| Instructor: | Dr. Terry Hwa; Urey 7222; phone: 4-7263; e-mail: |
| Time/Location: | Friday 3 – 5pm; Urey Hall 6120 |
| Course URL: | this page; https://matisse.ucsd.edu/courses/w19-qbio-critical-reading |
| Prerequisite: | interest in quantitative biology; consent of instructor |
Course activity:
| Date | class activity | assignment | |
| W1 | Fri, Jan 11 |
Intro to geometric morphometrics by Scott Rifkin | read ms #1: Quantitative morphological variation in the developing Drosophila Wing. |
| W2 | Fri, Jan 18 |
discussion ms #1 with Scott Rifkin and present report | prepare group presentation |
| W3 | Fri, Jan 25 |
Intro to limb size and chondrocyte development by Kim Cooper (ppt) [cornstalk paper] [size and proliferation] |
read ms #2: Chondrocyte swelling and skeletal proportion. |
| W4 | Fri, Feb 1 |
discuss ms #2 with Kim Cooper | prepare group presentation |
| W5 | Fri, Feb 8 |
present group project | |
| W6 | Fri, Feb 15 |
Intro to heart physiology and atrial fibrillation by Wouter-Jan Rappel (ppt) | read ms #3: review of cardiac arrhythmogenesis |
| W7 | Fri, Feb 22 |
further presentation by W. Rappel | prepare group presentation |
| W8 | Fri, Mar 1 |
present group project | read ms #4: vertical gradient and the slinky effect |
| W9 | Fri, Mar 8 |
Intro to lung physiology by Susan Hopkins | |
| W10 | Fri, Mar 15 |
discuss ms #4 with S. Hopkins | prepare report or group presentation |