CHEM552 Course Calendar

Last Updated 18 January, 2022

Week Day Topic Assignment Due
1 Friday, 14 January Course Introduction, Course Contract handed out
2 Friday, 21 January Begin Additional Literature Review to find newer references that may have been published since last fall Course Contract Due
3 Friday, 28 January

No Class Meeting

4 Friday, 4 February

Explanation of Journal Club talks

5 Friday, 11 February

No Class Meeting

6 Friday, 18 February

Article selection for journal club talks complete.

Article must be emailed to Dr. Hurlbert by the start of class

7 Friday, 25 February

Journal Club 1

Christine Dunn: Temperature artifacts in protein structures bias ligand-binding predictions

Sophie Nguyen: Toothpaste Composition Effect on Enamel Analysis and Morphological Characteristics: In vitro Analysis

Grading form for Journal Club Presentation

All non-presenting students MUST complete the grading form for each presenter and give them to Dr. Hurlbert before leaving class.

Need help keeping things straight for each article? Use this form to write down your thoughts as you read the article and see if the presenter answers your questions.

8 Friday, 4 March

Journal Club 2

Lily Leistiko: Effects of coffee and caffeine anhydrous on strength and sprint performance

Kenny Butler: Gastric Adenocarcinomas Express the Glycosphingolipid Gb3/CD77: Targeting of Gastric Cancer Cells with Shiga Toxin B-Subunit

All non-presenting students MUST complete the form for each presenter and give them to Dr. Hurlbert before leaving class.

9 Friday, 11 March

Journal Club 3

Ford Read: Cryo-electron Microscopy Structure of S-Trimer, a Subunit Vaccine Candidate for COVID-19

Joshua Quarles: Gold nanoparticles functionalized with therapeutic and targeted peptides for cancer treatment

All non-presenting students MUST complete the form for each presenter and give them to Dr. Hurlbert before leaving class.

10 Friday, 18 March

No Class Meeting - Spring Break

11 Friday, 25 March

Two-minute Elevator Talks Given in Class

Give a general description of your research project in less than 2 minutes as described in the course syllabus.

12 Friday, 1 April

Rough Draft of Oral Progress Meeting presentation due in class

13 Friday, 8 April

Monday, 4 April: Oral Progress Meetings Begin

Oral Progress Report Meetings Continue, No Class Meeting

Oral Progress Report Meeting Grading Form for Committee Members
14 Friday, 15 April

Friday, April 15: All Oral Progress Meetings Complete, No Class Meeting

15 Friday, 22 April

Final Paper Due to Committee Members

Final Paper Grading Forms for Committee Members
Tuesday, 3 May, Final Talks to be held in class meeting room.