Title: Single statement covering the main objective of project. Should have the species name, substance names, and conclusion. (limit 15 words)
Abstract: One paragraph: Brief summary of the report, including objectives, hypotheses & rationale, method, results, and conclusions. (limit 250 words)
Intro: Introduce the concept of chemotaxis
General information of C. elegans
Chemotaxis in C. elegans
Project idea, test substances, hypotheses & reasoning, etc
Materials and methods: Test substances (brand, ingredients)
Describe the procedures of experiment in detail.
Should describe the method that you collect and analyze the data. Formula of Ic.
Statistical methods and how to interpret the data
Results: Description of the results (refer to proper chart and figure number).
Attach the charts of worm count. Mark the outliers.
Graphs w error bars, P values.
Interpretation & conclusions
Discussion: Discuss the positive results first.
Discuss consistency or contradiction of your results with literature or other groups results.
Discuss technical or experimental flaws.
Future directions.
Break the discussion into THREE paragraphs to address the following questions.
Paragraph 1:
What do your results mean? (re-state the conclusions and extend it to a broader concept)
Are your results consistent with current understanding or literature?
Compare your results with those who tested the similar substance.
Paragraph 2:
How do the unexpected or inconsistent results occur, if any?
Is there any experimental flaw?
Paragraph 3:
What experiments would you do to follow up the results? (i.e. future direction)
References: Should include the lab handouts.
Websites are fine.
Arrange references by numbers that match the citation.
Citation in the text, e.g. Chemotaxis is defined as..(1).
