Select Classic Biotechnology paper Sign up for Presentation Dates

BCH
p.m.
2:15-3:30
401 Fridays
Dieter-Porter
010
2006
Spring
Dr. A.G. Lee
BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR
"Biotechnology and Bioinformatics"
This course is intended for junior and senior biochemistry majors, but is open to all students who meet the prerequisites. Students will make oral presentations of classic papers in biotechnology and recent papers in bioinformatics.
•The course satisfies an Oral Communications (“C”) Skills requirement.
•The course satisfies the Capstone Requirement for the biochemistry major.
Outcomes: Students will learn to read, write abstracts for, critically evaluate, make oral presentations of and discuss research published in biochemical journals. Students will be competent to make both formal PowerPoint presentations and to lead journal clubs as presenters/facilitators. Students will learn to be critical listeners of scientific presentations.
Text:
Pechanik, J.A. 2001. A Short Guide to Writing About Biology. 4th ed. New York: Addison-Wesley Longman
Grading:
Abstracts
100
(2)
Presentation 100
PowerPoint
Presentation
100
Club
Journal
100
attendance)
(includes
Discussion
points
TOTAL 400
Schedule:
Date Activity Presenter
Lee
F 2/3/06 Lecture: Abstracts, Oral Presentations, PowerPoint Basics,
Handouts;
Select Classic Biotechnology paper; Sign up for Presentation
Dates
F 2/10/06 PowerPoint Presentation
F 2/17/06 PowerPoint Presentation
F 2/24/06 PowerPoint Presentation
F 3/3/06 PowerPoint Presentation
F 3/10/06 PowerPoint Presentation
F 3/17/06 PowerPoint Presentation
Journal Clubs Explained; Select Bioinformatics paper Lee
F 3/31/06 Journal Club
F 4/7/06 Journal Club
F 4/14/06 Journal Club
F 4/21/06 Journal Club
F 4/28/06 Journal Club
F 5/5/06 Journal Club; Course Evaluation
Copies of your abstract and copies of the paper are due the week before your presentation. Please make copies for all members of the class and for Dr. Lee.
References:
Web Sites:
The National Human Genome Research Institute
Human Genome Project Sequencing
http://ncbi.nlm.nih.giv.genome
BioMolecules in the Classroom: Educational Molecular Visualization with Chime & RasMol
/microbio/rasmol/rasclass.htm
EXTOXNET - The Extension TOXicology NETwork (pl of 3)
/info/extoxnet/
The National Center for Biotechnology Information
/
BioChemNet. . . a directory of biology and chemistry educational resources
/bionet.htm
The Microbiology (& Biotechnology) Network
Bio and Chem Clip Art .bionet.htm
Biochemistry Online /index.html
BioChemNet (a directory of biology and chemistry educational resources) /bionet.htm Biotechnology Dictionary /pages/dictionary.html
Chemfinder /
Harvard Biological Laboratories (huge list of Internet resources) /genome.html Image Library of Biological Macromolecules http://www.imb-jena.de/IMAGE.html
JBC Online (some resources available without subscription)
Medscape (one-line medical dictionary, drug information, clinical articles) The National Center for Biotechnology Information (PubMed) (free access to Medline databases) National Library of Medicine (free access to Medline database)
World Wide Club for the Biological and Medical Community (jobs, offers, conferences, research news, journals)
Journals Received by W&J Library:
Bioorganic Chemistry
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Experimental Biology
Nature
Science
American
Scientific
Books at W&J Library:
Berg. Dealing with Genes
Bollag and Edelstein. Protein Methods
Clark. The Double-Edged Sword of Immunity
Coombs. Dictionary of Biotechnology. 2nd ed.
Johnson. How Scientists Think
Kitcher. The Lives to Come: The Genetic Revolution and Human Possibility Lewin. Genes VI
McGrayne. Nobel Prize Women in Science
Physiology Source Book
Sperelakis.
Cell
Vaughan. How Life Begins: The Science of Life in the Womb
Weismann. Democracy and DNA
Other Books:
Abeles. Biochemistry (1992) (Dr. Harris)
Alberts. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3th. ed. (Dr. Harris, Dr. Lee)
Hecht. Bioorganic Chemistry: Nucleic Acids (Dr. Harris)
Lehninger. Principles of Biochemistry, 2nd ed. (1993) (Dr. Lee)
Lewin. Genes VII (Dr. Lee)
Maniatis. Molecular Cloning (Dr. Lee)
McKee. Biochemistry: An Introduction (1999) (Dr. Harris)
Nowatny. Protein Methods (Dr. Lee)
Walsh. Enzymatic Reaction Mechanisms (Dr. Harris)
Watson. Recombinant DNA Technology, 2nd. ed. (Dr. Lee)
Videos:
AIDS Research: The Story So Far (Dr. Lee)
Discovering Women (in Science) (Dr. Lee)
The Double Life of RNA (HHMI) (Dr. Lee)
The Immune System (HHMI) (Dr. Lee)
Clockwork Genes (HHMI) (Dr. Lee)
Recombinant DNA Technology videos (Dr. Lee)
The Secret of Life (Biology Department)
Making Babies (Dr. Lee)
Harvest of Fear (Dr. Lee)
CD-ROMS:
An Electronic Companion to Genetics (Dr. Lee)
Cells and Genes (Dr. Lee)
Explorations in Cell Biology and Genetics (Dr. Lee)
Hyper Cell (Dr. Lee)
ChemDraw (Dr. Harris, Dr. Lee; copies in D-P 102)
An Electronic Companion to Biochemistry (Dr. DeBerry) An Electronic Companion to Molecular Biology (Dr. Lee)。