Research for Prions

[SciB]

Hi BB and congratulations on completing a winning project! That's what we like to hear. Keep up the good work!

Thirty pages is about right for a paper. Are you following the usual journal style--abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, references? That's a standardized format that scientists all over the world use and i think it is still the clearest way to present your work in a form for publication. Usually you state your hypothesis at the end of the introduction.

Since your project involved a lot of sequence manipulations online, then yes you should mention programs that turned out to be inappropriate for what you wanted to do. This could be important for someone who wanted to do something similar to what you did. From reading your paper, they would know what software did not work.

Science is a collaborative effort and we all build our work on what others have done before. That's what makes it so great. We are continually improving and correcting the science so eventually we find out how things really work and can apply this understanding to making a better diabetes drug, developing a neural implant for a paralyzed soldier or stopping Alzheimer's from taking away the memories of one we love.

See you at Scibuddies next time!

Sybee