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The document outlines the requirements for a mini scientific report for the HMM102 course, focusing on gene and genomic technology. Students must choose a technology, such as recombinant gene technology, bioinformatics, or cytogenetics, and adhere to specific formatting and content guidelines, including sections like title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion. The report is due on September 10th, and late submissions will incur penalties.

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The document outlines the requirements for a mini scientific report for the HMM102 course, focusing on gene and genomic technology. Students must choose a technology, such as recombinant gene technology, bioinformatics, or cytogenetics, and adhere to specific formatting and content guidelines, including sections like title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion. The report is due on September 10th, and late submissions will incur penalties.

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HMM102

Principles of Gene and Genomic Tech


Assignment (AT3)
Mini Scientific report
Dr Rasika Samarasinghe
[email protected]
Assessment Task 3 – Scientific Report (15%)
Due date: Sunday 10th September
before 8 pm
• Format: Mini-research paper based on one of the gene
technologies learned during prac class
• Minimum font size: size 11. Headings can be larger
• Line spacing: 1.5
• Word count – 1000 words
– Does not include in-text citations, headings, figure legends and references.
– Going over 1000 words will reduce marks in “Structure and writing style”
– Any words over 1000 + 10% (1100) will not be read

• Marking rubric – check prac manual and CloudDeakin


• Late submissions: You will incur the late penalty (5% per day up to
7 days, after that you will be given 0%).
• Choose one of the following technologies to write the
assignment
– Recombinant gene technology (Prac 2)
– Bioinformatics (Prac 3)
– Cytogenetics (Prac 4)

• Should be written clearly, concisely, logically and using


scientific terminology

• Paper layout – similar to a mini scientific research paper


– Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion,
References
What should be included? For eg: Recombinant gene technology

• Title: summarised title


– For eg: Understanding the process of gene cloning using recombinant gene
technology
– Give authors name: your name, lab partners names, demonstrators names
– Affiliation: School of Medicine, Deakin University, Burwood
• Abstract (75-100 words): brief summary of the entire study
– Brief introduction of the technology – 1-2 lines
– Aims of the study – what was the overall purpose of the study? What did
you want to do and hope to achieve?
– Methods – brief overview of the key methods used
– Results – what was the outcome? What key results did you get?
– Overall conclusion – did you achieve your aims? What does the outcome
mean for future work?
• Introduction (250-275 words): You should introduce the reader to
your technology here
– What is your technology?
– What are its current applications?
– Have they been any recent advances?
– Historical / present perspectives: when was it first developed? How widely is
it used now?
– What are the aims of this study given in the report?
• Methods (150-200 words): concise summary of the techniques
performed in the laboratory
– Do not have to give each and every single step performed, but the key
procedures so that it still has a logical flow of the steps
– Each technique/activity given as sub headings
– Eg: Isolation of E. coli chromosomal DNA
E. Coli was used for the isolation and purification of DNA. Bacteria grown overnight at 37oC in
LB broth was aliquoted into 1.5mL centrifuge tubes and centrifuged at 13,000rpm. Supernatant
was carefully removed and pellet resuspended with TNES buffer…..
Quantification of purified DNA
Purified E. coli DNA was then quantified to check concentration and purity using a NanoDrop….
• Results (200-225 words): Brief descriptions of the results
obtained and what was observed
– Use sub-headings appropriate to the results that you will be
writing
– Eg: Qunatification of DNA using NanoDrop
– Chromosomal DNA visualised using gel electrophoresis
– Under the appropriate sub-heading give the results obtained in
the form of a figure/table.
– Each figure should have a title, important results clearly labelled
(such as your sample loaded in the agarose gel etc) and figure
legend.
– Each figure should have a description:
– What does the figure show?
– What are the key findings observed?
– Do not give your methods in the figure description section, only
what you observe in the figures.
1.5bp
• Discussion (250-300 words) – a very important section
– Discuss your results
– How do the results correlate to research published by others
in the similar field.
– Do you get similar or contradictory results?
– Discuss what your results may mean? For Eg: What are the
different bands you get in your gel? Is it similar to what
others get?
– Give an overall conclusion to you work/paper and discuss any
future directions
– Rather than repeating the intro or other parts which you have
already given, conclude using a new perspective or theme.
– Where do you see this technology going in the future?
– Are there any limitations? Can you think of ways we can improve it
– What else can the technology be used?
• References – MUST use APA7 referencing style
• Use Endnote to collate your reference library – speak to a Deakin
librarian if you haven’t used Endnote before
• Example of an APA7 In-text citation
• A predominant genetic material is the DNA (Traver & Muskhelishvili, 2015).
• Example of a reference listing of a typical scientific journal article
• Traver, A & Muskhelishvili, G (2015), DNA structure and function, FEBS
journal, 282 (5), 2279–2295.

• All references used should be from scientific journals, books and


governmental organization (.org/.gov)
• Relevance of the references used will be checked and marked,
especially on how you use them to support your statements.
This must be your own work, written in your own words!

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