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MOLECULAR AND
CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
PART II PROJECT
WRITE-UP AND ASSESSMENT
Part II overview
Project
Content:
Assessment:
Marks:
Final degree
1050 marks
Hilary term
Weeks 1-6:
Weeks 7-8:
Trinity term
Week 1:
Weeks 1-2:
Week 3 or 4:
Week 7:
Week 10:
submission of dissertation
option paper lectures/seminars/etc
presentation + viva
option paper exams + submission deadline
viva voce exams
Part II overview
Supervisors report
This is really limited to matters of fact, e.g. specific difficulties
encountered, equipment not working, problems with suppliers,
etc.
Part II overview
Part II - dissertation
The dissertation should be written for a biochemist who is not an expert in the
specific field.
Main text (introduction to conclusions, excl. tables and figure legends) can be a
maximum of 8000 words.
Abstract (300 words)
Introduction (up to 3000 words but usually quite a bit less)
Sets the scene; discusses all relevant prior work; gives the rationale for the
experiments described.
Results
Describes each experiment, its results, and the analysis of those results.
Discussion
Interprets the results in the light of (i) other experiments in the dissertation and (ii)
other results in the wider literature.