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Science and Science Fiction: Writing up REAL research results !

Science and Science Fiction: Writing up REAL research results !. Roz Stevenson and Deb Flett Molecular and Cellular Biology College of Biological Science. MICROBIOLOGY 3120 Systematic Bacteriology. A course with lectures and a laboratory ,

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Science and Science Fiction: Writing up REAL research results !

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  1. Science and Science Fiction: Writing up REAL research results ! Roz Stevenson and Deb Flett Molecular and Cellular Biology College of Biological Science

  2. MICROBIOLOGY 3120 Systematic Bacteriology A course with lectures and a laboratory, examining diverse kinds of bacteria and emphasizing practical laboratory skills. Capture, Care and Feeding of the Wild Microbe ..I still say it’s a trap!

  3. “THE WRITING BITS” IN MICR*3120 • THE LAB-BOOK • LAB REPORTS • identification “JUSTIFICATIONS “ • RESEARCH PROJECT • proposal; final paper

  4. LAB-BOOK Dear Diary - “a clear, complete, and timely record of your work “ Record – as legibly as possible - in your book as you work … not beautifully and later!

  5. Laboratory research project: • experimental research study • apply techniques from laboratory • exercises • working in PAIRS • select ONE of two topics assigned • refine and plan the work • DO IT ! • write it up and report • SCIENTIFIC PAPER FORMAT

  6. TARGET ORGANISM BIODIVERSITY in …. SAMPLES The K.I.S.S. Principle PROCESSING CULTURE Select colonies

  7. THE PAPER ! • Title and Authors • Abstract • Introduction • Methods • RESULTS • Discussion • Literature cited • Acknowledgements What’s the Question ? What did we do ? What happened ? Do we have any idea what it means ?

  8. Writing about REAL results What are the tough things ? We didn’t get any results. It didn’t work. This is the answer. YOU NEED TO DO THE PRACTICAL WORK TO HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT. FUDGING DATA IS HARDER THAN YOU THINK. YES IT DID. BUT THE UNEXPECTED IS NORMAL. ALWAYS? EVERYWHERE ?

  9. The isolates identified from the back of the hand, toes, nose, armpit and hairline of individual A and B: Staphylococcus hyicus Micrococcus kristinae Staphylococcus intermedius Staphylococcus aureus Alcaligenes Flexibacter chinensis Pseudomonas vesicularis Micrococcus luteus Micrococcus lylae Staphylococcus aureus subsp. anaerobius

  10. TABLES are also writing ….. “The Results are presented in Table 1.”

  11. MARKING IT ALL - What were the characteristics that suggested Flavobacterium and Aureobacterium ? You have many tables, but you need to use them to tell your story. You have not stated any specific objectives. Not clear where your samples came from. Well-planned study, carried out well and presented clearly. DOES ANYONE READ ALL THOSE COMMENTS ?

  12. WHAT IS LEARNED ? (by the instructors) LIFE IS SHORT …… • Focus the topics - limit the choice. • Explicit mark breakdown, checklists. • Self-editing and revising is rare. • (And even Spell-Check isn’t really that common.) • In good projects, students tell their story • well, present data clearly, and step back • and interpret and assess the outcome.

  13. A microbe in its natural environment, and a microbe in culture, are not the same microbe.

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