LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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1 | Sorting Students to Sections Impromptu Description of Research Project, Logic of a Paragraph | |
2 | Logic of a Research Paper, Organization of a Research Proposal, How to Present Data in a Lab Talk | |
3 | Lab Group Meeting | Submit one page project outline with one-year goal |
4 | Lab Group Meeting (cont.) | |
5 | Data and Figures, Results and Preliminary Results | |
6 | Project Outline and Journal Club | |
7 | Introduction, Background and Significance | |
8 | Journal Club | Submit preliminary figures and tables and critiques of journal club papers |
9 | Experimental Plan | Submit 2-page intro/B&S with full citation & references, and critiques of journal club papers |
10 | Journal Club | Submit 3-page experimental plan with full citation & references |
11 | Journal Club (cont.) | Submit critiques of journal club papers |
12 | Discussion of Paragraphs, Ethical Conduct of Science, Citations and Plagiarism | |
13 | Lab Group Meeting | Submit 5-page results section with full citation and references |
14 | Journal Club | Submit critiques of journal club papers |
15 | Lab Group Meeting | |
16 | Methods and Materials | |
17 | Lab Group Meeting | Submit 2-page methods & materials |
18 | Journal Club | Submit critiques of journal club papers |
19 | Scientific and Non-scientific Abstract | Submit 3-page discussion section |
20 | Journal Club | Submit scientific & non-scientific abstracts AND critiques of journal club papers |
21 | Discussion (cont.) and Polishing your Writing | Submit peer reviews of scientific & non-scientific abstracts |
22 | Lab Group Meeting: Results only (optional) | Submit first draft of paper |
23 | Project Lab Presentation | |
24 | Project Lab Presentation (cont.) | |
25 | Project Lab Presentation (cont.) | |
26 | Wrap Up | Submit final draft of paper |