Chemistry 472B BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY MANUAL

This should be a brief version of the entire paper. It therefore should include a brief introduction, methods, results, and discussion, expressed in ~200 words. This truncation is normally achieved in part by greatly abbreviating the methods portion, unless the methods involved are novel or are crucial to understanding the findings presented. Thousands of papers are published every week. Most literature database search engines include the title and abstract, but do not include the remainder of the paper. In writing the abstract, remember that the vast majority of readers probably will not read the paper, because they lack the time. Therefore, in order to present your information to the largest possible audience, you need to have an abstract that is clearly written, that is understandable without having to read the paper, and that contains all of the relevant findings from the paper. The abstract must include the overall conclusions from the paper; once again, this is important because you want people to know what you have discovered. Your job/grant funding/promotions/fame and fortune/ability to do more experiments/ability to retire to the exotic locale of your choice may depend on having people understand what you have done. (This applies to the entire paper, but the abstract tends to be at least skimmed by vast numbers of people who will never read the paper.)