Columbia University - Department of Biological Sciences
UN1908 - First Year Seminar in
Biology - Fall 2021
Thursday 3pm-3:55pm |
Instructor: Dr. Alice Heicklen |
This course gives you a chance to hear about the latest research being conducted by scientists at Columbia University. Attendance at lectures is required. After each lecture, you should write a summary of the talk (1/2 to 1 page, maximum) and email it (pasted into the body of your message) to my assistant, Chanda Springer, at cs2660@columbia.edu by the following Wednesday (7 days later) at 8am. Rewrite the notes you take during class into 1-2 coherent paragraphs.
| No Class | |
| September 16 | No Class |
| September 23 | Dr. Stuart Firestein, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University |
| Smell | |
| September 30 | Dr. Oliver Hobert, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University | Neural Fate |
| October 7 | Dr. Laura Duvall, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University |
| Mosquitos' Attraction to Humans | |
| Dr. Liza Pon, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, CUIMC | |
| Mitochondrial Aging | |
| October 21 | Dr. John Hunt, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University |
| Cystic Fibrosis | |
| October 28 | Dr. Kenneth Olive, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, CUIMC |
| Pancreatic Cancer | |
| November 4 | Dr. Anna-Lena Steckelberg, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, CUIMC |
| Crafty Viruses | |
| November 11 | Veterans Day |
| November 18 | Dr. Lars Dietrich, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University |
| Bacterial Hordes | |
| November 25 | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Dr. Marko Jovanovic, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University | |
| Translational Regulation of Gene Expression | |
| December 9 | Dr. Erin Barnhart, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University |
| Power Hungry Neurons |
Grading
You must attend class, turn in your weekly summary on time and participate in class (ask at least two questions during the semester and participate in class activities) to maintain your grade. If you attend class but do not turn in a summary, this counts as if you missed the class. Everyone begins with an A. Every missed class decreases your grade one step: A to A-, A- to B+, etc. You can check the Grade Book in Canvas to verify that your assignments have been recorded. Recording of the grade in Canvas may take up to a week. Each assignment (attendance and summary) is worth 2 points. 2 points=submitted, 1 point=some issue, and 0 points=not submitted.