BIO-133 - Written Paper


As the course evolves this task will look much less imposing. In all cases the presentation, whether
oral or written, should contain the following:

    1) a short description of the oscillation and the nature of underlying physiological mechanisms;
    2) what is not yet explained
    3) presentation of model; brief derivation, identify carefully the parameters and variables
    4) linear stability analyses
    5) computer simulations of model with attention to these parameter ranges of your interest.

You must organize your group members early so that you can get started on the project -- you don't have
much time! A week later you need to have chosen a topic for your final project -- again this is a tight
deadline so that you can get down to work.

Your written paper, regardless of your choice above, should be: 7-10 pages long, typed double-spaced in
12pt font, and adhere to the structure discussed in class and in the workbook. Templates for LaTeX and MS
Word are provided and you are expected to use one of these systems to present your paper. It is helpful
to organize your paper by looking at the scoring procedure that will be used to grade it.

Remember, a peer review process is required, so you need to have your paper ready for that review.