Class Notes: Week 12

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Lecture 21: Project Work Day

Studio 12: Consulations

Lecture 22: Tips on Giving Talks

Lecture 21: Project Work Day

Use class time to work on the projects.

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Studio 12: Consulations

This week, we have arranged for each project team to consult with at least a couple of advisors having relevant experience.

Boost the Body (Hepatitis C treatment)

• Dr. Lee Gehrke, Harvard Medical School/MIT
• Kevin Solomon, MIT (Kris Prather lab)

ENERGYneering (algae biofuel)

• GreenFuel Technologies
• Sri Kosuri, Harvard Medical School (George Church lab)
• Robbie Barbero, MIT (Angela Belcher lab)

Meat! (in vitro food)

• Jason Matheny, Director of New Harvest
• Luis Alvarez, MIT (Linda Griffith lab)

oncoCURES (early metastasis detection)

• Prof. Chris Anderson, UC Berkeley
• Dr. Agi Stachowiak, MIT Biological Engineering

Sleep-away (alertness aid)

• Bonnie Huang and Brandon Kwong, MIT (Darrell Irvine lab)

Trash to Treasure (accelerated composting)

• Randi Mail, Cambridge MA recycling director
• Chia Wu, MIT (Gerald Fink lab)

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Lecture 22: Tips on Giving Talks

Today we consider tips and tricks that you might use to construct and deliver even better presentations.

• Slides with some notes: (PDF)
• Video that illustrates a lot of powerpoint "do's" and "don'ts." ADMCVideos. "Part 3 - PowerPoint Do's and Don'ts." YouTube. January 26, 2009. Accessed October 20, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyPckg8eNVM.

Happy Presenting!

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