Freshman Research Initiative- research methods Dr Freshman Research Initiative- research methods Dr. Stuart Reichler NSC 301C

Studying Biology: Start with a question. How do we get answers? For example: How? Why? When? Where? Etc? How do we get answers? Strong Inference presents one method (article on webpage)

Cause of Peptic Ulcers: Overabundance of stomach acid due to Stress Diet Anxiety

Cause of Peptic Ulcers: Overabundance of stomach acid due to Stress Diet Anxiety Treatment: Antiacid U.S. bought $4.4 billion in 1992 Tranquilizers

Dr. Barry Marshall

The real cause of 80% of ulcers… H. pylori

Strong Inference Knowledge is gained by eliminating incorrect ideas. Disproof is more reliable than proof.

Class webpage- http://www.bio.utexas.edu/courses/stuart/class.html No labs this week or next week. First lab will the week of 9/8. Only one lecture next week, week of 9/1. Strong Inference article on webpage for the next class. Need something to do this weekend? http://critical-mass.info/austin.html