Biochemistry 511 Seminar

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Non-classical vitamin D functions

• Biochemistry 511 Seminar
• Fall 2009
• Dr. Hayes

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Roll call what do you do in your leisure time?

• Taylor Atchison
• Xintong Dong
• Claire Flanagan
• Kevin Gee
• Ryan Gentile
• Kevin Konieczko
• Matthew Kramer

• Soyoung Park
• Yeong Kyu Park
• Michelle Pollock
• Nathaniel Riordan
• Clayton Sweeney
• Lara Szpak
• Tom Wolfe

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Agenda for September 15

• Planning for H1N1 flu
• Introduction to Vitamin D, part 2
• Finalize presentation topics and schedule
• Form discussion groups to
• Discuss the scientific content of the papers
• Help the presenter select the data and
  conclusions to be presented
• View the seminar and suggest improvements
• Discuss elements of a good seminar

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Planning for H1N1 flu

• Central Wisconsin Center (long-term care for
  disabled residents)
• Dr. Norris Glick (e-mail 9/9/09)
• June 2009 H1N1 exposure
• Incidence in residents 2/275 (0.4)
• Incidence in staff 60/800 (7.5)
• Residents were receiving supplementary vitamin D3
  and being tested for serum 25-OH-D3 there was no
  systematic supplementation for staff
• Personal hygiene
• Stay home if you have
• Fever (100oF 37.8oC)
• Cough or sore throat
• Come back to class when
• Fever-free for 24 hr (without fever medication)

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Planning for H1N1 flu

• Send e-mail notice to Dr. Hayes of your illness
• If you are ill on your presentation date, we will
  plan a make-up date
• Read the paper that was presented on the day you
  were ill

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An outstanding seminar has

• A topic of high current interest
• A good story to tell
• Beginning
• Middle
• End
• Visual aids that tell the story
• An engaging speaker

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A good story

• Beginning
• Introduce the topic
• Define the problem and its significance
• State in general terms how the authors approached
  the problem
• Middle
• State the question and give the experimental
  design
• Show the results
• Interpret the results
• End
• Summarize the findings and explain their
  significance

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Visual aids

• Put an informative title on each slide
• Use schematic drawings to illustrate models and
  hypotheses
• Show the data
• Text
• Limited number of words
• Large enough to read from the back
• Plan at least 1 min/slide
• Add color and animation for interest

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An engaging speaker

• Speak
• Loudly enough to be heard
• Slowly and clearly enough to be understood
• Stimulate discussion by asking questions
• Look
• At your audience, not at your slide
• Move your gaze around the room
• Stand
• Where you can control lights, pointer, slide
  advance
• Where you do not impede vision
• Express excitement, use humor, be yourself

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Assignment for Sept 22

• Read your paper and the papers of your discussion
  group members
• Meet with your discussion group to review the
  papers
• If someone in the group is expert at making
  slides, go over the process
• If no one in the group is expert at making
  slides, visit a computer lab and learn
• Animal Sciences building, rooms 145, 149 150
• 1675 Observatory Drive
• Mac and Windows systems
• http//www.cals.wisc.edu/calslab/hours.html