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Readings (all class handouts, except for Pechenik) |
Science Communication Assignment |
| Jan 24 | Intro, goals, expectations
The Motor Unit |
Bear, Connors, Paradiso Neuroscience, pp436-464 |
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| WRITING WELL | PECHENIK CHAPTER 1 and 2 | in-class (ungraded): re-writing the passive voice | |
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Jan 31 |
Muscle cell biology and function: membranes |
Alberts, page 631-657 |
1. Re-writing the passive voice |
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COMMUNICATING WITH POWERPOINT |
Al Gore: An inconvenient truth |
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| Feb 7 | The Neuromuscular Junction |
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| COMMUNICATING SCIENCE TO NON-SCIENTISTS | Matthew, pages 110-129
PECHENIK CHAPTER 8 Essay: The Tangle, by Jonathan Weiner, from The New Yorker |
2. Outlining. Write a one-page Outline of Weiner Essay | |
| Feb 14 | Development of muscle: embryology | Gilbert, pages 465-477 Review article TBD |
3. 1-2 page summary of a neuromuscular disorder, For an interested non-biologist. |
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READING ORIGINAL RESEARCH |
PECHENIK CHAPTER 3 |
In-class: reading a scientific paper. |
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| Feb 21 |
Stem cells |
to be determined |
4. Summary of a research paper for a biologist: |
| Feb 28 | Muscular Dystrophy | to be determined | |
| March 6 | Motoneuron development and death | Old student grant proposals | 5. Grant reviews due |
| GRANT REVIEW SESSION | to be determined | In-class: discussion of grants | |
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| March 27 | Motor neuron pathfinding | to be determined | |
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Sign up for class presentations |
to be determined |
6A. Grant topic and 2 citations for grant due. |
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April 3 |
Devoto Intro |
to be determined |
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6 short presentations |
to be determined |
6B. Specific aims due | |
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April 10 |
Devoto Intro |
to be determined |
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6 short presentations |
to be determined |
6C. Draft of grant due. | |
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April 17 |
Devoto Intro |
to be determined |
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6 short presentations |
to be determined |
7. Friendly critique due. | |
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April 24 |
Laboratory in Muscle Development |
to be determined |
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8. GRANTS DUE |
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| May 1st | Grant reviews in class | ||
Potential special topics: