Wikipedia talk:USEP/Courses/JHU MolBio Ogg FA13/Group 81A

Choosing an article

Hi Don, Let's try to decide what article we are interested in ASAP, since they are first-come, first-served. Maybe sometime this Wednesday we can compare our short-lists of the articles we're interested in. Sarah Facci (talk) 07:29, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi Sarah. The link on the course page to the list of articles doesn't seem to work. Are we supposed to choose one of the Wiki articles at the bottom of the course page? Don Brown (talk) 13:50, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes I believe that is the same list and we just claim them on the other page. Did you let one of the moderators know the page wasn't working? Also, what criteria would you use to pick an article? I'd like to pick something that has a real world application, like the polysomy one was pretty interesting. I'm going to try to do a few more assessments by Saturday. Sarah Facci (talk) 03:49, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

P.S. I have a great interest in fungi so my top pick right now is karyogamy. Looks like there's a lot we could delve into with that one. Thoughts? Sarah Facci (talk) 21:28, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

I've been traveling a lot Sarah and am just now catching up. I'm fine with whichever one you like. Karyogamy looks good to me. Don Brown (talk) 14:55, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

I did find a nice little review article on karyogamy. Don Brown (talk) 18:08, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes I used that one for one of my citations when assessing the article! We need to explain why we are choosing this article, so I'll make a section tonight and you can add your two cents tomorrow? Sarah Facci (talk) 21:24, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Sounds good, Sarah. I'm really interested in some of the neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, so the role of the cytoskeleton (which is implicated in these diseases) in processes like karyogamy is pretty relevant. I'll wait for you to make the first pass. Don Brown (talk) 22:14, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

OK, I've added some of the summary and I claimed our article on the article table page! Sarah Facci (talk) 01:55, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Sarah. I commented on how it related to my interests, but didn't see much more I could add right now without it being pretty contrived. Don Brown (talk) 02:14, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Article Outline

Hi Sarah. I've taken an initial stab at things. I took the liberty of using my my sandbox and copied over the stuff from our group page, including the references. I also found a few more interesting articles and added them. What do you think of this basic outline?

1. Overview (per Wiki standard)
2. Role of karyogamy in sexual reproduction
3. Role of cytoskeleton in karyogamy
4. Biochemical components necessary
5. Potential problems
6. Implications in human disease

Don Brown (talk) 21:04, 20 October 2013 (UTC)