A. HOW TO WRITE A SCIENTIFIC PAPER Style

In all sections of the paper, present tense should be used to report background that is already established. For example, The cell membrane is the barrier which separates the inside of the cell from the outside. Use future tense for work that you will do. For example, We will test the hypothesis that some anti-microbial agents can permeate the cell membrane during division to inhibit growth. Always use past tense to describe results of a specific experiment, especially your own. For example, Application of the antibiotic Chloramphenicol restricted growth of E. coli. Article Title • Your title should be specific in describing the experiment you performed. • It should be an informative summary of the paper. Select the words in a title carefully for clarity and accuracy. • Long titles are unappealing to readers. However, shorter titles may not be sufficiently specific, and therefore not as informative. • All important aspects of the paper should figure in the title. • A title should be a label, not a sentence. • Pay attention to the association of words. Faulty word order may allow different interpretations – possibly changing your meaning – and may introduce grammatical error