Instruction for Journal Club Presentation

Instruction for Journal Club Presentation/Discussion

We will discuss the assigned research articles and relevant articles. All students are expected to read and be familiar with the entire article. This part of the class is graded, and attendance is mandatory. Please talk to Dr. Chin ahead of time if you must miss a class. In such case, you are expected to submit a special assignment on the research articles.

Each presenting group will have a total time of ca. 40 min and should allocate ca. 10 min (out of total time) to present the introduction/background. Please prepare about 30 slides for the entire presentation. The introduction presented must be based on assigned research article (main article & supplementary information published with the main article) and extra readings (some of the prior relevant papers and the newer studies that were published since then) and you should not simply rephrasing it from the assigned articles. After each presentation ca. 15 min. will be used for the questions & discussion. During this section the instructor may ask the presenter and all class students some questions.

See the specific instructions for the presentation below. Your grade for this assignment will be based on the quality and clarity of the presentation, knowledge of the specific research field and material, ability to answer questions, and participation in the overall discussion (not only during your presentation).

Specific Instructions:

Each presenting student must prepare a Power Point file with the slides containing the following sections:

• Introduction with illustration; 2) Specific methods; 3) Results (figures/tables in the main article with brief description & supplementary information published with the article) & Explanation; 4) Summary/Take home message; 5) Questions for discussion.

If a certain figure is too large, you may split it over separate slides.

A complete presentation PowerPoint file must be emailed to me by 5 PM the day before the presentation.

*NOTE: Each presenting group is expected to answer questions on all parts of the experiments described in the assigned article. You should be prepared to present and answer questions regarding the followings:

1. The underlining hypothesis(s) for each set of
2. The question each experiment is
3. The methodology used for each experiment (the principles of the method should be presented and not the technical details such as buffer composition, concentrations, etc.). You may include additional figures to explain the method, if relevant.
4. The purpose and nature of the controls (for each experiment). You should be able to explain the variables that the controls are controlling for the main observations and conclusions.
5. If relevant, include the supplementary information associated with set of

Journal Club Summary Instruction

For each Journal Club each student is required to read and write a summary of the research article and questions for discussion we will be discussing that day. These summaries and questions must be typed and emailed to  me

Summaries should be 1-2 pages with double space and 12 pt fonts (Times Roman or Arial). Your summary must include the answers for the following questions:

• What is the aim(s) of the author’s study?

• List and describe at least three (3) interesting research findings you learned from the research

• List what kind of experimental methods were employed for the author’s study and briefly describe each method.

• What are the overall significance and implications of the research article?

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