ASSESSMENT TASK FOR BIO 104 (Cell and Molecular Biology)

2nd Semester, AY 2023-2024

Assessment Task 03
CURRENT TRENDS AND ADVANCES IN CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

GROUP ACTIVITY
Select and download one (1) peer-reviewed journal article (i.e., experimental in nature; NOT
a review article, book chapter, nor website entries) published within the last 3 years (2021 to
2024) related to one of the following Cell and Molecular Biology applications.
• Recombinant DNA Technology
• RNA Interference
• Nanotechnology
• Sequencing Technologies
• CRISPR Technology
• Cancer Cell Research

Assign member/s from the group to record a 3-minute video of himself/herself/themselves

reporting the key points of the study. Make sure to indicate the class section, group number,
and names of the group members in the final output. (100 points)

Tips on how to prepare for a 3MT presentation

• Write for your audience, and consider them a non-specialist in the field. Avoid jargon
and academic language.
• Have a clear outcome in mind. Know what you want your audience to take away from
your presentation.
• Tell a story, i.e., with a beginning, middle, and an end.
• Use shorter words, shorter sentences, and shorter paragraphs.
• Practice the presentation.
See more tips from
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/internal/doctoralschool/researcherdev/threeminthesis/preparing3mt

Upload the final copy of the journal article (File Name: Group Number – Journal Article; ex:
Group 1 – Journal Article) and your 3MT video presentation (File Name: Group Number –
3MT Video; ex: Group 1 – 3MT Video) in the following Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eNBNh72hqcCLixW1qjv6q_xy4bqJ9Eya?usp=sharin
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Deadline of Submission: April 30, 2024, 6 pm

Grading Rubric
POINTS
CRITERA 16-20 11-15 6-10 1-5
Content The speaker The speaker focuses The speaker The speaker says
provides a variety of primarily on relevant includes some practically nothing.
types of content content. The irrelevant content. The speaker focuses
appropriate for the speaker sticks to the The speaker primarily on
task, such as topic. The speaker wanders off the irrelevant content.
generalizations, adapts the content in topic. The speaker The speaker
details, examples a general way to the uses words and appears to ignore
and various forms of listener and the concepts which are the listener and the
evidence. The situation. inappropriate for the situation.
speaker adapts the knowledge and
content in a specific experiences of the
way to the listener listener (e.g., slang,
and situation. jargon, technical
language).
Delivery The speaker delivers The volume is not The volume is too The volume is so low
the message in a too low or too loud low or too loud and and the rate is so
confident, poised, and the rate is not the rate is too fast or fast that you cannot
enthusiastic fashion. too fast or too slow. too slow. The understand most of
The volume and rate The pronunciation pronunciation and the message. The
varies to add and enunciation are enunciation are pronunciation and
emphasis and clear. The speaker unclear. The enunciation are very
interest. exhibits few speaker exhibits unclear. The
Pronunciation and disfluencies, such as many disfluencies, speaker appears
enunciation are very "ahs," "uhms," or such as "ahs," uninterested.
clear. The speaker "you knows. "uhms," or "you
exhibits very few knows." The listener
disfluencies, such as is distracted by
"ahs," "uhms," or problems in the
"you knows." delivery of the
message and has
difficulty
understanding the
words in the
message.
Organization The message is The message is The organization of The message is so
overtly organized. organized. The the message is disorganized you
The speaker helps listener has no mixed up and cannot understand
the listener difficulty random. The listener most of the
understand the understanding the must make some message.
sequence and sequence and assumptions about
relationships of relationships among the sequence and
ideas by using the ideas in the relationship of ideas.
organizational aids message. The ideas
such as announcing in the message can
the topic, previewing outlined easily.
the organization,
using transitions,
and summarizing.
Creativity Very original Some originality Little or no variation; Repetitive with little
presentation of apparent; good material presented or no variety;
material; captures variety and blending with little originality insufficient use of
the audience’s of materials / media. or interpretation. materials / media
attention.
Length of Within two minutes Within four minutes Within six minutes of Too long or too
Presentation of allotted time. of allotted time. allotted time. short; ten or more
minutes above or
below the allotted
time.