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