Day 43: scientific jargon

As I've said before, this week whilst finishing off the last few experiments, I've been back to working on my report - working on the introduction and writing up the materials and methods section. Which means I've been diving back into all the research papers and journals, finding references to back up everything I want to say and make sure my introduction is up to date. (including working through all the scientific jargon phrases, which can be just as confusing to me as they might be to you!) 

I think the introduction is the hardest part of a paper -you need to summarise and create a story out of years worth of previous work and keep up to date by researching new areas as your project shifts and changes and then blend this into your story. 

Materials and methods is a bit easier as it is mainly stating exactly what you did, just in case anyone would like to repeat your work.