Calendar

From Session 19 on, all class time besides lectures and lab meetings will be for working on team projects and minireviews.

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES

1

Training Session: 30 Minute Safety Presentation - Erin Cook

Lecture: Course Overview / Project Descriptions

Lab: Cell Culture Introduction / Demonstration

Lab Meeting: Choose Teams for Team Projects

 

2

Informal Lecture: dsRNA Synthesis Overview

Lab: dsRNA Synthesis

 

3

Writing Lecture: Writing Basics - Marilee Ogren

Informal Lecture: Experimental Design and Notebook Keeping

Lab: dsRNA Purification and Quantitation

 

4

Video Lecture: Horvitz Nobel prize Lecture - DVD

Lab: Continue dsRNA Purification, Quantitation and Gel Electrophoresis

Lab Meeting: Group Discussion

Deadline to pick a team project

5

Lecture: Guest Lecture by Carl Novina (Dana Farber) on RNAi

Lab: dsRNA Transfection / Begin Team Project Proposal

 

6

Lecture: How to Review the Literature - Marilee Ogren

Informal Lecture: Cell Counting and Culture-I

Lab: Measuring Effects of dsRNA Transfection

Lab: Work on Team Project Proposal

 

7

Writing Lecture: How to Write a Proposal - Marilee Ogren

Informal Lecture: Cell Counting and Culture-II

Lab: Measuring Effects of dsRNA Transfection / Work on Project Proposal

 

8

Lecture: Guest Lecture by John Albeck (MIT) on Apoptosis

Lab: Measuring Effects of dsRNA Transfection / Work on Project Proposal

 

9

Lab Meeting: Group Discussion

Lab: Measuring Effects of dsRNA Transfection / Work on Project Proposal

 

10

Lab: Work on Common Project

 

11

Informal Lecture: Bioinformatics

Lab: Work on Common Project

 

12

Lecture: Bernard Mathey-Prevot (Harvard) Large-scale RNAi

Lab: Work on Common Project

 

13

Lab: Finish Common Project

Lab: Lab Book Review

 

14

Lab Meeting: Group Discussion

Lab: Begin Work on Team Projects - continue till end of course

Deadline to hand in team project proposals

15

Lecture: How to Give an Oral Presentation - Marilee Ogren

Lab: Discuss Team Project Proposals with Instructors

Lab: Revise Team Project Proposals

 

16

Lab: Work on Team Projects

Deadline to hand in revised team project proposals

17

Lab: Work on Lab Meeting Presentations (PowerPoint)

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

18

Other: 1st Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) (held every week hereafter)

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

19

Lecture: Special Research

 

20

Lab: Work On Team Projects

 

21

Writing Lecture: How to Write a Mini-review - Marilee Ogren

 

22

Lecture: Guest Lecture by Brenton Graveley (UConn) on RNAi Screening

 

23

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

 

24

Lecture: Special Research

 

25

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

26

Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper I - Marilee Ogren

 

27

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

28

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

 

29

Lecture: Special Research

 

30

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

31

Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper II- Marilee Ogren

 

32

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

33

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

Deadline to hand in mini-review

34

Lecture: Special Research

 

35

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

36

Writing Lecture: How to Write a Write Research Paper III - Marilee Ogren

 

37

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

38

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

 

39

Lecture: Special Research

 

40

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

41

Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper IV - Marilee Ogren

 

42

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

43

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

 

44

Lecture: Special Research

 

45

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

46

Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper V - Marilee Ogren

 

47

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

48

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

 

49

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

50

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

51

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

 

52

Lab: Work on Team Projects

Draft of final paper due to writing instructor

53

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

54

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

55

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

56

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

 

57

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

58

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

59

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

60

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

61

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

 

62

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

63

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

64

Lab: Work on Team Projects

 

65

Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)

Final team project papers due