Honors Research in Cell Biology

Course content

1. 1Choosing a research questionComing
2. 2Reading the cell biology literatureComing
3. 3Biosafety and research ethicsComing
4. 4Designing experiments and controlsComing
5. 5Methods and pilot workComing
6. 6Collecting dataComing
7. 7Data and image managementComing
8. 8Analyzing the resultsComing
9. 9Figures that communicateComing
10. 10Writing the thesisComing
11. 11Presenting a research talkComing
12. 12Peer review and next stepsComing

Requirements

• CELL-330 Microscopy and Cell Imaging
• CELL-340 Organelles and Protein Trafficking

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

An independent research project in cell biology, from question to written thesis.

Part of the Science stream, typically taken in year 4.