About This Manual

The purpose of this manual is to introduce you to scientific communication, specify our expectations for writing (papers and posters) and oral presentations in Biocore labs (What is Biocore?). This manual provides other information developed over the years in response to challenges Biocore students have experienced with writing and science communication. We include a primer for oral presentations and development of scientific posters but the manual’s main focus is on writing laboratory reports using the format most commonly used for scientific journal articles.  Many of the guidelines are also valid for other forms of writing.