SCRM External Speaker Seminar Series (2 units)

Course DescriptionStudents will read and discuss with faculty guidance one or two recent papers by the Tuesday speaker of the week, and then attend the noon seminar.. Required Readings a

Course ID: SCRM 580

Title: SCRM External Speaker Seminar Series (2 units)

Fall/Spring - Tuesday, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Location: BCC 1st Floor Conference Room

Instructor: Rong Lu

Office : BCC 306

Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00–11:00 a.m.

Contact Info: ronglu@usc.edu, 323-442-0169

Course Description

Students will read and discuss with faculty guidance one or two recent papers by the Tuesday speaker of the week, and then attend the noon seminar.

Learning Objectives

The purpose of this course is to give students the opportunity to explore and discuss in detail the recent scientific accomplishments of weekly invited external speakers Students will gain experience in reviewing and presenting data from the scientific literature, and will acquire a better knowledge base by which to appreciate the material presented in the seminar.

Prerequisite(s): None.

Co-Requisite (s): None.

Concurrent Enrollment: None.

Recommended Preparation: None

Course Notes

None

Technological Proficiency and Hardware/Software Required

Not applicable.

Required Readings and Supplementary Materials

1–2 recent papers authored by the weekly speaker will be assigned for student reading the week before each seminar.

Description and Assessment of Assignments

During the 11 a.m.–noon hour, students will present, on a rotating basis, a detailed summary and analysis of the assigned papers All students are expected to have read the assigned papers in advance of each class meeting and to engage in active discussion of the work Critical elements that should be discussed by the presenter include: the background (context) and logic of the study, the methodology used, key conclusions reached, and any perceived deficiencies or unanswered issues The presenting student will be graded on their inclusion of these critical elements in their presentation, the clarity of the presentation, and their understanding of the work (as manifested by their ability to answer questions from other students and from the faculty moderator) Non-presenting students will be graded on their participation in discussion All students will then attend the noon seminar by the speaker.

Grading Breakdown

Assignment % of grade Presentation 85%

Participation 15%

Additional Policies

Absence for more than three class meetings and seminars without instructor approval will result in a failing grade.

Course Schedule: A Weekly Breakdown

Because the speakers will change from week to week and year to year, the following list of seminars

during the 2013–14 academic year is provided as an example of the type and diversity of the speakers who give presentations Upcoming Tuesdays without listed speakers as of the date of submission of this syllabus (Jan 28, 2014) are awaiting final confirmation by the visiting speaker.

2013

Tuesday,

September 3

Student presentation about recent Chin-Lin Guo papers; Chin-Lin Guo seminar

Tubulogenesis

Tuesday,

September 10

Student presentation about recent Henk Roelink papers; Henk Roelink seminar

Tuesday,

September 17 Student presentation about

recent Alexei Aravin papers; Alexei Aravin seminar

metazoa

Tuesday,

September 24 Student presentation about

recent Dennis Clegg papers; Dennis Clegg seminar

therapy for age-related macular degeneration

Tuesday,

October 1

Student presentation about recent Philipp Kaldis papers; Philipp Kaldis seminar

between symmetric and asymmetric divisions in neural stem cells

Tuesday,

October 8

Tuesday,

October 15 Student presentation about

recent Andrew Brack papers;

Andrew Brack seminar

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Tuesday,

October 22

Student

presentation about

recent Su Guo

papers; Su Guo

seminar

Tuesday,

October 29 Student presentation about

recent Richard

Harland papers;

Richard Harland

seminar

allotetraploidy in Xenopus laevis

Tuesday,

November 5

Student

presentation about

recent Ralph

Marcucio papers;

Ralph Marcucio

seminar

Tuesday,

November 12

Student

presentation about

recent Jody

Rosenblatt papers;

Jody Rosenblatt

seminar

University of Utah Epithelial apoptosis: death by extrusion

Tuesday,

November 19

Tuesday,

November 26

Student

presentation about

recent Gordon

Keller papers;

Gordon Keller

seminar

Tuesday,

December 3 Student presentation about

recent Yadong

Huang papers;

Yadong Huang

seminar

Screening Using Human iPSC-Derived Neurons

Tuesday,

December 10 Student presentation about

recent HFSP Group

papers; HFSP Group

seminar

Tuesday,

December 17 Student presentation about

recent Ellis Meng

papers; Ellis Meng

seminar

2014

Tuesday,

January 7

Tuesday,

January 14 Student presentation about

recent Meelad

Whitehead Institute Epigenetic Regulation of Stem Cells and Development by

Tet Enzymes

Tuesday,

January 21

Tuesday,

January 28

Student

presentation about

recent Julie

Sneddon papers;

Julie Sneddon

seminar

Differentiation of Pancreatic Beta Cells

Tuesday,

February 4 Student presentation about

recent Laura

Banaszynski papers;

Laura Banaszynski

seminar

Landscape

Wednesday,

Feb 5th Student presentation about

recent Jan

Kitajewski papers;

Jan Kitajewski

seminar

lymphangiogenesis

Tuesday,

February 11

Student

presentation about

recent Wenqian Hu

papers; Wenquian

Hu seminar

Whitehead Institute Regulation of Erythropoiesis by Long Noncoding RNAs

and mRNA-binding Proteins

Tuesday,

February 18

Tuesday,

February 25 Student presentation about

recent Michael

Bonaguidi papers;

Michael Bonaguidi

seminar

Johns Hopkins Inst for Cell Eng Mechanisms regulating endogenous adult neural stem cell plasticity: One Cell at a Time

Tuesday,

March 4 Student presentation about

recent Yuval

Rinkevich papers;

Yuval Rinkevich

seminar

Synthesis

Tuesday,

March 11

Tuesday,

March 18

Tuesday,

March 25 Student presentation about

recent Tracy

Grikscheit papers;

Tracy Grikscheit

seminar

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Tuesday, April

1

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Tuesday, April

8

Student

presentation about

recent Rajat Rohatgi

papers; Rajat

Rohatgi seminar

Stanford

Tuesday, April

Tuesday, April

recent Fabio Triolo

papers; Fabio Triolo

seminar

University of Texas

Tuesday, April

29

Student

presentation about

recent John Adams

papers; John Adams

seminar

UCLA

Tuesday, May

6

Student

presentation about

recent Songhai Shi

papers; Songhai Shi

seminar

Memorial Sloan-Kettering

Tuesday, May

recent Joe Zhou

papers; Joe Zhou

seminar

U Penn

Tuesday, May

20

Tuesday, May

27

Tuesday, June

3

Tuesday, June

recent Alex Wong

papers; Alex Wong

seminar

USC-KSOM

Tuesday, June

recent Valentina

Greco papers;

Valentina Greco

seminar

Yale

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