BISC 207 HONORS INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY
BISC 100 FRESHMAN SEMINAR
FALL 2009
PRESENTATION SOURCES
PRESENTATION SOURCES
The following topics are listed in the order in
which
presentations will be given, and the order in which they are listed on
the syllabus. Some topics have multiple references; for those that
don't, or those that list no reference, there is sufficient information
on line.
1. Protein folding and the disposal of misshapen
proteins
- "New Movement in Parkinson's" - Scientific
American Vol.293 No. 1, July 2005. "A New Understanding of
Protein Mutation Unfolds" - American
Scientist, Vol. 93 #4, July-Aug. 2005; "A New Job for Ancient
Chaperones" - Scientific American Vol.
299, No. 1, July, 2008
2. Autophagy and Apoptosis - "How Cells Clean House"
- Scientific American Vol.
299, No. 5, May 2008
3. Cellulosic Biofuel Production using non-food C4
plants and/or Halophytes - "Grassoline at the Pump" - Scientific American Vol. 301 No.
1, July 2009. Also numerous on-line references can be found on Salicornia and seashore mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica)
4. Fertilizing the Ocean - "The Ocean's Invisible Forest" - Scientific American, Vol. 287 No. 2, August 2002 - gives good foundation for topic; find more recent references on-line; articles in Science or Nature can be accessed through Delcat
5. G-Protein Coupled Receptors - "New Bulls-Eyes for Drugs", Scientific American, Vol. 293 No. 4, October 2005.
6. Causes of Cancer - "Untangling the Roots of Cancer", Scientific American Vol. 289 No. 1, July 2003; "Chromosomal Chaos and Cancer" - Scientific American Vol. 296, No. 5, May 2007; "Gaining Ground on Breast Cancer", Scientific American, Vol. 298, No. 6, June 2008 (this last article is good for showing some cancer pathways. You do not have to report on information about drugs).
7. Control of Transcription - Brooker, pp.267-272;
"Epigenetics: From Islands to the shores", Science News, vol. 175, No. 4, p.
5, Feb. 14, 2009. Notice that pages from Brooker are listed as
reference - include general information about transcriptional control
in your presentation; you may focus on methylation specifically.
8. Silent Mutations and Disease - "The Price of
Silent Mutations" - Scientific
American, Vol. 300 No. 6, June 2009