1 MIMG 103L SYLLABUS – SPRING 2010 LECTURE ... - UCLA

Annotation Presentation/Peer EvaluationPresenting ideas and results in an oral format to an audience of peers is a valuable skill inresearch laboratory environments. Information should be shared in a concise but accurateand thorough manner. As a follow-up component for the annotation tutorial sessions,students will be responsible for providing a short presentation/demonstration to students intheir respective lab sections the same week as their tutorial session. All presentationmaterials will be supplied by the instructor. In this way, students will gain experience givingpresentations as well as mentoring their peers through a challenging research project as partof their scientific training in MIMG 103L. Students in each lab section will fill out aquestionnaire, evaluating the intellectual and cosmetic quality of the presentation as well asthe presenter(s) knowledge of the material. Forms will be collected by the TA to monitorparticipation. Then the forms will be returned to the presenter(s) with anonymous feedbackand constructive criticism from students.Homework and Lab ReportsThere are three homework assignments (80 pts total): Population Dynamics(30 pts, due 4/20 for TR labs & 4/21 for WF labs) Immunology Homework (including Case Study)(30 pts, due 5/20 for TR labs & 5/21 for WF labs) Virtual Mutagenicity Assay Worksheet(20 pts, due 6/2 for 1C, 6/3 for 1A & 1B).There are three lab reports (125 pts total): Pseudomonas Unknown project report(40 pts, due 5/27 for TR labs & 5/28 for WF labs) JGI Annotation project report(45 pts, due 6/3 for TR labs & 6/4 for WF labs) Phage Hunters project report(40 pts, due for all sections at the beginning of the final exam on 6/7/10).The homework assignments and lab reports are due during the first 15 minutes of the classperiod. Any report received after that time on the due date will receive a maximum of 75%credit. A maximum of only 50% credit will be given reports that are one day late. No creditwill be given for reports that are more than one day late. NO exceptions! Unforeseenproblems sometimes do occur, so PLAN AHEAD and complete the assignments early.QuizzesTeaching Assistants will give a total of 5 pop quizzes spread over the duration of the quarter.These quizzes will be unannounced, so students must always be prepared. Quizzes will begiven in the first 15 minutes of the lab period, so students should please be punctual. No6