BIOLOGY 425-BIOLOGY SEMINAR

Tuesday class: (Special topics in Biology) 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM (Start on 7/13/2009) Might finish early each day.

Thursday class: (Special topics in Biology)10:00 AM- 1:00 PM (Start on 7/15/2009) Might finish early each day.

Both classes will meet in Room 205 Biology (end of the hall on second floor)

( depends which section you signed up for )

COURSE OUTLINE

Time & Place:
10:00 am - 1:00 pm on Tuesdays or Thursday (depending on which section you signed up for in Summer, 2010). Room rm 205 in the biology building.

Grading policy: Class participation and attendance (20%). Sometime within the semester you will be required to conduct an oral presentation (in some cases this may be done with a partner). The oral presentation will be a major part of the grade (70%). A comprehensive Final Exam in essay format (10%). It is not so bad- easy.

You will be required to sign up on a topic, research that topic and organize a presentation in which you will then present to the class. The class will ask questions and you are to encourage a discussion of the topic and answer questions from the audience.

Link for topics and papers
Go to the http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
These journals offer you some topics that might be of interest to you for the course. Note--you have to be on a UK computer for full access to the papers for some of the journals.

Pick a topic and be able to present it either via Power point or overhead or even on the chalk board. Plan on a 20 minutes presentation so then we can have 5 to 10 minutes of questions and discussion. This way about 30 minutes per person before going on to the next person.

You can email me your topic then I will post it on the www site so others will know what topic you choose.

****************TUESDAY****************************

July 13.....Valentine, Duncan..... " ID and Science/Biology "

July 13 ....Snider, Natalie.............."Drug Rresistance"

July 13..... Henderson, Darren.... Genetically Modified Foods. Specifically, the public misconceptions surrounding the topic concerning safety etc.

July 20.....Reloj, Allison......... "leaf cutter ants--the latest research from this summer"

July 20.....Mansoor, Zahra .... "pspd ?"

July 20 .....Blackburn, Andra .... " conservation efforts of large animals "

July 20 .....Abell, Marisa .................."antibodies may play a role in nerve regeneration"

July 20....Reik, Rebecca.................."?"

************* THURSDAY***********************

July 15.....Taylor, Jermey.........."Depression & Minority Mental Health"

July 15 or 22.....Jones, Richard .................."?"

July 15 or 22.....Rummage, Warren .................."seabirds"