Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit you must:

• Attempt all assessments, and
• Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%,

Late Assessment Submission Penalty 

 Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day a written report or presentation assessment is not submitted, up until the 7^th day (including weekends). After the 7^th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. The submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be provided to students who experience a technical concern.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted 

This applies to all submitted assessments.

Special Consideration

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, please apply for Special Consideration. 

The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through ask.mq.edu.au.

LECTURE, WORKSHOP and PRACTICAL TIMETABLE

Week 1 Classes – As shown below, our first lecture is in week 1 at 1pm on Wednesday July 30^th in 25WW A207. There is no workshop scheduled in week 1, so our first workshop is in week 2 at 3pm on Thursday August 7^th in 21ww 2.300.

Lectures: Wednesdays 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm July 30th - November 5th, 25ww A207

Workshops: Thursdays 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm July 31st - November 6th, 21ww 2.300

NOTE: Lectures are two hours duration and start week 1.

 Practicals: Are held in a one-week block during semester break. You must be available for all of September 22^nd- 26^th. Practical classes run about 6+ hours per day, between 9am – 5 pm. This is the equivalent of 3+ hours per week for the whole semester, we just do it all at once. 

 The practical course includes differential display SDS-PAGE protein electrophoresis, in-gel protein digestion, peptide mass spectrometry (nanoESI- Q Exactive orbitrap), peptide to spectrum matching using programs such as MSFragger, shotgun proteomic analysis using SDS-PAGE protein fractionation, and differential protein quantitation.

 Up to date timetable information can be found found at publish.mq.edu.au

 All unit information is distributed using the unit website on ilearn, accessed via ilearn.mq.edu.au

 All written work must be submitted through iLearn Turnitin. Lectures and workshops will both be recorded and made available via echo 360.

We will communicate with you via your university email or through announcements on iLearn. Queries to the unit convenor can either be placed on the iLearn discussion board or sent via email from your university email address

Lectures - Wednesdays  1-3pm, starting July 30^th, 25ww A207

WORKSHOP TIMETABLE

Workshops: Thursdays 3:00 - 4:00 pm from August 7^th, 21ww 2.300

Q. Why no workshop in week 1?

A. If we had a workshop session on that day, the students presenting their research papers would have no time to prepare. If we start workshops in week two, then the first students will have sufficient time to prepare, which will allow them to do a good job.

Updated lectures, updated list of papers for research presentations, and redesigned practical class experiments. 

Updated and revised assessment tasks and descriptions to fit with the new three assessment policy.

We value student feedback to be able to continually improve the way we offer our units. As such we encourage students to provide constructive feedback via student surveys, to the teaching staff directly, or via the FSE Student Experience & Feedback link in the iLearn page.

Student feedback from the previous offering of this unit was very positive overall, with students pleased with the clear communications around assessment requirements and the level of support from teaching staff.