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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Oh Behalf of Drs. Brown and Schmidt:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please consider enrolling in the journal club being offered this Fall –PLS 595B<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Instructors: Drs. J Brown and M. Schmidt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">Title: Current topics in Plant Biotechnology and Applied Plant Biology</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">Time: Thursday 3:30pm Shantz 247 ( time negotiable)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">Format: oral presentation / lead discussion. Group discussions: two topics/presenters/term<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">Course Purpose, Objectives, and Expected Outcomes</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">Primary and seminal literature searches, readings, and selected study systems will be identified
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">by the students and/or the instructor. The course is designed to enable students to become
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">familiar with historical and current topical literature. The students will develop new insights about
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">plant biotechnology and applied plant biology. The area is vast and can be focused to each individual
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">student interests: engineering biotic (pathogen resistance) or abiotic stress resistant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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enhancing plant nutrition, producing pharmaceuticals, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">An important goal will be to foster development of the skills needed
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">to critically evaluate the primary research literature and effectively communicate
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">scientific concepts orally and in writing. Successful completion of the course will lead to a
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">better understanding of the concepts that underlie the concepts of applied plant biology and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">provide valuable preparation for more advanced courses, and enhance critical thinking in
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#353535">experimental design to address relevant research questions.
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