Join us for Salsa Night!
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| Alhambra Palace, Flamenco Dancers Credit: ©Choose Chicago |
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Tuesday evening we invite all attendees to join the GLBIO Program Chairs for a fun night of Salsa Dancing at Alhambra Palace.
Doors open at 7pm with lessons and dancing begins
at 9pm and goes until after midnight!
• Special admission discount for GLBIO 2017 participants
• All those with a GLBIO Conference badge will have the cover charge waived.
Have dinner in the restaurant beforehand.
• Grab some friends and make a reservation.
• In the Special Request area of the reservation put GLBIO.
• Please make your dinner reservations by May 7th to ensure the restaurant is able to accommodate us.
*This is an ON OWN event. Attendees are responsible for all expenses.
VOLUNTEER
Click here for announcement and application (pdf).
The Great Lakes Bioinformatics Consortium is pleased to announce a call for Student Support Staff for its 12th Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (an official conference of the International Society for Computational Biology) (GLBIO 2017), the conference will be held May 15-17, 2017 at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of research findings and methods, and development of long-term relationships and networking opportunities, for researchers within the region, as well as from around the world.
As a member of the Student Support Staff, you will receive valuable first-hand experience at an academic association conference, recognition on the conference website and a certificate of appreciation as well as a 50% discount in registration fees.
JOB DESCRIPTION
AT registration:
• Assist in registration process as needed.
• Make sure each registrant receives registration handouts.
IN educational sessions:
• Monitor session rooms, alerting conference manager of any AV or emergency needs during session.
• Checking badges for entrance to session rooms.
• Counting attendees in each educational session.
Other conference opportunities:
• Numbering poster boards to include monitoring hanging up and taking down of poster boards by presenters.
• Assist attendees in locating various events throughout the conference.
Only a small number of students will be selected to participate on this team. Apply today by completing the application and emailing it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Thank you,
Bel Hanson
Operations and Programs Manager
International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
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www.iscb.org
Email completed application, by April 17, 2017 to: Bel Hanson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
GETTING TO & AROUND UIC
Directions to UIC
- Mass Transit, Driving, etc.
- Circle Interchange Project
- Information on renovation project including the temporary closing of the Harrison St. Bridge between Halsted and Des Plaines and detours of CTA Buses.
- Information on renovation project including the temporary closing of the Harrison St. Bridge between Halsted and Des Plaines and detours of CTA Buses.
Parking
Parking at UIC
Parking and Directions to Specific Buildings
- Office of Admissions, Student Services Building (SSB)
- UIC Visitors Center, Student Services Building (SSB)
- Student Center East (SCE)
- Student Center West (SCW)
- James Stukel Towers (JST)
- UIC Pavilion
Bike Stations
A DIVVY bike station is located at SSB at Racine and Harrison in addition to several other DIVVY bike stations across campus.
Also, a bike rack for locking bicycles is located at the main entrance of SSB.
Source: https://admissions.uic.edu/book-visit/directions-parking-and-places-stay