Experimental Biology - Communications Intensive

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Lec #	TOPICS	IN CLASS ACTIVITIES
1	Introduction Druker, Brian J., et al. “Efficacy and Safety of a Specific Inhibitor of The BCR-ABL Tyrosine Kinase in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.” The New England Journal of Medicine 344, no. 14 (April 5, 2001): 1031-1037.	Three research articles will be distributed in class. Review the introductions and break into small groups to discuss the features they share and the differences between them. What general properties of introductions can you distill?
2	Materials and Methods Druker, Brian J., et al. “Efficacy and Safety of a Specific Inhibitor of The BCR-ABL Tyrosine Kinase in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.” The New England Journal of Medicine 344, no. 14 (April 5, 2001): 1031-1037.	Peer reviews of Long-Term Project Introductions Student oral presentations (5 minutes maximum) on the Druker, et al. article.
3	Neal Lerner: Illustrations (Figures) Marilee Ogren: Tables and Figures Gopen, George D., and Judith A. Swan. “The Science of Scientific Writing.” American Scientist 78 (November-December 1990): 550-558.	Class discussion and student oral presentations on “The Science of Scientific Writing”.
4	Results Arbuckle, Melissa R., et al. “Development of Autoantibodies before the Clinical Onset of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.” The New England Journal of Medicine 349 (2003): 1526-33. Shmerling, Robert H. “Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - There before You Know It.” The New England Journal of Medicine 349, no. 16 (October 16, 2003): 1499-1500.	Class discussion and student oral presentations on the Heyman, et al. paper on Lupus.
5	Neal Lerner: Discussions Marilee Ogren: Discussions/Conclusions Lapostolle, Frédéric, et al. “Severe Pulmonary Embolism Associated With Air Travel.” The New England Journal of Medicine 345, no. 11 (September 13, 2001): 779-783. Editorial. “Air Travel and various Thromboembolism- Is The Evidence In?” The New England Journal of Medicine 345, no. 11 (September 13, 2001): 828-829.	Class discussion and student oral presentations on the Lapostolle, et al. “Pulmonary Embolism” article.
6	Title and Abstract Watson, J. D., and F. H. C. Crick. “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids.” Nature 191, no. 4356 (April 25, 1953): 737-738. Halloran, S. Michael. “The Birth of Molecular Biology: An Essay in the rhetorical Criticism of Scientific Discourse.” Rhetoric Review 3, no. 1 (September 1984): 70-83.	Class discussion and student oral presentations on S. Michael Halloran’s “The Birth of Molecular Biology” and Watson and Crick’s “A Structure for DNA”.