Guest speaker series

Discussion Section Schedule - Spring 2010

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 2006 (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 1-13, 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.
Day	Date	Article	Work Sheet
T Th	1-26 & 1-28	Introduction	none
T Th	2-2 & 2-4	BASW Autism’s Cause pg 104 BASW Devolution pg 194	1
T Th	2-9 & 2-11	BASW The Coming Death Shortage pg 177 BASW Clone Your Troubles Away pg 152	2
T Th	2-16 & 2-18	An Essential Role for DNA Adenine Methylation in Bacterial Virulence	3
T Th	2-23 & 2-25	An Essential Role for DNA Adenine Methylation in Bacterial Virulence	4
T Th	3-2 & 3-4	In vivo reprogramming of adult pancreatic exocrine cells to b-cells	5
T Th	3-9 & 3-11	In vivo reprogramming of adult pancreatic exocrine cells to b-cells	6
T Th	3-16 & 3-18	MicroRNA-145 Regulates OCT4, SOX2, and KLF4 and Represses Pluripotency in Human Embryonic Stem Cells	7
T Th	3-23 & 25	MicroRNA-145 Regulates OCT4, SOX2, and KLF4 and Represses Pluripotency in Human Embryonic Stem Cells	8
T Th	3-29 to 4-3	Spring Break	none
T Th	4-6 & 4-8	MicroRNA-145 Regulates OCT4, SOX2, and KLF4 and Represses Pluripotency in Human Embryonic Stem Cells	9
T Th	4-13 & 4-15	The Conserved microRNA MiR-8 Tunes Atrophin Levels to Prevent Neurodegeneration in Drosophila	10
T Th	4-20 & 4-22	The Conserved microRNA MiR-8 Tunes Atrophin Levels to Prevent Neurodegeneration in Drosophila Supplemental article	11
T Th	4-27 & 4-29	Tissue-Penetrating Delivery of Compounds and Nanoparticles into Tumors	12
T Th	5-4 & 5-6	Tissue-Penetrating Delivery of Compounds and Nanoparticles into Tumors	13
T Th	5-11 & 5-13	Open	none

Discussion Section Schedule - Spring 2010

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 2006 (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 1-13, 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.

Day

Date

Article

Work Sheet

T Th

1-26 & 1-28

Introduction

none

T Th

2-2 & 2-4

BASW Autism’s Cause pg 104

BASW Devolution pg 194