Guidelines for presentation

							   Guidelines for presentation
• Each partner will need to present half of
  the presentation
• Presentations will be 12 minutes long with
  3 minutes of post questions
• A good rule of thumb is 1 minute per slide
  (so you should have 12-16 slides)
• You will present as if no one else has seen
  the project before
             Slide Order

– Title slide(1)
– Background/introduction slides (1-4)
– Hypothesis (1)
– Objectives (1)
– Materials and Methods (1-4)
– Results (1-4)
– Conclusions (1-2)
– Acknowledgements (1)
The title of your project should
be interesting and descriptive
       M.J. Smith and G.B. Jones

      Advanced Animal Physiology
     Animal and Food Sciences, TTU
                     Introduction
• Also, use as many
  pictures or diagrams as
  possible to replace text
• Be sure to have some
  labels on your pictures
• Answer:
   – Why is this topic important
   – What can be gained from
     learning more about this
     topic?
Initial allergen



                                                             Eosinophiles,
                                                              other WBCs
                                                    IgE antibodies
         Second
     contact with              Plasma cell
                                 B-cell
         allergen




                                       Histamines,
                                       Heparin, Leukotrienes,
                                       platelet activating factor
                                       IL-4, IL-5

                   Mast cell
               Hypothesis
• Null Hypothesis
  – Steroids will have no effect on mouse
    behavior and spatial memory
• Alternative hypothesis 1
  – Steroids will have an effect on mouse
    behavior and spatial memory
              Objectives
• To determine if Testosterone and estrogen
  given to either female and male mice will
  improve water maze ability
• To determine if hormones will alter social
  dominance
       Materials and Methods
• Species (Purchased from (Charles River (mice)
  or TTU-New Deal Farm), Sex, (n = (total
  number)
• Treatments
  – Describe each treatment including the controls
     • A chart/diagram can be used
  – Describe how each measure was obtained
  – Ex. Blood was drawn by jugular cathetar
     • Differentials, Cortisol, etc.. Were measured
        Materials and Methods
  • Include a timeline of events                 Behavior

Day                                        AMP       W

0                                                        26
            7              14         21 22 23 24 25




                      OVA/SAL i.p.        OVA/SAL
                                          Aerosol
                      Sensitization      Challenge
      Materials and Methods
• Pictures are worth a
  thousand words
• Include how the data was
  analyzed/calculated
                   Results
• List some major results
  – Major results (interesting) should be put in a
    diagram/chart
• Describe the results of each measure
                                      Graphs and Tables
                                      SEp = 0.40 Imm P <0.001; Str P > 0.05
                                                Imm*Str P > 0.05
                                100
Complete Lung Inflammation, %


                                       No Stress
                                 90
                                       Stress
                                 80
                                 70
                                 60
                                 50
                                 40
                                 30
                                 20
                                 10
                                  0
                                       Control      Sensitized   Challenged
                                                 Immune Treatments
               BAL Cells




Control Mice
                     Allergic Mice
Macrophages
                     Neutrophils
              Conclusions
• Take the result and form some kind of
  conclusion
• The conclusions should either prove or
  disprove the hypothesis
• Also include how the project could be
  done differently or possible future projects
        Acknowledgements
• Be sure to thank everyone who helped
  with the experiment
• Be sure to thank your audience for
  listening