CELL 607A Departmental Seminar Series

Credits: 1
Departmental Seminar Series, after 1st year, all CDB students are required to enroll in and attend throughout their graduate training, which includes the Basic and Translational Sciences Seminar Series. Attendance is mandatory. Students who fail to maintain a passing grade in this course will be placed on immediate probation. Students in their second year of graduate training are required to participate in a pre-seminar journal club, during which students will discuss selected papers by outside speakers. This journal club will be organized by the course director. Students who have completed their Qualifying Examinations will be required to give a 30-minute presentation each year on their dissertation research. In general, students will give their first presentation in the spring term of their 3rd year, and will continue to give subsequent presentations annually throughout their graduate training. Students will receive oral and written critiques from participating faculty to help improve their presentation skills.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be repeated for credit