How can I cite a live lecture in a biology paper?

[Victoria97]

I’m really stuck on how to properly cite a live lecture in my biology paper. The professor mentioned a key study that hasn’t been published yet, and I want to reference that point, but my usual citation guides don’t cover this specific situation.

[Jacob.S]

I’ve been in that exact spot. The professor named a study that hadn’t published yet and I wrestled with how to give it credit. I ended up treating it as information from a lecture and I included the date and course name, plus a note that it’s unpublished. It felt messy, and I worried about credibility, but it at least gave readers context.

[BrianS]

Sometimes I just left it out, which felt worse later when someone asked where the claim came from.

[JeffreyJ]

I kept circling back to whether the problem really is the citation or whether that point can be supported by published data anyway. The live bit makes me nervous about how solid the claim is.

[Scott65]

Do you want me to help draft a sentence that mentions an unpublished lecture?