1. Welcome!!! March 26 th, 2012 Dental Research

2. Meeting Overview  Dr. Rohrer  Bone/dental implant integration  Dr. Grimes  Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences  Strategies for getting involved in research  Dental School Tour final notice & sign-up  Collaborative Health Care Event  Dental School Advising Session  Officer Elections procedure  Final Notes

3. Dr. Rohrer  Professor and Director, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology  Director of University Oral Pathology Laboratories, and  Director of the Hard Tissue Research Laboratory  Authored/co-authored over 85 publications  Primarily research in the histologic and histomorphometric evaluation of bone, bone implants, bone grafting materials, and bone enhancing strategies.

4. Dr. Grimes  Research interest in the structure and assembly of the Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage phi29.  Recent emphasis on determining the molecular mechanism of DNA packaging and the role of a novel multimeric packaging RNA in this process.  The lab employs an integrated multi-disiplinary approach including genetic, biochemical, and biophysical techniques, such as cryo-EM and single molecule studies with laser tweezers, to address the mysteries of the structure and assembly of this virus.

5. Strategies for Getting involved in Research  Looking up researchers with similar research interests as yourself  Reading their articles and research interests before hand  Asking to meet with professors to talk about their research at the first possible meeting with them and then asking it possible to research in their lab  UROP  For freshmen and sophomores, a great class to take is BIOL 1020, Biology Colloquium  The class gives students the chance to interact with biology faculty  Great chance to discover a research opportunity  All research does not have to be dental related  Preferably life science

6. Dental School Tour  Tour will be on Tuesday, April 3 rd  4:00pm-4:45pm  Meet on 4 th floor outside of simulation clinic  Down the hall and to the right of the escaladers  Sign-up if you have not done so already!  Last day to sign-up so dental school has accurate numbers

7. Collaborative Health Care Event  April 12 th, 6:30-8:30pm in STSS #412  Program (2011, this year would be similar)  6:05-Welcome  6:10-Guest Speaker: Steve Schondelmeyer on Health Care Reform  6:30-Guest Speaker: Don Uden on Diabetes Mellitus Type 2  6:35-Inter-professional Case Study - small group discussion  6:50-Case Study debrief by Tricia Todd  7:20-Health Care professional panelists debrief  7:50-Wrap up and door prizes  Goal: To bring together pre-health students and introduce them to interprofessional perspectives of patient care

8. Dental School Advising Session  The next will Dental School advising session will be on this Wednesday the 28 th for anyone interested  1:30pm – 3:00pm  Sign-up online:  http://www.healthcareers.umn.edu/events/home.html# Dentistry http://www.healthcareers.umn.edu/events/home.html# Dentistry

9. Officer Elections  If you are interested in being an officer for the 2012-2013 year, please submit a paragraph to predent@umn.edu on why you think people should vote for you  Prepare a short speech for the meeting to help with your presentation of yourself to the club

10. Final Notes  If you have not picked up a t-shirt or would still like a pair of scrubs, please see an officer  Next Meeting: Monday, April 23 rd, 6pm  Topic: Dental School Admissions and Officer Elections  Speakers Nicki Black & Dr. Lopez  Coordinator of admissions & diversity & Dean of Dental Admissions, respectively  Come with questions for Dr. Lopez & Nicki Black  Submit questions you would like to have answered about applying to dental school to predent@umn.edu  Have a great week!