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graphic altered from Mulligan MK et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Apr 18;103(16):6368-73.

my piece on the genetics of addiction is up on the Tyee today. honestly, it was the hardest piece that i’ve written so far for the Tyee. my first draft was bad...

it’s hard to write a story when there is no ‘new discovery’ news hook, but i’m learning. they have good people at the Tyee to help me out.

i also registered for classes today.

MEDG 545 – Current Topics in Medical Genetics – Term 1 & 2
you can pick between a bunch of different journal clubs for this one. i think i’ll do the molecular mechanisms of disease section...if there is room

JRNL 549 – Thesis Project – Term 1 & 2
i’m thinking of doing a series of short pieces (6-8 articles, 1000-1500 words each) on issues around gene therapy. i’m going to try to tailor the pieces in such a way as to be able to cobble them easily into a book project.

JRNL 539 – Directed Studies – Term 1 & 2
going to pitch developing a seminar on doing science journalism, to give to people in the journalism school, and a related seminar on media training for scientists. the idea being that experiences from doing both will help develop approaches for both scientists and science journalists for better science journalism. i will also try to present the seminar all over Vancouver...it should also help me develop contacts and get presentation practise.

HCEP 522 – Topics in Environmental Health – Term 1
“This course covers environmental health topics of importance to the public health practitioner. Environment is approached as one of the determinants of health for individuals and human populations.” – could be useful...

MEDG 520 – Advanced Human Molecular Genetics – Term 1
oooh-yeah! but i’m on the waiting list for this one. for some reason they give priority to students in the medical genetics program. if i get in on this class i’m dropping HCEP 522.

MEDG 505 – Genome Analysis – Term 2
“Investigation of genetic information as it is organized within genomes, genetic and physical map construction, sequencing technologies, gene identification, database accessing and integration, functional organization of genomes from contemporary, historic and evolutionary perspectives.” – could be scary...but also useful

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