[Chemistry
412 Home][Chemistry
Dept.]
CHEM. 412, M 4-5, Rm. 413
Spr 1999
Scott C. Hartsel- Instructor
Office Hours: M 2-4 Consult/Computer help time- tentatively in P 474 (inside biochem lab)
Requirements: For presentation you must provide an abstract with
references for everyone in the classroom and me (22 people). This
can be done electronically by emailing to all class members at 9895.CHEM.412.001
You also need to post your abstract outside the chemistry and biology
offices one week in advance.
A
Powerpoint
computer
presentation is required. The presentations should take 20 minutes with
5 minutes for questions. The subject must be timely and biochemistry/molecular
biology related with at least 5 references published in 1990 or later.
I would welcome research presentations on you own research where possible
but remember to spend adequate time putting it into context (~80% of
talk should be background/context).
Course Objectives: Being able to express yourself clearly in a scientific presentation is one of the most important skills you can master. Believe me! The old tools of the trade were a chalkboard, 35 mm slides or overheads. Now for seminar presentations, Microsoft Powerpoint presentations (or a similar program) with laptop computers are becoming frequent. Nearly all of the general access computers on campus now have this program and it is easy to use. Laptop computers can be reserved from the IMC for your presentation-do it early. I will supply the video projector. Mac or PCs both work with these presentations and have the same software, so use what you prefer. For the Mac end we have a remote mouse. You may prefer to do your editing on the machine that is associated with the projector in cases where the presentation is complex and linked to external applications or files. I will give a sample seminar and show you how to use some of the features of Powerpoint. Its really pretty simple. The best way to start is to fool around with the program and make some simple presentations. ALL PRESENTATIONS WILL BE HANDED IN (electronically) AND POSTED ON THE WEB SO BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE CITATIONS. EVERYONE WILL SEE IT.
Grading:
SCHEDULE
| Date/Presenter(s) | Topic |
| 1/25 S. Hartsel | Introduction-literature searching |
| 2/1 S. Hartsel | Folk Medicine: Truths
and Myths
A PowerPoint Presentation- |
| 2/8 S.Hartsel-Class meets in Hibbard 104 computer lab today only!! | How to create a Powerpoint Presentation |
| 2/15 Tony VandenBush
Brandon Connor |
"IL-8"
"THC" |
| 2/22 Brad Baas
Tom Zurakowski |
"Amphotericin B"
"Pilocarpine" |
| 3/1 Jeremy Gillis
Anne Luebke |
"Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor"
"Yeast 2-hybrid screens" |
| 3/8 Evonne Nadelhoffer
Mary Lawrence |
"Viagra"
"Red wine tannins and cardiovascular disease" |
| 3/15 NOBODY | SPRING BREAK |
| 3/22 Molly Loban
Colm O'Carroll |
"The role of leptin in weight regulation"
"Hallucinations" |
| 3/29 Dawn Scroeder
Jen Delaet |
"Neurogenesis"
"Losartin and its effect on heart failure" |
| 4/5 NOBODY | EASTER |
| 4/12 Angie Marks
Steve Knapp |
|
| 4/19 Rachel Meyer
Chris Golner |
|
| 4/26 Rick Helgemo
Jason Hadrath |
"Lyme Disease" |
| 5/3 Jason
Klein
Dave Quiles |
"Bioluminescence" |
| 5/10 Jessica Scott
Chris Krogstad Peter Mikulecky |
"Chemical Weapons" |
FINAL EXAM (Tuesday. May 18, 5:00 PM)
Scott C. Hartsel, hartsesc@uwec.edu