Meetings and Educational Activities
The Ando Lab meets weekly for group meetings. The primary purpose of group meetings is to share research, practice presentation skills, and discuss lab business. Meetings are regularly attended by collaborators and guests. Invitations and agenda are sent out by Rob Miller, and feedback for presenters is collected using a survey designed by Haoyue Wang. We also hold monthly 3-minute presentations, in which each member gives a short presentation to pitch ideas and papers for journal club meetings. The purpose of these pitches is to practice identifying important scientific ideas and distilling the most compelling information. After paper pitches, the group votes to determine papers to be discussed in detail in a separate journal club meeting. The Ando Lab also meets frequently for the student-organized X-ray learning group (XLG). Led by Mike Patterson, the purpose of XLG is to earn advanced topics in X-ray science and structural biology by teaching each other.
[ X-ray Learning Group (XLG) Lectures: 2023 - ]
[ X-ray Learning Group (XLG) Lectures: 2019 - 2020 ]
| # | Date | Presenter | Topic | Venue, Presentation Style |
| 1 | 9/19/19 | Mike | Introduction to XLG, EM spectrum | G41, chalk talk |
| 2 | 10/17/19 | Max | Synchrotron Radiation I | G41, chalk talk |
| 3 | 11/7/19 | Max | Synchrotron Radiation II | G41, chalk talk |
| 4 | 11/21/19 | Darren | Interactions of Matter and X-rays | G41, chalk talk |
| 5 | 12/12/19 | Will | SAXS theory I | G41, chalk talk |
| 6 | 1/9/20 | Will | SAXS theory II | G41, chalk talk |
| 7 | 1/23/20 | Audrey | SAXS data analysis I | G41, chalk talk |
| 8 | 2/6/20 | Audrey | SAXS data analysis II | G41, chalk talk |
| 9 | 3/25/20 | Mike | MX theory I | Zoom, chalk talk |
| 10 | 4/2/20 | Mike | MX theory II | Zoom, chalk talk |
| 11 | 4/9/20 | Mike | MX theory III | Zoom, chalk talk |
| 12 | 4/16/20 | Mike | MX theory IV | Zoom, chalk talk |
| 13 | 4/30/20 | Max | Phasing methods in MX I | Zoom, chalk talk |
| 14 | 5/7/20 | Steve | MATLAB tutorials | Zoom, guided tutorial |
| 15 | 5/14/20 | Max | Phasing methods in MX II | Zoom, chalk talk |
| 16 | 5/21/20 | Max | Phasing methods in MX III | Zoom, chalk talk |
| 17 | 5/28/20 | Max | Phasing methods in MX IV | Zoom, chalk talk |
| 18 | 6/4/20 | Darren | Coding with Python I | Zoom, powerpoint |
| 19 | 6/11/20 | Darren | Coding with Python II | Zoom, powerpoint |
| 21 | 6/18/20 | Darren | Coding with Python III | Zoom, powerpoint |
| 22 | 6/25/20 | Rob | Coding with Python, practical I | Zoom, tutorial |
| 23 | 7/2/20 | Rob | Coding with Python, practical II | Zoom, tutorial |
| 24 | 7/9/20 | Rob | Coding with Python, practical II | Zoom, tutorial |
| 25 | TBD | Amanda/Gabrielle | Topics in Biochemistry | Zoom |
| # | Date | Presenter | Topic | Venue, Presentation Style |
| 1 | 6/22/23 | Nozomi | Error analysis | BKL 125, chalk talk |
| 2 | 6/29/23 | Nozomi | SAXS fundamentals I | G45, RAW |
| 3 | 7/2/23 | Nozomi | SAXS fundamentals II | G45, Matlab |
| 4 | 7/13/23 | Darren | Bioinformatics tools | G45 |
| 5 | 7/20/23 | Nozomi | SAXS fundamentals III | G45, Matlab |
| 6 | 7/27/23 | Mike | Inspecting electron density | G45 |