Journal Colloquium
Weekly journal clubs are organized around at least 3 topics each semester. Attendance in at least one journal club is required each Fall and Spring Semesters. Students must take a minimum of 6 journal clubs as part of the graduate program.
Course Format for PCB 7922 Journal Colloquium
Three Journal Colloquium topics will be offered for Fall 2009 (below).
Students will pick one topic to participate and let the instructor(s) know they would like to attend that particular topic (some topics have a limited number of participants).
Each one of the topics has an initial organizational meeting (below). During this first meeting, students and instructor(s) will establish their regular class time, meeting place, the schedule of student presenters and go over the expectations of the course. If you would like to attend a topic but cannot make the organization meeting, please e-mail the instructor(s) with a list of times for which you have a conflict (courses, department seminars, lab meetings, etc).
1. Web Based Resources for Dissecting Gene Function
The course is for first year students and will focus on developing the knowledge and skills for using and interpreting web based information for gene function analyses in plants. The course will explore some of the major databases and read literature on strategies for dissecting gene function analysis.
Instructor: Gary Peter and Gordon Burleigh
Organizational Meeting: Thursday, Aug 27 at 12:30 p.m. in room 336 of the Genetics Institute.
2. Transformative Advances in Molecular Biology
This journal colloquium will discuss seminal papers that are part of the foundation for contemporary molecular biology. Papers will be selected that present key insights or technologies ranging from DNA as the hereditary material to next generation sequencing. Enrollment will be limited to 12 students.
Instructors: Kevin Folta and Mark Settles
Organizational Meeting: Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 4 p.m. in room 1308 Fifield Hall.
3. Systematics Journal Club
This journal club explores current, and sometimes classic, papers in systematics sensu lato, including theory, methods, and empirical papers in systematics and population genetics. Discussion sessions are led by students, with participation by students, post-docs, and faculty) (this topic is being offered as part of BOT 6927 by the Biology -- Botany -- Department ).
Instructors: Douglas Soltis and Pam Soltis
Organizational Meeting: Please contact instructors directly for details.
