C3600 Biological Research Skills Fall 2007

Companion course to C3500. 1 point.

Tuesdays 6:10 - 8:00 P.M. 700 Fairchild

Professor Ron Prywes

Corequisite: This course is required for all students enrolled in C3500 (Individual Topics) for the first time. Students who have previously done SURF, but not C3500 are also required to take this course. Students who take C3500 for the first time in the Spring are not required to take C3600 but they are allowed to if they are presently taking C3500.

Course Requirements:

Attendance at all sessions and oral presentation of research one to two times.

Course Plan

The first part of the course will have five presentations from faculty to illustrate different approaches to experimental biomedical research.

Tues. Sept. 4: Informational meeting, Listing of research topics.

Tues. Sept. 11: Prof. John Hunt; Biochemical approaches

Tues. Sept. 18: Prof. Elizabeth Miller; Cell biology approaches

Tues. Sept. 25: Prof. Daniel Kalderon; Genetic approaches

Tues. Oct. 2: Prof. Virginia Cornish; Chemical approaches

Tues. Oct. 9: Prof. Ron Prywes; Molecular biology approaches

There will likely be a break for a few weeks and student presentations will be scheduled in subsequent classes. Power point presentations should have about five slides and last no more than 10 minutes. Details will be provided later.