Lab Report #1 Rubric (50 pts Total)
Exceeded
>90% of
expectations
Met 85-90%
of
expectations
Met 75% of
expectations
Met 50% of
expectations
Did not meet
50% of
expectations
 ACS Biochemistry Styled
 Easy to read
 Clear and concise
statements
 Properly referencing
journal articles
 Properly labeled figures
showing axis titles, units,
and figure captions
Abstract (3 pts)
5 pts
4 pts
3 pts
2 pts
0 pts
 Concisely describes the
general interest of the
project and reports
important findings.
Introduction (10 pts)
3 pts
2 pts
1 pt
10 pts
8 pts
6 pts
4 pts
0 pts
7 pts
5 pts
3 pts
1 pts
0 pts
10 pts
8 pts
6 pts
4 pts
0 pts
Formatting (5 pts)
 Included general
information about GFP (ie.
MW, structural features,
etc.)
 Included information about
what was done in the
particular lab.
Methods and Materials
(7 pts)
 Written in paragraph form
using concise language
 Enough information is
provided that the reader
can repeat the experiment
 Reported concentrations
and not how much was
weighed out (100 mM
NaCl, not 4.5 g)
 Provided the company
names of products that
were used
Results (10 pts)
 All data shown
 All pictures and diagrams
labeled and easy to follow
 Data is analyzed and
described
0 pts
Discussion (13 pts)
 Results are discussed in
context with the rest of the
work in the same field
 Posted questions are
addressed
 Results are compared to
previously published work
 Discrepancies in obtained
results vs. published
resultes are explored
 Easy to follow
References (2 pts)
13 pts
 All references are in ACS
Biochemistry format.
2 pts
10 pts
7 pts
4 pts
0 pts
0 pts
Discussion Topics can include:
 What features of the plasmid are useful for protein expression? What other kinds of
expression systems are available? How does heat shock transformation differ from
other transformation techniques?
 How does the purification resin work? What advantages does the resin have over
other purification techniques?
 How does what you did apply to the protein chemistry field? Why do we care about
purifying proteins (HINT: think medicine)?