| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Training Session: 30 Minute Safety Presentation - Erin Cook Lecture: Course Overview / Project Descriptions Lab: Cell Culture Introduction / Demonstration Lab Meeting: Choose Teams for Team Projects | |
| 2 | Informal Lecture: dsRNA Synthesis Overview Lab: dsRNA Synthesis | |
| 3 | Writing Lecture: Writing Basics - Marilee Ogren Informal Lecture: Experimental Design and Notebook Keeping Lab: dsRNA Purification and Quantitation | |
| 4 | Video Lecture: Horvitz Nobel prize Lecture - DVD Lab: Continue dsRNA Purification, Quantitation and Gel Electrophoresis Lab Meeting: Group Discussion | Deadline to pick a team project |
| 5 | Lecture: Guest Lecture by Carl Novina (Dana Farber) on RNAi Lab: dsRNA Transfection / Begin Team Project Proposal | |
| 6 | Lecture: 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 | |
| 7 | Writing 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 | |
| 8 | Lecture: Guest Lecture by John Albeck (MIT) on Apoptosis Lab: Measuring Effects of dsRNA Transfection / Work on Project Proposal | |
| 9 | Lab Meeting: Group Discussion Lab: Measuring Effects of dsRNA Transfection / Work on Project Proposal | |
| 10 | Lab: Work on Common Project | |
| 11 | Informal Lecture: Bioinformatics Lab: Work on Common Project | |
| 12 | Lecture: Bernard Mathey-Prevot (Harvard) Large-scale RNAi Lab: Work on Common Project | |
| 13 | Lab: Finish Common Project Lab: Lab Book Review | |
| 14 | Lab Meeting: Group Discussion Lab: Begin Work on Team Projects - continue till end of course | Deadline to hand in team project proposals |
| 15 | Lecture: How to Give an Oral Presentation - Marilee Ogren Lab: Discuss Team Project Proposals with Instructors Lab: Revise Team Project Proposals | |
| 16 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | Deadline to hand in revised team project proposals |
| 17 | Lab: Work on Lab Meeting Presentations (PowerPoint) Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 18 | Other: 1st Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) (held every week hereafter) Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 19 | Lecture: Special Research | |
| 20 | Lab: Work On Team Projects | |
| 21 | Writing Lecture: How to Write a Mini-review - Marilee Ogren | |
| 22 | Lecture: Guest Lecture by Brenton Graveley (UConn) on RNAi Screening | |
| 23 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | |
| 24 | Lecture: Special Research | |
| 25 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 26 | Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper I - Marilee Ogren | |
| 27 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 28 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | |
| 29 | Lecture: Special Research | |
| 30 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 31 | Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper II- Marilee Ogren | |
| 32 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 33 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | Deadline to hand in mini-review |
| 34 | Lecture: Special Research | |
| 35 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 36 | Writing Lecture: How to Write a Write Research Paper III - Marilee Ogren | |
| 37 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 38 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | |
| 39 | Lecture: Special Research | |
| 40 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 41 | Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper IV - Marilee Ogren | |
| 42 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 43 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | |
| 44 | Lecture: Special Research | |
| 45 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 46 | Writing Lecture: How to Write a Research Paper V - Marilee Ogren | |
| 47 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 48 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | |
| 49 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 50 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 51 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | |
| 52 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | Draft of final paper due to writing instructor |
| 53 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 54 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 55 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 56 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | |
| 57 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 58 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 59 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 60 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 61 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | |
| 62 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 63 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 64 | Lab: Work on Team Projects | |
| 65 | Lab Meeting: Lab Meeting (1.5 hours) | Final team project papers due |