20.109(S16):Journal Club II (Day8)
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Overview and logistics
In Module 1, you delivered a mini-presentation that was focused on your research project. For this assignment, you will present work completed by other scientists that has been peer-reviewed and published. Reading, understanding, and explaining research related to your project are all important skills that will be important as you flex your scientist muscles.
As you prepare your talk be sure to follow the specific guidelines for oral presentations in this class.
Also, please use the following link to view the full video from Susan McConnell: Designing effective scientific presentations
You will complete this assignment individually.
Selecting an article to present
You may choose to select a journal article from those provided by the teaching faculty or you can select an article that is related to your Module 2 research from any peer-reviewed journal.
- If you choose an article from below, please "reserve" it by putting your (initials/lab section/team color) next to the listing here.
- For visibility, please use the following format to sign up if possible, substituting in your own initials and team color: <font color = purple><b>[ANS/WF/Purple]</b></font color>, which will look like [ANS/WF/Purple]. Thanks!
- If you would like to discuss a paper not on the list below, please email it (as .pdf) to your instructor with a brief description of the work.
- The list of papers below is provided as a guideline for the types of papers that might be relevant for your presentation. You are not limited to the primary research articles on this list. The list is provided simply to give you an idea of the kinds of subjects that could make suitable presentations for the class. Feel free to search PubMed yourself to find articles of interest to you.
- The same paper may be presented by a T/R and a W/F student, but may only be presented once per section.
Method of submission
Please submit your completed slides on Stellar, with filename Name_LabSection_Mod2JC.doc (for example, NoreenLyell_TR_Mod2JC.doc).
Your Journal club slides are due by 1 pm on the day of your presentation.
- The order in which your presentations are received will be the order of speakers.
Length and location of presentations
You will have 10 minutes to discuss the journal article you select. It may be very difficult, or impossible, to discuss all of the figures within the article adequately in only 10 minutes. Therefore, this assignment is not only to present the work, but also to identify the data that is most important to the conclusions. It is also critical to consider how your presentation 'flows' from one experiment to the next. As when you write your own research, you want to deliver a coherent story during your journal presentation.
On both journal club presentation days, we will meet in 16-336 and begin at 1:15 pm sharp. Presenters should arrive early and will be able to check their slides on the large screen.
Journal article options
If the links below do not work, the easiest way to locate each paper is to type the "PMID" (PubMed identifier) in at the PubMed website. If that approach gives you an error for some reason, or in future cases where you might not know the PMID, you can try typing the title of your article into PubMed to find it. If you have trouble accessing your article directly from there, go to http://libraries.mit.edu/vera, which is MIT's collection of journals online. Try selecting "exact title" from the search pulldown menu if the name of your journal is a common word such as Science. For older articles, you need to choose the JSTOR rather than Highwire interface.
Developing and examining calcium sensors
Using calcium sensors in biological systems
Presentation day reservation
Please put your name under the day you wish to present. There are up to 6 slots on each day. Slot location does not determine speaker order.
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