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Each year I host a seminar. I strongly believe that a biology major should be 'fluent in biology', that means they should be able to read and speak the language. To practice and perfect these skills each seminar is discussion based and focuses on articles in scientific journals. Assignments will include presentations of background material (oral and 'wwwritten'), leading class discussions, & critiques of scientific articles. The seminar topic will vary from year to year but the class format and assignments will be similar. |
Current Seminar: Fall 2012 Cases in Environmental Health (Bio 262) The field of Environmental Health focuses on factors external to people that have health implications. In this TR seminar, students will develop skills in literature research, critical analysis, and communication exploring the intersection between cell biology, public health and the environment. Broad topics include regional and global examples investigating air quality, water quality and exposure to environmental chemicals. Working in trios, students will define sub areas of interest, such as home air quality, water purification byproducts, or mercury. They will use their research, creativity, and communication skills to compile materials and develop case studies that are appropriate for use in undergraduate cell biology courses. Prereq: one 100 level Biology w/lab course or Env201. (FALL 2012 is the first offering of this course.) |
Spring
'04 : Genetically Modified
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Fall
'02: Genetically Modified Organisms:
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Fall '01: From Venoms and Toxins to Drugs Through student background presentations, journal article discussion and web projects this seminar included topics ranging from garlic's effects on vasodilation to marijuana, nicotine, nettles and cone snails. The class project explored the FDA approval process by developing ficticious drug that cures erectile dysfunction. |
NOTE: Due to restructuring of the Biology webserver many of the image links in '00 and earlier projects do not work. These broken links are not the fault of the student webauthors. |
Fall '00: From Venoms and Toxins to Drugs (The use and development of naturally occurring substances for 'good' or 'defense' --in medicine, religious rituals, warfare) |
Spring '00: From Venoms and Toxins to Drugs (The use and development of natural substances into medical remedies) |
Spring '99: Vesicular traffic: Dogma or Myth (How to avoid bursting the bubble: Cellular mechanisms of vesicular transport) Site is no longer active. |