Minutes 20100913 Moffatt TA Meeting

From SnOwy - Ed's Wiki Notebook

• two quizzes that are done
  • the ones that are done on the weekends
  • the ones that are done in class
• this week is very straight forward: biochemical vs. genetic vs. bioinformatics
• model organisms?
  • actual live specimen
  • we can answer things like macroscopic, systemic reactions such as losing leaves
  • root growth, developmental etc.,
• chromotography
• vs biochemistry
• example research questions
  • what if we have an unknown protein?
• build students' vocabulary
  • "assay" (quantitative)
• model organism starch assay example -- requires biochem, genetic and bioinf approaches.
• details should occur before Monday meetings
• "foreign" section students will be given printed pages
  • this should only occur for Friday students leaving Friday
  • (Friday is already crowded)
  • the big stack of printed quizzes is passed between classes