A review and critique of relevant literature in advance of the weekly MCBD Biology research seminar. Includes illustrating the significance, identifying the key findings, evaluating data and conclusions, and proposing further directions and questions. Practice of presentation skills. Weekly meeting with seminar speakers.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

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Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Graduate students only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
William Smith
3.2
26 reviews
MORRISSEY M A
Meghan Morrissey
5.0
4 reviews
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Spring 2024 . Richardson C Gardner B M
BIOEN1001
M
15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
Fall 2024 . Richardson C Morrissey M A
BIOEN1001
M
15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
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MCDB 260 Gardner B M Spring 2025 Total: 42
MCDB 260 Smith I Spring 2025 Total: 42
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30
4.1
MCDB1B . 4 Months Ago

His tests are literally all trivial facts hidden on his slides, which is easy for many people, but just not for me. I literally considered dropping out of bio major because I put in so much work reading the textbook and the slides and kept getting 80 on tests, just because I cant memorize all details. I had to score 100 on Wiltons part to get A-.

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MCDB135 . Morrissey M A 6 Months Ago

Dr. Morrissey is very passionate about cancer research and it translates very well into her lectures. Her lectures are so interesting and she always makes the subject matter relevant by tying it into current research and discoveries. Exams are very fair and she is very accessible for questions. This was my favorite bio class I've ever taken!

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MCDB1B . 8 Months Ago

reminds me of that one guy from young sheldon. tests were fair and lectures were interesting. just put in the effort and youll be fine. would take again

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MCDB1B . 11 Months Ago

Good enough lecturer, and definitely a super nice guy who wants his students to succeed. Exams were relatively difficult, but not unreasonable.

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MCDB1B . 11 Months Ago

Smith was a decent lecturer, but tended to fall behind, which made everything a little harder. The exam we had for his section (first 5 weeks) had questions that were pretty unfair compared to what we had been taught. Also, I reached out to him for help with a quiz, but he brushed my request aside, leaving me confused. He's a very nice guy though.

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MCDB135 . Morrissey M A 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

Could not recommend Dr. Morrissey more or her class cell growth and oncogenesis! There is no textbook, but she posts weekly readings related to the homework assignments (they are interesting and good practice reading academic papers). Great lectures and very fair grading. Plus if you do well on midterms you don't have to take the final!

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MCDB 251
9 / 9 Full
Neurobiology I: Cellular Organization and Biophysics of the Nervous System
T B A
M W
15:30 PM - 16:45 PM
68.2% A
MCDB 254
12 / 25 Enrolled
Advanced Topics in Neurobiology
Julie Simpson 3.6
T
10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
100.0% A
MCDB 262
59 / 87 Enrolled
Research Progress in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Thomas Weimbs 2.7
F
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
MCDB 263
56 / 97 Enrolled
Progress in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Brooke Gardner 3.1
M W
15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
MCDB 268
2 / 20 Enrolled
Literature in Plant Molecular Biology
Ruth Finkelstein 2.0
F
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
MCDB 270
0 / 2 Enrolled
Programming in Biology
F
13:00 PM - 13:50 PM