系定選修

每位研究生自行選定參考文獻進行讀書報告，藉由報告過程訓練學生英文閱讀及邏輯思考能力。學期間將邀請校外學者演講，分享研究經驗。

報告內容評量包括:摘要內容評估、文獻評估、對現有知識拓展、研究結果的重要性、表達方式、材料準備、背景資料解釋、實驗結果解釋、討論情形、衣著、回答問題態度、整體收穫等項目。

生物科技研究所專題研討課程摘要撰寫之規定

1.英文摘要撰寫勿超過三百字。
2.英文摘要之內容依照個人擬報告主題之以下部分精簡描述（缺一不可），若有抄襲參考文獻之摘要扣總成績5分。
a.擬報告主題之創意性或顯著性、相關之背景資料、所欲探討之問題。
b.對解決擬探討問題之假設對策及其邏輯推理。
c.對解決擬探討問題所採用之材料及方法。
d.擬報告主題中最具意義之研究結果。
e.此研究結果是否能直接或間接驗證，或反駁原擬探討問題之假設對策。
f.擬報告主題中所得研究結果有何生物醫學之意義及其貢獻。
g.參考文獻（格式詳見第4點說明）。
3. 英文摘要繳交應於擬報告前一週（星期三下午5點前）繳交。
4. 參考文獻之格式以Cell之規定為主，以下諸例為該期刊之範例，若有不清楚項目請自行上網查詢（http://www.cell.com/misc/authors.shtml）。

Organization of Research Articles
Title: Titles can occupy no more than three lines of type. Each line should contain no more than 50 characters, including spaces. The title should convey the conceptual advance to a broad readership.
Summary: A single paragraph of fewer than 300 words. The primary goal of the summary should be to make the general significance and conceptual advance of the work clearly accessible to a broad readership. References should not be cited in the Summary.
Running Title:No more than 50 characters (including spaces).
Introduction:Succinct, with no subheadings.
Results and Discussion:These sections may each be divided by subheadings or may be combined. Footnotes should not be used and will be transferred to the text. Gene symbols should be italicized; protein products of the loci are not italicized. Nonstandard abbreviations should be defined when first used in the text. All text should be letter quality and double spaced.
Experimental Procedures:This section should contain sufficient detail so that all procedures can be repeated, in conjunction with cited references.
References:The references include only articles that are published or in press. Unpublished data, submitted manuscripts, abstracts, and personal communications should be cited within the text only. Personal communication should be documented by a letter of permission.