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UPDATED: Sept 20 2008

Date	Location	Lecturer and Coordinator	Topic	Presentations P=Presenter R=Respondent
16-Sep Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr. Steffany Bennett Dr Daniel Figeys	Introduction to Systems Biology	Student introductions (Brief presentation made by each class member)
23-Sep Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr Daniel Figeys	Proteomics	1 P:Katy Morin R: Luke Wu
30-Sept Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr Robert Screaton Coordinator: Dr. Daniel Figeys	Delineating signaling pathways using functional genomics	2 P: James Butcher R: Yubing Liu
7-Oct Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr Kristin Baetz Coordinator: Dr. Steffany Bennett	Functional and chemical genomics	3 P: Maryam Zaid R: All students
14-Oct Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr Alexandre Blais Coordinator: Dr. Daniel Figeys	Functional genomics: ChIP-on-chip, RNA interference and expression profiling	4 P:Yubing Liu R: Houssein Salem Abdou
21-Oct Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr Steffany Bennett Dr Daniel Figeys	Writing Workshop Topic: How to write a scholarly review of a published paper Resources: 1. What is plagiarism (PDF)? 2. How to plan write and prepare a biomedical paper for publication: Online writing course (Inter-Biotec) 3. Westbrook G and Cooper L. Say it Simply: Tips for Clear Writing. (published online) 4. Westbrook G and Cooper L. Techniques for Clear Scientific Writing and Editing. (published online) First paper for scholarly review: A systems level analysis of transcriptional changes in Alzheimer's disease and normal aging. J Neurosci 28:1410-1420. (PDF)	All students
28-Oct Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr. Mads Kaern Coordinator: Dr. Daniel Figeys	Computational Biology	5 P:Luke Wu R:Maryam Zaid
4-Nov Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr Marjorie Brand Coordinator: Dr. Steffany Bennett	The proteomics of differentiation 1st scholarly review article due Articles handed out to colleagues for peer review	6 P: All students R: Josh Chan opens discussion
11-Nov Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr Jean-François Couture Coordinator: Dr. Steffany Bennett	Metabolomics: Applying structural biology to the study of gene regulation 1st peer review due	7 P:Houssein Salem Abdou R: James Butcher
18-Nov Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr Steffany Bennett Dr Daniel Figeys	Writing Workshop Topic: Improving an article by responding to peer review Improving peer-review critique 2nd paper for scholarly review handed out	All Students
25-Nov Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr Hai-Ying Mary Cheng Coordinator: Dr. Daniel Figeys	Metabolomics: Cellular Mechanisms of Biological Timing 2nd scholarly review article due Articles handed out to colleagues for peer review	8 P:Tara Seibert R:Katy Morin
2-Dec Tuesday 9:30-12:30	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr. Steffany Bennett	Lipidomics 2nd peer review due	9 P: Josh Chan R: Tara Seibert
9-Dec Tuesday (9:30-12:30)	Rm 4161 RGN	Dr. Steffany Bennett Dr Daniel Figeys	Writing Workshop Topic: How to co-author a paper. What is the role of the corresponding author?	All Students
16-Dec Tuesday (9:30-12:30)	Rm to be announced	Dr. Steffany Bennett Dr Daniel Figeys	Final paper due. Designated corresponding author submits the paper online	All Students

What to expect on the first day of class
On the first day of class, please bring a brief abstract introducing yourself (see below) and a single powerpoint slide you can use to introduce yourself to the group.

Please include the following information in your abstract:
a) who you work for
b) where you are in your program (M.Sc. or Ph.D, what year)
c) whether this your first graduate course
d) your thesis topic and areas of expertise
Maximum 100 words.

Each student will introduce themselves with a slide on the first day of class (2 min presentation in which you present the points in a-d described above).

Abstract: The abstract will be used to your benefit to facilitate how the course co-ordinators assign scholarly reviews to students for peer review panel portion of the course. The information will be used to ensure that students in the same lab or close proximity do not receive each others papers to review and to match each persons expertise to the content of the scholarly reviews if possible.