Tentative Course Schedule and Reading Assignments
| Date | Topic | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| 8/22 | Welcome; Res gesta per excellentiam | On Being a Scientist, 3rd ed |
| 8/29 | Ethics Discussion | On Being a Scientist, 3rd ed; Fang et al. 2012 |
| 9/5 | Ethics Discussion | NIH Proposal by Colin Parrish |
| 9/12 | Scientific proposals; Specific aims assignment |
UM CMB website; Proposal Timeline template |
| 9/19 | What’s grad school all about? Peer review of specific aims. | |
| 9/26 | Intro to data analysis [Draft of research proposals due] | Biostats lecture notes |
| 10/3 | Proposal peer review | |
| 10/10 | Inferential statistics | ICMJE Recommendations |
| 10/17 | Introduction to scientific communication | |
| 10/24 | How to write an abstract | Data Lecture Notes |
| 10/31 | How to write research results; [Abstracts due] | Wolf-moose assignment |
| 11/7 | Data analysis review | Nature Abstract Guide |
| 11/14 | Peer review of team results | |
| 11/21 | Presentation preparation | |
| 11/28 | Thanksgiving | |
| 12/6 | Biology Research Seminar | 3 - 5:30 pm in SL-116 |