My Really Cool Scientific Research Project

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My Really Cool Scientific Research Project

• Jo Shmo
• Project IBS-CORE
• Division of Biological Sciences
• University of Montana

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Background

• Introduce the general topic
• Narrow the focus down to the Organism or Process
  Under Research
• Major efforts in the past
• Current views and controversies
• Lead the audience to your specific research
  question

Photo Don Christian
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The Research Question(s)
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Overview of the Research

• The Hypothesis
• Research Design

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Research Design and Methods

• Details about the design and methods used
• Controls
• Supporting information about equipment, supplies,
  or techniques and examples

Kyle McFarley, Cloning of an immunodominant
antigen gene of Bartonella Bacilliformis
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Research Location

• Description of site or lab, with a photo or map

Example
Expansion of Sitka spruce light lines- 1952
ecotone dark line- 1998 ecotone Kodiak Island,
Alaska -from the research of Jeremy
Botz, IBS-CORE Fellow
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The Results
Example

• Details about your findings
• Supporting information and examples, such as data
  graphs and how you analyzed the data
• Include sample size and standard error on graphs

-from the research of Sue Cox, IBS-CORE Fellow
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Repeat the research questionAnswer the
question
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Conclusion

• Summary of the question(s), hypothesis and
  results of the research
• How the results of the research are significant,
  and how they may be applied or help further the
  field

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Next Steps

• Summarize any new questions that have come up as
  a result of your research
• Parts of the research that need to be refined or
  repeated
• Summarize any plans for follow up research

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Acknowledgments

• Dr. B. A. Mentor
• Project IBS-CORE
• funded by The Howard Hughes Medical Institute