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July 28, 2010

This fall, NIGMS will be sponsoring the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) national conference in Anaheim, CA, September 30-October 3, and the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Charlotte, NC, November 10-13.
These meetings present two wonderful opportunities for you to meet and recruit science-oriented undergraduate students from groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. In addition to listening to research talks, you can volunteer to mentor students during the meeting or judge their posters. For those of you who are MORE program directors, you’ll also be able to support your students.
I encourage you to attend one or both of these meetings, as they bring in some of the best and brightest undergraduate students in the nation.
You can visit NIGMS staff at SACNAS exhibit booth 817 or ABRCMS exhibit booth 700.
For additional information or to register as a meeting participant, mentor and/or judge, visit the SACNAS and ABRCMS Websites.
About the Author
Shawn Gaillard
Shawn is director of the Division of Genetics and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. A molecular biologist, she manages grants in the areas of chromosome and nuclear structures, along with organismal response to environmental stressors.