Guest speaker series

Discussion Section Schedule - Spring 2012

Prior to each discussion section you are required to read the assigned articles and complete the associated worksheets. Worksheets are submitted at the beginning of class. You can purchased the Best American Science Writing 2010 (BASW) paperback in the bookstore or online at Amazon. PDF files of journal articles are linked to their titles in the table below. Word doc files of worksheets, which are numbered 1-9, are linked to the numbers in column 4 of the table below. You can save the Word docs to your computer at home and answer questions directly on the documents before printing them out. I highly recommend doing this. It will help you tremendously when its time to write your article summaries.
During the last 5 weeks of the semester students will be working in groups to prepare and present research talks. Attendance is required and participation points will be earned.
Day	Date	Article	Work Sheet
T Th	1-24 & 1-26	Introduction	none
T Th	1-31 & 2-2	BASW - pages 102-123 and 124-146	WS 1
T Th	2-7 & 2-19	BASW - pages 190-217 and 218-231	WS 2
T Th	2-14 & 2-16	Signal transducer and activator of transcription-6 (STAT6) inhibition suppresses renal cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease	WS 3
T Th	2-21 & 2-23	Signal transducer and activator of transcription-6 (STAT6) inhibition suppresses renal cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease	WS 4
T Th	2-28 & 3-1	Amyloid _-Mediated Cell Death of Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Reveals Extensive Tau Fragmentation without Increased Full-length Tau Phosphorylation	WS 5
T Th	3-6 & 3-8	Amyloid _-Mediated Cell Death of Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Reveals Extensive Tau Fragmentation without Increased Full-length Tau Phosphorylation	WS 6
T Th	3-13 & 3-15	Amyloid _-Mediated Cell Death of Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Reveals Extensive Tau Fragmentation without Increased Full-length Tau Phosphorylation	WS 7
T Th	3-20 & 3-22	Allorecognition in a Basal Chordate Consists of Independent Activating and Inhibitory Pathways	WS 8
T Th	3-26 to 3-31	Spring Break	WS 9
T Th	4-3 & 4-5	Allorecognition in a Basal Chordate Consists of Independent Activating and Inhibitory Pathways	none
T Th	4-10 & 4-12	Preparation of Student Presentations	none
T Th	4-17 & 4-19	Preparation of Student Presentations	none
T Th	4-24 & 4-26	Student Presentation Dietary and Genetic Control of Glucose Transporter 2 Glycosylation Promotes Insulin Secretion in Suppressing Diabetes	none
T Th	5-1 & 5-3	Student Presentation Mammalian N-Glycan Branching Protects against Innate Immune Self-Recognition and Inflammation in Autoimmune Disease Pathogenesis	none
T Th	5-8 & 5-10	Student Presentation Pathway to diabetes through attenuation of pancreatic beta cell glycosylation and glucose transport	none

Discussion Section Schedule - Spring 2012

Prior to each discussion section you are required to read the assigned articles and complete the associated worksheets. Worksheets are submitted at the beginning of class. You can purchased the Best American Science Writing 2010 (BASW) paperback in the bookstore or online at Amazon. PDF files of journal articles are linked to their titles in the table below. Word doc files of worksheets, which are numbered 1-9, are linked to the numbers in column 4 of the table below. You can save the Word docs to your computer at home and answer questions directly on the documents before printing them out. I highly recommend doing this. It will help you tremendously when its time to write your article summaries.
During the last 5 weeks of the semester students will be working in groups to prepare and present research talks. Attendance is required and participation points will be earned.

Day

Date

Article

Work Sheet

T Th

1-24 & 1-26

Introduction

none

T Th

1-31 & 2-2

BASW - pages 102-123 and 124-146

WS 1

T Th

2-7 & 2-19

BASW - pages 190-217 and 218-231

WS 2

T Th

2-14 & 2-16

Signal transducer and activator of transcription-6 (STAT6) inhibition suppresses renal cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease

WS 3

T Th

2-21 & 2-23

Signal transducer and activator of transcription-6 (STAT6) inhibition suppresses renal cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease

WS 4

T Th

2-28 & 3-1

Amyloid _-Mediated Cell Death of Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Reveals Extensive Tau Fragmentation without Increased Full-length Tau Phosphorylation

WS 5

T Th

3-6 & 3-8

Amyloid _-Mediated Cell Death of Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Reveals Extensive Tau Fragmentation without Increased Full-length Tau Phosphorylation

WS 6

T Th

3-13 & 3-15

Amyloid _-Mediated Cell Death of Cultured Hippocampal Neurons Reveals Extensive Tau Fragmentation without Increased Full-length Tau Phosphorylation

WS 7

T Th

3-20 & 3-22

Allorecognition in a Basal Chordate Consists of Independent Activating and Inhibitory Pathways

WS 8

T Th

3-26 to 3-31

Spring Break

WS 9

T Th

4-3 & 4-5

Allorecognition in a Basal Chordate Consists of Independent Activating and Inhibitory Pathways

none

T Th

4-10 & 4-12

Preparation of Student Presentations

none

T Th

4-17 & 4-19

Preparation of Student Presentations

none

T Th

4-24 & 4-26

Student Presentation

Dietary and Genetic Control of Glucose Transporter 2 Glycosylation Promotes Insulin Secretion in Suppressing Diabetes

none

T Th

5-1 & 5-3

Student Presentation

Mammalian N-Glycan Branching Protects against Innate Immune Self-Recognition and Inflammation in Autoimmune Disease Pathogenesis

none

T Th

5-8 & 5-10

Student Presentation

Pathway to diabetes through attenuation of pancreatic beta cell glycosylation and glucose transport

none