Biology 376 Announcements and Handouts

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Bio 376 Handouts, Class Resources links, etc.

• Lecture folder
• Lab folder
• Literature folder - including C. elegans Wnt and lin-39-related papers, and 1st presentation papers (Reed et al, 2008 and Misale et al., 2012)
• RNAi related papers
• Teratogenesis-related papers - see also this page: Ethanol teratogenesis-related links

Peer eval rubric for Individual Primary Literature presentations [ MS Word doc ] / [ PDF ] - see more info below.

'Read More About It' - Last year's page, with links to previous years' pages for more individual presentation paper ideas, and 'RMAI' examples.

Read More About It submission form
Important Note: Prepare your materials in advance in an offline document, then log in to the submission page
and paste into the form - otherwise you may get logged out automatically before submission. You should see a
confirming message after clicking 'Submit' if it is successful.

Announcements / Reminders

• First Lab - Wed., Aug. 19
• First primary literature (group) presentations info - Date TBA
• Individual literature presentations - later in the semester
• Lab Project Research Teams (Ecto, Meso, Endo & NC) - TBD
• Individual literature presentations schedule - both presenters & peer reviewers - TBD

First Lab - Wednesday, August 19

Come to a synchronous Zoom session at 2:30 PM for the first lab.

Microscopy readings and C. elegans introduction - top of the Links page.

Look at the list of materials you need for lab in the syllabus; it is not absolutely essential to have all of these for first lab, but definitely get them as soon as possible. You will need them by the second lab. You will conclude the first lab by taking a quiz, which includes material from the assigned reading.

First primary literature presentations - Wnt & RTK signaling in Cancer - date TBA

The papers are complex and will require many readings (and, likely reading beyond the original articles), and coordination among all the presenters. You will want to get started as soon as possible.

See here for more information: 1st presentations

Reed et al., 2008 - Wnt signaling in Cancer
Everyone reads & studies - Teams Ecto & Endo present
Beta-catenin deficiency, but not Myc deletion, suppresses the immediate phenotypes of APC loss in the liver

Misale et al., 2012 - RTK signaling in Cancer
As above, everyone reads & studies - Teams Meso & NC present
Emergence of KRAS mutations and acquired resistance to anti-EGFR therapy in colorectal cancer

Individual literature presentations

See the syllabus for information on these presentations occuring during four lecture periods following the second exam. Selection of presentation dates will occur a month or so into the semester.

Lab Research Project Teams - TBD

Team Meso (mesoderm):

Team Endo (endoderm):

Team NC (neural crest):

Individual literature presentations & peer reviewing schedule - TBD