engage in active discussions during the discussion period