Natural Science 0273 - Reviewing Papers in Biomedical Research

Creating interesting project ideas in the area of biomedical research is one of the most fun and rewarding aspects of this type of work. But to ask really good questions, you need to understand the work that has been accomplished previously. This requires delving into primary scientific literature in exquisite detail, and primary literature is almost another language. Working with primary literature requires a lot of practice and repetition in order to become comfortable. Students will search for papers in their field of interest and share them with their classmates through oral presentations. As the semester progresses, we will go over the papers in more and more detail. For the final project students will write a review article using the sources they have reviewed during the semester Keywords:biomedical research, genetics, neuroscience, cancer, disease

Media and Technology Division-II Supported Project Seminar Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time