BNFO 491 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Schedule for Advisory Panels on Research Proposals
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Fall 2012 

  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: Temple Room 3315 (see map)
     
  • Day: Tuesday, Dec 11
     
  • Time: Panels start promptly at 9:00 AM. See schedule for times of specific panels. We have little time, so the panels will start promptly. Presenters should be in the room at least 5-10 minutes before the time of their panel. Non-presenters are welcome at any time.
     
  • Duration of presentation: Five minutes and no more. At four minutes, you'll hear a courteous tinkle of a bell. At five 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: Five minutes and no more, marked by a bell. Questions will be posed by the panel.
     
  • 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.
       

B. Guidance for Panelists

  • Primary/Secondary reviewers: Each proposal has been assigned a primary and secondary reviewer, noted in the schedule below by your initials. The primary reviewer will begin the discussion. The secondary reviewer should also play an active role. Other panelists should feel free to join in as well, if the mood strikes.
     
  • 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 and to give credence to what has been observed, limited by how it was observed, rather than to 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 the exercise. Questions might ask "How do you know that X 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 five minutes of questioning will by itself provide valuable feedback to the presenter. You're certainly invited to provide written feedback as well, but don't feel an obligation to do so. Presenters have four days after the panel meets to revise their proposals if they wish.

C. Schedule of Panels

Panel I (9:00 - 9:32 AM)
Panelists: Joyce Lloyd, Andrew Ottens, Rita Shiang

9:00 Supriya Pokhrel Identifying cytoglobin's protein-protein interactions using yeast-two hybrid screening (or PDF)
Primary: RS   Secondary: JL
9:11 Shaun Norris Pharmaceutical re-activation of pathways in non-p53 type cancer cells to improve chemotherapeutic efficacy (or PDF)
Primary: AO   Secondary: RS
9:22 Tayab Waseem Natural variation in the glr-1 gene modifies ethanol responses of wild strains of C. elegans (or PDF)
Primary: JL   Secondary: AO

Panel II (9:33 - 10:05 AM)
Panelists: Jill Bettinger, Andrew Davies, Brad Windle

9:33 Yordanos Teferra Effect of environmental toxic substances (ETS exposure) on the brain. (or PDF)
Primary: BW   Secondary: AD
9:44 Kristen Wade Analysis of KLF1, KLF2-regulated cell proliferation/apoptosis pathways in embryonic erythropoiesis (or PDF)
Primary: JB   Secondary: BW
9:55 Michael Weissenberger Finding a probable origin for the secretion of Interleukin-4 cytokine in the immune response (or PDF)
Primary: AD   Secondary: JB

Panel III (10:06 - 10:38 AM)
Panelists: Danail Bonchev, Allison Johnson, Maria Rivera

10:06 Jonathan Kindberg Effect of ethanol on the NPR-1 protein and its interaction with the nervous system (or PDF)
Primary: MR   Secondary: DB
10:17 Sue Parks Can probiotic bacteria be used to return the normal vaginal flora? (or PDF)
Primary: AJ   Secondary: MR
10:28 Bobby Chaggar Viability of dendrosomal curcumin complexes in mitigating symptoms of auto-inflammatory disorders (or PDF)
Primary: DB   Secondary: AJ

Panel IV (10:39 - 11:22 AM)
Panelists: Wan-Ling Chiu, Sid Ghosh, Kim Jefferson

10:39 Abdallah Abdelmaksoud The pathway of TB using Biotin tagged Phages and Quantum Dots (or PDF)
Primary: KJ   Secondary: WLC
10:50 Mandi Feinberg Protein splicing in bacteriophage clusters (or PDF)
Primary: SG   Secondary: KJ
11:01 Kaleigh Hedges Intergeneric transfer of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) via helper phage (or PDF)
Primary: WLC   Secondary: SG
11:12 Neda Niazi Excessive bleeding in Wolfram Syndrome 2 (or PDF)
Primary: WLC   Secondary: KJ