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Reproductive Biology Training Program - Seminars

Basic requirements for Wednesday Afternoon Research Seminars in Reproductive Biology
 MCB 530 (CRN 37735, ANSC 590 (CRN 41786, 30005)
Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 2251 Vet Med Basic Science Bld., 2001 S. Lincoln Ave.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

  1. All trainees are encouraged to present seminars of research proposals, progress reports and completed studies.
  2. Presentations may be 20-25 minutes or 40-45 minutes, plus 5-10 minutes for questions/answers.
  3. Grades will be based on the following: a) seminar presentation (quality of presentation, quality of slides, content, hypotheses formulated, conclusions and ability to answer questions); b) attendance (see below); c) reports (those who do not present a seminar will be required to provide brief 1 page reports on 4 seminars).
  4. Trainees registered for the course are required to attend all seminars unless prior permission is granted for an excused absence. Excused absences are sometimes given for illness, family emergencies, travel to a scientific meeting for presentation of a paper, research experiments that requires absolute attention and cannot be delayed.
  5. All students are permitted only one absence without an excuse. Trainees will need to submit one seminar report for each excused absence beyond the one allowed absence.
  6. S or U grades. Students registered for 0.0 Credit will be graded either S or U. To receive the “S” grade, the student must attend at least 50% or more of the seminars.
  7. Speaker introductions will be made by trainees.  Trainees will be selected (or volunteers) to introduce the speakers each week. It is important to know something about the speaker prior to the introduction.

IDEAS FOR INTRODUCING THE SPEAKER IN REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY SEMINARS

  1. You need everyone in the audience to give you their full attention; but
  2. Be friendly
  3. Bring the speaker and audience together.
  4. Know more about your speaker than you present
  5. Ask the speaker to send you the introduction information (they should write their own intro).
  6. Double-space it, and print it in a large, easily readable type style.
  7. Speak up; make it clear to all
  8. Acknowledge the speaker (look at them; give a nod; but don’t be flippant)
  9. Add credibility to yourself if you know something important about the speaker
  10. Make it short—absolutely no more than 1 minute for students; 2 minutes for the famous

Example Speaker Introductions:

  1. Our speaker today is Dr. Tom Jones. Dr. Jones has been a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Shapiro’s Laboratory since 1915. Tom received his PhD in Biochemistry from Cornell in 1914 and his B.S in zoology in 1904. He has recently published a review article on life in eternal graduate school, which I highly recommend. The title of his seminar today is: “Estrogens and more estrogens”
  2. We are pleased have as our speaker today, Dr. Frederick vom Saal, Professor of Zoology at the University of Missouri. Dr. vom Saal received his B.S. degree from Cambridge in 1980 and his Ph.D. from John's Hopkins in 1988. I was not surprised recently to find Dr. vom Saal's research featured in the Chicago Tribune, as his findings have had major impact in the filed of enivornmental toxicology for the past several years. His discovery of low dosage effects of the endocrine disrupter, Bisphenol A, have had world wide impact. The title of his presentation is "Toxicity when we least expect it."

Questions/Answers Period:

  1. Ask for questions from students first
  2. Do not let one person dominate, but
  3. Be polite
  4. Be prepared with at least one question
  5. Watch the time and move along unless the topic is HOT!

Good Web Sites to Visit Regarding Good Speaking

http://www.publicspeakinginternational.com/index.html
(this is filled with great tips and also courses you can take)

http://www.fripp.com/index.html (general coaching for speakers)

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/index.html
(this site has many tips for leadership, management and speaking)

http://www.mindtools.com/

http://www.infoplease.com/homework/speaklisten.html

http://www.englishclub.com/index.htm
(this site is good for those having English as second language)

http://www.salesdoctors.com/diagnosis/3intro2.htm (mostly salesman like ideas; but ok)

 

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