Group Meeting 2021-23 Archives

Summer 2023


Group meetings are on Thursdays at 10:00-11:30 am in Chemistry Conference Room. Kailey is responsible for bringing her computer. All students, please, e-mail Kailey your presentations no later than midnight on Wednesday. Everyone will present research data every week.

 Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5
DateMay 25thJune 1stJune 8thJune 15thJune 22nd

Background

Presentation

HarrisonGwen AbdullahEric

Research

Presentation

     

Special

Meeting

  

Wilner Lab visit

(Ursinus)

  
 Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10
DateJune 29thJuly 6thJuly 13thJuly 20thJuly 27th

Background

Presentation

 Jason   

Research

Presentation

 Gwen

Harrison, Eric

Gwen

 

Abdullah

Jason

Special Meeting

Joint meeting

@ Haverford.

Gwen

Harrison

 

Joint meeting

@ NIH w/Jay

Schneekloth.

Frederick, MD

Joint meeting

w/ Haverford.

Eric

Jason

 

Research Data: We will spend about 30 min on discussing research findings. Each student needs to prepare short informal presentation (5 min maximum, 2 slides) containing highlight of results from the week and questions they have for the group.

Background Presentations: You will select minimum 5 papers directly related to your research and 2 general review papers about G-quadruplexes, ligands, i-motifs, etc. Read these papers carefully and answer the following questions:

  • What is the system you are studying and why is it interesting
  • What biochemical information is available for your system (CD, TDS, stability, ligand interactions)
  • Does your work include ligands? What ligands are they are why are they important? What is known about them?
  • What biological information is available for your system?
  • What is the gap in knowledge?
  • How can your research fill in that gap

Steps:

  1. Prepare a list of papers and send it to Liliya.
  2. Select one most interesting/relevant/cool paper and send it to the lab to read no later than Wednesday 9 am.
  3. Prepare 20 min presentation + 10 min for questions.
  4. Meet with Liliya to discuss your presentation and get feedback (no later than Wednesday 4 pm).
  5. Use information that you learned to search for more papers. Use your knowledge to write strong introduction to your end of the summer paper or your thesis.

Research presentation: summarizes all research conducted over the summer. Format: 20-25 min plus 5 min for questions. PowerPoint presentation should include background, research design, discussion, and conclusion/future directions. Target general chemistry audience. Make sure to practice before presenting.

Research paper: first draft is due Monday, week nine, July 17th at midnight. You will get feedback by the end of the week and the final draft is due on Friday July 28th at 5 pm.

Sigma Xi poster is due on Friday, week 9, July 21st at midnight. The final version is due on the first day of classes.

Fall 2022

Group meetings are on Fridays from 11:30-12:30 in the Chemistry seminar room. Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation (1-4 slides) and either add it to the shared Google slides or email to Kailey ahead of time. The slides should contain an overview/introduction, the data collected during the week, as well as a detailed plan outlining projected work for the upcoming week. Bring your notebook and any relevant papers to conduct productive discussion.

Summer 2022


Group meetings are on Thursdays at 10:00-11:30 am in Chemistry Conference Room. Kailey is responsible for bringing her computer. All students, please, e-mail Kailey your presentations no later than midnight on Wednesday.

 Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6
DateJune 2ndJune 9thJune 16thJune 23rdJune 30th
Who/whatErin & David MARM talkPaul lit. pres.Harrison lit pres.Kailey lit. pres.Erin lit. pres.
 Week 7Week 8Special EventWeek 9Week 10
DateJuly 7thJuly 14thJuly 19thJuly 21stJuly 28th
Who/whatDavid lit. pres.Erin research pres.TBICDavid & Harrison research pres.Paul & Kailey research pres.

Research Data: We will spend about 30 min on discussing research findings. Each student needs to prepare short informal presentation (5 min maximum, 2 slides) containing highlight of results from the week and tentative research plan for the coming week.

Literature Presentations: Select current (2015 - now) quadruplex/i-motif related paper. Presentations length is 15-20 min with 10 min for questions. The presenters are free to highlight only the most relevant or exciting parts of the selected paper (and not the entire paper).  The
presenter should e-mail the pdf version of the selected paper to each member of the group by Tuesday at noon. Every member of the lab should read the paper, focusing on Result section and figures. Feel free to ask me for paper suggestions.

Research presentation: summarizes all research conducted over the summer. Format: 20-25 min plus 5 min for questions. Power point presentation should include background, research design, discussion, and conclusion. Target general chemistry audience. Make sure to practice before presenting.

Research paper: first draft is due at the end of week nine, July 22 at midnight. Final draft is due on Friday July 28 th at 5 pm.

Sigma Xi poster is due on Tuesday July 25 at midnight. The final version is due on the first day of classes.

Spring 2022

Group meetings are being help every-other Friday at 12pm in the Chemistry Seminar room, starting 02/11. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation (1-4 slides) add it to the shared Google slides, and email it to Kailey ahead of time. The slides should contain a project overview/introduction, the data collected during the week as well as a detailed plan outlining work projected for the upcoming week. Bring your notebook and any relevant papers to initiate productive discussions.

Fall 2021

Group meetings are being held Fridays at 1 pm in the Chemistry Seminar room. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation (2-4 slides) and email it to Kailey ahead of time. The slides should contain the data collected during the week as well as a detailed plan outlining work projected for the upcoming week. Bring your notebook and any relevant papers to initiate productive discussions.

Summer 2021

Lab research resumes in-person!

Group meetings are being held on Thursdays at 10 am. Below is the schedule for your final research presentations, which should be 30 minutes long. All presentations should be sent to Liliya at least 24 hrs in advance of your presentation day.

Week 9Week 10Week 10
July 20thJuly 27thJuly 29th
CharlotteSaraZahara
KevinTamanaaDavid

G-quadruplex Webinar: Nucleic Acid Secondary Structures: G4s and Beyond hosted by Katrin Paeshcke and Sara Richter. The webinar takes place on Thursdays at 8 am. To prepare, supplemental readings are discussed during Journal Club.

Journal Clubs will be held Wednesdays at 4 pm. The presentation schedule is below.

Weeks 1-5
 Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5
Who/DateMay 27thJune 3rdJune 10thJune 17thJune 24th
CharlotteVenkata susheila  X-tallography 
KevinJeilin Chen  X-tallography 
Sara Alice Pyne  Weisz
Tamanaa Irene Regeni  Bernier
Zahara  Sathyamoorthy  
David  Chaudhuri  
Weeks 6-9
 Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9
Who/DateJuly 1stJuly 8thJuly 15thJuly 22nd
Charlotte Balci  
Kevin Joo  
Sara  Birkedal 
Tamanaa  Wang 
ZaharaZong   
DavidPatel  Bochman
Kailey   Hafner

Liliya will reach out to each Webinar presenters and ask for one paper.

Presenters for the journal club will prepare a 20 minute presentation of the paper to the group. Reach out to Liliya if you need any help. Look over student questions and make sure you can answer them, at least conceptually, and bring those questions into our discussion.

A summary of the talk should be prepared by the presenter and will be given during the group meeting (apprx. 10 minutes).

Participants of the journal club should read the papers, attend the journal club and the Webinar, and think of at least one question to bring to the journal club.