Spring 2027

Advanced Seminar

Advanced Seminar course focusing on creating and giving research seminar presentations, applying data display concepts, and preparing graphical abstracts.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Lyric Bartholomay4.1/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Use mind mapping to create a hierarchal structure to contextualize the projects/aims in your thesis research and design an effective scientific presentation.

  • Apply concepts for effective data display and presentation to create and give a clear and well-organized research seminar presentation.

  • Prepare a graphical abstract that effectively communicates the significance, design, and take-home message of your study or proposed work.

  • List 3 best practices for delivering an effective scientific presentation based on your peer evaluations of presentations delivered by classmates this semester.

  • State 3 things that you do not want to do when giving a talk, based on your experience giving a presentation and your observations of the presentations by others.

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Prerequisites

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PATH-BIO 930

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Professors

Spring 2027

Lyric Bartholomay

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LYRIC BARTHOLOMAY is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 85.7% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=23 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.95 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Mind mapping and hierarchical structuring for thesis research
  • Data display and scientific presentation design
  • Graphical abstract communication
  • Peer evaluation and best practices for oral delivery

Skills

  • Mind mapping for thesis research context and presentation design
  • Effective data display and research seminar presentation delivery
  • Graphical abstract preparation
  • Peer evaluation of scientific presentations

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PATH-BIO 930 · Spring 2027

Advanced Seminar

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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