Bi252.  Responsible Conduct of Research

 

Spring Term 2008

 

Date

Discussion leader

Topic

March 31

Elliot Meyerowitz

Misconduct and Fraud

April 7

Paul Sternberg

Mentoring

April 14

Hannah Dvorak-Carbone

Intellectual Property

April 21

David Baltimore

Stem Cells

April 28

Cristof Koch

Human Subjects

May 5

Peter Dervan

Conflicts of Interest

May 12

Janet Baer

Animal Subjects

May 19

Paul Patterson

Authorship and Peer Review

May 26

Memorial Day

Remember what you learned

 

Required texbook: 

Francis L. Macrina, Scientific Integrity: An Introductory Text with Cases,

3rd ed., ASM Press, Washington DC, 2005.  ISBN 1-55581-152-3

 

Location:

200 Broad Building.   Mondays 2-4.   NOTE NEW LOCATION!

 

Assignments: 

Each student will be required to develop and present a skit (teamwork necessary).  Skits are due to the TA (Holly Beale) by email on the Friday before the class. 

 

Teaching assistant: (Holly Beale)

 

Grading:  Pass-Fail

Based on attendance and participation

 

Organized by Elliot Meyerowitz  and Paul Sternberg