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

SES #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Training Session: 30 Minute Safety Presentation - Erin Cook

Lecture: Course Overview / Project Descriptions

Lab: Cell Culture Introduction / Demonstration

Lab Meeting: Choose Teams for Team Projects
2Informal Lecture: dsRNA Synthesis Overview

Lab: dsRNA Synthesis
3Writing Lecture: Writing Basics - Marilee Ogren

Informal Lecture: Experimental Design and Notebook Keeping

Lab: dsRNA Purification and Quantitation
4Video Lecture: Horvitz Nobel prize Lecture - DVD

Lab: Continue dsRNA Purification, Quantitation and Gel Electrophoresis

Lab Meeting: Group Discussion
Deadline to pick a team project
5Lecture: Guest Lecture by Carl Novina (Dana Farber) on RNAi

Lab: dsRNA Transfection / Begin Team Project Proposal
6Lecture: 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
7Writing 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
8Lecture: Guest Lecture by John Albeck (MIT) on Apoptosis

Lab: Measuring Effects of dsRNA Transfection / Work on Project Proposal
9Lab Meeting: Group Discussion

Lab: Measuring Effects of dsRNA Transfection / Work on Project Proposal
10Lab: Work on Common Project
11Informal Lecture: Bioinformatics

Lab: Work on Common Project
12Lecture: Bernard Mathey-Prevot (Harvard) Large-scale RNAi

Lab: Work on Common Project
13Lab: Finish Common Project

Lab: Lab Book Review
14Lab Meeting: Group Discussion

Lab: Begin Work on Team Projects - continue till end of course
Deadline to hand in team project proposals
15Lecture: How to Give an Oral Presentation - Marilee Ogren

Lab: Discuss Team Project Proposals with Instructors

Lab: Revise Team Project Proposals
16Lab: Work on Team ProjectsDeadline to hand in revised team project proposals
17Lab: Work on Lab Meeting Presentations (PowerPoint)

Lab: Work on Team Projects
18Other: 1st Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) (held every week hereafter)

Lab: Work on Team Projects
19Lecture: Special Research
20Lab: Work On Team Projects
21Writing Lecture: How to Write a Mini-review - Marilee Ogren
22Lecture: Guest Lecture by Brenton Graveley (UConn) on RNAi Screening
23Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)
24Lecture: Special Research
25Lab: Work on Team Projects
26Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper I - Marilee Ogren
27Lab: Work on Team Projects
28Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)
29Lecture: Special Research
30Lab: Work on Team Projects
31Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper II- Marilee Ogren
32Lab: Work on Team Projects
33Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)Deadline to hand in mini-review
34Lecture: Special Research
35Lab: Work on Team Projects
36Writing Lecture: How to Write a Write Research Paper III - Marilee Ogren
37Lab: Work on Team Projects
38Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)
39Lecture: Special Research
40Lab: Work on Team Projects
41Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper IV - Marilee Ogren
42Lab: Work on Team Projects
43Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)
44Lecture: Special Research
45Lab: Work on Team Projects
46Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper V - Marilee Ogren
47Lab: Work on Team Projects
48Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)
49Lab: Work on Team Projects
50Lab: Work on Team Projects
51Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)
52Lab: Work on Team ProjectsDraft of final paper due to writing instructor
53Lab: Work on Team Projects
54Lab: Work on Team Projects
55Lab: Work on Team Projects
56Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)
57Lab: Work on Team Projects
58Lab: Work on Team Projects
59Lab: Work on Team Projects
60Lab: Work on Team Projects
61Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)
62Lab: Work on Team Projects
63Lab: Work on Team Projects
64Lab: Work on Team Projects
65Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours)Final team project papers due

 








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