DNA: Playing God
November 10, 2005
Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library, 1st Floor
5:30 Meet & Greet
6:00 Film
7:00 Discussion and Info Exchange (Present your favorite science magazine or journal)
7:30 Library Q&A and Consultations with the Life Sciences Librarian
Watch a preview>>
"Biotechnology would soon transform the pharmaceutical industry and genetically modified food was to herald the biggest revolution in agriculture since the industrialization of farming. Yet the public was skeptical, and so were certain scientists. Some feared that a cancer-causing gene stitched into the DNA of a bacterium might be accidentally absorbed in the human gut, enabling cancer to be passed on like an infectious disease. Biologists from all over the world were called to a meeting in California to draw up a strict set of safety guidelines." [PBS website]
Websites:
Boyer & Cohen's patent
Human Genome Project Information, ORNL
Gene Map of the Human Genome, NCBI
Pioneers of Molecualar Biology: Herb Boyer, Time Magazine
Books about:
Human Genome Project
Genetic Engineering- Moral and Ethical Aspects
Genetic Engineering- Social Aspects
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The Secret of Photo 51
October 20, 2005
Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library, 1st Floor
5:30 Meet & Greet (light refreshments)
6:00 Film
7:00 Discussion and Info Exchange (Present your own blog or website)
7:30 Library Q&A and Consultations with the Life Sciences Librarian
About the Film [PBS website]
"On April 25, 1953, the science journal Nature announced that James Watson and Francis Crick had discovered the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule that is fundamental to life. But absent from most accounts of their Nobel Prize-winning work is the contribution made by a scientist—molecular biologist and crystallographer Rosalind Franklin—who would never know that Watson and Crick had seen a key piece of her data without her permission and that it would lead them to the double helix."
"Ironically, her role in one of the most important discoveries in the history of science was hidden even from her, since she never knew that Photo 51 sparked the final insight that led to the solution of the double helix."
Websites about Rosalind Franklin:
San Diego Supercomputer Center
Contributions of 20th Century Women
Articles about Franklin:
The Twisted Road to the Double Helix, Scientific American
Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentus Discoveries, National Academies Press
Rosalind Franklin and the Double Helix, Physics Today
Light on a Dark Lady, Trends in Biochemical Sciences
Books about Franklin:
Rosalind Franklin : the dark lady of DNA / Brenda Maddox
Hodges Library / Stacks: QH506.F72 M33 2002
Rosalind Franklin and DNA / Anne Sayre
Hodges Library / Stacks: QP26.F68 S29 1975
Notable women in the life sciences : a biographical dictionary / edited by Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer
Hodges Reference / Reference: QH26 .N68 1996
Listen to an interview about Rosalind Franklin on NPR.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 09:49 PM
Evolution: Great Transformations
September 15, 2005
Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library, 1st Floor
5:30 Meet & Greet (light refreshments)
6:00 Film
7:00 Discussion and Info Exchange (Present your favorite science blog or website)
7:30 Library Q&A and Consultations with the Life Sciences Librarian
Websites:
Evolution resources from the National Academies of Science
Understanding Evolution: An Evolution Website for Teachers, University of California Museum of Paleontology
Darwin Day at UT
Articles:
Teaching the Science of Evolution, Cell Biology Education
Books:
about Charles Darwin
about The Scopes Monkey Trial
about Mammalian Evolution
Evolution and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences (free online)
Posted by Donna Braquet at 05:48 PM
What is a Peer Reviewed vs Refereed Article?
What is a Peer Reviewed Article?
A peer-reviewed article must pass the scrutiny of reviewers who are experts in the field or on the research topic of the article. Usually you can assume that a peer-reviewed journal contains peer-reviewed articles; however, as always there may be some exceptions.
What is a Refereed Article?
A refereed article is an article which has been carefully reviewed and scrutinized by scholars or experts in the research topic of the article who are not members of the editorial staff or board. In many cases the article has been subjected to a blind review process by one or more external readers.
To be certain, you may consult Ulrich's Guide to Periodicals.
Posted by admin at 07:10 PM
What is the difference between a magazine and a scholarly journal?
There are three main types of publications that publish articles: 1. Popular Magazines 2. Trade Magazines 3. Scholarly Journals (also called academic, refereed or peer-reviewed)
Magazines
- goals are to entertain and inform
- Authors are often professional writers, rather than experts in the subject
- Content might be fact, but might be anecdote or opinion
- Articles almost never have bibliographies
- Require no specialized knowledge or vocabulary to be understood
- Articles are not peer-reviewed
- Often have colourful covers or interfaces, and will usually contain advertising and many pictures
Examples: Discover, National Geographic, Psychology Today, Scientific American, Wired, Time, and Newsweek
Trade magazines or journals
- inform members of a particular industry or profession, generally by including industry- or profession-specific content
- Content is a mixture of fact, anecdote and opinion
- Some articles may have bibliographies
- Often require professional knowledge and vocabulary to be fully understood
- Articles are not peer-reviewed
- Usually have colourful covers, and contain pictures and advertising geared to the particular industry or profession
- Often are published by trade or professional organizations
Examples: Chemical & Engineering News, Genetic Engineering News and BioProcess International
Scholarly journals
- Are periodicals whose goal is scholarly communication: providing the means by which scholars and researchers share their findings with one another and with the public
- Contain primary, research articles describing new research or ideas; these are written in a formal manner that includes background information, methods used, results/interpretation and significance
- Many also include scholarly review articles
- Some have news sections which briefly report on new research; these are not research articles
- Research and review articles always have footnotes or bibliographies
- Research articles are peer-reviewed: experts examine submitted articles before accepting them for publication
- Articles often require specialized knowledge or vocabulary to be understood
- These journals usually have plain covers or interfaces and contain more graphs and charts than photographs
Examples: JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Annual Review of Microbiology, Journal of Biomechanics, Cell, Journal of Applied Ecology
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Faculty Blogs and Websites
Faculty: Use the comment feature to add your websites and/or blog.
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Student Blogs and websites
Students: Use the comment feature below to enter your own or your favorite blog and/or website.
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