| Week | Day | Topic | Assignment Due |
| 1 | Friday, 14 January | Course Introduction, Course Contract handed out | 2 | Friday, 21 January | Begin Additional Literature Review to find newer references that may have been published since last fall | Course Contract Due |
| 3 | Friday, 28 January | No Class Meeting |
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| 4 | Friday, 4 February | Explanation of Journal Club talks |
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| 5 | Friday, 11 February | No Class Meeting |
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| 6 | Friday, 18 February | Article selection for journal club talks complete. Article must be emailed to Dr. Hurlbert by the start of class |
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| 7 | Friday, 25 February | Journal Club 1 Christine Dunn: Temperature artifacts in protein structures bias ligand-binding predictions Sophie Nguyen: Toothpaste Composition Effect on Enamel Analysis and Morphological Characteristics: In vitro Analysis |
Grading form for Journal Club Presentation All non-presenting students MUST complete the grading form for each presenter and give them to Dr. Hurlbert before leaving class. Need help keeping things straight for each article? Use this form to write down your thoughts as you read the article and see if the presenter answers your questions. |
| 8 | Friday, 4 March | Journal Club 2 Lily Leistiko: Effects of coffee and caffeine anhydrous on strength and sprint performance Kenny Butler: Gastric Adenocarcinomas Express the Glycosphingolipid Gb3/CD77: Targeting of Gastric Cancer Cells with Shiga Toxin B-Subunit |
All non-presenting students MUST complete the form for each presenter and give them to Dr. Hurlbert before leaving class. |
| 9 | Friday, 11 March |
Ford Read: Cryo-electron Microscopy Structure of S-Trimer, a Subunit Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19 Joshua Quarles: Gold nanoparticles functionalized with therapeutic and targeted peptides for cancer treatment |
All non-presenting students MUST complete the form for each presenter and give them to Dr. Hurlbert before leaving class. |
| 10 | Friday, 18 March | No Class Meeting - Spring Break |
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| 11 | Friday, 25 March | Two-minute Elevator Talks Given in Class Give a general description of your research project in less than 2 minutes as described in the course syllabus. |
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| 12 | Friday, 1 April | Rough Draft of Oral Progress Meeting presentation due in class |
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| 13 | Friday, 8 April | Monday, 4 April: Oral Progress Meetings Begin Oral Progress Report Meetings Continue, No Class Meeting |
Oral Progress Report Meeting Grading Form for Committee Members |
| 14 | Friday, 15 April | Friday, April 15: All Oral Progress Meetings Complete, No Class Meeting |
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| 15 | Friday, 22 April | Final Paper Due to Committee Members |
Final Paper Grading Forms for Committee Members |
| Tuesday, 3 May, Final Talks to be held in class meeting room. | |||