biotech report

Rubric for BTCH90009 Assignment 3

Criterion Excellent

Very

good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Absent

Introduction 12 9 8 6 3 0

Methods 8 6 5 4 2 0

Ab initio diagram and

gene products 15 11 9 8 4 0

BLASTx diagram and

gene products 15 11 9 8 4 0

Protein description 15 11 9 8 4 0

Discussion/conclusions 25 20 15 12 6 0

Format/structure 5 4 3 2 1 0

References 5 4 3 2 1 0

Criterion Excellent Very good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Absent

Introduction Appropriate context. Addresses the scenario. Evidence of substantial independent thought.

Appropriate context. Addresses the scenario. Some evidence of independent thought.

Incomplete context. Some detail missing or unclear.

Substantial detail missing.

Incomplete or unclear.

No Introduction.

Methods Clearly explain the specific bioinformatic analyses and how and why they were used. Evidence of independent thought.

Explain the bioinformatic analyses and why they were used.

Explain the bioinformatic analyses.

Explain bioinformatic analyses but some details missing.

Do not explain bioinformatic analyses clearly.

No Methods.

Ab initio diagram

and gene

products

Figure is clear and manually constructed (ie, is not a screenshot). All features are labelled (exons, introns, start, stop, direction, splice sites). Predicted product of all genes included. All relevant details included (% similarity, % identity and E values). Clear, descriptive figure caption/legend.

Figure is clearly annotated. All features are labelled (exons, introns, start, stop, direction, splice sites). Predicted product of all genes included. Some relevant details missing. Clear, descriptive figure caption/legend.

Figure is unclear or not clearly annotated. Not all features are labelled. Some predicted products of genes are missing. Some details may be missing. Figure caption/ legend is unclear.

Figure is unclear. May have labels missing. Some predicted products of genes are missing or lacking detail. Figure caption/ legend is unclear or absent.

Substantially unclear or incomplete.

No diagram and gene products.

BLASTx diagram

and gene

products

Figure is clear and manually constructed (ie, is not a screenshot). All features are labelled (exons, introns, start, stop, direction, splice sites). Predicted product of all genes included. All relevant details included (% similarity, % identity and E values). Clear, descriptive figure caption/legend.

Figure is clearly annotated. All features are labelled (exons, introns, start, stop, direction, splice sites). Predicted product of all genes included. Some relevant details missing. Clear, descriptive figure caption/legend.

Figure is unclear or not clearly annotated. Not all features are labelled. Some predicted products of genes are missing. Some details may be missing. Figure caption/ legend is unclear.

Figure is unclear. May have labels missing. Some predicted products of genes are missing or lacking detail. Figure caption/ legend is unclear or absent.

Substantially unclear or incomplete.

No diagram and gene products.

Protein

description

Correctly identifies protein. Clear and detailed. Shows evidence of research. Brings together information from many sources. Expressed in your own words.

Correctly identifies protein. Clear and detailed. Shows evidence of research.

May not correctly identify protein. May not be clear and detailed. Shows evidence of research.

May not correctly identify protein. Unclear AND/OR Shows little evidence of research

Does not correctly identify protein. Unclear OR Incomplete.

No protein description.

Discussion/ conclusions

Clear and detailed. Show evidence of substantial independent thought. Arguments are backed up by evidence.

Clear and detailed. Shows some evidence of some independent thought and argument.

Clear and detailed. Lacks evidence of independent thought and argument.

Lacks detail AND/OR Is unclear AND/OR Offers little information beyond what has already been stated.

Incomplete OR Unclear.

No discussion or conclusion.

Structure and Formatting

As requested Generally as requested with some minor deviations (e.g. species’ names not italicised).

Inconsistently structured OR Incorrect formatting. Still readable.

Inconsistently structured AND Incorrect formatting. Still readable.

Inconsistently structured to the point that readability is affected.

Inconsistent structure and format AND Difficult to read

References Appropriate number. All are from reliable sources. Correctly formatted.

Appropriate number. Most are from reliable sources. Correctly formatted.

Appropriate number. Many are from poor quality sources e.g. websites instead of peer- reviewed scientific journals/ publications.

Too few. AND/OR Most are from poor quality sources e.g. websites instead of peer- reviewed scientific journals/ publications.

Too few. Most are from poor quality sources e.g. websites instead of peer-reviewed scientific journals/ publications.

No references.