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===Thoughts/Suggestions=== | |||
* Whoever is leading JC should be prepared to present the paper in brief to set up discussion. (This lowers the barrier for people to attend JC.) | |||
* JC should be recorded on the wiki to generate summaries of important papers and allow ongoing/archived discussions. | |||
* Papers to be discussed could be selected from a [Endy: Journal Club: Suggested Reading|"wishlist"] that everyone contributes to. Seconding suggested papers will determine the level of interest. | |||
Revision as of 11:48, 3 March 2006
I would like to propose that we start a regular Journal Club.
Benefits of having a regular Journal Club:
- We will explore current research topics more deeply through discussion than by individual reading.
- We will be exposed to new topics that we wouldn't normally flag ourselves.
- We will become more knowledgeable of other Endy/Knight lab projects.
- We will discuss more papers than the sporadic one or two per year that we read under the current Journal Club model.
I know that we have tried holding regular Journal Clubs in the past, and that they all fizzled. So I would like to propose a new format that would perhaps be more sustainable:
- Meet once or twice per month
- We would meet on the same day of the week at the same time, so it would become a habit (like group meeting).
- Assign each journal club to one club member
- This person would be in charge of selecting a paper and leading the discussion.
- We could assign slots in a similar manner to group snack (a duty which is never neglected, hehe)
- Invite people from outside the Endy/Knight labs, who may have an interest in our topics of discussion.
- This might freshen up the meetings, so it isn't always the same group with which we always hang out.
I would love to hear any thought you guys might have about this.
Thoughts/Suggestions
- Whoever is leading JC should be prepared to present the paper in brief to set up discussion. (This lowers the barrier for people to attend JC.)
- JC should be recorded on the wiki to generate summaries of important papers and allow ongoing/archived discussions.
- Papers to be discussed could be selected from a [Endy: Journal Club: Suggested Reading|"wishlist"] that everyone contributes to. Seconding suggested papers will determine the level of interest.
If you are interested in participating in a regular Journal Club, please sign up below:
(Name, topics of interest)
- Samantha, Synthetic Biology, Protein Engineering.
- Alex, buildin' squishy stuff
- Barry, chassis engineering, well-characterized simple parts - plasmids, promoters, RBSs
- Reshma, biological energy, magnetotactic bacteria, measuring PoPS, synthetic biology
- cmc, synthetic biology, design rules for modularity in Standard Biological Parts. Measurment technologies for characterizing SBPs.