Version 3 Sept 2011 (EDM)
Brief instructions for weekly paper summary write-ups
(‘synopses’)
Please read the papers assigned for the week and prepare the following typed
document for each one. These documents SHOULD NOT exceed a page. (They should
be emailed the night before class)
Please put the name of the paper at the top of each
document. Please name the document as follows: First_author_name-your_name_ENAS880synopsis.doc
so I can keep track of them.
Lets try to include in all synopses: Summary, Talking points (bullet
list, less than one page)
a Question for the discussion, and the (possible) Relevance to
your work or to a disease of interest - on each paper.
Summary: what did they (try to/)do? (3
sentences max)
Either
or
For all papers (can be one word bullet points)
Talking points: (for example…)
Question: (try the following formats)
or even better…
· "I understand that they did …… to determine….. but I don't understand why they did …………?"
or
· Your own style question for us to address…
Relevance: This method could be used in my research to test…….
or
This method or this experiment
would be of interest to me if it were applied to ……….