A selection of downloadable lecture notes are included in the table below. (Courtesy of Prof. Paul Matsudaira and Dr. Leslie Ann Roldan. Used with permission.)
PM = Prof. Paul Matsudaira
LAR = Dr. Leslie Ann Roldan
Lecture Notes Files.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
LECTURERS |
| 1 |
Sorting Students to Sections (PDF)
Impromptu Description of Research Project, Logic of a Paragraph |
PM |
| 2 |
Logic of a Research Paper, Organization of a Research Proposal, How to Present Data in a Lab Talk (PDF) |
PM |
| 3 |
Lab Group Meeting |
PM |
| 4 |
Lab Group Meeting (cont.) |
PM |
| 5 |
Data and Figures, Results and Preliminary Results (PDF) |
PM |
| 6 |
Project Outline and Journal Club (PDF) |
LAR |
| 7 |
Introduction, Background and Significance (PDF) |
LAR |
| 8 |
Journal Club |
PM |
| 9 |
Experimental Plan (PDF) |
PM |
| 10 |
Journal Club |
PM |
| 11 |
Journal Club (cont.) |
PM |
| 12 |
Discussion of Paragraphs, Ethical Conduct of Science, Citations and Plagiarism (PDF) |
PM |
| 13 |
Lab Group Meeting |
PM |
| 14 |
Journal Club |
PM |
| 15 |
Lab Group Meeting |
PM |
| 16 |
Methods and Materials (PDF) |
LAR |
| 17 |
Lab Group Meeting |
PM |
| 18 |
Journal Club |
PM |
| 19 |
Scientific and Non-scientific Abstract (PDF) |
LAR |
| 20 |
Journal Club |
PM |
| 21 |
Discussion (cont.) and Polishing your Writing (PDF) |
LAR |
| 22 |
Lab Group Meeting: Results only (optional) |
PM |
| 23 |
Project Lab Presentation |
PM |
| 24 |
Project Lab Presentation (cont.) |
PM |
| 25 |
Project Lab Presentation (cont.) |
PM |
| 26 |
Wrap Up |
PM |