Topics in Experimental Biology

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
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