Interesting Literature – Wednesday Evening Small Discussion Groups
We will meet on the following evenings (BIOLOGY UNIT 1, Room 307, 5:30 pm) and form discussion groups to lead discourse on posted literature –
12 January (Please read both articles) –
The management of body weight
through BDNF and exercise
http://www.newsweek.com/id/36056 (Newsweek Link for Lay Audience Reading)
New England of Medicine Article (Scientific Publication that Relates to the Newsweek Article)
26 January (Please read both articles) -
Using light to control an animal’s
movement
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=single-worm-neurons&page=2 (Scientific American Link for Lay Audience Reading)
Nature Methods Article (Original manuscript from Harvard)
16 February
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mothers-pregnancy-weight
(Scientific American Link – Obesity during Pregnancy)
American Heart Association Article (Original review article about Metabolic Syndrome)
2 March
Metabolic Surgery to Treat Type II Diabetes (Original Article from the Annual Review of Medicine)
16 March
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=stem-cells-from-skin-cells (Scientific American Link – Stem Cells from Skin)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bystander-stem-cells-keep (Scientific American Link – Stem Cells for Memory)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=stem-cell-eye-repair (Scientific American Link – Stem Cells for Vision)
23 March (Please
read Review article and then I will explain the technology in the Nature
publication)
Nature Article (Original Cloning of the Sheep Dolly)
Repro. Domes Animals (Review on Cloning)
6 April
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance (Casualties of War)
20 April
Start with looking at this section of the US Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/understand/health_effects.html
On the right hand side of the page, there is a green box called “Health Effects”. Click on some of these tabs so that you are better
educated on the sources and health risks of radiation. There is a section called “Calculate your Exposure” – try this out to calculate
your annual exposure.
Then read the research report of Chernobyl…23 years after the accident:
Especially read chapter 15 if you cannot get through this entire 40 page report, it is interesting.
Literature will be posted as the semester proceeds, so check back often for linked pdf files (you may have to use your refresh key on your browser).
While you have the capacity to be graded on 5 of the 8 readings, you may feel free to participate in all of the readings if you so desire.
The first half of the evening will be dedicated to the discussion group activity (5:30 –6 pm).
The second half of the evening will be dedicated to an informal help session (6 – 6:30 pm).