Biochem 799 - Practicum in Biochemistry Teaching

    

Fall 2008-2009



 
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Course Description:

Section 042 (Class Number: 10562 )
Instructor(s): Wickens,Marvin P.
TA(s):
Credits: 1 to 3
Day:   Time: -
Location: Biochemistry 179   Website: http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/courses/biochem799/

Description:

The course is designed to provide, in microcosm, the experience of teaching an entire course. Dissertator-level PhD students will prepare and deliver a graduate-level lecture(s) in Biochemistry 660. Biochemistry 660 is taken by all incoming IPiB students, as well as students in other programs. The student lecturer will cover a method with which the student has hands-on experience, and combines theory and practice. Students receive extensive feedback, both before and after the lecture, from a variety of sources. The student lecturers also participate in the design of the course, evaluation of lectures, and the design of problem sets.

Participation is voluntary. One semester credit of 799 fulfills the equivalent of one required advanced seminar presentation, excluding the outside seminar presentation and the research progress seminar. If a student participates in 660 more than one time, the additional semesters of participation can fulfill the requirement for Continuous Seminar Enrollment, but additional semesters of 799/660 do NOT satisfy the requirement for additional advanced seminar presentations (3.3.2). Enrollment requires consent of instructor.

Meetings with Marv:

These are the dates and times for your (first) meeting with me.  If necessary, we will meet again.

At these meetings, you should have:

  • a power point draft of your talk
  • a print out of your recommended reading (a short review is appropriate)
  • a draft of your problem set question

Lecture
Date
Meet with Marv
Time
Speaker
Topic
Sept 9
Aug 26
11 am
Rachel Britt
Protein purification
Sept 11
Aug 25
1 pm
Greg Kabachinski
Membrane proteins
Sept 14
Aug 27
11 am
Leslie Donato
Sequencing Methods
Sept 21
Aug 28
11 am
Katie Bishop
Microarrays
Sept 23
Aug 31
11 am
Kyle Friend
Mass Spec
Sept 30
Sept 2
11 am
Summer Raines
Immunological methods I
Oct 5
Sept 2
11 am
Summer Raines
Immunological methods II
Oct 28
Sept 8
1 pm
Summer Raines
Model Organisms
Oct 7
Sept 9
11 am
Craig Stumpf
Molecular genetics of interactions
Oct 14
Sept 10
11 am
Elle Kielar
FRET
Oct 19
Sept 23
11 am
Vessela Petrova
FP/ITC/SPR
Oct 21
Sept 24
1 pm
Dana Byrd
Microscopy
Oct 23
Oct 7
11 am
Jason Kenealy
Cell biology and cell imaging
Oct 26
Oct 8
11 am
Keith Nykamp
Molecular genetics
Nov 2
Oct 9
1 pm
Ryan Marcheschi
NMR I

Attending Lectures - Two Groups:

I have divided you into two groups, corresponding with sections of the course indicated in the calendar for 660. Please plan to attend the lectures listed below, and to spend 10 to 45 minutes after class critiquing the lecture of the day.

These groups are not the same as for the problem sets.

Group 1 (attend lectures on Sept 9, 11, 14, 21, 23, 30; Oct 5 and 7)

Katie Bishop
Rachel Britt
Leslie Donato
Greg Kabichinski
Ryan Marcheschi
Summer Raines

Group 2 (attend lectures on Oct 14, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28; Nov 2)

Dana Byrd
Kyle Friend
Jason Kenealey
Elle Kielar
Keith Nykamp
Summer Raines
Craig Stumpf

    


 

 

 

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