Biochemistry Theses Structure: Techniques for Effective Writing
Learn the essential elements of crafting biochemistry theses, from introduction to discussion, with a focus on methodology, results, and academic writing strategies. Get insights on paragraph structuring and word choice to enhance clarity in your research papers.
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Writing Biochemistry Theses Raymond Critch The Writing Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland
About The Writing Centre Locations o SN 2053; The Commons; o online @ www.mun.ca/writingcentre o Hours M-F, 9-5 and Sunday , noon-4 o Graduate Appointments our office or ennisd@mun.ca o Undergraduate Appointments our office or 864-3168 o Drop-in service still available for undergraduates Process o Pre-reading and Session Reading o Focus on improving your abilities, and thereby your paper, rather than on the paper alone o Not an editing service o Once/Week/Assignment o Triage HOCs and LOCs
Biochemistry Theses Structure of Biochemistry Dissertations o Introduction What are you researching What does one need to know to understand the research o Background and detail Why is this question interesting o Audience broad and narrow What goes into the writing of an introduction timing? o Methodology Chapter(s) What materials are used in the experiments What is the process o What would someone attempting to reproduce your results need to know in order to reproduce the experiment accurately How many? One per experiment? Experimental overlap? Timing?
Biochemistry Theses Structure of Biochemistry Dissertations o Results What happened? How did the experiment(s) turn out? Completeness is important what worked, what didn t, what changed along the way? o Discussion What does it mean? Should be some consonance between discussion and introduction recall why the experiment was important in the first place Timing is Everything o Write Introduction and Methods/Materials BEFORE doing the experiments. Expect Revisions Revisions are a good thing, not a bad thing o Write the results as you re doing the experiments and revise as the results come in o Keep sending drafts to your supervisors, friends, acquaintances, anyone
Writing for Academics Paragraph Structure o One point per paragraph Topic Sentences and the introduction of a section o Be Boring give away the ending at the beginning, along with how you re going to get there Clarity o Word Choice academic vocabulary Using simple words v. utilization of unsophisticated vocabulary Passive and Active Voice Active voice subject, verb, object o I parked the car Passive voice object as subject, verb o the car was parked The Clue was +verb
Writing for Scientists Does anyone actually do science? the problem with passive voice When do scientists do things? the problem of verb tense in scientific writing o Present Tense referring to secondary sources Jones argues, Smith found, etc o Past Tense one s own work We found, I subjected the test subject to o Future Tense things not yet done We will continue this experiment, We hope to discover what will happen
How to Improve Start Early o The priority of language over thought o Reading is the key to writing o Practice makes perfect
