Wikipedia talk:USEP/Courses/JHU MolBio Ogg FA13/Group 84F

Hi Ileana! Which article would you like to chose for our project? Agulati4 (talk) 21:55, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi again! I forgot to mention that I am leaning towards the gene silencing article. I feel like there is a lot of information we can add to it! Let me know what you think so we can select an article soon! - Agulati4 (talk) 21:19, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Asish! My apologies, I've had the flu since last weekend (a little over a week now!) so I've been missing-in-action. I agree that the gene silencing article will provide us with plenty of opportunities to improve upon it. Let's try to claim that one! Opalite3579 (talk) 14:55, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * What do you like about this article? I like that we'll be able to expand upon the limited information that is already present there. Some ideas are already present in this article, but they are only a couple of sentences long at most and don't provide much detail. It is missing basic things like in-line citations and illustrations. I also like that might get around to discussing transposons! I find these particularly fascinating. Although I like this article and the opportunities it has to offer, what do you think about the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme article?Opalite3579 (talk) 15:20, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Ileana! I have claimed the gene silencing article for us for now atleast! I don't know much about ubiquitin, but I do know a lot about gene silencing and think that we can expand on the article in several ways. Since there are several mechanisms used to silence genes, we can elaborate on those and talk about the history behind it as well. Let me know what you think and if you would rather work on another topic! Hope you feel better soon! - Agulati4 (talk) 17:48, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I was just throwing the ubiquitin article out there in case you somehow shared the same weird interest I have in ubiquitin. But gene silencing works! There is a lot of stuff we can expand upon with this article. I know a limited amount in regard to gene silencing, but this is the perfect opportunity to grow in my knowledge of it. Thanks for claiming it! I won't get to work on the "article selection rationale" until tonight, so how should we coordinate writing it? Opalite3579 (talk) 18:54, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Sounds great! I can write up something and put it up on our group page tonight. Feel free to add to it anything I missed! - Agulati4 (talk) 22:12, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow, you did such a great job! I made some small additions in regard to cellular machinery and improving upon the flow of the article. Other than that, you pretty much covered everything! I can't wait to see it at the end of the semester to see how much we've improved it. The before-and-after should be exciting! Opalite3579 (talk) 00:55, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Getting started on the article!
Hi Ileana! If you'd like, we can use my sandbox page to write up preliminary drafts for the article! I wrote up a preliminary outline for the article in which I split it into the following categories: Introduction, Gene silencing in the cell, and Gene silencing in research. I posted the outline in my sandbox page. Let me know if you think this is a good organization of the article or if there's any way we can make it better! Thanks! - Agulati4 (talk) 19:59, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I forgot to mention in my last post to let me know if you have any ideas on how to split up the work! - Agulati4 (talk) 03:09, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Asish! I added 8 articles to the reference list. I read through them and they all seemed interesting enough to contribute to our article. I like the organization of the article as is, but I'm sure we'll tweak it as we progress through the project. For now, I could find a section that each of my articles can be plugged into, so it works for me as is. If we have too much data or if the sections become blurry, it may be a good idea to refine our organization in the future. How should we split up the work? Do you think it'd work better if we assign sections to each other and clearly demarcate our workload? I don't mind doing it this way as long as I am able to inject cool information on your sections should I run into it through my research. Let me know what you think! Also, I just want to make this clear, if you think my sections don't make sense or I could improve upon something, please let me know! I take critique pretty well. I see it as a way to improve myself, so I welcome any sort of feedback. If I can do it better, I will. - Opalite3579 (talk) 05:31, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * By the way, I want to let you know a little about my schedule for the semester: It's hectic! In addition to this class, I am also taking 2 other classes and working full-time. It just so happens that my company decided this was the right time to acquire new medical devices and the Regulatory Affairs person heading this effort is me. It's going to take a lot of time-management, but I'm not worried. I'll be contributing the most on Sundays and Tuesdays the way my schedule is laid out, but if you need me for anything, don't be afraid to shoot me an email and say "Get in here!" I want to do well in this assignment! - Opalite3579 (talk) 05:41, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey Ileana, thanks for letting me know about your schedule! Wow that is hectic! Companies always love to make life so much more hectic at the wrong times! =] The current outline has 24 total sections including the subsections. I was thinking we could each expand on 12 sections. So, one of us can handle the introduction to antisense oligonucleotides and the other can handle ribozymes to challenges to gene silencing therapies. If it's fine with you, can I work on the second half? I am planning on applying to medical school and want to do research as a physician. So, I love learning about new techniques and therapies in medicine! Please let me know if that's fine with you! Also, it is definitely a great idea for us to add to eachothers sections! - Agulati4 (talk) 02:24, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Asish, so this is what happened: I created a separate document for each of the sections I wanted to expand upon. I was planning on submitting each document to the TurnItIn website, somehow thinking that it would allow me to submit several things separately. Well, I was wrong and it only allowed me to submit the one document, which happened to be my contribution to the viruses section (I found a great article about this!). It might've had to do with missing the deadline, so it might not have allowed re-submissions because of this. However, now I'm holding on to the other sections that I expanded upon (RNA interference, post-transcriptional gene silencing) until the next due date so that I can submit all my sections at once, in one document. My first two contributions will be a bit disproportionate! Anyway, I learned the hard way, so don't make my mistake! I think that way of splitting it will work out, so I'm excited to see how it turns out! Opalite3579 (talk) 19:57, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Ileana, no problem! I had some trouble with the TurnItIn website as well! I didn't realize that it can take 24 hours to check a resubmission. So, it took a while before it finally reviewed it and I was able to post it on here. Hopefully, everything works out well now that we've used it once! - Agulati4 (talk) 23:50, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Ileana, I just wanted to let you know that I edited the Introduction section and added some brief information. I deleted what was previously written since I found out that the previous editor had copied it word per word from the summary of a book on gene silencing! I know this is one of the sections that you are working on, so feel free to add to or edit what I have written! - Agulati4 (talk) 05:16, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Hi Ileana, I've added to the bacteria and virus sections. Please feel free to add anything you find interesting! Also, I wanted to check up and see how everything is going. Please let me know if you need any help with any of the sections you are working on. Thanks! - Agulati4 (talk) 23:23, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

Update on the Article
Hi Ileana, I am working on editing the Introduction, RNA interference, and Antisense Oligonucleotides section. If you could work on adding information to the Gene Silencing in Cells section, that would be extremely helpful! Thanks! - Agulati4 (talk) 00:06, 26 November 2013 (UTC)