BIO 391 - Senior Projects homepage

Homepage for BIO 391 - Senior Projects at Wilkes University

Course instructor: Dr. Kenneth M. Klemow

Announcements (last updated 6:30 P.M., 8 September 2008):

I made changes to the list of topics and students based on information provided to me at Monday's session. Please let me know if you see any inaccuracies.
I would like to see each team put together a project webpage in which you communicate information about your project to the class and the outside world. You can put the page on the Wilkes server, or use an open site like MySpace. I hope to change the link on the table to reference your page.
Our next meeting is Monday, 15 September at 5:00 P.M. We will discuss identifying and reading scientific literature.

Class information (click for course syllabus).

Primary Course Objective:

To serve as the first part of a capstone sequence for Senior Biology majors that will allow them to conduct an open-ended problem-based project, so as to integrate information gained during their careers at Wilkes.

Detailed Objectives:

By virtue of completing this course, students will:
Work as part of a team under the direction of a faculty mentor to identify and address a study problem.
Identify and master existing literature that bears upon the problem.
Identify appropriate methodologies to address the problem.
Prepare a written research proposal that summarizes and properly references the appropriate literature, identifies gaps in our knowledge, states questions, poses an hypothesis, and outlines methodologies.
Provide periodic oral progress reports.

Current Course Calendar:

Week	Topic
1	No class
2	Course introduction
3	Forming the teams, Q&A session
4	Refresher on how to search and read scientific literature
5	Student presentations: team goals
6	How to prepare a proposal
7	Proposal workshop
8	Student presentations: progress report
9	Student presentations: progress report
10	TBA
11	TBA
12	TBA
13	Student presentations: final semester report
14	Student presentations: final semester report

Projects

Title (click for description (.pdf format))	Mentor(s)	Students
Genes and germs on inflammatory bowel disease	Gutierrez, Pidcock	Griesemer, Olsen
Investigations into the role of nitric oxide in planarian regeneration	Biggers	Nothstein, Bookwalter, Nighbert
Seed caching and seedling establishment in forests	Steele	Julian, Stark, Reigel
Resveratrol and biomass production in Japanese knotweed	Klemow, Terzaghi	Bauman, Mancuso, Perini
Carbon sequestration on Wilkes properties	Klemow, Terzaghi, Fetcher	Longenberger, Abdulhassan, Reschauer
Urbanization and birds	Stratford	Barry, Wright, DellaFortuna, Haleem
Birds and bear oaks	Stratford, Klemow	Ryan, Miller, Phillips
Cell signaling and genetics in animal development	Kadlec	Shah, Kormanik, Sutaria
Genetic structure of Escherichia coli	Pidcock	Papayannakos, Velez
The Role of Thrombospondin in Mouse Brain Development	Kalter	Bucher, Jones, Creque

This page posted and maintained by Kenneth M. Klemow, Ph.D., Biology Program, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766. Phone: (570) 408-4758, FAX: (570) 408-7862, email: kklemow@wilkes.edu.