Task - CELL TYPES and DIVERSITY
Part1. LABELED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH AND CAPTION. Perform a search for images and primary information on a cell type of your choice, selected from any multicellular organism. Use scanned images from library books or joumals. MAKE SURE YOU SELECT LARGE IMAGE to work with, so it prints at a decent quality level. Print an image of the cell type at nearly full page size at a minimum of 600 dpi resolution. Write a descriptive figure caption suitable for publication. I.e. in a minimalist way tell the reader what the subject is, what the magnification is and by what method the image was prepared.
Part 2. Write a short paper dealing with the structure/function of the cell type you selected. Focus on interesting aspects of the cell, how it differs from "typical" cell" and what further information would be interesting based on future research. This should be essentially a Discussion of the image selected. It should be less than 2 pages double spaced, 12 point script, including title and your name (no need for title page). The well formatted primary references and the image/legend page are additional to the allowed 2 page text limit.
Provide an interesting and readable discussion of the cell, frequently relating to and expanding on the accompanying electron micrograph image. But less is often more!!! Do not include pages of text with everything that is known about the cell!!! Do NOT plagiarize, especially from the Internet. The Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies is implementing Turnitln software to detect plagiarism.
Work individually and make sure you submit a scientifically unique essay based on YOUR individual work and understanding of the topic, which may paraphrase and critique the original work and expand it slightly for more general audience. Slight modifications of the same paper submitted by two or more students will be considered plagiarized and authors will be penalized.
The purpose of the exercise is to introduce you to the variety cell types found in higher organisms, and to teach you how to communicate scientific information in the form of a short Discussion of a specific Figure. Your target audience is not a group of scientists and graduate students, but your own peers, instructors and the general public, (i.e. aim the language level accordingly, define terms as needed, etc.). Your goal is to teach others enthusiastically about the cell type you selected and its function within the organism. Library books or journals. MAKE SURE YOU SELECT LARGE IMAGE to work with, so it prints at a decent quality level. Print an image of the cell type at nearly full page size at a minimum of 600 dpi resolution. Write a descriptive figure caption suitable for publication. I.e. in a minimalist way tell the reader what the subject is, what the magnification is and by what method the image was prepared.
Write a short paper dealing with the structure/function of the cell type you selected. Focus on interesting aspects of the cell, how it differs from "typical" cell" and what further information would be interesting based on future research. This should be essentially a Discussion of the image selected. It should be less than 2 pages double spaced, 12 point script, including title and your name (no need for title page). The well formatted primary references and the image/legend page are additional to the allowed 2 page text limit.
Provide an interesting and readable discussion of the cell, frequently relating to and expanding on the accompanying electron micrograph image. But less is often more!!! Do not include pages of text with everything that is known about the cell!!! Do NOT plagiarize, especially from the Internet. The Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies is implementing Turnitln software to detect plagiarism.
Work individually and make sure you submit a scientifically unique essay based on YOUR individual work and understanding of the topic, which may paraphrase and critique the original work and expand it slightly for more general audience. Slight modifications of the same paper submitted by two or more students will be considered plagiarized and authors will be penalized.
The purpose of the exercise is to introduce you to the variety cell types found in higher organisms, and to teach you how to communicate scientific information in the form of a short Discussion of a specific Figure. Your target audience is not a group of scientists and graduate students, but your own peers, instructors and the general public, (i.e. aim the language level accordingly, define terms as needed, etc.). Your goal is to teach others enthusiastically about the cell type you selected and its function within the organism.
General public, (i.e. aim the language level accordingly, define terms as needed, etc.). Your goal is to teach others enthusiastically about the cell type you selected and its function within the organism.
Specific requirements
I expect INTERNAL structure of the cell description/discussion, hence it does not make sense to use scanning electron micrographs, which don't reveal much about the cell other than size and overall shape. Make sure to use transmission electron micrographs or some very specific light micrographs which show some specific feature(s) of the specialized cell. If you choose a cell with reduced internal structure, mention what it is missing and why!