Spring 2027

Senior Honors Seminar in Molecular Biology

A seminar on the origins, present frontiers, and future prospects of molecular biology.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 William Bement

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Prepare a rubric that allows objective evaluation of scientific presentations.

  • Develop impactful slides and other presentation materials for scientific presentations.

  • Develop effective speaker dynamics for scientific presentations.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Senior standing and declared in an Honors program

  • Senior standing and declared in an Honors program
MOLBIOL 686

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  • Senior standing and declared in an Honors program

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2009: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

WILLIAM BEMENT is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Origins, present frontiers, and future prospects of molecular biology
  • Evaluation of scientific presentations

Skills

  • Prepare a rubric that allows objective evaluation of scientific presentations.
  • Develop impactful slides and other presentation materials for scientific presentations.
  • Develop effective speaker dynamics for scientific presentations.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2025— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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MOLBIOL 686 · Spring 2027

Senior Honors Seminar in Molecular Biology

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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