200  Consistency Exercises

200.1 Bringing it all together

Edit the following sentences implementing the principles of good scientific writing discussed so far.

  1. This paper provides a review of the fundamental principles of conservation biology study design, citing as examples previous investigations that illustrate methodological challenges or that demonstrate successful solutions to the difficulties specific to conservation research..

  2. These findings imply that the rates of oxygen radical production and recycling are equivalent among murine neonates but not equivalent during senescence, with the rate of oxygen radical production exceeding that of its recycling back to superoxide.

  3. For example, cluster C4 shows strong H3K4me3 downstream of the TSS and H2A.Z enrichment both upstream and downstream of the TSS whereas cluster C6 has a similar H3K4me3 pattern, but H2A.Z shows higher enrichment upstream of the TSS.

200.2 Building paragraphs

Each group of statements below contains a problem, a consequence of this problem and a solution. Choose one group and build a short paragraph using the material covered thus far in the workshop. For each group identify what the topic of the paragraph is going to be. You can add sentences not present.

  • Gap between poor and rich countries increases.
  • Brain drain (top scientists leaving poorer country for richer country)
  • Rich countries set up and fund labs in the poorer country, without ‘stealing’ that country’s scientists.
  • The poorer country loses its best scientists and thus revenue sources.
  • Most presentations at international conferences are poorly presented, poorly structured and boring.
  • The value of much research is lost.
  • Courses on how to give interesting and effective presentations should be held in research institutes around the world.
  • Diseases that affect huge areas of Africa are neglected.
  • The majority of biomedical research is aimed at treating illnesses that are prevalent in the industrialised world.
  • Priority should be given to the numbers of people affected by a disease, rather than the geographical location of the sufferers.