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The SciNight Journal Club is an open forum in which students and faculty can meet to informally discuss primary scientific research articles.
During the Spring 2024 semester, the journal club will meet every other Tuesday at 7:30pm on the West Charleston campus in room H301J.
Each SciNight session the article to be discussed will be posted on this website below. Download the article, read it, and come ready to discuss what you have learned with your fellow students and various faculty.
The articles will come from different disciplines within the sciences to address a variety of research interests here at CSN. The general topic of each session will be one of the following:
Date | Topic |
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Jan 23 | Physical Science |
Feb 6 | Biological Science |
Feb 20 | Physical Science |
Mar 5 | Biological Science |
Mar 19 | Physical Science |
Apr 2 | Biological Science |
Apr 16 | Physical Science |
Apr 30 | Biological Science |
Jan 23
As astrobiologists have come to understand the chemical evolution of life, it's become evident that many of the precursor molecules were formed in space and delivered to Earth during the planet-forming process. Hundred of amino acids have been found in meteorites, but the pyridine nucleobases found in genetic material have remained elusive until now.
Feb 6
Are starfish all legs or all head? New techniques in studying echinoderm development have helped answer that question and to learn more about the evolution of these fascinating body plans
Molecular evidence of anteroposterior patterning in adult echinoderms
Feb 20
Does exposure to outdoor lighting at night increase your risk of macular degeneration?
Nighttime Outdoor Artificial Light and Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
March 5
A paper came out in 2014 suggesting that a diabetic drug, metformin, may be "anti-aging" for the general public. Many non-diabetics have started taking this drug for this sole purpose, but there may be problems with that initial study. The paper we will discuss below reassesses metformin and its survival advantage
March 19
What happens underground to trigger a volcanic eruption? The recent eruptions in Iceland are helping us decipher that
Deep Magma Mobilization Years Before the 2021 CE Fagradalsfjall Eruprion Iceland
April 2
Candida auris is an emerging global pathogen with outbreaks here in our home of southern Nevada. This paper uses bioinformatic techniques that can help provide needed information for epidemiologic investigations
April 16
There are several styles of tectonics. Earth's current style is plate tectonics, but we now know that it wasn't the first style of tectonics on Earth. We'll talk about the other styles, about what style Earth had earlier, and we'll explore a paper that illustrates how the earlier style evolved into the current plate style. Also, we'll talk about why most people, including many geologists, have an incorrect view of what drives plate tectonics
Correlating mantle cooling with tectonic transitions on early Earth
April 30
This paper explores the evolution of same-sex sexual behaviour in mammals. The authors explore which clades may have more prevalence for same-sex behavior, if it has appeared more than once in evolutionary history and possible adaptive roles this behaviour may have in evolution
The evolution of same-sex sexual behaviour in mammals