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| Bioc 571a - Individual Lab Practicum Assignment |
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Due on or before December 13, 2001
Students in the course who are registered for credit in Bioc 571a are required to develop an individual Lab Practicum to be handed in at the end of the semester. This should represent an original idea and be distinct from the Class Presentation group project. The purpose of this writing assignment is to combine Applied Molecular Genetic methodologies with a plausible (although not necessarily desirable or ethical) research objective and experimental strategy.
Guidelines:
1. Assignment should be typed and be ~2-3 pages long not including figures.
2. There should be at least three sections to the lab practicum (Objective, Strategy, Prospective) and it should be written in the same format and style as other lab practicums we have discussed in class, i.e., loosely based on reality, but not taken verbatim from experiments already performed and published. For this assignment, sections describing Reagents, Comments and Study Questions are not required.
3. Objective: Describe the background information needed to justify the research goal and include a statement regarding the intended outcome. Since we have spent most of our time discussing Applied Molecular Genetics, this Lab Practicum should be slanted toward possible commercial or pharmaceutical outcomes.
4. Strategy: Describe at least two methodological approaches that will be used to accomplish the research objective (you are not limited to two approaches). Include flow diagrams with each method. The flowschemes can be hand-drawn or put together with graphics material obtained from the textbook or the Internet (cut, paste and photocopy into the final hard copy or e-document).
5. Prospective: Describe the expected results of the research plan, and discuss any possible problems that may arise and what would need to be done to solve them. Include a projected long range outcome that would represent the research scientist's dream come true…" the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology & Medicine is awarded to…"
6. Include a bibliography with ~5-10 references that validate the approach and/or represent the original description of the methods being used. The bibliography should simply list the references at the end of the lab practicum (the references need not be cited specifically in the text).
If you have any questions about the scope of your lab practicum, or need input on how much detail to include, please feel free to discuss your ideas with me. You can turn in your lab practicum anytime, with the absolute deadline being December 13, 2001 at noon.
