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Welcome to the Introduction to Research Seminar, Fall Semester 2008! On the contents sidebar you can navigate to various areas that contain information for the class, including the online syllabus, reading assignments, and data. Return to this site for updates about class schedule and assignments. Links will become active as needed throughout the semester. Most downloadable files require Adobe Acrobat reader, which can be downloaded for free here or by clicking on the icon below.
Posted 8/15/08 Practice Symposium Schedule and Information, Spring 2008: Here is the schedule of presentations:
Please read each presenter's article before they present. For presenters, you have 20 minutes total; 15 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for questions. I, as moderator, will observe these time limits strictly. Revised 4/17/08 Assignment, given on April 3, due April 17: 1) Download WinPP. (Easiest to do from here.) After you download it, extract the files all into the same location--I usually put it in "Program Files." Then you can either launch the program by double-clicking the icon "WinPP.exe" or--this is what I do--place a pointer to that file on your desktop. The assignment sheets (described below) assume that that's what you've done. If you use a Mac or Linux OS, go to the XPP website and download XPP. It's native on UNIX, so you can run it on a Mac under X11. 2) Go to the "Data" page and download the model file and protocol for your project. (See project assignments below.) 3) Use WinPP to analyze your model as described in the protocol. We will use the same teams as last time. Here are the assignments: Teams: 1) Dina, Jessica, Chad An alarming new cancer (project #1) 2) Michael, David Mutant glycolysis (project #3) 3) Gayle, Ian Outbreak of a new strain of HIV (project #4) Posted 4/3/08 Assignment, given on March 6, due March 20: I am assigning teams (listed below) to work on a particular task. Each team will be given a (real) data set and asked to analyze and draw conclusions from it. Results will be presented to the group by each team. (NOTE: All data sets were obtained from the R package, ISwR, and are freely available on the web from the R website.) Teams: 1) Dina, Jessica, Chad Data set: Vital Capacity (vitcap2) 2) Michael, David Data set: Malaria 3) Gayle, Ian Data set: Obesity and blood pressure (bp.obese) Posted 3/6/07 Clarification of assignments for Feb. 7 and 14: OK, apparently the previous post wasn't as clear as it could have been, given that a number of people have stopped by to ask about it. Sorry about that. Here's a second attempt: Thursday, Feb. 7: We will finish our discussion of the NAS booklet. Therefore, you have nothing to prepare for this meeting unless you still need to finish reading that booklet. Thursday, Feb. 14 (Happy Valentine's Day): Read and be prepared to discuss the handout (that I will pass out on Feb. 7) on U. of M.'s Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program. Also, find an equivalent handbook for the post-graduate program of your choice, and be prepared to compare and contrast your program to U. of M.'s. Posted 2/5/08 CHANGE TO SYLLABUS The syllabus says that we should be reading papers by Gardner et al. and Marzouki et al. this week. Given the extended discussion that we've had on the National Academy booklet, we will continue that discussion next week and not read the Gardner and Marzouki papers this semester. Also, remember that we are starting now 15 minutes earlier than scheduled, so we begin at 3:15 instead of 3:30, when your prof. remembers... Posted 2/1/08 Practice Symposium Schedule and Information: Here is the schedule of presentations from the previous semester. This semester's final project will be just like this
Please read each presenter's article before they present. For presenters, you have 15 minutes total; 13 minutes for the presentation and 2 minutes for questions. I, as moderator, will observe these time limits strictly. Revised 11/20/07 Assignment for November 20 Meeting: The assignment for next week is now posted under "Assignments." All files that you need to complete the assignment are now posted under "Data." The WinPP program can be downloaded simply from the "Assignments" page. Posted 11/13/07 Assignment for October 30 Meeting: Please download and read uniform requirements for biomedical journals and the author guidelines for both Nature and Science, and be prepared to lead a discussion on them. Posted 10/24/07 Assignment, given on October 16, due October 23: I am assigning teams (listed below) to work on a particular task. Each team will be given a (real) data set and asked to analyze and draw conclusions from it. Results will be presented to the group by each team next week. (NOTE: All data sets were obtained from the R package, ISwR, and are freely available on the web from the R website.) Teams: 1) Bethany G., Staci P., Crista J., and Kelsey T. Data set: Vital Capacity (vitcap2) 2) Jaime H., David K., David S. Data set: Malaria 3) Dean D., Matt M., Rob N. Data set: Obesity and blood pressure (bp.obese) Posted 10/16/07 Presentation Schedules for October 2 and 9:
Posted 9/29/07 Assignment for 9/25/07: 1) Download and read Krebs et al. (1995). (You may also want to get Krebs et al. (2001) for background.) Pay particular attention to the experimental design. 2) Begin to prepare a presentation for the class using the following guidelines: a) Find a primary, peer-reviewed research report in a field of study that interests you. b) Identify the following aspects of the study design in your paper: i) What was the goal of the study? ii) Is the study experimental, observational or a hybrid? iii) Outline the basic study design. iv) What variables were measured? v) What was discovered? 3) Bring the citation for your paper next week. Begin preparing to present your paper (the aspects outlined above) on October 2. Posted 9/18/07
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