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7.18/7.19  Topics in Experimental Biology

Fall 2016

Instructors: Chris Kaiser, Dennis H Kim, Leslie Ann S Roldan, Anthony J Sinskey

Lecture:  TR2-4  (68-121)        

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Schedule of Oral Presentations next week

Great poster session today. I really enjoyed hearing about everyone's work, and hope you did as well.

Below is a schedule for the second set of oral presentations, which will give you an opportunity to revise your first one. Please upload your 10-minute presentation onto Stellar the morning of your presentation. If you have a conflict, please find someone to switch with, and notify Leslie:

Tues, 12/6: Ching Pin, Iris, Shivangi, Katie, Johnny, Daphne, Yasuko
Thurs, 12/8: Alissandra, Lucy, Ashley, Elan, Yasha, Camilo, Gerry

Announced on 01 December 2016  10:45  p.m. by Leslie Ann S Roldan

Thanksgiving invitation at Professor Sinskey's home

You are invited by Professor Sinskey to attend Thanksgiving at 285 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02115. The Thanksgiving celebration will begin at 2:00pm on the 24th of November.

Please RSVP by Nov. 21 5 pm EST to ftung@mit.edu

Thanks and happy holidays!

Announced on 21 November 2016  9:34  a.m. by Dennis H Kim

Elevator Pitches

I wanted to tell everyone in the class that i thought you did a terrific job with the elevator pitch assignment. I thought the initial crop of ideas was very imaginative, each group did a great job of refining and strenghening a single idea, and the presentations had punch and were to the point. In the real world pitches are never static because each round of thinking leads to new ideas about how the pitch can be improved by giving more focus, addressing criticisms , and exploiting opportunities. No doubt it would be instructive to go through another round of refinement of the pitches, but since we don't have the time I would like to give brief constructive comments on each pitch. Since the presentations to the group helped elevate everyone's experience of the exercise, I would like to share all the comments with the entire group. In order to prepare my comments I would appreciate it if each group could send me the slide deck they used.

Announced on 18 November 2016  2:08  p.m. by Chris Kaiser

Schedule of poster rehearsals - with rooms

Below is the schedule of the poster rehearsals.

You may present your poster as a print out, or as a PowerPoint presentation. I uploaded a sample poster presentation (from 9.85) under Materials > Term Paper. For directions to E18-228G, see "Finding WRAP & Leslie in E18" under Materials > General.

Monday, 11/28, room E18-228G (NEW BUILDING!)
11 am: Alissandra, Yasuko
4 pm: Katie, Daphne, Camilo

Tuesday, 11/29, room 68-121:
1 pm: Gerry, Yasha, Lucy
2 pm: Iris, Ashley, Johnny
3 pm: Shivangi, Ching-Pin, Elan

Announced on 16 November 2016  7:44  p.m. by Leslie Ann S Roldan

First complete draft and oral presentations

Your first complete draft is due Thursday, 11/10. We will meet in 68-121 at a later time: 3 pm. Please note the following:
  • Bring four (4) hard copies to class.
  • Drafts should have a title page and be double-spaced. Please place your last name and page in the upper right corner of each page. Place all illustrations at the end (e.g., after Bibliography), one illustration (with legend) per page.
In addition, we will have 10-min oral presentations starting next week. 7.18 students will present an IMRD talk about their Preliminary Results; 7.19 students will present their literature review. Below is the schedule. If you need to speak on a different date, please find someone to switch with, and notify Leslie on Thursday's class.

Tues, 11/15: Ching Pin, Gerry, Camilo, Iris, Katherine
Thurs, 11/17: Jonathan, Alissandra, Yasuko, Lucy, Ashley
Tues, 11/22: Shivangi, Elan, Daphne, Yasha

Announced on 08 November 2016  10:34  p.m. by Leslie Ann S Roldan

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