1. General Guidelines
2. Guidance for Panelists
3. Schedule of Panels

A. General Guidelines (see How to Prepare for a Panel for further advice)

• Where: Harris Hall Room 2120 (see map)
   
• Day: Tuesday, Dec 10
   
• Time: We have no time to spare, so panels start promptly at 9:00 AM. See schedule for times of specific panels. Presenters should be in the room at least 5-10 minutes before the time of their panel. Non-presenters (and panelists) are welcome at any time.
   
• Duration of presentation: Up to eight minutes and no more. At seven minutes, you'll hear a courteous tinkle of a bell. At eight minutes, a bone-shaking clang will stop your presentation if it has not already concluded. If you're in the middle of a sentence, you'll be permitted to complete the sentence (with no more than one conjunction), but that's it.
   
• Duration of question and answer period: Up to eight minutes, marked by a bell. Questions will be posed by the panel concerning the presentation and the written proposal.
   
• Loading presentations: There won't be time to download your presentation. It must be on the computer before the panels begin. This can be done in either of two ways, and only these two ways:
   
  • E-mail your presentation to me before 8:00 AM the day of the presentation
  • Bring your presentation on a memory device by 8:45 AM. Do not expect to download it from your e-mail or upload it on the spot from your memory device.
     

B. Guidance for Panelists

• Reviewers: Each proposal has been assigned a primary reviewer, noted in the schedule. The primary reviewer will begin the discussion after the presentation. The other panelists are invited, nay, urged to join in as well.
   
• Goals of the proposal: Please see How to Write a Research Proposal to see the goals presenters were asked to address. If you like, you can also take a look at an example of a proposal.
   
• Goals of presentation: Please see How to Give a Presentation Focused on an Experiment to see the goals presenters were asked to address.
   
• Goals of the course: The primary goal of the course was to bring students into the scientific process of approximating truth, giving due weight to what has been observed, limited by how it was observed, and distinguishing observation from mere assertion.
   
• Goals of the review process: Please consider whether the proposal and presentation has addressed the general goals of the course and the specific goals of presentations and proposals. For example, a generally useful question would be "How do you know that [some assertion] is true?". If the proposal and presentation does not make clear that the presenter understands the principle behind the proposed experiment, you might through probing questions give the presenter an opportunity to display (or perhaps discover) such understanding.
   
• Feedback: The eight minutes of questioning will by itself provide valuable feedback to the presenter. You're certainly invited to provide written feedback as well. Presenters have four days after the panel meets to revise their proposals, if they wish.
   
• Thanks: Please accept them for the bracing experience you've given fledgling molecular biologists.

C. Schedule of Panels
      (presentation links will become active Tuesday, Dec 7)

Panel I (9:00 - 9:51 AM)
Panelists: Jill Bettinger, Billy Budd, Rita Shiang

9:00	Rachel Siefring	Measuring myelin protein expression levels with a MeCP2 knockdown in oligodendrocytes Primary: Rita Shiang       (Presentation)
9:17	William Mitchell	CpmA and 80alpha scaffolding proteins interaction in Staphylococcus aureus Primary: Billy Budd      (Presentation)
9:34	Farrah Hermes	Collagen 1 Gene expression in Smad7 knockout from renal tissue Primary: Jill Bettinger      (Presentation)

Panel II (9:55 - 10:46 AM)
Panelists: Lynne Elmore, Nathalie Houssin, Stacey Wahl

9:55	Gelila Esatu	The Activating switch of Zn2+ by the mutation of the amino acid Tyrosine to Alanine in the Dopamine Transporter protein possibly impairing cocaine's affect on locomotion Primary: Stacey Wahl      (Presentation)
10:02	Ramey Elsarrag	Determination of a possible mechanism for acquiring chemotherapy resistance Primary: Lynne Elmore      (Presentation)
10:19	Megan Mair	Mechanisms of cell regulation via cytokine blockage in Langerhans cells histiocytosis Primary: Nathalie Houssin      (Presentation)

Panel III (10:50 - 11:24 AM)
Panelists: Wan-Ling Chiu, Bill Eggleston, Brad Windle

10:50	Mazin Elsarrag	Investigating the effects of human aldehyde dehydrogenase on vaccinia virus replication in breast cancer stem cells Primary: Brad Windle      (Presentation)
11:07	Nav Saini	Using mutagenesis to determine the significance of a two-component regulatory response gene in bacteria Streptococcus sanguinis Primary: Bill Eggleston      (Presentation)

Panel IV (11:28 - 12:02 AM)
Panelists: Steve Fong, Maria Rivera, Fang-Sheng Wu

11:28	Akhil Garg	Measurement of the relative binding of Ang-4 to the Tie-2 receptor Primary: Maria Rivera      (Presentation)
11:45	Jordan Davis	Relations between chromosome protecting protein woc and terminin complex protein Verrocchio Primary: Fan-Sheng Wu      (Presentation)