BIO 323 - Phage Genome Publication (2)

Students will work together to write and submit a publication to the peer-reviewed journal Genome Announcements. This class builds on work done in BIO 220 Phage Genome Annotation. Students will conduct comparative genomics analysis of the phage genomes annotated in BIO 220. Then, they will work together to write and submit a manuscript describing those genomes to a scientific journal. Upon completion of the class, students will be able to conduct background literature searches, perform critical reading to evaluate sources, and outline and write a scientific publication according to a journal’s specific requirements. Additionally, students will gain valuable first-hand understanding of what it means for an article to be “peer-reviewed”. Students in the class will be named as authors on the resulting publication.