Establishing Student Publication Seminars in Higher Education

A publication seminar is a course (lecture, seminar, project, etc.) during which students create material with the intent and infrastructure to publish it. The publication concept is broadly understood as ‘making the work publicly available’ and is not limited to publications via publishing houses or journals. This handbook results from the "Student Publication Seminars" project (2022-2023) and gives step-by-step instructions and provides checklists for instructors who want to make student course works publicly visible

Einführung studentischer Publikationsseminare an Hochschulen

Ein Publikationsseminar ist eine Lehrveranstaltung (Vorlesung, Seminar, Projekt etc.), in der Studierende Material mit der Absicht und der Infrastruktur erstellen, es zu veröffentlichen. Das Konzept der Ver¨offentlichung soll weitreichend als “die Arbeit öffentlich zugänglich machen” verstanden werden und ist nicht auf Veröffentlichungen über Verlage oder Fachzeitschriften beschränkt. In dieser Handreichung, die aus dem Projekt "Studentische Publikationsseminare" (2022-2023) entstanden ist, fassen wir Erfahrungen aus verschiedenen Lehrveranstaltungen zusammen und geben Hilfestellungen und Checklisten für Lehrende, die es ihren Studierenden ermöglichen wollen, Seminararbeiten etc. öffentlich zu machen

Caenorhabditis elegans Galectins LEC-6 and LEC-10 Interact with Similar Glycoconjugates in the Intestine

Galectins are a family of metazoan proteins that show binding to various β-galactoside-containing glycans. Because of a lack of proper tools, the interaction of galectins with their specific glycan ligands in the cells and tissues are largely unknown. We have investigated the localization of galectin ligands in Caenorhabditis elegans using a novel technology that relies on the high binding specificity between galectins and their endogenous ligands. Fluorescently labeled recombinant galectin fusions are found to bind to ligands located in diverse tissues including the intestine, pharynx, and the rectal valve. Consistent with their role as galactoside-binding proteins, the interaction with their ligands is inhibited by galactose or lactose. Two of the galectins, LEC-6 and LEC-10, recognize ligands that co-localize along the intestinal lumen. The ligands for LEC-6 and LEC-10 are absent in three glycosylation mutants bre-1, fut-8, and galt-1, which have been shown to be required to synthesize the Gal-β1,4-Fuc modifications of the core N-glycans unique to C. elegans and several other invertebrates. Both galectins pull down the same set of glycoproteins in a manner dependent on the presence of these carbohydrate modifications. Endogenous LEC-6 and LEC-10 are expressed in the intestinal cells, but they are localized to different subcellular compartments that do not appear to overlap with each other or with the location of their glycan targets. An altered subcellular distribution of these ligands is found in mutants lacking both galectins. These results suggest a model where LEC-6 and LEC-10 interact with glycoproteins through specific glycans to regulate their cellular fate

Artificial Intelligence in Education

This book contains a collection of 19 systematic literature reviews conducted by Cognitive Science students in the "Artificial Intelligence in Education" seminar in the winter term of 2021/2022. From a Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) perspective, the book investigates the state of the art of research on applying AI technology in educational settings as well as the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of these applications. The four larger areas covered by the studies are "Didactics and Ethics", "Methods and Technologies", "Extended Reality and Robots", and "Addressing Special Needs"

Artificial Intelligence in Public Discourse

This book contains 26 studies conducted by students in the Cognitive Science seminar "Artificial Intelligence in Public Discourse". In their studies, they explore the use of the term Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related subfields in various parts of public discourse such as Twitter, user comments on news sites, expert interviews, government documents, television shows, newspapers, etc. It is investigated which strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats are ascribed to AI technology and how this relates to the technical and academic state of the art and discussion. Most studies employ qualitative methods, but quantitative and mixed-methods approaches are also used