6.049/7.33  Evolutionary Biology

Evaluations

This is just another reminder to fill out the evaluation for our course at http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation/

So far, 4 students have evaluated the course. It would be great to have the response rate up to 100% by class time tomorrow.

Best regards,

Dave & Bob

Announced on 15 May 2013  1:50  p.m. by David Bartel

Sections for Thursday

We are almost done with the course!! Happy end of semester everyone. Please remember to fill in the course evaluation forms, they will add positive selection pressure on the course and make the rate of its evolution faster. Without your input, we will be subject to more drift, and the best parts of the class may be destroyed by chance. So use your evolutionary force.
Here is the sections for Thursday:
11am-12pm
Aditya
Vivek
Deena
Marc
Kim
Sara
Lydia
Ciara
Matt

12pm-1pm
Phil
Juliann
Ceres
Melissa
James
Ben
Charles
Kayla
Rebecca

Have fun reading the last paper.
Sam

Announced on 14 May 2013  11:50  a.m. by Sam Sinai

Oral Projects

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick reminder that the oral projects will start tomorrow. You will meet Prof. Bartel and Prof. Berwick at WI-601B ( Whitehead). Please be on time and for those of you who missed quizzes, be prepared on the relevant material for the makeup exam. Let me know if you have any questions.

Good luck,
Sam

Announced on 05 May 2013  7:57  p.m. by Sam Sinai

Thursday Groups+Office Hours

Hi Everyone,

Congrats on finishing the last quiz of this term. You can now focus on the 'graduate-like' component of the course, and use your freshly acquired knowledge about evolution while reading the papers. I hope you enjoy it.

A couple of administrative points:

First of all, since we are done with all of the problem sets and quizzes, I am not holding regular office hours on Wednesdays for the rest of the term. Of course I can schedule meeting times with each of you per request if you have any questions or need help with your oral project. Just send me an email and we can arrange a time.

Second, here are the groups for the Thursday paper discussion:

11:00am-12:00pm
Sara
Jamie
Kimberly
Aditya
Marc
Julian
Matthew
Ceres
Ben

12:00pm-1:00pm
Deena
Rebecca
Phil
Melissa
Charles
Vivek
Lydia
Kayla

Please attend your assigned session, and remember your participation in these sessions is part of your grade, so if you have to miss it you should contact us in advance.

Sam

Announced on 30 April 2013  7:07  p.m. by Sam Sinai

Quiz 5 Reminder

Hi Everyone,

This is the reminder that we will have the last quiz of the course tomorrow. It will cover origin of life, history of life, comparative methods, coevolution, directed evolution and evolution of sex chromosomes (guest lecture). I have posted a few practice problems (not comprehensive), drawn from previous quizes. For those of you who submitted their problem sets, you can see your grade along with brief comments later this evening on stellar. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Good luck,
Sam

Announced on 29 April 2013  12:16  p.m. by Sam Sinai