Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit you must 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 technical concerns. 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. For example, if the assignment is worth 8 marks (of the entire unit) and your submission is late by 19 hours (or 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds), 0.4 marks (5% of 8 marks) will be deducted. If your submission is late by 24 hours (or 47 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds), 0.8 marks (10% of 8 marks) will be deducted, and so on.

  Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted 

Practical report – Yes, Standard Late Penalty applies 

Proteomics project  – Yes, Standard Late Penalty applies 

   Assessment release dates

Practical Report – 14/9/26

Proteomics Project – 20/7/26

    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 http://connect.mq.edu.au/.

LECTURE, WORKSHOP and PRACTICAL TIMETABLE

Week 1 Classes – As shown below, our first lecture is in week 1 at 11am on Monday July 27^th in 25WW A209. Our first workshop is in week 2 at 12 noon on Tuesday August 4^th in 01CC 105.

 Lectures: Mondays 11 am – 1 pm July 27th - November 2nd, 25ww A209

Workshops: Tuesdays 12 noon – 1 pm August 4th - November 3rd, 01CC 105

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 21^st - 25^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

Written work must be submitted through iLearn Turnitin unless specified otherwise. 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 Mondays  11-1pm, starting July 27^th, 25ww A209

WORKSHOP TIMETABLE

Workshops: Tuesday 12 noon - 1:00 pm from August 4^th, 01CC 105

Q. Why no workshop in week 1?

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

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

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. As such, no major changes to the delivery of the unit are planned, however we will continue to strive to improve the level of support and the level of student engagement.