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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>On Behalf of Bruce Patterson:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>Greetings! The Biology 181 Honors program has been
bestowed upon Lisa Elfring and myself (Bruce Patterson), and we are seeking
volunteers to mentor (4-6?) eager young minds in the glory of the pursuit of
Scientific Knowledge. I'm appending an explanation of the program and the
guidelines we're hoping to implement for it this Fall.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>If you are interested, please submit the information
indicated in points D and E of this letter to Bruce before end of semester. We'll
be using this information to determine how many Mentors we have and to compile
a list of topics that will be presented to students as part of a matching
process. We currently anticipate sending students to Mentors around
mid-October, but want to remind everyone that these will be Freshman/Sophs
their first month or two of INTRODUCTORY biology, so hope that everyone will
tailor their paper selections and expectations appropriately!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'>Many thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Bruce Patterson (<a
href="mailto:patterso@email.arizona.edu">patterso@email.arizona.edu</a>)</span></font><font
size=1 color="#2d2dff" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#2D2DFF'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Lisa Elfring (<a
href="mailto:elfring@email.arizona.edu">elfring@email.arizona.edu</a>)</span></font><font
size=1 color="#2d2dff" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#2D2DFF'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#2D2DFF'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Literature
Exposure Program</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>: Faculty mentors<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> </span></font><b><font
size=1 color="#15be39" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#15BE39;font-weight:bold'>A> </span></font></b><font size=1
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;
color:black'>select a paper that has made an important contribution in your field
(or any area of interest to you). This paper need not be current; a classic
that makes a noteworthy contribution <i><span style='font-style:italic'>and
which can be followed and fully understood by introBio students</span></i>
(inevitably with guidance and discussion with you) is superior to a state-of-the-art
corner where students will inevitably be over their heads.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> </span></font><b><font
size=1 color="#15be39" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#15BE39;font-weight:bold'>B> </span></font></b><font
size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;
color:black'> We will be supporting this program by introducing students to
general principles of the scientific literature and the reading of scientific
papers, and will create on-line collaborative sites (Wikis) where the students
can construct an understanding with you. Number and nature of direct meetings
with students will be at your discretion, but we anticipate at least 3
face-to-face gatherings<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> </span></font><b><font
size=1 color="#15be39" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#15BE39;font-weight:bold'>C> </span></font></b><font
size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;
color:black'> At the end of the semester, student groups will be disassembled
and individuals from each group will present the paper to a subset of peers
that have worked to understand (and present) other papers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> </span></font><b><font
size=1 color="#15be39" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#15BE39;font-weight:bold'>D> </span></font></b><font size=1
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;
color:black'>What we're requesting by the end of the semester<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font><b><font size=1 color="#a043a5" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#A043A5;font-weight:bold'>1>
</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Reference for the paper you'd like to
mentor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>
</span></font><b><font size=1 color="#a043a5" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#A043A5;font-weight:bold'>2>
</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Several sentences on how this paper <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>moved the field</span></i>. Best if written in
'student-speak', but OK to write to Lisa & me and we will try to massage
it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>
</span></font><b><font size=1 color="#a043a5" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#A043A5;font-weight:bold'>3>
</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>1-2 sentences on the topic area and what
a student would need to know<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'> </span></font><b><font
size=1 color="#15be39" face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#15BE39;font-weight:bold'>E> </span></font></b><font size=1
color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;
color:black'>An example<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>
</span></font><b><font size=1 color="#a043a5" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#A043A5;font-weight:bold'>1>
</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>"Mutations affecting segment number
and polarity in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Drosophila", </span></i>Christiane
Nusslein-Volhard & Eric Wieschaus, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Nature</span></b>
1980 287:795-801<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>
</span></font><b><font size=1 color="#a043a5" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#A043A5;font-weight:bold'>2>
</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>This work reports on the phenotypes of
selected Drosophila mutations that give rise to interpretable changes in
externally observable patterning. The work left us with a 'roadmap' of the
stages of partitioning of the Drosophila embryo, <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>told us that such a roadmap existed</span></i> and laid down the basis of
early patterning, and identified genes responsible for delineating segment
identities. In some ways it <i><span style='font-style:italic'>answered</span></i>
the question of how 'addresses' are generated developmentally; it also spawned
a field in which dozens (hundreds?) of labs are still working.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>
</span></font><b><font size=1 color="#a043a5" face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#A043A5;font-weight:bold'>3>
</span></font></b><font size=1 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Students would need to master a
rudimentary understanding of early Drosophila development, the general idea of
'specifying' a region and consider the biology of an organism very unlike
themselves. They would also need to grasp the idea of an 'embyronic lethal
mutant hunt' and why it was an appropriate place to dig.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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