Handouts
Anatomy of a Presentation
Possibly useful references (Jan 15-Jan 31)
Advice on writing summaries of research articles
     Sample summary #1 (a bit dry but a reasonable model)
     Sample summary #2 (more interesting but perhaps too involved)
Questions on Quon et al (Mar 23)

Presentations (click on presentation, click on Slide Show, then View Show)
Jan 15 Introduction
Jan 22 Stringent Response
Feb  2 Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis
Feb  6 RelA/SpoT homolog in Streptomyces coelicolor (Karen Lewis)  
          Martinez-Costa (1998) J Bacteriol 180:4123-4132
Feb  6 RelA/SpoT null mutant in Bacillus subitilis (Julie Rumble)
           Wendrich & Marahiel (1997) Molec Microbiol 26:65-79
Feb  8 Requirement of RelA for sporulation in Myxococcus xanthus (Carrie Pogany)
          Harris et al (1998) Genes Develop. 12:1022-1035
Feb  8 Association of virulence in Legionella pneumophila with ppGpp accumulation (KT Young)
          Hammer & Swanson (1999) Molec Micorbiol 33:721-731
Feb 10 Global nitrogen regulation and two-component systems
Feb 24 Sigma factors and the regulation of sporulation
Mar 20 Update on RelA project; Update on SigE; Coming events
Mar 28 Regulation of Sigma G by an anti-sigma factor (Carrie Pogany)
Mar 28 Regulation of Sigma H by proteases (Karen Lewis)
Mar 30 Regulation of Sigma K by gene rearrangement (KT Young)
Mar 30 Regulation of Sigma F by localization of protein phosphatase (Julie Rumble)