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Biochemistry
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Week 1: Jan 18-20 Wed. Introductions Schedule and Overview of Course Types of Scientific Communication Topic for Review Paper, Goals, Topic Suggestion Assignments: Personal Statement (Assignment 1) (Day: Ch. 1 & 2 and Davis: Ch. 1 & 2)
Fri. Assignment 1: Personal statement Due Friday Jan. 20th Discussion of a Review topic Choosing a journal and determining your audience (Davis: Ch. 19 and Day: Ch. 17 pages 109-113)
Week 2: Jan 23-27 Mon. Outlining (Davis: Ch. 3, Appendix 1 & 2 and Day: Ch. 25) Decisions, evaluating what is important Presenting evidence to support your point Wed. Literature Searches-Library Meet in 164 Burrill Hall (Day Chapt. 4, Davis Chapt 4) Fri. Computer room- literature search Meet in 164 Burrill Hall
Week 3: Jan 30-Feb 3 Mon. Bring Articles for Review topic to class Friday Jan. 27th. Plagiarism and Paraphrasing (Davis: pp. 127-128, 233-234) Wed. Common problems in writing (Day: Ch. 32-34 and Appendices) Editing Fri. Common problems in writing (continued)
Week 4: Feb 6- 10 Mon. First Draft of Review Due Monday Feb. 6th. Constructive criticism (giving and receiving) (Davis: Ch. 9, App. 7) Wed. Reviewing the literature, References, styles Fri. Return first draft Titles, Authorship and Abstracts (Davis: Ch. 10, App. 8 & 9 and Day: Ch. 4 to 6)
Week 5: Feb 13- 17 Mon. Bioethics, Research Integrity, Scientific Fraud (Davis: Ch. 12 and Day: Ch. 3) Wed. Bioethics (continued) Fri. Final Review Due Friday Feb. 17th. Submission, Letter to the editor, review process (Day: Ch. 16-19)
Week 6: Feb 20-24 Mon. Research Article Overview, When to publish. (Davis: Ch. 7, App. 3 and Day: Ch. 7 - 10) Wed. Format and section content Fri. Research Data Presentation (Stanley Wang)
Week 7: Feb 27-Mar 3 Mon. Presenting the data: Tables, Graphs, Photos, etc. (Davis: Ch. 11, App. 10 and Day: Ch. 13 - 15) Wed. Research Data Presentation (Stanley Wang) Fri. Research Data Presentation (Stanley Wang)
Week 8: Mar. 6- 10 Mon. Research Article Workshop Wed. Selecting a journal, the review process. Fri. Research Article Workshop, Titles, Abstracts
Week 9: Mar. 13-17 Mon. Research Article First Draft Due Designing a poster for a scientific meeting (Davis: Ch. 16, App. 15 and Day: Ch. 30) Wed. Poster Design Fri. Return Draft Kevin Nelson presentation of research data and posters
Spring Break Mar. 20 - 24
Week 10: Mar. 27-31 Mon. Research Article Workshop Wed. Research Article Workshop Fri. Research Article Due Friday Mar 31
Week 11: Apr. 3-7 Mon. Grant Application Overview (Davis: Ch. 5) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Fellowship Application (Form PHS 416-1) and Instructions (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/) Wed. Demonstrating that you can do the work Fri. Presenting a research proposal that is realistic.
Week 12: Apr. 10-14 Mon. Details, Bioethics, Human Subjects, Animals, Stem Cells, Recombinant DNA Wed. Budgets, Presenting a time line for proposed research Fri. Peer Review System (Dr. Ann Nardulli)
Week 13: Apr. 17-21 Mon. Grant Application Process Wed. Guidelines for presentations Fri. Presentations of Grant proposals
Week 14: Apr. 24-28 Mon. Presentations of Grant proposals Wed. Presentations of Grant proposals Fri. Presentations of Grant proposals
Week 15: May 1-3 (M/W) Mon. Presentations of Grant proposals Wed. Evaluations
Finals May 5-12 Grant and Portfolios are due by Friday May 5, 2006 at noon.
Other Reading Montgomery Ch 2
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